[larrydallas]

I know what you are thinking. In the great depression era the film industry thrived because people went to the movies to forget their troubles. Times have changed and I am inclined to think people still go to the movies to forget troubles but they go to escape from being over worked, stressed out, and just because it has become such a part of the culture to go.

Anyway, for the past decade or so the movie theather revenues have been way down when compared to the past. Music sales both in store and online downloads have been way down in the past 5 or so years.

You could attribute this to technology and piracy but I sometimes think this sort of liesure industry will collapse first.

Entertainment does not mean just movies and song. It can be stuff like horseback riding joints, golf courses, auto races, etc...

I'm inclined to think these industries have done well this far and so close to if not already past PO becasue people just do not want to deal with the fact that life without cheap energy will never be the same so they have wrecklessly continued a course of money allocation as was back when gas was 99 cents and there were no major wars going on. In other words, rather than face up to the fact that the kids can no longer learn to ride horses on the weekend the parents will go into debt and finance lessons on a credit card to not have to deal with the fact that they can not do what they were once able to do.

I kind of predict a rapid decline of the entertainment industry right before the PO situation hits the vital sectors of the society like healthcare and education.

On a side note, the films and shows which have been produced in the last couple of years have more and more portrayals of militarization of law enforcement and the govt. being the savior / all knowing.

Seems like primer for the paint that is going to be dumped on the clueless masses.

Here's a page that updates almost daily with some good reading about how stupid the average Joe is:

http://www.vault-co.com/

[Ludi]

I work in the entertainment industry and work has been very good this year, quite steady without much time off. Whenever we finish a job (I work with my husband in our home business) we get a new one right away. So for us, it's actually been somewhat better than usual this year.

[Roy]

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')On a side note, the films and shows which have been produced in the last couple of years have more and more portrayals of militarization of law enforcement and the govt. being the savior / all knowing.

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('larrydallas', '
')On a side note, the films and shows which have been produced in the last couple of years have more and more portrayals of militarization of law enforcement and the govt. being the savior / all knowing.

[Z]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('larrydallas', 'H')ere's a page that updates almost daily with some good reading about how stupid the average Joe is:

http://www.vault-co.com/

[DoctorDoom]

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to figure that stuff like air travel, the hotel industry, destination resorts, are all going to take a big hit post-peak. I believe film, television, music, and video games will rise to fill the void. Local fun activities may perk up as people try things like minature golf, lazer tag, etc., in place of energy-gulping trips to destination amusement parks clear across the country. In a real power-down, live performances will come back. People always need some leisure activities, even in the worst of times.

[julianj]

Z: please don't post links to psychiatric disorders sites, I go there and realise I HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF THAT PARTICULAR DELUSION!!!!

And yes, they are really out to get me

[shakespear1]

I tend to think that there is over saturation of "entertainment" which has gotten to the point of boredom.

Hollywood is "remaking", re everything and little comes out that is original and fresh.

The actors seem to pop out from the same cookie cutter and "special effects" (for my taste) don't dazzel as much as they used to. The whole experience at time does not seem real.

Maybe I have been looking at Hoolywood movies too long

Mainstream Music industry churns out music that uses the same "formula" and has the feel that perhaps a computer program is doing it all. Where are the real artists?

[sklump]

Few leading-edge 2005 artists will emerge from a nation drugged to conformity and cowed into viewing the world through a prism of 1955.

That being said, 'Napoleon Dynamite' was flippin' awesome. Apart from that, I'm afraid I haven't seen anything to make me say 'wow' off US screens. Wait a sec, 'South Park' continues to be excellent and Jon Stewart rocks. I haven't seen any recent 'King of the Hill', but 'The Simpsons' has completely bottomed out.

'Curb Your Enthusiasm' is tremendous. Larry David should keep making TV for ever and ever.

Strangely, Canadian stuff has been better than ever in the last 5ish years: 'Monday Report', 'Trailer Park Boys', 'The Tournament', 'L'Gros Show', 'Les Deux Minutes du Peuple', 'Twitch City', 'The Newsroom', etc.

We don't get Fox on Cable. Coincidence?

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Roy', ' ') Are they "preparing" us for the future?

[larrydallas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('larrydallas', '
')On a side note, the films and shows which have been produced in the last couple of years have more and more portrayals of militarization of law enforcement and the govt. being the savior / all knowing.