I have lived in the LA burbs all my life. Everything will continue to decline b/c there is no other alternative in a one party state. & now b/c so many people & businesses have left the state can’t rebound even in prosperous years. Any bump from a strong market does not make up for the lost tax base. & now you are seeing more billionaires exit. They pay over 40% - 50% of state income tax. The pols & unions soon will make Tehran look more attractive.
Somehow the California film nabobs got the impression that their product was immune from the law of supply and demand. Rather than change their belief they demand bailouts from the California government Leviathan.
Hay Gavin, CBS Radford Studio Center in Studio City, California filed for bankruptcy, how’s that renaissance of greater Hollywood coming along? Another achievement you can add to your CV.
You are not kidding. I watched the film credits at the end of Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" last night (I know I need to get a life, but I was looking for the actor credits to come up) and 'literally' could not believe the number of people and their job descriptions listed for that movie. ( a hyperbolic, metaphorical example might be: assistant to the staff canteen coordinator) It just went on and on. I figure the filming costs for staff alone (not to include actors) had to be near or more than a million. Great movie by the way. Kate Blanchett was incredible.
Jim, Dear, surprised again! Never would have figured you for a Woody Allen fan. I think he is a comic genius and don't care much about his personal life. Here are my favorites in no particular order -- all highly recommended. (The robot scene in Sleeper can almost kill me from laughing until I have no breath.)
Sleeper
Broadway Danny Rose
Radio Days (funny AND very affecting)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (one spoiler -- Woody says to his wife who is behaving crazily: "Save some craziness for menopause."_
Bullets Over Broadway
and Small Time Crooks (Elaine May steals the picture).
Would love to hear your opinion after watching them!
I remember laughing hysterically over a Gene Wilder scene in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But You Were Afraid to Ask) where he was madly in love with a sheep. The sheep was decked out in a garter belt and black stockings. (Enough to make any Mullah swoon.)
Their is no denying Allen's comic genius and I appreciate his particular style of humor in his scripts. I watch his movies but I'm not what you might call a "buff." I'm pretty sure I've seen most of those movies you mention, but it's been a while. Can't pull any particular scene from my memory. If you haven't seen "Blue Jasmine" give it a look. Kate Blanchett is remarkable in her role as Jasmine. Imagine someone who is narcissistic, paranoid, severely neurotic to psychotic, suffering from PTSD from her most recent marriage and divorce, washing Xanax down with alcohol. Some pretty 'serious' humor wrapped up in that story. She pulls it off in spades.
Will do. It sounds good. I am begging you to watch Small Time Crooks. It's a comedy. And, if you don't remember the robot scene in Sleeper, you haven't watched it! AG
Very funny, hilarious in spots. Mace, "cloudy with a chance of rain" cracked me up, and no, 'Blue Jasmine' is not that kind of movie. I'll see if I can find Sleeper somewhere.
Adult son is in the video industry but works for commercial interests like technology companies promoting products or doing training pieces. Work there continues pretty steady but it is all piece work, so the usual income uncertainty exists. Our household is not a consumer of the Hollywood productions.
Hooks are optional. Crooks are obligatory. My great-uncle had a bomb planted by his house, a PI he worked with had one go off in his car, back in the "Chinatown" era. Crime and money always meet in politics.
Taylor Sheridan, who has become a production industry unto himself in the last decade, has opened a giant studio/production facility in Texas. Tyler Perry's studio is in Atlanta.
Only progressives could come up with policies so bad that they kill the entertainment industry in an era of constant streaming =constant demand for content.
AI, which threatens to remove humans from the mix entirely, will be the end of the industry in CA. I can't think of a more deserving group of americans.
It is amazing. I don't think I have watched a Hollywood movie other than Sinners in quite some time. I watched Sinners on one of the streaming services. I haven't set foot in a theater in more than a decade. I am currently watching the Apple series For All Mankind, and I have to say that the quality is as good or better than any film released to theaters or streamed in years. That is somewhat typical. Slow Horses topped any spy drama. Stallone's Tulsa King was one of the best things he has done in years. There have been a host of really great series produced on Apple and Paramount, not to mention HBO's The Pitt which is one of the best of its genre ever. To hell with Hollywood, and Gavin along with it.
Did someone suggest to all of those lefties who are losing their job in Hollywood that they should learn to AI prompt engineer?
Not only will it be the main production technique for all future movies b AI prompt engineering will be the "learn to code" for the newly unemployed Left
No such thing as government subsidies---that's taxpayer money---stolen---to hand off to political buddies. Lionsgate is in Yonkers, NY and every tax abatement they get results in homeowners' taxes going up. And they want an apt building just for themselves because they can't be in the same building with the local riff raff.
A friend of mine in Manhattan is wont to say that Wall Street isn't going anywhere, they're too attached to New York. I wonder how many Angelinos have said the same about Hollywood.
California has run off a large number of profitable industries.
When I grew up both Ford and GM had auto assembly plants in the SF bay area. The Ford plant is now a shopping mall. The GM plant changed first to Nummi and then became a Tesla assembly plant. I'd expect Elon to move away someday soon.
Aerospace had plants all over. Lockheed had major installations in Burbank and Sunnyvale. Both have shrunk over the years.
The quintessential Silicon Valley company, Intel, started off in Santa Clara. They planned for expansion in Folsom outside Sacramento as a cheaper alternative. They built several buildings there but finally halted work on the last one with only the foundations poured. (They only finished that building decades later.) They expanded to Hillsboro, Oregon, instead. For years Hillsboro was their largest location. The Portland area going progressive woke made them now expand mostly in Arizona.
Hollywood is dying for the lack of good stories allowed. Wokesters ruin everything; they're like the clerical scolds and censors of yore.
That and that little silicon chip.
I have lived in the LA burbs all my life. Everything will continue to decline b/c there is no other alternative in a one party state. & now b/c so many people & businesses have left the state can’t rebound even in prosperous years. Any bump from a strong market does not make up for the lost tax base. & now you are seeing more billionaires exit. They pay over 40% - 50% of state income tax. The pols & unions soon will make Tehran look more attractive.
OMG! Reagan's quote hits the mark, again.
"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
Beat me to it.
Somehow the California film nabobs got the impression that their product was immune from the law of supply and demand. Rather than change their belief they demand bailouts from the California government Leviathan.
Yeah but those bailouts won’t trickle down to the little guy that actually hauls the electrical, paints the faces or builds the sets.
Hay Gavin, CBS Radford Studio Center in Studio City, California filed for bankruptcy, how’s that renaissance of greater Hollywood coming along? Another achievement you can add to your CV.
Not going to blame the unions for their share in driving prices up and voting in malevolent governments. OK yes I am.
You are not kidding. I watched the film credits at the end of Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" last night (I know I need to get a life, but I was looking for the actor credits to come up) and 'literally' could not believe the number of people and their job descriptions listed for that movie. ( a hyperbolic, metaphorical example might be: assistant to the staff canteen coordinator) It just went on and on. I figure the filming costs for staff alone (not to include actors) had to be near or more than a million. Great movie by the way. Kate Blanchett was incredible.
Jim, Dear, surprised again! Never would have figured you for a Woody Allen fan. I think he is a comic genius and don't care much about his personal life. Here are my favorites in no particular order -- all highly recommended. (The robot scene in Sleeper can almost kill me from laughing until I have no breath.)
Sleeper
Broadway Danny Rose
Radio Days (funny AND very affecting)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (one spoiler -- Woody says to his wife who is behaving crazily: "Save some craziness for menopause."_
Bullets Over Broadway
and Small Time Crooks (Elaine May steals the picture).
Would love to hear your opinion after watching them!
AG
I remember laughing hysterically over a Gene Wilder scene in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But You Were Afraid to Ask) where he was madly in love with a sheep. The sheep was decked out in a garter belt and black stockings. (Enough to make any Mullah swoon.)
Their is no denying Allen's comic genius and I appreciate his particular style of humor in his scripts. I watch his movies but I'm not what you might call a "buff." I'm pretty sure I've seen most of those movies you mention, but it's been a while. Can't pull any particular scene from my memory. If you haven't seen "Blue Jasmine" give it a look. Kate Blanchett is remarkable in her role as Jasmine. Imagine someone who is narcissistic, paranoid, severely neurotic to psychotic, suffering from PTSD from her most recent marriage and divorce, washing Xanax down with alcohol. Some pretty 'serious' humor wrapped up in that story. She pulls it off in spades.
Will do. It sounds good. I am begging you to watch Small Time Crooks. It's a comedy. And, if you don't remember the robot scene in Sleeper, you haven't watched it! AG
I'll watch it today at 'tubitv'. ;-)
Very funny, hilarious in spots. Mace, "cloudy with a chance of rain" cracked me up, and no, 'Blue Jasmine' is not that kind of movie. I'll see if I can find Sleeper somewhere.
Adult son is in the video industry but works for commercial interests like technology companies promoting products or doing training pieces. Work there continues pretty steady but it is all piece work, so the usual income uncertainty exists. Our household is not a consumer of the Hollywood productions.
I was concerned about where your comment was going when it begins with the statement
“Adult son is in the video industry”
🤪🤪🤪
Ha Ha, I see your point. He is a producer/editor.
Karen Bass has done a heck of a job. And I’ll bet she gets re-elected by hook or by crook. Likely crook.
Hooks are optional. Crooks are obligatory. My great-uncle had a bomb planted by his house, a PI he worked with had one go off in his car, back in the "Chinatown" era. Crime and money always meet in politics.
Taylor Sheridan, who has become a production industry unto himself in the last decade, has opened a giant studio/production facility in Texas. Tyler Perry's studio is in Atlanta.
Only progressives could come up with policies so bad that they kill the entertainment industry in an era of constant streaming =constant demand for content.
AI, which threatens to remove humans from the mix entirely, will be the end of the industry in CA. I can't think of a more deserving group of americans.
It is amazing. I don't think I have watched a Hollywood movie other than Sinners in quite some time. I watched Sinners on one of the streaming services. I haven't set foot in a theater in more than a decade. I am currently watching the Apple series For All Mankind, and I have to say that the quality is as good or better than any film released to theaters or streamed in years. That is somewhat typical. Slow Horses topped any spy drama. Stallone's Tulsa King was one of the best things he has done in years. There have been a host of really great series produced on Apple and Paramount, not to mention HBO's The Pitt which is one of the best of its genre ever. To hell with Hollywood, and Gavin along with it.
Love Slow Horses. I also recommend Murderbot — wonderful scifi.
I enjoyed that as well. There is a ton of great stuff on AppleTV.
Did someone suggest to all of those lefties who are losing their job in Hollywood that they should learn to AI prompt engineer?
Not only will it be the main production technique for all future movies b AI prompt engineering will be the "learn to code" for the newly unemployed Left
No such thing as government subsidies---that's taxpayer money---stolen---to hand off to political buddies. Lionsgate is in Yonkers, NY and every tax abatement they get results in homeowners' taxes going up. And they want an apt building just for themselves because they can't be in the same building with the local riff raff.
A friend of mine in Manhattan is wont to say that Wall Street isn't going anywhere, they're too attached to New York. I wonder how many Angelinos have said the same about Hollywood.
I think I'll send him a link to this article.
California has run off a large number of profitable industries.
When I grew up both Ford and GM had auto assembly plants in the SF bay area. The Ford plant is now a shopping mall. The GM plant changed first to Nummi and then became a Tesla assembly plant. I'd expect Elon to move away someday soon.
Aerospace had plants all over. Lockheed had major installations in Burbank and Sunnyvale. Both have shrunk over the years.
The quintessential Silicon Valley company, Intel, started off in Santa Clara. They planned for expansion in Folsom outside Sacramento as a cheaper alternative. They built several buildings there but finally halted work on the last one with only the foundations poured. (They only finished that building decades later.) They expanded to Hillsboro, Oregon, instead. For years Hillsboro was their largest location. The Portland area going progressive woke made them now expand mostly in Arizona.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of idiots. Maybe the make a terrible product that no one wants to buy