Will Hollywood's slump hit video games?

[Supreme Cmdr]

I hope it does. Should teach those bastards in suits a lesson.

Anyway, you read the CNN Money article

[LostInSpace]

Good article.

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Both industries seem to have forgotten that innovation and fresh ideas are what captured audiences in the first place. Remakes and clones might put some change in your coffers in the short term, but you lose respect and credibility from your customers each time you do so. The film and gaming industries are supposed to be fonts of creativity, but lately both seem afraid to risk trying something new. It happens occasionally, but not as much as it should.

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Summed it all up in one paragraph.

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Today's moviegoers, not to put too fine a point on it, are jerks. They kick seats. They constantly chatter amongst themselves, oblivious to others sitting around them. And they are seemingly incapable of pressing the 'off' button on their cell phones and pagers.

Why, dear God, would you want to pay to spend time around these morons?

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Ain't it the truth! Also the ones that bring the little ones to the theaters. There's nothing like having a screaming kid in your ears as you try to listen to some important dialoge.

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But executives at publishing companies need to look ahead and realize that when it comes to keeping fans happy, Hollywood's system might not be the best one to emulate.

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Amen. Sometimes it's much better to follow one's own path.

[Guest Hellbinder[CE]]

There are only so many ideas to make movies.

I think they should start making more 3 movies series based on Classic SCifi and Fantasy novels. And do their absolute best to stay spot on with the book.

Thomas Covenant series should be a movie. Sword of Truth should be a movie. some of the deeper SCifi books etc.

Maybe its time for a new Big Budget Western also.