(Ibuki decides not to mention that she's used to giant speakers right in her ears)
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"Think of the two major possibilities here: Either the studios owe untold millions to their talents and paying it out will decimate their stock prices, or they owe so little because there really is no money in streaming and the bubble of their entire 21st century business model will burst in spectacular fashion. And make no mistake: this is a bubble. This is the inevitable climax of a stockholder-driven hunger for infinite growth, despite the fact that, by design, such a thing cannot and should not exist. The infection of Wall Street has overwhelmed the entertainment industry beyond repair, leading to cultural vandals like David Zaslav to be appointed with the callous duty of strip-mining decades’ of artistic beauty for pennies of tax write-offs. The past and future are frivolous in comparison to the short-term demands that the line keep going up."
Literally was just thinking about this on the way to work and realized just how cookie cutter popular media has become today and god i hope that the entire industry bubble pops and starts from scratch.
I hope that people start looking to indie artists and discover a whole new world of variety that was hidden to them under a sea of oppressive advertisements. I want to see small studios suddenly flourish and compete with each other instead of stumbling behind in the wake of massive companies. I hope we get more shit like Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio and audience backed shows like Critical Role’s animated series. I want shit to get weird again. I want new stories instead of five fucking sequels and an endless ongoing stream of marvel shoved in my face. I want cult classics like Tremors to start popping up again. I want physical media to come back like CDs
I want that goddamn bubble to pop, how did it get this bad
