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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having a large entity with deep pockets (like a studio) to foot the bill until money rolls in makes this easier.

You understand, that's not a studio anymore, that's just a bank, a crappy bank that charges insane interest.

Let's start moving away from this nightmarish Weinstein-esque model and move towards one that's a little less orphan-crushing-machine.

Yes, money will be hard, especially at first, doubly-especially for scifi and similar expensive things, but it has to be better than this, and the fx studios are getting crushed by the studios as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

(..)that’s not a studio anymore, that’s just a bank, a crappy bank that charges insane interest.

You make a good point there. I hadn't considered it from that perspective.

Whatever the solution, the ratio between executive pay and the pay of the people actually getting their hands dirty should be a lot closer to 1. Right now it is tragically far from that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don't know how to make it happen, and I don't even expect it to happen quickly or all at once.

But there always needs to be a counterforce to keep everyone honest, the studios have no counter at all.