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Re:The great cancellation: why megabucks TV shows are vanish... by AJ007 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:55AM (#37339202)
I really have wondered who convinced them the strikes were a good idea. It's clear the streaming content bubble has popped. It was a revenue windfall for everyone involved save investors (Disney's stock has lost nearly a decade of gains.)

The AI stuff is a wildcard on top of everything. The worst case scenario for the WGA and SGA is that the more successful they are with their getting their demands, the less likely there will be anything resembling North America's film/tv industry left within 5 years.

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Re:The great cancellation: why megabucks TV shows are vanish... by readthenotes1 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:27PM (#37341682)
Maybe the workers involved?

Most background actors replaced by AI generated substitutes.

Writer rooms turned into editor rooms for AI generated thoughts that simply rehash the existing 100k hours of plots already extant.

In a sense, it's the buggy whip workers striking after the Advent of cars

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