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| coppice:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 24, 2023, 08:39:01 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on July 24, 2023, 08:15:29 pm --- --- Quote from: Zero999 on July 24, 2023, 07:47:38 pm ---I'm not familure with some of the initialisations used above: IPs BttF What the heck do they mean? --- End quote --- An engineer who doesn't know at least 2 meanings of IP, one of which clearly doesn't apply, while the other almost certainly does? --- End quote --- The only one I know of is Intellectual Property. I didn't think it was engineering related, as the post is about cinema. Please enlighten me. --- End quote --- Yes, that's the one. The very very obvious one. The properties the movie industry used to spend a fortune building value in, but has been trashing for the last few years. |
| Zero999:
It just didn't make sense to me in that context "they ruined a number of my favorite IPs", hence why I asked the question. |
| daqq:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 24, 2023, 08:59:21 pm ---It just didn't make sense to me in that context "they ruined a number of my favorite IPs", hence why I asked the question. --- End quote --- IP is intellectual property. Outside of engineering this can refer to books, stories, franchises, comics, trademarks, whole blocks of content... --- Quote ---I just waiting for the moment they make an announcement they are going to remake BttF as I know an Australian that will go on a major rant if that happens. --- End quote --- If you are in the market for a delightful rant on the topic of movies and are okay with a drunken Scotsman rather than a sober Australian, may I recommend the Critical Drinker? |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: daqq on July 24, 2023, 09:23:03 pm --- --- Quote from: Zero999 on July 24, 2023, 08:59:21 pm ---It just didn't make sense to me in that context "they ruined a number of my favorite IPs", hence why I asked the question. --- End quote --- IP is intellectual property. Outside of engineering this can refer to books, stories, franchises, comics, trademarks... --- End quote --- I know that. The statement just sounded a little vague and triggered a parsing error. Oh I've just realised, going by the flag, English is probably not your first language, so sorry, for not taking that into account. Anyway, one thing which has struck me recently is how out of touch the mainstream media are with the general population, certainly in the UK. It becomes obvious when reading the YouTube comments to news videos from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc. especially, when they're about a politics. They might be talking about how far-right or x-phobic something is, yet most of the comments are people saying they can't see the problem and the journalists are talking rubbish. I doubt the country has swung far-right. It's more likely the mainstream media have gone in the other direction. I suspect the same is true of the film industry. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 24, 2023, 09:31:11 pm ---Anyway, one thing which has struck me recently is how out of touch the mainstream media are with the general population, certainly in the UK. It becomes obvious when reading the YouTube comments to news videos from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc. especially, when they're about a politics. They might be talking about how far-right or x-phobic something is, yet most of the comments are people saying they can't see the problem and the journalists are talking rubbish. I doubt the country has swung far-right. It's more likely the mainstream media have gone in the other direction. I suspect the same is true of the film industry. --- End quote --- Indeed. It mainly conveys ideas/ideology of a very small minority. Not quite new though, it's been ongoing for a few years already. While there are reasons for that, the "interesting" part is how companies, the business model of which normally relies on a large number of people liking the content they produce, manage to survive in spite of pleasing only a small minority and annoying the majority. *That* is concerning. That's when the "market" doesn't really decide anymore, and this should mean this is not a free market anymore. Just a thought. |
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