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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 656507" data-attributes="member: 22777"><p>A lot of the talk seems to centre around film and how the largest grossing movies of the 1990's are better than today. I feel like people are ignoring the effect of the internet on the film industry here. Before the broadband and reasonable internet speeds studios could take more of a chance on films that may not do well in the box office, as they could fall back on the video/DVD market. A classic example would be something like Anchorman - didn't do great in the cinema by any means, byt became a cult classic and the studio made a fair bit of dosh of rentals and DVD purchases.</p><p> </p><p>That market is essentially gone now. The people who would have once rented/bought after the film is gone from the cinema can now download it for free. This means that studios can't take the risk of something bombing in the cinema. So they go for safe options like sequels or lowest common denominator blockbusters.</p><p></p><p>What this has meant is that a lot of the best writers have gone into TV, leading to the rise of the HBO style mini-series. They get a lot more artistic freedom and there's less pressure due to much smaller expense. The quality of network television has probably never been higher.</p><p></p><p>The same arguments could be made for music too I suppose. Recording companies are more inclined to pump money into pop acts as they're safer returns in an industry that's been utterly transformed by illegal downloading. That said, I think that anyone who bemoans a lack of quality in the charts is an idiot. The pop charts are aimed at kids from the ages of about 10-17. If you don't like it it's because it's not for you. We're living in a proper golden age of creativity at the moment. There are more people than ever making high quality, high production value music thanks to the emergence of cheaper recording and processing gear, and with the internet they can spread it to the world without need of a record label. Services like Spotify, Soundcloud, etc. make it so easy to find really good new artists. The only difficulty is that because there's so much material out there it can be a bit overwhelming, but this is a good problem to have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 656507, member: 22777"] A lot of the talk seems to centre around film and how the largest grossing movies of the 1990's are better than today. I feel like people are ignoring the effect of the internet on the film industry here. Before the broadband and reasonable internet speeds studios could take more of a chance on films that may not do well in the box office, as they could fall back on the video/DVD market. A classic example would be something like Anchorman - didn't do great in the cinema by any means, byt became a cult classic and the studio made a fair bit of dosh of rentals and DVD purchases. That market is essentially gone now. The people who would have once rented/bought after the film is gone from the cinema can now download it for free. This means that studios can't take the risk of something bombing in the cinema. So they go for safe options like sequels or lowest common denominator blockbusters. What this has meant is that a lot of the best writers have gone into TV, leading to the rise of the HBO style mini-series. They get a lot more artistic freedom and there's less pressure due to much smaller expense. The quality of network television has probably never been higher. The same arguments could be made for music too I suppose. Recording companies are more inclined to pump money into pop acts as they're safer returns in an industry that's been utterly transformed by illegal downloading. That said, I think that anyone who bemoans a lack of quality in the charts is an idiot. The pop charts are aimed at kids from the ages of about 10-17. If you don't like it it's because it's not for you. We're living in a proper golden age of creativity at the moment. There are more people than ever making high quality, high production value music thanks to the emergence of cheaper recording and processing gear, and with the internet they can spread it to the world without need of a record label. Services like Spotify, Soundcloud, etc. make it so easy to find really good new artists. The only difficulty is that because there's so much material out there it can be a bit overwhelming, but this is a good problem to have. [/QUOTE]
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