I thought the same thing. Can't tell if I'm just finding patterns in nothing, though.Palademon said:
The Big Picture: Hollywood History 101: Part 1
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Excellent, excellent, excellent.
Stuff like this is why I watch your shows Bob. A great summary of a subject I really thought I knew more about, but you showed me otherwise.
As a side note, are the five minute limits to these videos something the Escapist puts on you or are they your own choice? Because I would totally watch a longer video if it meant for interesting information.
Stuff like this is why I watch your shows Bob. A great summary of a subject I really thought I knew more about, but you showed me otherwise.
As a side note, are the five minute limits to these videos something the Escapist puts on you or are they your own choice? Because I would totally watch a longer video if it meant for interesting information.
Exactly what I was thinking. The difference is, that juggernaut might be "too big to fail" this time and end up taking down the Internet instead.Tarkand said:
Nothing on the Hays Codes? I would expect just about any discussion of the early movie industry to talk about the Hays Codes, if only perhaps because it gives some interesting insight into entertainment industries vs. the first amendment which has been a big topic around these parts.
Ha!Littleman64 said:
I hope he covers things like TV networks, Cable, pay per view, VHS, DVD, DVR, ratings and advertising. But then we only get about 5 minutes an episode, so if he feels the need to move onto something geeky like more Captain America as seen by the world, or whatever, I'm along for the ride.
A Big Picture episode actually focusing on the big picture?
Shocking.
(also really really good, keep it up)
Shocking.
(also really really good, keep it up)
That much I already knew about Hollywood, and the sad part is that movie studios also "owned" actors and they couldn't work outside the studio. We, they could, but it was really hard sometimes for them to get work in a different studio.
Now I'm really excited about how tv changed Hollywood, I think I have a vague idea what it is, but I'm pretty sure that it's gonna be big.
Now I'm really excited about how tv changed Hollywood, I think I have a vague idea what it is, but I'm pretty sure that it's gonna be big.
'ffmpeg' will do that sort of thing if you over-compress a video. The Escapist has taken to some fairly aggressive compression measures, presumably to lower bandwidth costs.gigastrike said:
You kind of missed another big event, the reason why Hollywood became Hollywood. It wasn't just because it was cheap. It was because it was cheaper to move across the United States than it was to rebuild in the old silent movie city, Jacksonville, Florida.
My guess is it didn't work out very well for movies. Until they realized they could make money showing movies on television.
It's almost like th'difference 'tween night and day when ya consider th'fact of how much i still enjoy Moviebob's "Big Picture" vids, vs how epically p*ssed-off i tend to get when watchin' his movie reviews...
o'course, i'm still watchin' both, so what does that say about me?
o'course, i'm still watchin' both, so what does that say about me?
fierydemise said:
I have to agree with these two posts.Fiz_The_Toaster said:
MovieBob says you can't argue with the result...greatest films, blah, blah.
I think you can't talk about the Studio Era without 1) Talking about the Hayes Code (which wasn't replaced until 1968!)--and the negative impact that had on artistic output (for example, ending Mae West's film career) and 2) Talking about the effect of the studio system on those that labored under it. You have to talk about the abuse of a Judy Garland and the extremely shoddy treatment of a Lena Horne, you have to talk about the gang rape of Girl 27, the treatment of gays, women, minorities, children.
