homes comments on ‘Backrooms’ Sends Hollywood Running to Reddit for New Ideas

Well, that’s the thing. It’s not like writers don’t have original ideas; i’m certain they have plenty of them. It’s just that the producers are too terrified to take a risk on an original idea (that they have to pay for).

But, apparently, they’re not too afraid to steal original ideas from the Internet. Fucking chickenshit motherfuckers…

Of course, it’s all about the fucking money

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Writers in general have original ideas, but Hollywood filters them out. Hollywood selects for boot-licking and ass-kissing. Anyone with thoughts of their own washes out early.

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago

It also doesn't help that >90% of content is crap, no matter the medium. It's a risky investment.

That being said, the way to handle those odds is to make a lot of smaller bets and listen to feedback. Once you average everything out, you can get good returns on investment

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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's the most psychotic method to finding movies. Now that the backrooms has worked, Hollywood execs can put it in their pitch deck for the next reddit inspired movie.

It's the same reason why we've only got superhero movies for two decades, even beyond Marvel. You can only make new IPs if the reason for producing the IP is that it's similar enough to an existing one. Which kind of kills the whole idea of fresh ideas.

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