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Just like that (europe.pub)
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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

No they don't.

They're trying to do 2 things;

  1. Massively encourage filming outside of California, particularly in Texas and georgia, and soon, Florida.

  2. They want to build Alcatraz right in the sf bay as a symbol of imperial power, proof that they can act without impunity.

They want to destroy the Californian economy as hard as they can, they see California as a worse threat than foreign powers.

California gets more money from outside the US than any other state, that's their target, at any cost.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 86 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They don't want to save Hollywood, they want to control it. They can't control it if the studios shoot their films outside of the US.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Hmmm… let’s see. Democrats are buckling, lawyers are buckling, Conservative Oligarchs own the news. I guess this is the next step. FUCKING COWARDS!! All of them

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 67 points 2 days ago

He doesn't want to save it, he wants to use the guise of saving it to turn it into a propaganda machine that serves him.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 day ago

I also see this as a move that increases U.S. isolationism. It will trigger reciprocal tariffs, and those will both bolster non-U.S. media production, but harm the U.S. film industry.

One of the U.S.’s greatest exports is its culture. Perhaps not great in a moral or any other objective measure, but the media the U.S. creates is one of its greatest sources of influence (read: soft power) in the world.

Isolating media and giving other nations room to grow is, well, fair play to them, but an unforced error. Another step in the direction of failed statehood.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 52 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

By doing something that would do incredible harm to Hollywood.

It's an abusive relationship. Just like last time.

[–] JLock17@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They're not trying to save hollywood, they're trying to turn it into their twisted version of reality.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm VERY glad they don't have anyone as efficient as Goebbles. Or the "Ministry for Public Enlightenment" would already be in full swing making propaganda films.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

"Save" it to death.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I feel like this is the perfect meme format for maga related dumbassery.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm OOTL. What happened?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

drumpf announced tariffs on movies made in other countries

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Thanks, I didn't get the meme either.

As @PunnyName said, you can't even define that unambiguously. Basically every movie is made in many places across the world.

It hurts when a normal person spouts dumb shit with conviction, but when the US government does it...

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

All 5 of them? /j

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Virtually every single film that comes from Hollywood has international components: from filming locations, to physical address, to CGI production.

This affects the entire industry.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

But does so much stuff even come (or ultimately become finalized) in (greater) Hollywood anymore? It seems in recent years I'm reading Georgia (US state) or Canada or some such far more often than (one of the big Hollywood companies).

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can't someone make a stupid (and clearly declared) joke without people lecturing them about obvious stuff? 😫

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Poe's Law is that you can't be sarcastic or over-the-top on the internet without clearly signaling because there's no opinion so stupid it doesn't have adherents.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's why I added the tone-tag /j

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Welcome to the interwebs.

I've seen "/s" and never saw "/j" before.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

/s stands for "sarcastic, /j for joking. Many people use /s for jokes, which, always bugs me a bit, since there's a difference.

Here's the masterlist

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This reminds me of something Gail Collins wrote.

She said she went to the store to buy salad dressing, and it ended up taking her twenty minutes to choose one bottle from an aisle full of different brands.

When she got home she realized that she could have made salad dressing at home in five minutes.

When shortcuts take longer than the thing they are supposed to replace, they become useless.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't really see how this is comparable.

  1. The thing about tone-tags isn't being a shortcut, but rather mitigating the lack of tone transmitted via text.
  2. It's also for accessibility, to help neurodivergent people not get confused. Mixing up /s and /j is decremental to that cause.
  3. The "problem" goes away if enough people adopt it. /s has seen wider adoption, why not the rest of the tone-tags set?
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It takes less time to write something like "reference" or "joking" than it does to try and memorize the list.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't need to memorize the full list. Most of the tags make mnemonic sense.

What did you think the "/j" meant?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve seen “/s” and never saw “/j” before.

Personally, I thought it was a typo of /s.

sarcastic is a long word, whereas 'joke' is only four letters; that's two more than '/j.'

Like I said, your shortcut doesn't really save time.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

And I've explained why they're not shortcuts. 🙄

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All 5 of them? /j

It's a joke, we get it. But it still means: "not so many - just more than 5, that's why I added the /j".

We know exactly what you meant: that most entertainment comes from the US. Esp. all us (slightly older) non-Americans feel it. But this trend has been in decline in recent years/decades. You made an outdated joke.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

One person didn't. I'm not a movie buff but I still have a feeling that HollyWood has a cultural quasi-monopoly.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

517 remakes of "The Bible".

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Can't wait for historical acurate Jesus played by an blonde man with green eyes and mid-west accent.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Birth of a Nation", directed by Michael Bay.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

It's going to be like covid where ppl film shows in their basement again

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Wait for the twist, it will be a cliffhanger

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Wonder if they’ll release all the raw footage of his shit reality show.