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Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Re: Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Post by g42gregory »

Making good movies is extremely hard. I remember James Cameron saying that, during the casting for Terminator 2, he had to come in on the weekend for the nth-time, just to see how sun will reflect off Robert Patrick's face (T-1000) during that particular day time. That's the level of focus required. Once you inject enough interfering factors, such as various ideologies, you will end up with inferior products Hollywood currently producing.

Re: Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Post by 4death4 »

Almost no mention of streaming and also contains this gem:

> Lucas and Spielberg also spoke of vast differences between filmmaking and video games because the latter hasn’t been able to tell stories and make consumers care about the characters

This definitely wasn’t true at the time and it isn’t true now. Just goes to show how hard it is to predict the future.

Re: Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Post by santoshalper »

4death4 wrote: post #4

Almost no mention of streaming and also contains this gem: > Lucas and Spielberg also spoke of vast differences between filmmaking and video games because the latter hasn’t been able to tell stories and make consumers care about the characters This definitely wasn’t true at the time and it isn’t true now. Just goes to show how hard it is to predict the future.

Especially when you're that disconnected from the reality of the present.

Re: Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Post by iancmceachern »

g42gregory wrote: post #2

Making good movies is extremely hard. I remember James Cameron saying that, during the casting for Terminator 2, he had to come in on the weekend for the nth-time, just to see how sun will reflect off Robert Patrick's face (T-1000) during that particular day time. That's the level of focus required. Once you inject enough interfering factors, such as various ideologies, you will end up with inferior products Hollywoo…

It's just like any other art form. It cannot be done my committee. It has to be the vision of one, or a small handful, of genius(s).

Re: Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Post by PrimeMcFly »

The movie industry is going to dwindle in size and power over the next decade.

Look at the crappy AI apps that can generate 'movies' available now, look at what unreal engine 5 can do, look at what ChatGPT can do...in 5 - 10 years, we will be able to give a prompt and have photorealistic movies/tv episodes generated, which will satisfy the vast majority of people.

Re: Steven Spielberg Predicts 'Implosion' of Film Industry (2013)

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Post by mcpackieh »

4death4 wrote: post #4

Almost no mention of streaming and also contains this gem: > Lucas and Spielberg also spoke of vast differences between filmmaking and video games because the latter hasn’t been able to tell stories and make consumers care about the characters This definitely wasn’t true at the time and it isn’t true now. Just goes to show how hard it is to predict the future.

If you judge it by playtime it's probably true. Story-driven games like TLOU sell well sometimes but the games that gamers spend the most time with are those with attractive gameplay loops; the story just becomes window dressing. Personally I put down TLOU after two or three hours; the story didn't excite me (generic zombie slop, sorry) and the sneak/combat gameplay was too bland to keep me interested. On the other hand, MGS5's story is a half-baked abortion but the gameplay kept me coming back for several hundred hours.
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