Comments on: US movie biz is booming: MPAA http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11238 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11238/comment-page-1#comment-133360 Reader's Write Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:56:59 +0000 #comment-133360 Of course we don't hear in these same figures what is "saved" by outsourcing jobs to foreign countries. Nor do we hear of the new technology that has allowed Hollydud to remove workers from the payrolls, such as digital. With digital it's not longer a need to develop film, have couriers move the film, no longer is shipment needed to deliver those canisters to the movie theaters. Nor do we hear of the bloat that is constantly in the background of those supporting industries to the movies, such as higher labor costs for stunt people, material costs, and the like. Another thing we don't hear is how movies are getting financing through special clauses in laws such as in Germany where they are given financial breaks in special interest laws, amounting to near give-a-ways in tax breaks and funding. In the effort to gain more money, the studios have started a lock-step to limit the pay to the world renown class actors. You can be sure that same reason is being used to limit the lessor paid character actors. Can't have the stars making less than the character actors can we? If its' getting cheaper labor, why aren't we seeing a reduction in the cost of seeing and buying movies? I guess the studio fat cats don't have enough Mercedes Benz, Rolls, nor enough limos on call as it is. Of course we don’t hear in these same figures what is “saved” by outsourcing jobs to foreign countries. Nor do we hear of the new technology that has allowed Hollydud to remove workers from the payrolls, such as digital. With digital it’s not longer a need to develop film, have couriers move the film, no longer is shipment needed to deliver those canisters to the movie theaters.

Nor do we hear of the bloat that is constantly in the background of those supporting industries to the movies, such as higher labor costs for stunt people, material costs, and the like.

Another thing we don’t hear is how movies are getting financing through special clauses in laws such as in Germany where they are given financial breaks in special interest laws, amounting to near give-a-ways in tax breaks and funding.

In the effort to gain more money, the studios have started a lock-step to limit the pay to the world renown class actors. You can be sure that same reason is being used to limit the lessor paid character actors. Can’t have the stars making less than the character actors can we? If its’ getting cheaper labor, why aren’t we seeing a reduction in the cost of seeing and buying movies? I guess the studio fat cats don’t have enough Mercedes Benz, Rolls, nor enough limos on call as it is.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11238/comment-page-1#comment-133354 Reader's Write Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:27:24 +0000 #comment-133354 If the movie studios kept claiming they were crippled, no one would invest in them anymore. They are essentially saving themselves in this statement, whereas the previous ones were economic suicide notes, regardless of validity. If the movie studios kept claiming they were crippled, no one would invest in them anymore. They are essentially saving themselves in this statement, whereas the previous ones were economic suicide notes, regardless of validity.

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