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  • PhilthePill@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I was worried as soon as the “GMO cost $15 million” mindvirus got started that it would be weaponized for bad faith arguments. To replicate Godzilla Minus One, you need a leader with an unhealthy approach to work/life to throw himself into hours of work. Another way to get that budget is to exploit the shit out of your workers

    There is obviously a ton of waste in Western entertainment budgets, particularly from Disney. But online commenters are doing the work of Disney’s executives by holding up an outlier as an example of the new benchmark for budget success. You shouldn’t fixate on the profitability of the endeavor, but instead on the effectiveness of the investment.

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Not that I think that CGI is cheap, but spending millions in computer graphics with today’s powerful hardware sounds absurd. So, something else must be it.

      Edit: Oh, please. CGI is cheaper than actual props. ET the movie would be way cheaper to remake today than 40 years ago.

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        It’s still human intensive to actually make. Also, when nearly every scene has something that was cgi it really adds up fast.

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    The Acolyte. All my friends said it was such utter shit that I didn’t even bother to give it a chance.

    • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Your friends are morons. There are three episodes out and they’re all pretty good so far but they story will have to pay off. It’s not even possible to know if it’s shit yet because the it’s just getting started lol. Imagine going to see a movie, leaving after 30 minutes and then telling everyone how bad of a movie it was. You didn’t see the movie idiot, why are you commenting on its quality?

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Your friends are morons.

        IMDB 3.5

        Hmm. So clearly most think the episodes blew chunks…

        There are three episodes out and they’re all pretty good so far but they story will have to pay off

        lol

        It’s not even possible to know if it’s shit yet because the it’s just getting started

        Imagine going to see a movie, leaving after 30 minutes and then telling everyone how bad of a movie it was

        If the first 30 minutes are total garbage then yeah it doesn’t seem great for the rest of the movie