I’ve always been of the belief that as a creator, you make your intentions well-known through the soul of your work. It just so happens that the soul from Hollywood’s been rotten for a while, and now it’s to the point that more and more people are beginning to recognize the rot

I predict that Hollywood will learn absolutely nothing from this summer's box-office, or, more likely, they'll learn all the wrong lessons as they so often do. Tinseltown needs a complete enema.

I called it a few years ago. I was watching the Oscars (the last time I watched it, inf act), and towards the end, Laura Dern gave a presentation for the Academy Museum that was in the works. As I watched that, my mind recalled the days of Ancient Egypt, where the Pharaoh would have his workers build glorious tombs to hold all of his worldly treasures when he finally kicked the bucket. Suddenly, it all made sense, and I knew in that moment that Hollywood was not long for this world.

barbenheimer meme is literally the only thing that keeps Hollywood from completely sinking into Mariana Trench. Oh and don’t forget Blue Beatle a 200+ superhero movie with estimations of making like 12 million dollars on the opening weekend.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is an example of forced retconning a character into a franchise and making the whole movie about them. Like I could understand Basil being a new character we haven't heard of(even if stretches the tolerance of timeline continuity) but Helena? Forcing her importance down the throats of audiences makes a bad movie in general.

I'm ashamed of how cynical I'm being but I think no changes come of this. I think the big studios will only double down on safe picks. Also I think this is finally happening because Hollywood has done real damage to it's brand as a whole.

This problem comes down to two words: target audience.

It’s funny you mention the economy because the one industry that was booming during the great depression was the film industry.😂

this year better be a DAMN wake up call for all film and tv hacks who are underserving of their careers. also for all studios execs who have ZERO ambition, vision, and awareness.

I heard a rumor that Blackrock, one of Disney's biggest investors, actually insures Disney productions against losses...literally hedging their own bets so even if they lose, they'll get made whole. Do you think there is any validity to this?

Pretty sad that Rise of The Beasts didn't make a whole lot in the box office. I liked that movie.

Great video. But you seem to assume at the end that these Hollywood narcissists are capable of self reflection and learning from their mistakes. But no, they will continue to blame the audiences instead.

If I'm honest, I'm really hoping that we'll eventually see motion pictures de-centralize from Hollywood. I don't necessarily want Hollywood as we know it to vanish, but it would gladden my heart to see them actually have to compete with creators who are hungry for audiences they've been taking for granted as "the only game in town", rather than the pseudo-competition of old studios with bloated budgets, the same ideas, a terror of trying anything new, a bullying distribution model, and a list of unnecessary things that "have" to be in every movie as long as my arm. Who knows- it might even save the traditional movie theater.

The biggest problem in my opinion, is that they don't have good stories. This is happening in movies and TV. It makes it hard to watch and a distraction for the audience. I think you said it best, people are just punching the clock and don't have passion for what they are creating.

"They weren't TRYING to make a GOOD GAME, they were TRYING to make GOOD MONEY."

I honestly don’t think it’s an economy thing, or at least not primarily. I think with the overall serious and rather stressful time of the whole country people still desperately want an escape and to be entertained, but it’s like being starving and only getting fed condiment packets from McDonalds, corporations just aren’t making what we want and they aren’t learning from their failures at all

Once they started referring to their art as “content” it was all over. I reminds me of Boogie Nights; they start as filmmakers working on films that will be shown in theaters and end up producing content on video for video rental stores and mail order catalogs.

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning is a pretty great action movie. Also, Oppenheimer is an absolute amazing movie.

The AAA gaming industry is going through a hard time, but the AA industry is doing well, if not outright thriving.

"Slap Indi's name on it, show Harrison Ford the dirty pictures they obviously have to coerce him into this garbage and voila - the money would just pour in!" Classic!