I also like this! At first I was a bit bummed out on why I couldn't doom scroll like on reddit.
The fact that the ecosystem was fragmented in multiple little instances made me think that it's possible I wouldn't like it in the end.
But I find myself gravitating more towards my local instances subs then all. (Even though with wafwaf the discoverability factor is severely increased.) The reason is I like the fact that it is a small community.
What's happening is social media.
You have a bigot, what do you do about it?
Sure you can punch the bigot. Violence begets violence; might fix the problem or make it worse.
So what do you? Confront them. Then if they don't change their ways, you shun them. Generally people don't like being excluded, so slowly but surely the bigots would reform and some would die alone with their hatred.
Now? They have online platforms where they find each other through algorithms that encourages those behaviors because it makes them money.
You want to reduce the hatred on society? Police properly the big social medias.
Oh no synth is because computers are readily available and anybody can make music. Before you had to be more dedicated.
There still exists good musicians and productions, but they are not backed by big studios...
Which lead to your point. Big studios don't like risks. They don't want to be creative. Fine! No more big budget movies.
But a movie production is still expansive. Even low and good indie movies sometimes have a million dollar budget. That's way more than the budget for a hobby for most people!
So how do we finance it? Governments, non profits? Sure... But still that is possible today and it is done, but it's far from being a source of constant good movies.
And finally sure the diaspora of piracy is wide and large. Some are activists and do really important work such as scihub and libgen, but most people just pirate the latest marvel movie
I understand the points and while I don't like the rampant corporate greed, you wouldn't have billion dollar movie projects (or series) if piracy was entirely legal and encouraged.
I think it's mostly that the current copyright laws and patents are unfair.
Let's take a big IP such as star wars, wouldn't it be more logical if it were in the public domain? It's almost de facto in the public domain. I can refer to it and almost anybody gets what I'm talking about. It's already a staple of our hegemonic culture. Nobody should own it.
But you know, to get those movies, I wouldn't mind if there was let's say a 1-2 year copyright on the movie. You don't want to wait a year? Pay. Simple as that.
Same for patents. Ad long as we are a capitalistic society, it's desired that research makes profit, so put a patent for a few years and voila!
In the end you are going to stimulate more research. First by sharing knowledge and second by encouraging new research which can be patented. No sitting on a patent for years doing nothing.
Damn, it could work.
Sometimes, I think I understand their place too. We're talking about really big budgets here, and while I agree that it's better to take risks so we can get amazing movies, I must imagine the dread the exec that greenlighted taika waititi thor love and thunder to do w/e he wanted.
In the end they let the director loose and still got a mediocre movie. (Maybe it was $$ successful? Somebody know?)
I think the issue is mostly about what is art?
Some of the big budget movies feel devoid of creativity and are more a product than a work of art. While I do agree with you that there is some art in those big budget, I think the issue lies in how we communicate a movie.
What is a "good" movie? That's entirely subjective! A better approach would be to explain what you liked (or disliked) about it. Then we can have more productive conversations about it ahah
Dune was incredible in theaters. I'm scared of watching it again at home (in prep for the 2nd part) since I'm probably going to be disappointed
No days off for childless orphans then, they must work the hardware stores and the flowers shop!
I'm just joking, I'm honestly favorable to more holidays, a bit like in ancient times with all the holidays for each and every gods. We should celebrate more our culture(s)
It's crazy how I would have seen such gifts as "not real gifts" a few years ago.
Now, I'm excited about tools!
Ahah would it be only for mom and dads? :p
Last I checked some parks in Montreal allowed for alcohol in some designated times.
There has to be some limits yo drinking in public, but there are multiple ways ut can be done responsibly