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Jerry Martinez50 said:Man, you’re just a total slave to consumer culture at this point.😁
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Look, you have to vet your info. Not all data is created equal—it’s all about how you weigh the source and what you're actually looking for. Personally? I would never waste my money on a DVD of Little Fockers, nor would I ever pick up a book by some random Fashion guru or an autobiography from the Gotovec family. I know exactly what doesn't interest me. Maybe someone else would find value in that stuff, and hey, more power to them, but it's just not my thing.
Modern consumers have become blind followers of smoke and mirrors. They trust every salesperson who crosses their path without a second thought. Everyone is out there pushing a product—it doesn't matter if they're peddling high art or just some cheap laundry detergent.
So, Milan Tarot is out here suggesting we all smear sour cream on our heads before hitting the hay. Seriously. Would you actually do it?
Look, I get all that, don't worry about it; I'm not some mindless victim of advertising. My point was specifically about the fact that regardless of the commercials, as a customer, I have the right to make a scene and demand my money back if that detergent fails to clean my clothes properly. I have the right to return clothes, food, a TV, whatever. And if we're talking about art, I should have the right to actually SEE a painting before I drop cash on it. But movies? Movies seem untouchable, which explains why they're swimming in money—they never have to cough up a single dollar to anyone who walks out of the theater unhappy.🙂
mellowstag17 said:Eh, you've hit on a great question there. It isn't just about movies; it's literature, too. You walk into a shop like Facebook to buy a book, and half the section is filled with stuff like Fashion Cat or Nives... then you see foreign stars like Barack Obama or Carla Bruni... It's selling entertainment, not art. If you didn't find it entertaining, they don't owe you anything.
Exactly what I'm getting at—these days, every single movie and every single book claims to be a hilarious masterpiece, something divine, gorgeous, or indescribable... as if everything produced is some kind of timeless work of art.
How are you supposed to actually choose anything without waiting for a massive wave of recommendations? It's like you can't even watch or read something until half the country has already finished it first.
Jerry Martinez50 said:It's simply because modern art follows the rules of L'art pour l'art.
A little bit of research before you buy—it shouldn't be that hard! You wouldn't just blindly pick up a book by Fashion Mack, nor would you head to the movies to see Tron: Legacy if that specific film genre doesn't appeal to you... You have to know what you want!
And let's face it, the internet is always there, offering everything you could ever desire. Personally, I rarely bother consuming movies through "official" channels anyway.
Research before buying?! Are you kidding me? You mean a massive pile of propaganda and hype fed to you right before release, backed up by a meticulously edited trailer that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual movie? They misrepresent the product to you—like telling you some trashy comedy starring Meg Ryan is going to be a riot—and they don't care that they're lying to you...
As for Tron: Legacy, I don't really have a specific 'Film genre' that I stick to; I'm not boxed in by any categories. A good movie is a good movie. But look, Blade Runner and Tron: Legacy are both Sci-Fi, yet one is a masterpiece and the other is total garbage.
Regardless, Tron: Legacy is marketed like it's the greatest thing ever made, so I sit there, take the hit, and then who am I supposed to complain to when they lied to my face?
I’m honestly at a loss with this one, so if anyone has some actual insight—maybe an argument that won't make me feel totally ripped off, played for a fool, or just plain exhausted every single time I walk out of a movie theater—please throw it my way.
Look, in today's world, consumers actually have rights, right? If you buy a shirt and it falls apart after the first wash, you take it back. If the food you bought is spoiled, you get a refund, and so on, and so forth.
What I can't wrap my head around is why ART (and let's call movies and music that, even if that's debatable) is completely exempt from any kind of accountability toward a dissatisfied customer. How is it possible that this is the one industry where you HAVE to buy completely blind? No matter what, you have to pay for the film—whether it’s a streaming sub, a Blu-ray, or a ticket at AMC Theatres—but if the experience is absolute garbage, who do you even complain to? You paid your money, and that's it. It's gone.
Of course, that's exactly why more and more people are turning to piracy. They’ve been straight-up scammed so many times that they're just looking for a way to actually SEE what they're paying for first (which is honestly such an unthinkable level of audacity!), though of course, that makes the artists who churn out the exact same trash incredibly angry.
Thanks for listening, but I just finished watching Tron: Legacy ($12) and that was truly the final straw for me...
I actually posted this over on the Legal forum too, because I am genuinely curious how they managed to become more protected from unhappy customers than a Siberian tiger.
Long live Quentin Tarantino, though; he's the only one I'll keep buying into blindly...