The movie that "pissed off" James Cameron
when a hungry industry saw Star Wars become insanely popular and then learned it was built from a template and could thus be replicated, all hell broke loose.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Long before he made movies, after he dropped out of community college, Cameron spent about ten years working low-wage manual labor jobs. He was a truck driver, a school bus mechanic, a high school janitor, a precision tool and die machinist, and so on. “It was a long period of frustration for me in this kind of blue-collar life,” he said. “I was fr
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Jimmy Cerone added
The more I learn, the straight forward path is the way of the few. Meandering success is more likely.
VCs are facing the "Big Budget Effect" that is plaguing Hollywood studios right now. In the year 2000 you had just three movies that had made $1B+. Titanic, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars Episode I. Today you have 45+ movies that have made over $1B, and some of them have made $2B+ like Avengers and Avatar.
Kyle Harrison • The Death of a Venture Fund
Sarah Drinkwater added
As a result of these much larger outcomes we've built a movie-making system that is focused on big hits because the business model can't really absorb too many massive flops. So you get sequels, prequels, and spin-offs. Established IP and bankable stars. No big risks. And you don't get nearly as much experimentation, innovation, or creativity.
Kyle Harrison • The Death of a Venture Fund
Sarah Drinkwater and added
But what if the next Stars Wars isn’t created by George Lucas, but by a group of people on the internet? What if the next Marvel isn’t the brainchild of Stan Lee, but is crowdsourced by thousands of tokenholders? What if Pixar fans could vote on the next Pixar character, and reap the rewards of that IP’s profit? What if the next Bachelor isn’t crea... See more
Rex Woodbury • Mad Realities and the Rise of User-Owned Content
Keely Adler added
The art is the experience. With the Star Wars cruise, tourists are seeking to see the familiar from a new perspective, agreeing to suspend disbelief and, better yet, agree that this moment of life is all taking place in the same universe
Blaise Lucey • The Death of Calvin and Hobbes
Keely Adler added
You may have noticed that every popular movie these days is a remake, reboot, sequel, spinoff, or cinematic universe expansion. People blame this trend on greedy movie studios or dumb moviegoers or competition from Netflix or humanity running out of ideas. Some say it’s a sign of the end of movies. Others claim there’s nothing new about this a... See more