You Are Now President of the Entire Entertainment Industry, Enforce Your Will
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Hand the keys over to Edgar Wright, Kevin Smith, Joss Whedon for film development purposes. For musical development both for the film and gaming industry, I'd hand over the reins to Trent Reznor as President, John Williams as CEO, Danny Elfman as Vice President and Mark Knopfler and Mark Mothersbaugh as equals in the hierarchy, I'd dissolve most of the large corporations in gaming back into individual studios with a mandate of "sink or swim on your own, no corporate bailouts" (except Nintendo because they don't count), give Marvel back all its IPs but allow Disney to retain them since for some reason they seem to know what they're doing, I'll also reserve my judgment on whats happening with Star Wars until after VII is released. (note: I'm among the people who actually liked the Trek reboots so watch out).
As far as music goes, the RIAA will be dissolved, all artists will have rights to their music's earnings to do with what they will, if said artists are dead and their families are as well (I by families I mean at the most great-grandchildren) then the music becomes public domain and remains that way.
Any works that have previously contracted usage of songs shall not have such rights expire. Thus shall DVD collections of older TV shows not have to remove music, nor games etc.
US Copyright laws should be re-written to make some semblance of sanity and sense.
As far as music goes, the RIAA will be dissolved, all artists will have rights to their music's earnings to do with what they will, if said artists are dead and their families are as well (I by families I mean at the most great-grandchildren) then the music becomes public domain and remains that way.
Any works that have previously contracted usage of songs shall not have such rights expire. Thus shall DVD collections of older TV shows not have to remove music, nor games etc.
US Copyright laws should be re-written to make some semblance of sanity and sense.
Nothing.
...what? I'm a pseudo-libertarian.
Okay, maybe I'd rework some of the more blatantly unfair regulation regarding competition and copyright (the DMCA needs some major work), but otherwise I'd leave things alone. Central planning never works, especially not with just one person calling the shots.
...also, I may subtlety exert some pressure to make sure 'Hannibal' stays on the air until Bryan Fuller is finished.
I never said I'm incorruptible.
...what? I'm a pseudo-libertarian.
Okay, maybe I'd rework some of the more blatantly unfair regulation regarding competition and copyright (the DMCA needs some major work), but otherwise I'd leave things alone. Central planning never works, especially not with just one person calling the shots.
...also, I may subtlety exert some pressure to make sure 'Hannibal' stays on the air until Bryan Fuller is finished.
I never said I'm incorruptible.
Wow, there is some seriously draconian shit being said here, you guys know that the Simpsons for example is still on tv because a MASSIVE amount of people watch and enjoy it?. People are clamouring for less corporate interference in their media, while in like... almost the same sentence saying things like Michael bay or Seth Mcfarlen are banned, and there are going to be diversity quotas or something.
I am pretty sure that is fascism.... and I think maybe even double think.
Anyway, if I were all powerful president of media some of my decrees would be as follows:
1. Futurama is back, if the writers will accept the unholy amount of money I am prepared to offer them.
2. Since I am clearly the head of the board of directors for every entertainment company, no entertainment companies will ever be purchased again.
3. Every game studio that EA has devoured disgraced and discarded will be resurrected if possible *weeps childhood tears for westwood*
4. Every 3D movie must be shot with 3D cameras, making your movie 3D with software will cause me to scrap your project.
5. Nobody will be making sequels or adaptations or anything like that without the original creator at the helm of the project. This will have a statute of limitations of 50 years after the creator DIES, then you can cannibalize their poor helpless body of work, with my approval.
6. DLC will have tight restrictions. Such restrictions include never costing more then is justifiable in the following manner; if a game costs $60 new, and the DLC costs 20$ new, the DLC must have at least one third of the content of the original framework game. Game expansions follow the same rule, sorry xcom you have some work to do.
7. There will never be another in-app purchase again. We tried it, and amass a SEA of negative results, the only positive is that it is extremely profitable? Yeah that is evil, and we will not be doing that any more.....
8. Dam it... I revoke #7 because path of exile exists. Let it never be said that I am not a fair and just ruler of all media! I will need to find some other way to crush the plague that is freemium gaming.
9. I am working under the assumption that I am also in control of things like the fcc and whatnot here. Children are allowed to see movies with nudity and sex and violence and whatever else, without a guardian present, and they can buy whatever games they want. If parents have a problem with that, shit I guess they might have to do some parenting?
10. If you pay for television, you get all television, every channel.
11. DRM is abolished in all of its forms, Piracy is not even close to being stopped by DRM, and I am not even positive that it should be. I grew up poor, If I did not pirate computer games, I would not have been able to play any. As an adult I can simply buy things. As an aside I would be very interested in a study that focused on how much of video game piracy is committed by children.
12. 10% of all net profits produced by all media are used to begin construction of a new company, this company's only source of revenue is the aforementioned 10%. This companies mission statement is to begin construction of a totally free wifi internet communications network starting in New York city. I am Canadian... but I feel like starting in New York would have the biggest impact.
13. There is going to be an awesome big budget science channel for kids, where the learning is not the main point of the shows, but happens as a result of them. This channel is free.
14. There is going to be a sexual education channel for kids, and it is going to be uncensored, and truthful. Kids are learning about having sex from porn, this is unacceptable. The channel will also explain the various sub-groups of human sexuality such as homosexuals, lesbians and trans people, and include sexual education for them albeit much less frequently. Also, just as a small ignorant parent countermeasure said channel is on a different channel every day, and on youtube and facebook. This channel is free.
I am pretty sure that is fascism.... and I think maybe even double think.
Anyway, if I were all powerful president of media some of my decrees would be as follows:
1. Futurama is back, if the writers will accept the unholy amount of money I am prepared to offer them.
2. Since I am clearly the head of the board of directors for every entertainment company, no entertainment companies will ever be purchased again.
3. Every game studio that EA has devoured disgraced and discarded will be resurrected if possible *weeps childhood tears for westwood*
4. Every 3D movie must be shot with 3D cameras, making your movie 3D with software will cause me to scrap your project.
5. Nobody will be making sequels or adaptations or anything like that without the original creator at the helm of the project. This will have a statute of limitations of 50 years after the creator DIES, then you can cannibalize their poor helpless body of work, with my approval.
6. DLC will have tight restrictions. Such restrictions include never costing more then is justifiable in the following manner; if a game costs $60 new, and the DLC costs 20$ new, the DLC must have at least one third of the content of the original framework game. Game expansions follow the same rule, sorry xcom you have some work to do.
7. There will never be another in-app purchase again. We tried it, and amass a SEA of negative results, the only positive is that it is extremely profitable? Yeah that is evil, and we will not be doing that any more.....
8. Dam it... I revoke #7 because path of exile exists. Let it never be said that I am not a fair and just ruler of all media! I will need to find some other way to crush the plague that is freemium gaming.
9. I am working under the assumption that I am also in control of things like the fcc and whatnot here. Children are allowed to see movies with nudity and sex and violence and whatever else, without a guardian present, and they can buy whatever games they want. If parents have a problem with that, shit I guess they might have to do some parenting?
10. If you pay for television, you get all television, every channel.
11. DRM is abolished in all of its forms, Piracy is not even close to being stopped by DRM, and I am not even positive that it should be. I grew up poor, If I did not pirate computer games, I would not have been able to play any. As an adult I can simply buy things. As an aside I would be very interested in a study that focused on how much of video game piracy is committed by children.
12. 10% of all net profits produced by all media are used to begin construction of a new company, this company's only source of revenue is the aforementioned 10%. This companies mission statement is to begin construction of a totally free wifi internet communications network starting in New York city. I am Canadian... but I feel like starting in New York would have the biggest impact.
13. There is going to be an awesome big budget science channel for kids, where the learning is not the main point of the shows, but happens as a result of them. This channel is free.
14. There is going to be a sexual education channel for kids, and it is going to be uncensored, and truthful. Kids are learning about having sex from porn, this is unacceptable. The channel will also explain the various sub-groups of human sexuality such as homosexuals, lesbians and trans people, and include sexual education for them albeit much less frequently. Also, just as a small ignorant parent countermeasure said channel is on a different channel every day, and on youtube and facebook. This channel is free.
I'll have to look those up. This could be interesting for a quick laugh if they're as bad as you say. I've heard about some of Canada's entertainment laws, or at least the part about them trying to keep the airwaves from being mostly comprised of shows from the US. Sounds frustrating.Nods Respectfully Towards You said:
Anyway, thanks for the info.
1. Less of the things I don't like.
2. More of the things I do like.
3. Top Gear is now about environmentally friendly cars.
4. Game of Thrones seasons are now 100% longer, as to add more book plot lines.
5. Firefly is banned, effective immediately.
6. However, so are news pundits. (Both wings)
7. Number Time is back.
8. All TV is now on Netflix.
2. More of the things I do like.
3. Top Gear is now about environmentally friendly cars.
4. Game of Thrones seasons are now 100% longer, as to add more book plot lines.
5. Firefly is banned, effective immediately.
6. However, so are news pundits. (Both wings)
7. Number Time is back.
8. All TV is now on Netflix.
It would be more interesting to say to be THE Personification of Entertainment.
Well, I want to get more realistic:
-Anyone can enjoy anything they like. I mean ANYTHING. Even if this involve murder,rape,cheating and any kind of atrocities and taboos known to man/woman.
-Every single citizens much take daily a pill which make you indifferent from the actions of other peoples. For example if a man start masturbating to a park holding a pony figure, if the citizens took their pills, they will not care. This also apply for heavy crimes against others peoples. If a citizen show signs of guilt,discuss,terror because of other people actions, this person will be arrested for this crime.
-For that reason, clones created for being the "receivers" of atrocities and taboos of other, had made. For example if a man have a big desire to kill humans being, a clone will be delivered to him for his entertainment. However a clone it can also used for not harmful entertainment like body modified clones to look like humanoid animals,Anime Characters, obscure creatures, your mother, your father, your child,etc.
-If the man/woman don't have the money to buy a clone, there are many different alternative to enjoy themselves with any kind of atrocities:
Virtual reality
Animal use
Prisoners
Prostitutes
Slaves
Enemies from other Countries
People
-Enjoy your real freedom. The freedom to enjoy anything you like.
Well, I want to get more realistic:
-Anyone can enjoy anything they like. I mean ANYTHING. Even if this involve murder,rape,cheating and any kind of atrocities and taboos known to man/woman.
-Every single citizens much take daily a pill which make you indifferent from the actions of other peoples. For example if a man start masturbating to a park holding a pony figure, if the citizens took their pills, they will not care. This also apply for heavy crimes against others peoples. If a citizen show signs of guilt,discuss,terror because of other people actions, this person will be arrested for this crime.
-For that reason, clones created for being the "receivers" of atrocities and taboos of other, had made. For example if a man have a big desire to kill humans being, a clone will be delivered to him for his entertainment. However a clone it can also used for not harmful entertainment like body modified clones to look like humanoid animals,Anime Characters, obscure creatures, your mother, your father, your child,etc.
-If the man/woman don't have the money to buy a clone, there are many different alternative to enjoy themselves with any kind of atrocities:
Virtual reality
Animal use
Prisoners
Prostitutes
Slaves
Enemies from other Countries
People
-Enjoy your real freedom. The freedom to enjoy anything you like.
Semi-serious but not really answers. This is more "I want to see what happens" than anything else.
1. All existing intellectual properties are not allowed new installments (sequels, prequels, spin-offs, reboots, etc.) for three years unless they were already in production when I made the decree. Effective immediately, the three years begins when the last installment of any IP comes out.
2. All movies are to be direct-to-video for the next two years.
2b. Renting is illegal for the next two years.
3. Merchandising is illegal for the next two years.
4. An IP cannot be adapted to another medium until at least exactly one year after the final installment is released.
5. Interstellar 5555 is to play on every music-related channel at least once every Saturday night. A Saturday night qualifies as between 5 pm and 11 pm.
6. All entertainment (read: non-reality, news, music, contest, learning, etc.) television networks are to air at least one anime as part of their weekly prime-time lineup. This does not include the above Interstellar 5555.
7. The maximum budget any single movie is $100 million.
Actually serious answers. They'll all do harm, but eh. Like I care.
1. All existing intellectual properties are not allowed new installments (sequels, prequels, spin-offs, reboots, etc.) for three years unless they were already in production when I made the decree. Effective immediately, the three years begins when the last installment of any IP comes out.
2. All movies are to be direct-to-video for the next two years.
2b. Renting is illegal for the next two years.
3. Merchandising is illegal for the next two years.
4. An IP cannot be adapted to another medium until at least exactly one year after the final installment is released.
5. Interstellar 5555 is to play on every music-related channel at least once every Saturday night. A Saturday night qualifies as between 5 pm and 11 pm.
6. All entertainment (read: non-reality, news, music, contest, learning, etc.) television networks are to air at least one anime as part of their weekly prime-time lineup. This does not include the above Interstellar 5555.
7. The maximum budget any single movie is $100 million.
Actually serious answers. They'll all do harm, but eh. Like I care.
1. A Starship Troopers miniseries is to immediately be created. Any changes from the book are to be approved by me.
2. The only reason anything is to be prematurely discontinued is that it didn't make enough money to recover its production costs.
3. DLC (including microtransactions) is not to be started until at least one month after the release of its parent game.
4. Do-decatuple Toonami's budget, and give them a daily time slot from 5-8 pm EST. They are then to be left to their own devices, with no outside interference. They may request larger and smaller budgets according to their success and are to only be cancelled under the circumstance they are not making their money back.
5. When proposing an IP, it must be planned from beginning to end. It is not to be changed under any circumstance. Extra episodes are to be included in re-runs and DVD releases.
6. Every PC game must be advertised on "average" graphical fidelity settings.
7. Gravity Falls is not to be on hiatus anymore unless they really aren't finished with episodes yet.
8. Big O. Season 3. Make it happen.
9. Licensing music for use in or advertisement of a work is illegal.
10. "3D shots" are illegal. "3D shots" being sequences, shots, scenes, and setpieces with something or someone being displayed in such a way as to remind the audience they are watching a 3D movie and nothing else. Ex.: debris flying at the screen. The punishment is death. Seriously. I'm fucking done.
10b. All movies must be shot in the format they are to be released in. 3D movie? 3D camera.
11. Microtransactions may only be for cosmetic upgrades. In free-to-play games, microtransactions can also be for consumables that can be unlocked via up to five "standard rounds" of gameplay.
12. When something has a release date/time slot. That is its release date/time slot. It cannot be changed, but the project can be scrapped.
2. The only reason anything is to be prematurely discontinued is that it didn't make enough money to recover its production costs.
3. DLC (including microtransactions) is not to be started until at least one month after the release of its parent game.
4. Do-decatuple Toonami's budget, and give them a daily time slot from 5-8 pm EST. They are then to be left to their own devices, with no outside interference. They may request larger and smaller budgets according to their success and are to only be cancelled under the circumstance they are not making their money back.
5. When proposing an IP, it must be planned from beginning to end. It is not to be changed under any circumstance. Extra episodes are to be included in re-runs and DVD releases.
6. Every PC game must be advertised on "average" graphical fidelity settings.
7. Gravity Falls is not to be on hiatus anymore unless they really aren't finished with episodes yet.
8. Big O. Season 3. Make it happen.
9. Licensing music for use in or advertisement of a work is illegal.
10. "3D shots" are illegal. "3D shots" being sequences, shots, scenes, and setpieces with something or someone being displayed in such a way as to remind the audience they are watching a 3D movie and nothing else. Ex.: debris flying at the screen. The punishment is death. Seriously. I'm fucking done.
10b. All movies must be shot in the format they are to be released in. 3D movie? 3D camera.
11. Microtransactions may only be for cosmetic upgrades. In free-to-play games, microtransactions can also be for consumables that can be unlocked via up to five "standard rounds" of gameplay.
12. When something has a release date/time slot. That is its release date/time slot. It cannot be changed, but the project can be scrapped.
In terms of content produced, not who gets to partake.WhiteNachos said:
He's not funny and thinks he is and what passes for a joke from him is usually not a joke and downright offensive.WhiteNachos said:
I think so. I'm sick of the "We'll tell you when we feel like it" attitude.WhiteNachos said:
I said out of print. So long as the right holders keep the material available they can hold on to the copyright. None of this Disney vault crap, and no more not being able to get books from the 1920's because they're out of print and rare.WhiteNachos said:
Horror, Thriller, Slasher and etc though all dark are different types of media presented differently. While Slasher does horrify it really becomes comical about half way through the whatever it is. On the other hand horror leaves you walking away feeling deeply shaken.WhiteNachos said:
Sure fine but then I'm adding a caveat: All cinema tickets costing 10 dollars or more must include a code for one High Definition DRM free digital copy of the movie the ticket is for.Phlap said:
I think it is easily exploitable though. It's easy to say the current status, but you need someone on site to confirm the claim. So I offer this: every studio will have an agent of your regime oversee these projects, and if said projects are so low in the company's list that no one in their right mind should still hold out for, they will be given an ultimatum: make it or scrap it. Any lip over it will be punished by being put in a real life SAW movie.KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime said:
That'll just create worst abuses. Especially since new talent is always rising up. Best let it stew in development. Such things can either turn out really good like Half-Life 2, or they can turn out comically bad like Dai Katana, or just mediocre like Duke Nukem Forever. It's up to the studio/publisher to make the product, even if it takes forever. I mean look at what happened with kick starter we actually got Wasteland 2... So let them try, let the market decide if it was worth all that time.cojo965 said:
Is this true? Maybe, but at least it would get the big studios to actually do something with the projects that are highly anticipated. Maybe I should add though, new talent gets amnesty, while my suggestion only applies to big studios who have so much money that there is no excuse to not be working on those games. Cancellation is its own form of closure after all, development hell is just that: hell with no real ending, which is many times worse than if it was just cancelled.KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime said: