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As William Goldman once said:

Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.

And based on that, everyone believes they may have the next Blair Witch Project or some other indie gem that does fantastic business based on word of mouth on their hands. And studios throw millions at what look like dead certs, only for them to tank at the box office. It's just promoting your product, nothing more.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:12 pm It's just promoting your product, nothing more.

Announcing it in the most baritone of voices as a "major motion picture". That's yer starting point, right there.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:51 pm

Abernathy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:45 pm Always a "major" motion picture isn't it? Does nobody ever make a minor film ?

There's a group of people who make very low budget British gangster films. These are minor DVDs let alone minor motion pictures. One particular pair of charmers are known for not paying people and almost getting one of their actresses decapitated by an exploding door.

Is there still such a thing as DVD films?

There's still a market for VHS porn through the post for Express readers.

Making movies is labour intensive and if your crew a being paid in cash that's a lot of money being laundered very easily. A lot of trips to the building society for Danny Dyer and Tamar Hasan with £9,999 in cash.

davidjay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:28 pm
Is there still such a thing as DVD films?

Good question. I looked up the pair of "filmmakers" I had in mind earlier. If there were a DVD film industry, I figured they'd be involved in it. Seems to be TV movies these days.

Youngian wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:52 pm There's still a market for VHS porn through the post for Express readers.

Making movies is labour intensive and if your crew a being paid in cash that's a lot of money being laundered very easily. A lot of trips to the building society for Danny Dyer and Tamar Hasan with £9,999 in cash.

I'll see your Danny Dyer and Tamar Hasan, and raise to Nick Nevern and Simon Phillips.

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:09 pm

Abernathy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:45 pm Always a "major" motion picture isn't it? Does nobody ever make a minor film ?

“Now a major flop you can see on Netflix in 2 weeks!”

Back in the 90s the Fox Network would often do movies of the week of variable quality and often they would cover crimes or scandals they did one on OJ Simpson for example. The Simpsons would sometime parody these

This evening, drunk racist climate denier Mel Gibson was recording a poscast with US Gammon Joe Rogan.

He denied climate change as a conspiracy.

After the recording he learned that his $14,500,000 L.A. Villa has burned down.

It's an unedifying spectacle that the US can't even come together on a natural disaster without having a shouty culture war.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:55 am Yeah and as I pointed out Luigi Mangione ain't no hero. Also if Luigi Mangione were a middle aged balding man with a beer belly there's no way he'd be considered a hero.

Lookism is a curse.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:02 am This evening, drunk racist climate denier Mel Gibson was recording a poscast with US Gammon Joe Rogan.

Though never a fanboy I can remember a time when Rogan had actually interesting guests - Killer Mike, the blokes from The Innocence Project - as guests. At one point he actually had a civilised conversation with Suzy Izzard about gender issues. It all feels like rather a long time ago now.

Bannon's now just a Podcaster isn’t he? He's as mad as Musk.

Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... SApp_Other

Much as I’m loathe to say it, whilst being a far-right cunt, Bannon is still an “operator “, and knows his way around politics and the media, unlike the scattergun approach of Farage, Musk, Trump, etc

This is the worst thing that has ever happened.

Guy who wants to invade Greenland and Canada - moves inauguration indoors.

Well, it's a bit nippy out in DC. Even Liz Truss has got her MAGA hat on.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:27 am Well, it's a bit nippy out in DC. Even Liz Truss has got her MAGA hat on.

Just wondering about all the "bro's" who lined up to donate a million for the Inauguration.

Did they get bilked like Tommeh's "defence fund" donors?

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:31 am

Abernathy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:27 am Well, it's a bit nippy out in DC. Even Liz Truss has got her MAGA hat on.

Just wondering about all the "bro's" who lined up to donate a million for the Inauguration.

Did they get bilked like Tommeh's "defence fund" donors?