Anything Goes : Is this the problem with theatrical releases? by Robert Franklin Godwin III

I think that is simply a function of producers becoming risk-averse as film budgets increase dramatically

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I'd like to see more original movies get made and released in theaters, but I don't think sequels, remakes, and reboots are the problem. I think sequels, remakes, and reboots with weak stories and bad CGI are the problems.

Streaming.

Most people don't want to do anything. Most don't even want to work.

These are people who socialize on the internet from their phone, text instead of call, prefer to work from their house, and wear their headphones in at bars--which were designed for you to talk to people next to you.

As the younger generations come they get worse with it, too.

It sucks. I hope theaters survive and I still see them packed where I live. But yeah man we can't just continue to make all this shit to encourage people to sit home all day and then turn around and ask them, "Hey, why won't you leave your house?"

Danny Range "Most people don't want to do anything. Most don't even want to work." Hyperbole will get you nowhere.m The opposite of what you wrote is true all over the world. Geez, don't be so bitter.

Robert Franklin Godwin III It was not bitter. You read it bitterly. Unemployment and remote work is exploding due to work being easy now with computers, that is all. This leads to people wanting to stay home is all I was saying.

Danny Range I read your post as it was written. Working remotely does not mean they don't want to work. As for work, crteativity is always hard. Computers are no more creative than a pen or a hammer.

Robert Franklin Godwin III You read it in a tone without even knowing me, clearly. Maybe I misspoke, though. I meant to say people don't want to physically** get up and do things nowadays, it seems, especially the younger generation, and this is because of the digital rise. So, it's better to say most people prefer ease as corporate America has made their lives easier, and streaming is the easier option. All the movies from theaters end up on streaming, anyway, so that hurts, too. Patient people will just wait a few months to see it cheap on a streaming service at their house.

That is what I was trying to say.

So, streaming has dramatically harmed theaters since it's accessible to this chunk of people is my opinion on a topic which was open to response.

Danny Range And indeed, you wrote it better and made valid points. I would suggest not relying on the reader 'knowing you' to be understood. This is an issue for many screenwriters. It always is difficult read your own writing and see the things that others will interpret differently than you intended.

"It always is difficult read your own writing and see the things that others will interpret differently than you intended."

100%! That's a working process for me. If you heard me say that in person, it's a completely different conversation with intent and tone.

Double edged sword. Take time and try to be easier to understand but also make sure you don't assume.