Subj : The entertainment strike
To   : Arelor
From : candycane
Date : Thu Aug 17 2023 09:53 pm

  Re: The entertainment strike
  By: Arelor to Utopian Galt on Thu Aug 17 2023 04:48 pm

 Ar> We could consume classic books and movies no end and our lives would not
 Ar> be enough to consume all of the good material. We only consume new stuff
 Ar> because it loks more shinny and has more marketing power behind it.

I'd argue that the magic of new content is how people take existing ideas and make it better. Like, long-running series building on the world, callbacks, subverting expectations <IN A CLEVER WAY>, etc. 

candycane

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