Hollywood Is Dying: One Third of All Hollywood Jobs Gone In Just Two Years

If you work in entertainment, you probably heard some variation of this last year: "Survive 'til '25."
Things have been bleak. In a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, the reporting goes as far as to call Los Angeles' production prospects "a disaster movie."
The numbers are stark.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 100,000 people were employed in Los Angeles County's motion picture industry at the end of 2024. Two years earlier, that figure stood at 142,000.
That's a loss of 42,000 jobs--nearly a third of the workforce--in just 24 months.
The decline shows no signs of stopping.
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FilmLA, the official film office for the city and county, reported that on-location production was down 22% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Television production has been especially hard-hit. The region reached a peak of 18,560 annual shoot days in 2021. By 2024, that number had plummeted to just 7,716. It's a 58.4% decline in three years.
Paul Audley, president of FilmLA, told NBC Los Angeles that 2024 was "the worst year on record, excluding COVID."
The first quarter of 2025 looks even worse. Every major category of production, from television dramas to commercials, logged fewer shoot days compared to the year before.
What's driving this collapse? Multiple factors have made this unemployment stew.
We have not yet recovered from the WGA and SAG strikes. The streaming bubble has burst, with major companies pulling back on content spending after years of explosive growth. The fires uprooted many on the west side of the city, and rebuilding is slow, so some have opted to leave town.

I've got a theory: Maybe it has something to do with Hollywood basically being Antifa Theater Kids now.

Hollywood's big prestige drama for the fall is One Battle After Another which is expliclty pro-left-wing terrorism and anti-ICE. It never uses the word "Antifa" or "ICE," but its leftwing terrorist heroes are plainly Antifa, and the even Reichwing government agency they're blowing up and shooting at is plainly ICE.

Sean Penn is part of this, you won't be surprised to hear. He plays, get this, an evil right-wing law enforcement official. Despite his insane levels of racism, apparently he's got a thing for darker-skinned minority women. (Oooh, maybe that's why he's so racist! Now that's some outstanding character psychology.)

He used to have sex with a Virtuous Terrorist Minority Woman and had a Secret Racist Love-Child with her and, per Ethan Van Sciver, wants to erase all evidence of that. Van Sciver is being coy because he doesn't want to spoil everything but I think it's pretty clear he means that this evil Reichwing LEO wants to kill his former lover and his own child so that he can run for office in Texas or something.

It's got real Four Quadrant Appeal!

And then they claim that they have no responsibility for the endless Antifa/Trantifa violence:

My full statement to President Trump during the White's House roundtable on Antifa: Antifa is real. It's a real threat...Sustained political violence is not a 'both sides' issue. All of the violent protests I have covered just this year have been because of people on the Left. pic.twitter.com/AKy7NBjM3Q
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) October 8, 2025

An individual has been arrested for threatening to kill my wife, my four children, and me. He sent a letter to my home saying he hated our views and wanted us dead.

He is being charged federally and faces prison time.

I want to thank President Trump, AG Pam Bondi, and the… pic.twitter.com/yRAw53QGOg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 10, 2025

Have these geniuses who can't stop propagandizing in favor of political violence ever considered that they are also propagandizing political violence to the pissed-off and heavily-armed (and veteran- and LEO-stuffed) right-wing?

And that we are thisclose to agreeing that yes, political violence is justified?

Is that what you want? Think long and hard before answering.

Fraudulent Documents Merchant and Hard-Left Activist Dan Rather has commented on CBS's hiring of Bari Weiss, claiming that her hiring, and not the attempt to rig the 2004 election with obviously fake "documents," is a "dark day."

"The American people will pay the price for this move, as will the journalists of CBS News who can no longer credibly serve as watchdogs because the ones they are meant to hold to account are signing their paychecks and hobnobbing with the president," the veteran journalist wrote.
At one point, he warned, "It is a dark day in the halls of CBS News."

Last night I linked Critical Drinker's review of Good Boy, an independent movie about supernatural horror in which the hero is the family dog, and a very good boy indeed.

Our resident Moron Dog Movie Reviewer naturalflake saw it, and has been recommending it since last week:

I've been flogging "Good Boy" all this week ever since we saw it on the weekend.
I don't want to over sell it, but it is a very good movie
Honestly, it does everything you'd want if you think about its premise.
And yes, Indy is a very good boy.
Definitely check it out if it's playing in your town.
Posted by: naturalfake

Posted by: Ace at 05:40 PM

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1 Not Elric!

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (TN0g+)

2 Rookie alert

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (LCzx5)

3 One of the few things that AI is becoming good at is making videos. Maybe more of Hollywood will die from that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (ExV1e)

4 The Film Business is trying to move to Las Vegas.

Cheaper and less regulations to deal with.

Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (xl8DV)

5 Good riddance

Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (VE6XX)

6 A number of those jobs have shifted to non Hollywood movie producing locations .

Las Vegas is attempting to take over led by Mark Wahlberg.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (EYmYM)

7 I nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

8 nooded the others

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (LCzx5)

9 hoping it will die faster!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (kHop/)

10 So, four more years and we'll be rid of Hollywood?

Posted by: Weasel at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (gNJzN)

11 double noods have to be seen to be believed!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (LCzx5)

12 Seems Hollywood has been in decline for a long time.

How much movie/television production has moved to Vancouver? Atlanta, Georgia? Czech Republic?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (IBQGV)

13 Hollywood is dying, and I am here for it.

Kill the guilds, the networks, the studios, and all of their and the celebrities' tax breaks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:44 PM (/p+XQ)

14 We have not yet recovered from the WGA and SAG strikes.

I'm sure that's Trump's fault somehow.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:45 PM (9LmFm)

15 Maybe some more late night Jeff Bridges interviews would help...

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (TN0g+)

16 Too many of their big stars have come out as anti American. Not a good business plan .

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (EYmYM)

17 How much movie/television production has moved to Vancouver? Atlanta, Georgia? Czech Republic?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

And New Mexico & Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (9LmFm)

18 Hollywood Is Dying
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Prayers up.

Dear Lord, help it ease into death faster.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (krQz2)

19 My kid and her boyfriend saw Good Boy yesterday. He's a fan of dog movies and loved it. She less so. Writing and plot as there is is thin, but dog is great. Both said it felt like watching a modern video game play out.

They also said they had no idea why it's R, unless it was just to convince parents this is not a movie like a superhero one that you can bring 7 years olds to watch...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (tOcjL)

20 Oh well

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (xcxpd)

21 How much movie/television production has moved to Vancouver? Atlanta, Georgia? Czech Republic?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

And New Mexico & Texas.
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Oklahoma has gotten some of that as well.

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (TN0g+)

22 That's a shame.

Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (BG2Yo)

23 rickb, Hollywoodites blame Trump every time they can't get their d!cks up.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (/p+XQ)

24 Hollyweird is having problems? You don't say?

Well, anyways.....

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (89Sog)

25 And New Mexico & Texas.
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Oklahoma has gotten some of that as well.
Posted by: Crusader

I thought of Oklahoma as I hit "Post".

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (9LmFm)

26 >>> And that we are thisclose to agreeing that yes, political violence is justified?

>>>Is that what you want? Think long and hard before answering.

It would seem like taking candy from a baby if they put out some Death Wish/Dirty Harry 2025 films like back in the day. Gratuitous nudity, low production quality, no-name actors.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (i24o9)

27 It never uses the word "Antifa"
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Because they don't exist.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (krQz2)

28 Re the Good Boy movie:

I hear the star was a real bitch to work with!

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (/p+XQ)

29 I really don't get the Bari Weiss business. I don't get why CBS hired her, I don't understand why lefties are hating on her, and I sure as shit don't get why righties like her.

She's a self-aggrandizing nobody. But apparently she doesn't toe the line enough for the CBS people. Maybe it's because she's a third of the age of their average viewer.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (dGCAG)

30 BurtTC, well, Bari *is* cute...

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (/p+XQ)

31 Yeah, AI will definitely have an effect on this industry. I was playing around with new stuff over the past week and created a song and a music video in about 5 minutes by pressing a couple of buttons after a prompt. And its pretty good, looks natural, so much more advanced than just a year ago.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (rvwwT)

32 My only concern about Good Boy is if it goes into Marley and Me or Old Yeller territory.

I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

33 Well wtf. The industry wakes up every day and says gee, how can we piss off even more Americans so they say can point a finger and say you suck more than yesterday.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (snZF9)

34 Maybe some more late night Jeff Bridges interviews would help...
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (TN0g+)

Perhaps if they made some TikTok compilations of 'stars' sitting in their mansions deigning to speak to the little people about how tough things are and how they're forced to drive a two-year-old Bentley.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

35 Dan Rather. I'm always surprised when I see or hear his name; I always seem to expect for some reason that it should be preceded by the words "the late".

He puts me in mind of the severed head in C.S. Lewis's novel, That Hideous Strength, which the villain of the story manipulates to utter barely intelligible words, attempting to pass it off as some sort of oracle; however, it's pretty obviously just a lifeless, disembodied head.

Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (mADJX)

36 I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

I won't watch those either

Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (VE6XX)

37 And I'll bet Tourisms has taken a Nosedive as well
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 10, 2025 05:45 PM (wGqjj)

Tim Dillon was talking about that. All the companies that did tours of the "stars," they don't get any customers anymore, because... THERE AREN'T ANY STARS!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (dGCAG)

38 20 years ago Hollywood was making a movie I wanted to see several times a month.

Now I'm lucky to find a couple a year.

Their movies suck. Bad acting, bad directing, and HORRIBLE plots.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (sKqQm)

39 She's a self-aggrandizing nobody. But apparently she doesn't toe the line enough for the CBS people. Maybe it's because she's a third of the age of their average viewer.
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While simultaneously 20 years older than the average CBS staffer. I think a lot of the MSM consists of 25 year-olds writing "news" for 65 year-olds.

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (TN0g+)

40 BurtTC, also, CBS is desperate for viewers.

"CSI: Portland" didn't get many viewers, and "60 Minutes"'s audiences is 60% dead.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (/p+XQ)

41 rickb, Hollywoodites blame Trump every time they can't get their d!cks up.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (/p+XQ)

Not true. They have no dicks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (snZF9)

42 If you don't care about spoilers for One Battle After Another, and want to know how ridiculous its plot really is, full summary at The Movie Spoiler:

https://themoviespoiler.com/
movies/one-battle-after-another/

Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (gWBY1)

43 It's more like Hollywood wakes up everyday and says "What can we do to win back our audience?!"

"Wait. No, not that."

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (krQz2)

44 BurtTC, well, Bari *is* cute...
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (/p+XQ)

Cute?

She's a slightly less hideous Katie Porter.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (dGCAG)

45 My only concern about Good Boy is if it goes into Marley and Me or Old Yeller territory.

I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller & Marley and Me.

After holding dogs in my arms while they passed, I have no desire to watch it on the screen.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (9LmFm)

46 33 Well wtf. The industry wakes up every day and says gee, how can we piss off even more Americans so they say can point a finger and say you suck more than yesterday.
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Ah, the NFL Model.

Posted by: Mmm Hmmm at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (qUkBO)

47 28 Re the Good Boy movie:

I hear the star was a real bitch to work with! - qdpsteve

Yeah, crapped all over the script, from what I heard.

Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:53 PM (mADJX)

48 Star Tours in Hollywood aren't really a thrill anymore.

"And now, here's Chris Evans's house..."

"Who??"

"And next door, there's Renate Reinsve's house."

"WHO??"

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:53 PM (/p+XQ)

49 While simultaneously 20 years older than the average CBS staffer. I think a lot of the MSM consists of 25 year-olds writing "news" for 65 year-olds.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (TN0g+)

Not unlike the Portland protesters. A bizarre mix of 20 something blue hairs, and 75 year old hippies.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (dGCAG)

50 How cute that Sean Penn's character wants to murder his baby mama and their unborn baby. The commies know all about murdering the kid to destroy evidence of rape-rape.

Oh look! The Eff.Bee.EYE (or maybe it was ICE) managed to find someone who made a death threat. Almost like they could have done that all along.

And Ran Dather isn't dead yet?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (ULPxl)

51 Berserker: you have a point

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (/p+XQ)

52 I honestly thought Dan Rather had died years ago

Posted by: Josephistan at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (G0Uu2)

53 45 My only concern about Good Boy is if it goes into Marley and Me or Old Yeller territory.

I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller & Marley and Me.

After holding dogs in my arms while they passed, I have no desire to watch it on the screen.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (9LmFm)

Exactly

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (xcxpd)

54 We need a penguin movie, toot sweet! Don't care where it is filmed. Ice and water would help.

Posted by: The Merry Marching Penguin Majority at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (oftw2)

55 Yet, Hollywood persists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)

56 Burt, what?? :-)

IMHO Katie makes Bari look like Mila Kunis.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (/p+XQ)

57 Of course Hollywood has a very serious political problem. They're all Communists, and therefore dour ideologues who can't relate to humans.

But even if they weren't a bunch of humorless Stalinists, they still have no talent. All of their output would still be mediocre pablum nobody wants, even if it weren't so morally objectionable.

They are creatively bankrupt.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (BI5O2)

58 38 20 years ago Hollywood was making a movie I wanted to see several times a month.

Now I'm lucky to find a couple a year.

Their movies suck. Bad acting, bad directing, and HORRIBLE plots.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (sKqQm)

Yeah, I stick to older movies and quality foreign films nowadays.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (xcxpd)

59 Radio plays ended, too, as a popular entertainment option.

Humanity survived. Time marches on.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (GYGpZ)

60 Unfortunately, I expect the job losses in Hollywood will fall mainly among the real people, and very little on the actors and executives who deserve it.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (s0JqF)

61 The synopsis with Penn reminds me of the movie Colors, he also dated the latinx chick in that movie too. They do the same things over and over again.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (AZf41)

62 "And now, here's Chris Evans's house..."

"Who??"

"And next door, there's Renate Reinsve's house."

"WHO??"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:53 PM (/p+XQ)

Heh.

And up next, the director of the new Marvel show on Disney+.....

"There's a new Marvel show?"

Yes! It's a spinoff, a prequel of sorts, of the last Marvel show, Captain Eggplant and the Giant Moth.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:57 PM (dGCAG)

63 My only concern about Good Boy is if it goes into Marley and Me or Old Yeller territory.

I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

I have never seen Old Yeller for that very reason.

I saw Where the Red Fern Grows in the theater as a kid and I bawled. Any movie where the dog or the child dies is a no-go. I hate movies like that. Hate them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:57 PM (0aYVJ)

64 Lol.

Jesse Waters on 'The Five.'

Every year 'People' magazine passes up Greg Gutfeld for 'Sexiest Man Alive.'

I needed a laugh today.....

And that Emily Capagno....sp?....that is a hot woman...

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

65 I hate the AI videos on You Tube and spend less time there. X is full of whining Lefties on everyone's feed, so I'm spending less time there. Substack wants big name influencers, so I'm spending less time there. All of this is giving me more time to do real stuff

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (kUxzU)

66 Radio plays ended, too, as a popular entertainment option.

Humanity survived. Time marches on.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus

Radio plays ended because there was something to take it's place.

Not so now.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (9LmFm)

67 I recall seeing a photo of Sean Penn taken back during Hurricane Katrina. He was, as I recollect, trying to bail out a sinking boat with a red plastic cup. That is how I will always remember him.

Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (mADJX)

68
I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller & Marley and Me.

After holding dogs in my arms while they passed, I have no desire to watch it on the screen.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM

I have never seen Old Yeller and I never want to watch it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (AZf41)

69 >> And that Emily Capagno....sp?....that is a hot woman...

That she is, and the biggest motor-mouth I've ever heard.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (w6EFb)

70 Of course Hollywood has a very serious political problem. They're all Communists, and therefore dour ideologues who can't relate to humans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (BI5O2)
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Progs have no idea what a story is anymore. They just know about how they want you to think and feel.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:59 PM (krQz2)

71 IMHO Katie makes Bari look like Mila Kunis.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (/p+XQ)

Ok, maybe that wasn't fair.

How's this: Bari Weiss looks like she could be Ruth Bader Ginsberg's daughter.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:59 PM (dGCAG)

72 31 Yeah, AI will definitely have an effect on this industry. I was playing around with new stuff over the past week and created a song and a music video in about 5 minutes by pressing a couple of buttons after a prompt. And its pretty good, looks natural, so much more advanced than just a year ago.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

AI is best poised to do well in places like art, video, music where if a mistake occurs, no biggie.

Not so good if AI is being used to code necessary components on aircraft. Pixy always has some good links and I think one of those was yesterday about code quality assurance.

Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (WDjG6)

73 I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller
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He was our president for 4 years!

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (krQz2)

74 I am done with theater movies. Unless there is a screening of a true epic like Lawrence of Arabia or something.

My recent DVD/BluRay purchases have been older movies. I just got Zulu, and I will be watching that one soon. I've never seen it, so it should be a treat.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (0aYVJ)

75 Burt, hmmm

Still think Bari is cute. I also thought that about Monica Lewinsky. Crazy silly me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (/p+XQ)

76 Nationally, employment in the motion picture and sound recording industries dropped by about one-ninth in two years, from 2022 to 2024, so it seems that jobs are being transferred from Los Angeles (if it experienced a one-third decline) to other parts of the country.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (+r6b4)

77 In Good Boy, the main living dog does not die.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (tOcjL)

78 Willowed a bit:
Do they have commercials? I've gotten to the point that I can no longer tolerate commercials while I'm trying to watch something.

yes, alas.
Posted by: ace

Ace is right. YouTube has a ton of good content. I spend for the premium so no commercials. I watch a lot of things like MST3K, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (Vic Romano!!) and some older TV shows.

They have a director's cut of Legion: Exorcist III that was really good, much better than the theatrical release.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (yjljJ)

79 41 Not true. They have no dicks. - Berserker-Dragonheads Division

So, they're lying about that, too! Bastards!

Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (mADJX)

80 Raise of hands Who cares?

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (+qU29)

81 They do the same things over and over again.

You can only drink and screw so much.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (Xarrj)

82 Radio plays ended because there was something to take it's place.

Not so now.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (9LmFm)

Hollywood is ending because Americans are being trained to be unable to focus on anything for longer than 15 seconds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e)

83 So when I see the trailer for One Battle After Another, I assumed it was going to be like Sneakers. A reformed commie's past comes back to bite him, and he has to do one last battle against the big bad villain to put his past behind him once and for all.

I love those kind of films.

It's so much dumber than that. So. Much. Dumber.

John Nolte's review describes it as a 100% reverse discrimination Birth of a Nation. It's totally that. The big bad desperately wants to be KKK and he's killing a pure young flower of Antifa to get his members only hood.

I thought the father/daughter would both walk away from her drugged up dad and her ho mom's Weather Undeground past. Nope! That is not even close to the message of the film. Because of course.

Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (gWBY1)

84 Hollywood, with human actors in front of cameras and an army of support staff, is almost obsolete.

I predict in a few years a crew of 100 technicians will be able to crank out the equal of a current Marvel superhero epic for perhaps $5 million, which is two orders of magnitude less than is currently spent. And they will do it from the equivalent of a workstation in their mom's basement.

They won't have to go anywhere near Southern California to do so, either.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (mIUWe)

85 >>> Anderson Cooper Torches Letitia James For Vowing to Target President Trump with Lawfare During Her Campaign

Astounded that the Neo Nazis did not look at all like what he was told they would look like.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)

86 A lot of directors prefer to shoot in Europe now.

They're far away, get to take a junket on the studio's dime, and no one frowns at their sex parties with underage girls.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (/p+XQ)

87 The Incredible Journey made me tear up as a kid and none of the dogs died ( or cat) .

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (EYmYM)

88 IMHO Katie makes Bari look like Mila Kunis.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (/p+XQ)

Ok, maybe that wasn't fair.

How's this: Bari Weiss looks like she could be Ruth Bader Ginsberg's daughter.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:59 PM (dGCAG)

Bari Weiss looks like what Charlie Brown would look like as a MTF tranny.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (i24o9)

89 I've watched some pretty brutal horror movies over the last year or so.

Which is out of character for me. DisneyChannel family comedies are more my speed.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (Sco7b)

90 My recent DVD/BluRay purchases have been older movies. I just got Zulu, and I will be watching that one soon. I've never seen it, so it should be a treat.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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If you did around, you will find Michael Caine talking about his experiences filming it. His first major movie and btw, the song, Men of Harlech, will stick with you.

Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (WDjG6)

91 It was a conscious decision to abandon creativity for ideology. That was the fuck around stage. Now they're in the finding out stage. I shed no tears.

Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (zhWvq)

92 >>> Anderson Cooper Torches Letitia James For Vowing to Target President Trump with Lawfare During Her Campaign
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That would be amazing... six years ago, when it happened. Before the prosecutions.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (krQz2)

93 Radio plays ended because there was something to take it's place.

Not so now.
Posted by: rickb223

If people are finding other ways to spend their time and money, then it stands to reason that something has in fact taken its place.

In my case it's Need For Speed: Heat, Fallout 4 with 900 mods, and a cute early access puzzler called Supraworld.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:03 PM (GYGpZ)

94 Btw, Canada is a surprisingly big film place.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:03 PM (Sco7b)

95 And that Sean Penn movie sounds a little Grrrrrrrl Power to me, as well.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (krQz2)

96

What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got?

Courage

Posted by: Dan Rather at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (63Dwl)

97 Pug and whig, almost all my most recent movie purchases have been oldies and classics:

- Resurrection (Ellen Burstyn, 1980)
- No Deposit No Return
- Boston Strangler (Tony Curtis, from 196

I *do* want a copy of Eddington, because I've read the director of that one, Ari Aster, actually wanted to be fair to both sides of the COVID debate.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (/p+XQ)

98 The Boss bets a shout out on PowerLine

From Ammo Grrrl
A final legacy of my time here is one I am quite proud of. I noticed from reading the Ace of Spades site that he called his followers “morons” (which I would guess was an epithet thrown at them from the “approved” bloggers). And that he organized periodic “moron-meetups” in bars and restaurants to get to put faces to names and avatars. And I thought, “What a terrific idea to build Power Line’s brand!” Let’s do it for three days instead of just an evening!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (zypyX)

99 I just watched The Last Violent Men with Charlton Heston and James Coburn. They don't make movies like that any more.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (EYmYM)

100 Now, my daughter clarifies that a side dog dies off camera and you see its bones. There is much more human death and suffering in Good Boy.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (tOcjL)

101 "Anderson Cooper Torches Letitia James For Vowing to Target . . . ."

Retribution for what, Tish? What could he be seeking retribution for?

Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (zhWvq)

102 Mila Kunis employs an entire depilatory team. There's one woman who just does her back. These are Hollywood jobs, too!

Posted by: Her Assistant Pool Boy at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (oftw2)

103 Just read Jeffries vows to go after Trump and anyone helping his agenda, of course he blames their actions on the crimes the Democrats have done since Jan6

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (+qU29)

104 81 They do the same things over and over again.

You can only drink and screw so much.

Challenge accepted!!!

Posted by: quarkstud at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (TuuT8)

105 I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller
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He was our president for 4 years!
Posted by: Axeman
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*golf clap*

In retrospect, it seems strange that the Founding Fathers didn't put something in the Constitution about giving the "hook" to a President once they demonstrate that they flat out hate America and Americans.

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (TN0g+)

106 Still not tired of winning

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (xgR+o)

107 32 Whatever you do, never listen to the song Mr. Bogangles in public.

Nobody wants to see you ugly-crying.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)

108 Just read Jeffries vows to go after Trump and anyone helping his agenda, of course he blames their actions on the crimes the Democrats have done since Jan6
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (+qU29)
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They're just trying to generate some belief about the midterms.

It's all they can do, besides shut down government.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (krQz2)

109 I don't live in Hollywood anymore, but I still work in the entertainment industry (such as it is). I just want to say that all the comments saying "let it all burn down" completely disregard all the non-famous people who are losing their jobs because of the insane woke policies of studios and networks. People like me. Ordinary people are out of work. Try to have a bit of perspective and a bit of compassion. And lots of us in the trenches are not woke progressives. We're just doing the jobs we were trained to do and are good at.

Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)

110 We're also watching all 9 seasons of Little House on the Prairie, after watching all of: Blue Bloods, Columbo, All Creatures Great and Small, Leverage, Leverage Redemption, the ten best baseball films ever made, and a dozen other not current Hollywood offerings.

Last movie I saw in a cinema was Hulk. The Ang Lee one.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (GYGpZ)

111 100 Now, my daughter clarifies that a side dog dies off camera and you see its bones. There is much more human death and suffering in Good Boy.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (tOcjL)

Humans I don't care about. Dogs don't deserve to suffer.

Thanks for the update

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)

112
Do they have commercials? I've gotten to the point that I can no longer tolerate commercials while I'm trying to watch something.

I grew up with commercials so they don't bother me as much.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (63Dwl)

113 Speaking of Bojangles, they were supposed to be opening stores here in SoCal this year. Then Gavin and his merry band of legislative thugs made all kinds of new laws about how every fast food employee has to make $20 and get a blow job every hour.

Result: no Bojangles anywhere.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (/p+XQ)

114 Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie." It’s based off a novel written in 1990, so they once again prove they are out of touch with reality. It’s not even some writer/director trying to poke fun at current politics.

Being conservative requires one to believe in a longstanding status quo that never really existed, but can be attained once again by the complete subjugation of [insert subgroups of people here], and the relocation of wealth to "creators" (the already wealthy).

You think Maga read books? The best educated among them move their lips when they try to read truth social posts

It's worse: worse: “You can make excuses for it, but basically the film is an apologia for radical left-wing terrorism, that’s what it is,” said Ben Shapiro.

That's failed fucking screenwriter Ben Shapiro

I’m sorry, I can’t take MAGA seriously when they cry that they want Civil War over any basic left-wing policy like health care or cancelling student debt.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (ycI94)

115 They're just trying to generate some belief about the midterms.

It's all they can do, besides shut down government.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (krQz2)

Is it true military aren't getting paid?

Who's idea was that?

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (dGCAG)

116 Are any production companies going bankrupt? Studios? Are producers committing suicide every day because they're suddenly broke? I have no idea. Some people must be making money in Hollywood. Or are they?

What I don't get is why every film nowadays is produced by XXX Studio along with at least a half-dozen other production companies. Heck, it takes several minutes nowadays to roll the production company names using their individual animated logos. Another couple minutes to roll the names of the 38 associate producers and other varieties of producers. Credit lists are so long they must be listing all the janitors, gate guards, and the UberEats drivers that deliver lunch for everyone at the 250 special effects, animation, post-production, and other companies listed in the credits.

Weird.

Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (5rh/l)

117 One third of hollywood jobs gone in two years is a good start.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (0N4FZ)

118 I grew up with commercials. I loathe them now more than ever.

Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (zhWvq)

119 What's ironic is that Trump's tariffs on Hollywood films made outside the US is designed to save Hollywood. And none of them will appreciate it.

Gavin Newsome will try to take credit if it works.

Clownfish TV had a good vid recently about how bad it really is for the middle class in Hollywood. How screwed they all are. Especially animators. The streaming bubble blank check grift is bursting right at the time AI is taking over, and after a huge strike and pandemic, and LA is as literally on fire. All of it is brewing to the perfect storm.

Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (gWBY1)

120 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (ycI94)

Camps.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (i24o9)

121 >>> And that Emily Capagno....sp?....that is a hot woman... Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

Sicilian, and a firecracker. Love her.

Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (gWBY1)

122 There's also Tron: Arse. Critical Drinker reviewed it today, although we cannot credit him for the anagram.
$180 million for Disney to make. That's a lot of blow and strippers.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (gKWVE)

123 I grew up with commercials so they don't bother me as much.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (63Dwl)

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Posted by: Alpo at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (dGCAG)

124 Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)
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All industries suffer from the decisions of the people on the top of the heap.

We don't want what Hollywood keeps feeling compelled to put out there.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (krQz2)

125 ...any basic left-wing policy like health care or cancelling student debt
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Its still amazing to me that theft-by-signature ("cancelling student debt") is something they're so comfortable saying outloud.

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (TN0g+)

126 109 I don't live in Hollywood anymore, but I still work in the entertainment industry (such as it is). I just want to say that all the comments saying "let it all burn down" completely disregard all the non-famous people who are losing their jobs because of the insane woke policies of studios and networks. People like me. Ordinary people are out of work. Try to have a bit of perspective and a bit of compassion. And lots of us in the trenches are not woke progressives. We're just doing the jobs we were trained to do and are good at.
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)

Yeah it sucks but the top of the pyramid is rotten, corrupt, perverted and evil. Sorry you work in that industry. If there's an easier way to get rid of the people at the top, sing out and tell it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (xcxpd)

127 78 ...

Ace is right.
...

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (yjljJ)
_________

Words never before seen at this site.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (s0JqF)

128 I remember a shutdown when I was in England, don't remember if it actually delayed or not a paycheck.

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (+qU29)

129 Wow.

I got a new official AOSHQ position as Moron Dog Movie Reviewer from the boss!

Now I'll have to put a Gold Fire Hydrant in front of my home or something.

I wonder if this new position comes with dental?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (iJfKG)

130 "Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison"

Nice strawman, asshole.

Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (zhWvq)

131 Regarding Hollywood losing money and jobs… (best Seinfeld voice): That’s a shame

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (nrfI8)

132 That's failed fucking screenwriter Ben Shapiro -- Reddit

And #1 Billboard rapper.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (gKWVE)

133 "I've got a theory: Maybe it has something to do with Hollywood basically being Antifa Theater Kids now."

Now? Hello? For the better part of a century.

Non-progs are tuning out of woke crap. Progs aren't a reliable market by themselves. Geographical efficiencies of working in socal with a centralized pool of workers aren't enough to offset the kafkaesque bullshit.

And that is domestically, foreign audiences are less enamored as they watch the West burn.

Watched a youtuber who does urbex (exploring abandoned shit ) in rural France last week. Good lord; dead factories, dying towns, and arabic even in bumblefuck. It's depressing. Depressing doesn't sell culture and western civ looks like ass to outsiders, be it the US or Europe.

Posted by: heya at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (VczSh)

134 Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)

Same is said about the government RIFs before and after the shutdown and many morons are affected. It's the broad brush of the internet . It's been acknowledged here many times and morons empathize.

NYC is another example. I can't count the number of nuke nyc related comments there have been.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM)

135 107 32 Whatever you do, never listen to the song Mr. Bogangles in public.

Nobody wants to see you ugly-crying.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)

That song does hit me in the feels.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (xcxpd)

136 It seems the consensus is that OBAA is well crafted obscenity.

From the Ethan Shriver review: If seeing Sean Penn Sodomized By His Own Gun is your thing...

Well, I mean, yes and no.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (XV/Pl)

137 Whatever you do, never listen to the song Mr. Bogangles in public.

Nobody wants to see you ugly-crying.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)
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The dog up and died.
He up and died.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (krQz2)

138 Its still amazing to me that theft-by-signature ("cancelling student debt") is something they're so comfortable saying outloud.
Posted by: Crusader

They write it off, Crusader! They just write it off!

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (ycI94)

139 I blame "Modern Family."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (ZmEVT)

140 Hollywood is ending because Americans are being trained to be unable to focus on anything for longer than 15 seconds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
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I can focus on any

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (zypyX)

141 Hollywood died when the last aged Japanese gardener retired. Their kids went to college and are now annoying leftist lawyers. Nobody could rake pebbles and gravel like those old guys. All the 60s, 70s, detective shows had a Japanese gardener as part of every plot. Also, a street-wise shoe shine guy who knew what was goin' down. Or a bartender who would inform on bad guys. These are all lost Hollywood jobs, never to return.

Posted by: The Passing Parade at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (oftw2)

142 Ironic or hilarious that Hollywood stars have signed a petition to boycott the Israeli film industry?

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (EYmYM)

143 One of the great historical happenings of 1968 was Dan Rather getting punched in the face at the Chicago Dem Convention. Unfortunately that kept him employed for over forty years

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:15 PM (pwtJC)

144 My youngest Li'l Blutarski works in film. He lives and works in Chicago working on Chicago PD. I asked him if all the AI stuff was really gonna put him out of work and he said Yes. He's looking for his next profession (economics, botany).

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 06:15 PM (yjljJ)

145 Off topic, I'm still setting up my maxed out M4 Max Macbook pro, and am running Stray at 2K in a windows VM, and it is playable. Cyberpunk 2077 runs but you have to dial the settings way back, but that is also playable.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:15 PM (XV/Pl)

146 Gref, you should see the credits for Red Dead Redemption 2. A video game that plays like an 80 hour movie, which took seven years to make. The credits roll for like 40 minutes.

That's what replaced Hollywood. 80 hour interactive movies, which require far more participation, intelligence, attention spans, and generally give the customer more hours of entertainment per dollar spent.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (GYGpZ)

147 completely disregard all the non-famous people who are losing their jobs because of the insane woke policies of studios and networks. People like me. Ordinary people are out of work. Try to have a bit of perspective and a bit of compassion.

Remember that scene in Clerks where some extra is explaining to Dante about all the contractors working for some Mob don, and about the contractors working on the second Death Star?
Seems like more people should rewatch that scene.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (gKWVE)

148 ... after 20 years he still grieved.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (kHop/)

149 I don’t know why Hollywood needs to make new stuff anymore anyway… between Amazon prime video and Hulu and other streaming services there’s like 70 years of TV and film entertainment out there for me to enjoy. Some stuff so good I enjoy re-watching it… others I’ve never seen before. I could be entertained the rest of my life even if Hollywood never made a single new TV show or film

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (nrfI8)

150 You softies pick the wrong animals. Large dogs only live 10-12 years, of course they're going to pass. Parrots live a long time. So do tortoises. Or oak trees. And they don't drool!

Posted by: Pick Better Pets!! at October 10, 2025 06:17 PM (oftw2)

151 148 ... after 20 years he still grieved.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (kHop/)

word

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:17 PM (xcxpd)

152 Hollywood died when the last aged Japanese gardener retired.

Hollywood at least pretended to appeal to mass audiences, with regular action and family blockbusters. The combination of Trump and COVID really broke them. They thought they either had the public on their side, or it was their duty to sway the public, so they went full court press on woke, stalled out due to COVID, and by the time they were able to start up production again, they were completely out of touch with the moment and looked like even bigger assholes than normal.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 10, 2025 06:18 PM (ycI94)

153 Hollywood is ending because there are too many other stream of entertainment battling for mindshare.

In the last couple of weeks, my wife and I have become hooked on a YouTube channel called Flawless Cleaning Service where this English Chap cleans up the yards of elderly people.

It's better than anything on "TV" right now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:18 PM (XV/Pl)

154 " just a lifeless, disembodied head."

Yes. That is Dan Rather.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:18 PM (ZmEVT)

155 Remember that scene in Clerks where some extra is explaining to Dante about all the contractors working for some Mob don, and about the contractors working on the second Death Star?
Seems like more people should rewatch that scene.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (gKWVE)
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I'll bet an Imperial contract could be highly lucrative. That's what was on Lando's mind when he signed a deal with the Empire that led to the capture of Han, Leia, and Chewbacca.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (IBQGV)

156 141 Hollywood died when the last aged Japanese gardener retired. Their kids went to college and are now annoying leftist lawyers. Nobody could rake pebbles and gravel like those old guys. All the 60s, 70s, detective shows had a Japanese gardener as part of every plot. Also, a street-wise shoe shine guy who knew what was goin' down. Or a bartender who would inform on bad guys. These are all lost Hollywood jobs, never to return.
Posted by: The Passing Parade at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (oftw2)

I just got done watching an old Columbo where he solved the crime because the murderer neglected to re-rake the pebbles in the same meticulous pattern as the Japanese gardener…. Otherwise the perfect murder. Gotcha!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (nrfI8)

157 'The Five' is talking about that Porter bitch. Sweet.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (Sco7b)

158
Emily Compagno's motor-mouth makes Kat's jaw drop and Tyrus fall out of his seat:

https://is.gd/T8xHSp

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (w6EFb)

159 Then there's No Man's Sky, which I spent, one time, 50 bucks for in 2016, and have played for 1300 hours.

And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)

160 ... I've got a theory: Maybe it has something to do with Hollywood basically being Antifa Theater Kids now. ...
Posted by: Ace at 05:40 PM

And that's why I'd rather watch old movies and television shows. That's before the Commies completely subverted the film industry.

Ironically, I just watched an old episode of The Saint dated 1962 in which Simon Templar assists the British War Office round-up a cell of Communist spies. Back then, it was just assumed that the Commies were the bad guys and a British audience would like to see them defeated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 10, 2025 06:21 PM (pJWtt)

161 I'll bet an Imperial contract could be highly lucrative. That's what was on Lando's mind when he signed a deal with the Empire...

Yes, I'm going to allow Lord Vader to alter the deal.

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at October 10, 2025 06:21 PM (ycI94)

162
Hollywood, with human actors in front of cameras and an army of support staff, is almost obsolete.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

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It won't be long before people look back in awe at the amount of work and space that film-making required until some point in the first half of the 21st century. A smart urban planning department in L.A. would be looking at repurposing the studios and post-production facilities.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 06:21 PM (oKXMA)

163 Just want to put a plug in for Matt Taibi and Walter Kirn's America This Week broadcast.Taibi is obviously a Liberal, but also very thoughtful as the Twitter files demonstrated, a free speech absolutist.

The last episode (last week?) featured their discussion on violence becoming more pervasive and their take on causes. Kirn is more conservative but they always have a thoughtful discussion and it is always respectful.

I bring this up because Kirn has just written a movie that uses a fictional version of Covid and Nicole Shanahan is producing it. He talks about it in the episode and how movies have lost their ability to resonate with real life American experiences.

It's all very good. I subscribe to Taibi's Racket News and it comes with that.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (th/4a)

164 137 Quit it Axeman! After 20 years I still grieve.

And now it's pheasant season...

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (wBaIH)

165 My Mother LOVED 'Columbo.'

Since I took care of her so long, I know a lot of the movies just by osmosis.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

166 @164

>>And now it's pheasant season...

RABBIT SEASON!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (XV/Pl)

167 Why is Hollywood failing? Because California and LA are shitty places to do work. Overpriced, over regulated, dirty, congested, and fees up the wazoo for filming.

Why DID LA become the film capital of the world? Good weather, lots of open land, low costs. It was a republican state for a long time, so good governance. All of that is no longer true - except the good weather.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (gDhA9)

168 "RABBIT SEASON!!!"

Kill de wabbit! Kill de wabbit!

Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (zhWvq)

169 159 Then there's No Man's Sky, which I spent, one time, 50 bucks for in 2016, and have played for 1300 hours.

And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)

Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky (which I had to google to learn about - never heard of it before). Infinite games?

Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (5rh/l)

170 I forgot which comic joke about Bo Jangles' dog.

If he had just died, well that was bad enough. But he UPPED first!

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (krQz2)

171 He jumped so high, he jumped so high
And then he'd lightly touch down

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (TN0g+)

172 Hollywood was always filled with Red and Jews. But they were smart enough to tone it down.

Lately the dam broke and every one of the demented takes to social media to exclaim "Orange man bad!?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (ZmEVT)

173 "RABBIT SEASON!!!"

Kill de wabbit! Kill de wabbit!
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (zhWvq)
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Spear and magic helmet!

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (krQz2)

174 Victor Lazlo was a Commie.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (ZmEVT)

175 It won't be long before people look back in awe at the amount of work and space that film-making required until some point in the first half of the 21st century. A smart urban planning department in L.A. would be looking at repurposing the studios and post-production facilities.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 06:21

Thinking about that makes me think of the job losses involved when the synth came into its own. Even the worst disco music required a hefty orchestra. Brass sections, string sections. All replaced by synths.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (GYGpZ)

176 OH NO!
Anyways.

Also EXCELLENT

And It is not coming back

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (17s+e)

177 I have a nephew who has long worked on animations for commercials and the like; did the openings for some of the NFL broadcasts.
He says yeah, AI is gonna knock him and his whole department out for good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (uWKK8)

178 Then there's No Man's Sky, which I spent, one time, 50 bucks for in 2016, and have played for 1300 hours.

And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
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I have well over 1,000 hours in Skyrim and over 1,100 hours in Satisfactory, so I know what you mean.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (IBQGV)

179 On topic, kinda, on LinkedIn there were two people, both female I believe, who were upset that AI was starting to take over the job of ADA commissar I mean, compliance-manager. It's the law that companies comply with Accessibility requirements. But now AI was coming for their jerbs.
I haven't seen a third person make this rant, but when that third person shows up - assuming the whole field isn't dead by then - I hope to say "ADA was for helping the disabled, not to be a job program, and AI will likely be a good deal more objective besides".

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (gKWVE)

180 Hollywood just turns out shit these days. Its the same problem with video games these days. They don't give what the consumer wants, they give what they themselves want to give to the consumers. Everything has to be packed with bullshit social messages. They don't do epic movies with good stories and bad ass characters and evil to be crushed. For an example, look at Stargate. We sent a DEI free special forces team to a planet, they burned through more ammo than a texas MoMe, the male archaeologist got a female piece of ass, they nuked a pyramid ship, and liberated a people, AND it was a good story. If it was made today it would be unrecognizable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (snZF9)

181 He jumped so high, he jumped so high

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (TN0g+)
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*waiting*
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And then he'd lightly touch down
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Whew!!

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (krQz2)

182 I'm watching "Longmire" again, because my wife loves it, and I was struck by the star being an Aussie. And Canadians and English actors are all over the place. America obviously has a dramatic shortage of actors!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (YMay6)

183 Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky

I've heard "open world" and "sandbox"

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (gKWVE)

184 Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky (which I had to google to learn about - never heard of it before). Infinite games?
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (5rh/l)
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Open world sandbox? I think that's the general term for games where just go in and do stuff.

There's usually a plot of some kind but it's easy to wander off script and just explore/build because it's fun.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (IBQGV)

185 I know what would fix this, a writer and actor strike!!

Yeah that's the ticket...

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (17s+e)

186 Victor Lazlo was a Commie.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (ZmEVT)
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But his super hot wife was not

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:29 PM (YMay6)

187 My beloved cat UPPED and DIED two weeks ago.

Nothing funny about it, asshole

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:29 PM (ZmEVT)

188 172 Hollywood was always filled with Red and Jews. But they were smart enough to tone it down.

Also at least one of those Jews was John Milius.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:29 PM (gKWVE)

189 Why DID LA become the film capital of the world? Good weather, lots of open land, low costs. It was a republican state for a long time, so good governance. All of that is no longer true - except the good weather.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (gDhA9)
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#1 Reason: A continent away from Edison, whose royalties they were trying not to pay

And also not a factor.

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:30 PM (krQz2)

190 All of that is no longer true - except the good weather.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (gDhA9)

And climate change will end that too!

Posted by: Greta Van Thundermug at October 10, 2025 06:30 PM (mIUWe)

191 RABBIT SEASON!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (XV/Pl)

DUCK SEASON!!

BAM!! Daffy’s bill blown off….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:30 PM (nrfI8)

192 I know what would fix this, a writer and actor strike!!

Yeah that's the ticket...
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (17s+e)

You know what would REALLY make those strikes more effective?

Have them right after the world shuts down from a plandemic.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (dGCAG)

193 I quit "Longmire" early when he became Judge,Jury and Executioner in fourth or fifth episode.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (ZmEVT)

194 I used to love pheasant season. Nothing better than walking a field with a good dog and getting some tasty pheasant. What I didn't love was plucking the feathers, though. PITA.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (YMay6)

195
Brass sections, string sections. All replaced by synths.

Pity the poor Mellotron.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (63Dwl)

196 158
Emily Compagno's motor-mouth makes Kat's jaw drop and Tyrus fall out of his seat:

https://is.gd/T8xHSp
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (w6EFb)

Thank you for that.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (Sco7b)

197 no one of any consequence- yeah that's a mostly looked over fact

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:32 PM (+qU29)

198 Then there's No Man's Sky, which I spent, one time, 50 bucks for in 2016, and have played for 1300 hours.

And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
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I have well over 1,000 hours in Skyrim and over 1,100 hours in Satisfactory, so I know what you mean.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (IBQGV)

I replaced a lot of TV with video games for years. I don't even know how much time I had in skyrim. I walked and opened the entire map, then I did it again to make sure. Don't even mention fallout 3 and 4 lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 06:32 PM (snZF9)

199 Ethan Van Sciver's so cool.

Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 06:32 PM (aURVT)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (aURVT)

201 For an example, look at Stargate. We sent a DEI free special forces team to a planet, they burned through more ammo than a texas MoMe, the male archaeologist got a female piece of ass, they nuked a pyramid ship, and liberated a people, AND it was a good story.
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There is iron in your words for all morons to read.

Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

202 No one gives a shit about Bojangles. But his dog...

They don't live long enough. That's the only thing wrong with them. -- Dumas

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (wBaIH)

203 Funny thing is, even the Wokester retards won't go see these awful movies.

Posted by: Mm Hmm at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (qUkBO)

204 I'm watching "Longmire" again, because my wife loves it, and I was struck by the star being an Aussie. And Canadians and English actors are all over the place. America obviously has a dramatic shortage of actors!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (YMay6)

I've been told that the British actors (and I assume it's true for the Canadians and Australians, since they were British colonies, originally) just drift between acting jobs in the ~~theater~~ ... er ... theatre, film and radio industries. They regard them all as "real" acting jobs, so they probably have more experience.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (pJWtt)

205 What was the George Clooney movie where he played himself, a not very bright older movie star always getting in trouble, when he was kidnapped by a cadre of screenwriters who eventually escaped on a Russian submarine....

A true life tale probably.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (YMay6)

206 Technology has disintermediated them more than policy. Yes, their scripts suck because they went woke. But, it's the tech not Greasy Gavin Newsom.

Posted by: Jeff Carter (@pointsnfigures1) at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (ZiwLX)

207 Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky (which I had to google to learn about - never heard of it before). Infinite games?
Posted by: Gref

It's tough to put NMS in a box. There really isn't a competitor in the sense that there's no other game that's you exploring and building in a literal fractal that's been turned into several quadrillion planets in 255 galaxies. It's a gorgeous, chill, one-title genre. I wish there was a competitor. In general, games like it are known as "Sandbox" games. Minecraft or Elite

angerous, or Empyrion:Galactic Survival, or Astroneer, or Space Engineers all are endless sandbox games. LEGO but on a computer.

But isn't, say, a roomful of pinball tables as a hobby also an endless game? There's no "You Win!" there, either.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (GYGpZ)

208 Streaming was the future, but it undermined the present.

A dozen companies tried to get that Netflicks money. But most streaming services simply aren't worth it. And people are only going to have 2-3. Plus Pluto TV, Youtube, Tubi, Roku, Plex, Slingfree, are FREE. So why would I pay for more than 1-2 streaming services?

I pay for amazon prime (only for the free shipping), net flicks, apple, and peacock. And I'm a nut. I can't imagine how or why I'd pay for Hulu, Disney, Parmount, or Max. peacock rolls in at $6/mo., and I only have that because of the olym

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (gDhA9)

209 Should have known better than to trade boobs for moobs.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (JaGQD)

210 Then there's No Man's Sky, which I spent, one time, 50 bucks for in 2016, and have played for 1300 hours.

And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)

Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky (which I had to google to learn about - never heard of it before). Infinite games?

Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (5rh/l)

No Man's Sky is Temu Elite: Dangerous. But same points can be made about Elite: Dangerous and probably more so for video game streaming.

I watch TopeRec stream DayZ from Poland. Dude can put in a few hours and the stuff is live, funny, action packed, suspenseful, and engaging. Then he'll put together some YouTube videos.

It's better than anything Hollywood is willing to put out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (i24o9)

211 What was the George Clooney movie where he played himself, a not very bright older movie star always getting in trouble, when he was kidnapped by a cadre of screenwriters who eventually escaped on a Russian submarine....

A true life tale probably.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (YMay6)

Hail Caesar!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (dGCAG)

212 What was the George Clooney movie where he played himself, a not very bright older movie star always getting in trouble, when he was kidnapped by a cadre of screenwriters who eventually escaped on a Russian submarine....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (YMay6)
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Hail, Caesar

I loved that movie.

The Coens deliver a bean ball right to Hollywood communists!

Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (krQz2)

213 126 109 I don't live in Hollywood anymore, but I still work in the entertainment industry (such as it is). I just want to say that all the comments saying "let it all burn down" completely disregard all the non-famous people who are losing their jobs because of the insane woke policies of studios and networks. People like me. Ordinary people are out of work. Try to have a bit of perspective and a bit of compassion. And lots of us in the trenches are not woke progressives. We're just doing the jobs we were trained to do and are good at.
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)

No, I get it. Some of our friends are in the industry, mainly in indie projects. Though I hope that smaller companies will survive, it's still going to be horrible for anyone who's actually doing the work in films.

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 10, 2025 06:36 PM (R3yzU)

214 Kind of funny that two years after the Sag strike everything is collapsing. The actors and writers wanted to limit Al and also to guarantee a certain number and DEI involvement. The number of episodes in series were cut accordingly. Great negotiation Nanny Fran

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (pwtJC)

215 Hollywood would should have more self graduating award shows to own the rubes, because being lectured to by low functioning IQ script readers has worked so well in the past.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (kanec)

216 I quit "Longmire" early when he became Judge,Jury and Executioner in fourth or fifth episode.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (ZmEVT)

I quit Longmire 10 minutes into the first episode, when after a murder, he told Deputy Starbuck to check all the gun registrations. In Wyoming? I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to watch any further.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)

217 That's right... "Hail Caesar!" Thank you.

A very decent hatchet job on Hollywood.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (YMay6)

218 Fun Fact: The Sheriff in Longmire was one of The Agents in The Matrix.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (XV/Pl)

219 In Wyoming? I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to watch any further.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)

Yeah, I powered past that, but eyerolled hard.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (i24o9)

220 One thing I've noticed over the years, British, Australian and New Zealand actors put far more effort into adopting genuine American accents that many American actors. For example: with a very few exceptions, most of the support actors in Justified sounded like they were from Savannah or Richmond, rather than the hollers of Kentucky.

Tom Hardy is a good example of doing it right.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (0aYVJ)

221 So, anyone can be Judge, Jury, Executioner.

Apply today at

DNC.org

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:39 PM (ZmEVT)

222 Hail, Caesar

I loved that movie.

The Coens deliver a bean ball right to Hollywood communists!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (krQz2)

The Josh Brolin character is awesome! A studio fixer, who goes to church, has a wife at home, apologizes for having to work late, turns down a huge pay raise to go work on the defense industry, and...

Puts up with all the crep all the prima donnas in town, solving their problems, and not letting them ruin what he considers a worthwhile industry.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:39 PM (dGCAG)

223 I’m easy to fool. I watched Longmire to the end and really enjoyed. His deputy sheriff the blonde… very hot!!

The Longmire actor also appeared as one of the bad guy agents in the Matrix movies…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:40 PM (nrfI8)

224 What! Don't tell me there are no gun registrations in Wyoming?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:40 PM (ZmEVT)

225 218, 223 — Jinx!

Beat me to it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:40 PM (nrfI8)

226 Formerly known as Mike, don't despair! We love Hollywood here, we just want good movies not of the insane left, acted in and produced by people who love this country! Nobody wants to see you or anyone unemployed, unless they're leftist dickheads.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:41 PM (YMay6)

227 @225

>>Beat me to it

We all share the same mind here, it's simply who can smash the post button first.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (XV/Pl)

228 I quit Longmire 10 minutes into the first episode, when after a murder, he told Deputy Starbuck to check all the gun registrations. In Wyoming? I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to watch any further.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)
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Proof that Hollywood has no idea what people are like outside LA/NY.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (IBQGV)

229 Nood.

Woke stuff...

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (Sco7b)

230 Eddie Mannix in real life was a bad piece of work. He is alleged to have had a part of the killing of George Reeves.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (pwtJC)

231 Zulu is one of my favorite movies. It is so well done. You'll enjoy it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (kUxzU)

232 I quit Longmire 10 minutes into the first episode, when after a murder, he told Deputy Starbuck to check all the gun registrations. In Wyoming? I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to watch any further.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)

My buddy was acquainted with Craig Johnson. Buddy asked about how he liked the show, and the guy shrugged, and said they gave him a lot of money as a consultant, so he didn't care. He knew what he was getting into.

He's still writing, far as I know. Keeping true to his original theme.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (0aYVJ)

233 Here is the thing. Actors are stupid. In His mercy, God gave them them ability to read a script and portray it in the theatre, of on film. They are really quite stupid and must not be listened to.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (ZmEVT)

234

The Sonoma County Department of Public Health's Interim Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith issued an order Monday requiring anyone entering certain healthcare facilities in the county to wear a mask. Facilities subject to the order include skilled nursing facilities, portions of long-term care facilities where nursing care is provided, acute and non-acute rehabilitation facilities, infusion centers, and dialysis centers, according to the order.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (63Dwl)

235 163 Just want to put a plug in for Matt Taibi and Walter Kirn's America This Week broadcast.Taibi is obviously a Liberal, but also very thoughtful as the Twitter files demonstrated, a free speech absolutist.

The last episode (last week?) featured their discussion on violence becoming more pervasive and their take on causes. Kirn is more conservative but they always have a thoughtful discussion and it is always respectful."

I've always liked and respected Taibbi - I think he's the last honest journalist left in America.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (uWKK8)

236 Hollywood has been a corrupt Babylon since Peggy Entwhistle jumped to her death off the sign and Thelma Todd's untimely death. Broken dreams, sex-pest producers, sex-pest actors, it has no future-it's all used up!

Posted by: Forest Lawn at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (oftw2)

237 >>>>>This comment brought to you by Alpo.
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As kids we often rode passed ALPO's main plant. There was a field with horses. Always different horses.

Posted by: Cosda at October 10, 2025 06:45 PM (NcLDt)

238 231 Zulu is one of my favorite movies. It is so well done. You'll enjoy it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM

Yeah, there's a Nood but find the non TV version of Zulu. It has more scenes that enhance the movie that were cut due TV commercials.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (kanec)

239 Hollywood jobs have left: For Canada and Georgia. Way cheaper to film there and they avoid all the extra California state BS. It is tedious seeing British Columbia as a fill in all the time for locations but then again it was tedious back in the day seeing Southern California as the fill in. At least Georgia is more neutrally generic.

Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (8yM+6)

240 Should have known better than to trade boobs for moobs.

*sax solo*

Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

241
67 I recall seeing a photo of Sean Penn taken back during Hurricane Katrina. He was, as I recollect, trying to bail out a sinking boat with a red plastic cup. That is how I will always remember him.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM

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The tiny boat was overloaded by a film crew getting authentic footage of Sean Penn being a hero. I'm not making this up.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (ES1Rb)

242 "we are thisclose to agreeing that yes, political violence is justified?"

They don't believe you. Why should they? People are afraid to even ask about Red Lines lest they be slimed as a "glowie".

The "light switch" metaphor is a cope to Do Nothing (because the only assumed alternative is violence that will quickly spin out of control).

Are we really so unimaginative that we can't come up with actions between Do Nothing and Fire Everything?

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:18 PM (Ifu6F)

243 "X is full of whining Lefties on everyone's feed, so I'm spending less time there."

Same. I'm so sick of all the blatant lies and outrage porn intended to incite violence. It was radicalizing my radicalization which could lead to Global Thermonuclear Annihilation so I gave in today and just starting blocking every instigator in my feed. Now I can't feel my right hand

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:28 PM (Ifu6F)

244 The really gut-wrenching thing about Old Yeller isn't just that the dog dies...(spoiler alert)

The dog saves his boy from a rabid wolf in a brutal fight, is gravely injured; he develops signs of rabies, and his boy has to shoot Old Yeller.

Part of becoming a man, his dad tells him (iirc). Haven't seen it since I was 8 or so, and couldn't watch it again.

Posted by: Beverly at October 10, 2025 11:58 PM (Epeb0)

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