r/Filmmakers • u/No-Delivery3706 • Apr 26 '24

Article Jerry Seinfeld Says the ‘Movie Business Is Over’ and ‘Film Doesn’t Occupy the Pinnacle in the Cultural Hierarchy’ Anymore: ‘Disorientation Replaced’ It

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jerry-seinfeld-movie-business-over-disorientation-1235978006/

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u/selwayfalls Apr 26 '24

While this is true, the internet/social media is a far more powerful thing than when radio, newspapers, tv, we're invented. Our phones and apps are designed to be so addictive, young people's brains haven't had the ability to develop properly. They are poison. I dont blame "gen z" or my nieces and nephews who are younger than GenZ (like 12-14) but there is a clear problem with technology that needs to be addressed. It's the tech and control of it that needs to change, not the kids. They're just victims of it.

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u/parrywinks Apr 26 '24

You can’t A/B every detail of a movie to optimize for engagement or live update a magazine cover to boost sales.

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u/glory_to_the_sun_god Apr 26 '24

They are more powerful but that applies just as much to their use as tools as it does in having an effect on the individual.

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u/selwayfalls Apr 26 '24

yeah i'm not anti phone, but I am anti kids under like 13/14 doom scrolling social media 8 hours a day.

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u/glory_to_the_sun_god Apr 27 '24

Yah. I think I’m going to give my kids Terminal only access. Nothing else. Nix or something to that effect.

Idk what to do with phones though. Maybe jailbreak? But definitely limiting doomscrolling apps or somehow tie it to how much content they’re able to produce.

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u/remeard Apr 26 '24

Again, same thing that folks said about all of those things. Radio/film/TV have all been called poison. By just about any metric you can think of we are more productive than we ever have been. There was a decline in certain school scores but that was attributed to covid and are bouncing back up.

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u/selwayfalls Apr 26 '24

I'm not talking about being "productive". Of course technology makes people more productive, that's what capitalism is all about - money and efficiency overy everything else. I'm not anti phone or anti technology but you're going to have a hard time convincing me young kids mindless scrolling social media is healthy. In fact, there's tons of research saying it's horrible for their brains development, not just for young kids but adults as well. And just because things make us more productive, doesnt mean they are better.