Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
For awhile, we here at MuseHack have been discussing the checklist issue of films, how films all seem alike and follow the same beats. We’re concerned what that means for Hollywood, writers, and media. We’re also feeling just a wee bit justified now that such concerns are mainstream and in fact may be traced back to one book and writing concept, Save the Cat.
(Serdar has more to say on “Save the Cat” in his own erudite way.)
Law firms are in trouble, so it’s not a guaranteed fallback: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113941/big-law-firms-trouble-when-money-dries#
Publicly funding a stadium is a losing proposition: http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/america-has-a-stadium-problem-62665/. In fact, we’re spending more on them to date, and bankrupt Detroit is still building a Hockey Stadium. http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130619/BIZ/306190075/
– Steven
It seems like the last few weeks we’ve been discussing the potential of a Hollywood meltdown. Admittedly with Spielberg starts talking disaster, you listen. There’s plenty of comments on it, from our own Serdar to Cracked.com.
So though I don’t think we’re there yet, I have to concede that it seems Hollywood is heading for a meltdown. The second half of the summer doesn’t seem to be going too hot, though I will say Despicable Me 2 really did deserve to do well.
But my praise for the family/superhero/romcom/comedy of the summer aside, I do think that the meltdown is coming, probably next year, as the pre-planned tent poles don’t provide a lot of support. So what happens if there is a Hollywood collapse, with a huge amount of blockbusters not making enough money, and the risk-phobic studios not being sure what to do?
One of my first thoughts is that a lot of people won’t give a damn.