Comments on: New Golden Age of Cinema http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722 make it happen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:38:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Bettina http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10944 Bettina Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:52:52 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10944 so, in other words, you think it'll be beneficiary to the movie-watchers-world if I started to make my own little movie tomorrow? It'll be called the "Black Widow striking back". You're being rather hypothetical here (and still have not established a direct causation between budget costs and quality - if at all, it is an arbitray assumption). I don't buy this. so, in other words, you think it’ll be beneficiary to the movie-watchers-world if I started to make my own little movie tomorrow? It’ll be called the “Black Widow striking back”.

You’re being rather hypothetical here (and still have not established a direct causation between budget costs and quality - if at all, it is an arbitray assumption). I don’t buy this.

]]> By: steve http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10938 steve Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:38:39 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10938 Technology has reduced the upfront costs for producing a movie. This has eliminated the advantage of big production companies who by their sheer size was able to manage those upfront costs by developing infrastructure. Small production companies no longer need the resources of the big production company to make their movie. Thus, more movie makers are able to make their films. This increases competition as the pool of potential movie goers stays the same while the amount of movie producers increases. The more producers compete for the consumer the more EVERYONE benefits. In the case of this post that benefit manifests itself in higher quality films. Technology has reduced the upfront costs for producing a movie. This has eliminated the advantage of big production companies who by their sheer size was able to manage those upfront costs by developing infrastructure. Small production companies no longer need the resources of the big production company to make their movie. Thus, more movie makers are able to make their films. This increases competition as the pool of potential movie goers stays the same while the amount of movie producers increases. The more producers compete for the consumer the more EVERYONE benefits. In the case of this post that benefit manifests itself in higher quality films.

]]> By: Bettina http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10936 Bettina Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:57:31 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10936 You are going crazy here with mixing up your points: You say, the more technical advancement, the less the production costs, the more competition, the better the movies? I cannot follow the causality chain, here. Furthermore, you ought to differenitate between "low-budget" productions, and cheap movies. I doubt that the quality of the latter has to do anything with excellence. You are going crazy here with mixing up your points: You say, the more technical advancement, the less the production costs, the more competition, the better the movies? I cannot follow the causality chain, here. Furthermore, you ought to differenitate between “low-budget” productions, and cheap movies. I doubt that the quality of the latter has to do anything with excellence.

]]> By: steve http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10918 steve Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:03:50 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10918 If there are several corporations batting each other out than thats all we need to benefit from free market competition. Reminds me of the mid nineties when several cheaply made independent films became financially successfully, like the Blair Witch Project. Several years after that all the 'monolithic, market-dominating' production companies began to acquire independent production companies. The fruits of that are no doubt in part the topic of this particular post. If there are several corporations batting each other out than thats all we need to benefit from free market competition. Reminds me of the mid nineties when several cheaply made independent films became financially successfully, like the Blair Witch Project. Several years after that all the ‘monolithic, market-dominating’ production companies began to acquire independent production companies. The fruits of that are no doubt in part the topic of this particular post.

]]> By: Michael http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10911 Michael Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:41:24 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10911 heheh, and rush hour 3 wins at the boxoffice... where's the market driven excellence there? heheh, and rush hour 3 wins at the boxoffice… where’s the market driven excellence there?

]]> By: darwin http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10910 darwin Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:38:06 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10910 Wait, competition is good? I thought monolithic, market-dominating corporations were good? Wait, competition is good? I thought monolithic, market-dominating corporations were good?

]]> By: Jamie http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10905 Jamie Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:50:38 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/722#comment-10905 Yeah, yeah, yeah... Say what you want about rotten tomatoes. I say it's just a bunch of "experts" telling the population what to think about the movies. Yeah, yeah, yeah… Say what you want about rotten tomatoes. I say it’s just a bunch of “experts” telling the population what to think about the movies.

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