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Post by hoops902 on May 21, 2019 16:07:23 GMT -5
Maybe you could get an understanding for the meaning of some of the words from the article I posted... Feel free to use the article you posted to show where Howard and Grazer said what you're claiming they said. Or you just keep up your MO and when proven objectively wrong by me...again...just try to post things that aren't relevant to your actual claims that I've disproven. It's very Presidential of you to be proven wrong, and then just scrambling over and over to try to take the spotlight off of the things that have been proven untrue. Your mentor would be proud.
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Post by oped on May 21, 2019 16:09:17 GMT -5
You’ve proven to have no understanding of the relevant terminology... other than that
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Post by Tennesseer on May 21, 2019 16:51:19 GMT -5
Population of Georgia is 10.52 million people. Now if the population of Georgia was 10 people, you might have a point (no one is boycotting Georgia). Maybe because the most direct way to get to Florida is through Georgia? Most folks driving through will need to stop for gas, but you can, for example, avoid staying in their hotels if you wish to participate in a boycott. (The only other way to drive to Florida is through Alabama. Nope.) I should have added it costs me nothing to connect to a flight through Atlanta. As long as I don't buy anything at the airport, I'm boycotting Georgia.
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Post by Value Buy on May 21, 2019 16:55:55 GMT -5
Maybe because the most direct way to get to Florida is through Georgia? Most folks driving through will need to stop for gas, but you can, for example, avoid staying in their hotels if you wish to participate in a boycott. (The only other way to drive to Florida is through Alabama. Nope.) I should have added it costs me nothing to connect to a flight through Atlanta. As long as I don't buy anything at the airport, I'm boycotting Georgia. Incorrect. It may not cost you anything, but if you deplane and run through the terminals you are supporting all the employees that work there whether you purchase anything in the airport, from air traffic controller, airport crew on the tarmac, and the people who clean the public restrooms
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Post by Value Buy on May 21, 2019 16:57:26 GMT -5
Coming from Florida we stopped for Adcock's pecans. Stopped in the ATLANTA suburbs overnight, ate a good barbeque meal at a I think, a family operated place. Filled gas twice in Georgia before leaving for Tennessee. Saw absolutley no one boycotting anything. I 75 was packed form end to end. I guess when people finally stop flying into Atlanta or even connecting flight, we might see some action on a boycott. Population of Georgia is 10.52 million people. Now if the population of Georgia was 10 people, you might have a point (no one is boycotting Georgia). Wait a minute. I thought everyone here on the board other than me was boycotting Georgia.......
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Post by busymom on May 21, 2019 16:58:16 GMT -5
Maybe because the most direct way to get to Florida is through Georgia? Most folks driving through will need to stop for gas, but you can, for example, avoid staying in their hotels if you wish to participate in a boycott. (The only other way to drive to Florida is through Alabama. Nope.) I should have added it costs me nothing to connect to a flight through Atlanta. As long as I don't buy anything at the airport, I'm boycotting Georgia. It's actually not that difficult to boycott Georgia products. For example, California grows pecans, and I found a website that sells them direct from Cali. Also, Colorado grows some very juicy & delicious peaches. If you choose carefully, you CAN put the squeeze on any state. Money talks, and in this case, money walks (away).
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Post by oped on May 21, 2019 17:12:00 GMT -5
Oh what the hell. Husband isn’t home and daughter doesn’t want to go get tacos… Hoops: Can you expand on why they should be afraid of him? Particularly given that he's still going to FILM in Georgia, he's just going to " boycott" using Georgia as a production center. How much of his current business uses Georgia as a production center? Assumption 1: Filming is separate from and a much bigger deal than being a production center. Assumption 2: He is going to continue to film in Georgia past the current obligations which will be concluded by the time the law would go into effect in January. Now, given what appears a limited ability to infer, I’ll go back to basics a bit with explicit definitions rather than asking you to employ reading comprehension. Definitions: Film Production: Film production is the principle branch of cinematography, i ncluding a large number of creative and technical specialists which includes filming, preparing a screenplay, setting, script development, stage sets, props, costumes, casting actors, selecting film crews, filming, editing, soundtracks… et fucking cetera… encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Film+ProductionFilm Production Company: a company that produces films… including scripts, financing, talent, actors, directors, camera men, video editors… etc. etc. Here is a good list of roles and departments that are umbrellaed under ‘production’ www.listeninglistening.com/uploads/6/4/4/8/6448263/crew-roles-and-departments-guide.pdfPlease see the Georgia Film Office… Please note the section on the GEORGIA PRODUCTION DIRECTORY… and that FILIMOGROPHY is a part of production. Notice that PRODUCTION is all encompassing and includes all the aspects of film development. Including but in no way limited to FILMING. www.georgia.org/industries/film-entertainment/georgia-film-tv-productionCenter: The place where a specified activity is concentrated.
Facts: Filming is a part of production. Production encompasses the entirety of producing for television and movies, including filming. Georgia has been a production CENTER because they have a lot of production companies and facilities and more major motions picture films have been made there in recent years than most, in some years all, other locations. PRODUCTION supports 92,000 jobs plus the additional economic benefits… Now let’s look at the quote: From the article: "Howard and Grazer, who run Imagine Entertainment, told The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive statement that although they are continuing with their plans to film the movie "Hillbilly Elegy" in Georgia next month, they will boycott the state as a production center if the law goes into effect in January." They will continue their plans to film THIS MOVIE as scheduled in Georgia NEXT MONTH… but if the law goes into effect in January… they will BOYCOTT the STATE as a PRODUCTION CENTER. IE… while he will continue the current, limited, actions already scheduled... if this law goes into effect he will not do ANY PRODUCTION... not one piece of it.. in Georgia come January.... or in other words... “What he was saying is that while he will finish up currently scheduled filming, if Georgia’s law goes into effect, it’s bye bye Georgia for future projects...” The entire quote by the way: “After much thought and deliberation, we decided to continue with shooting ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ in Georgia next month. We felt we could not abandon the hundreds of women, and men, whose means of support depend on this production – including those who directly contribute on the film, and the businesses in the community that sustain the production. We see Governor Kemp’s bill as a direct attack on women’s rights, and we will be making a donation to the ACLU to support their battle against this oppressive legislation. Should this law go into effect in January, we will boycott the state as a production center.” www.thewrap.com/imagine-abortion-bill-georgia/
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Post by oped on May 21, 2019 17:33:24 GMT -5
David Simon of "The Wire" and "The Deuce" won't film in GA over abortion ban. “I can’t ask any female member of any film production with which I am involved to so marginalize themselves or compromise their inalienable authority over their own bodies,” In case anyone missed his original point... his follow up... "You mistake my stance for tactics. I am not being tactical or strategic at all. I am simply stating what I am obliged to do to protect the rights of all of those who I ask to labor with me on any of my productions. My responsibility as an employer lies there."
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Post by Tennesseer on May 21, 2019 17:42:55 GMT -5
Population of Georgia is 10.52 million people. Now if the population of Georgia was 10 people, you might have a point (no one is boycotting Georgia). Wait a minute. I thought everyone here on the board other than me was boycotting Georgia....... What you most likely saw were Georgia residents. I am also unaware of the other board posters providing you their current and future travel plans.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 21, 2019 17:44:32 GMT -5
I should have added it costs me nothing to connect to a flight through Atlanta. As long as I don't buy anything at the airport, I'm boycotting Georgia. Incorrect. It may not cost you anything, but if you deplane and run through the terminals you are supporting all the employees that work there whether you purchase anything in the airport, from air traffic controller, airport crew on the tarmac, and the people who clean the public restrooms Nice try but won't fly. I dropped no cash in Georgia. But if you want to go there, I flew Delta two weeks ago. Delta also flies to many states whose legislatures are protecting women's rights to safe birth control, even the right to abortion. So I guess I am supporting those states and their airport employees when I fly Delta to them. You need to make sure you don't fly any airline in the future which travels to any of those states which support women's rights. You don't even have to fly to those states. If you fly Delta from Indianapolis to Alabama, you are supporting the airline employees in New York State, Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc. which support women's right for healthcare, including safe abortions. Good luck.
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Post by jelloshots4all on May 21, 2019 19:09:57 GMT -5
Oh what the hell. Husband isn’t home and daughter doesn’t want to go get tacos… Hoops: Can you expand on why they should be afraid of him? Particularly given that he's still going to FILM in Georgia, he's just going to " boycott" using Georgia as a production center. How much of his current business uses Georgia as a production center? Assumption 1: Filming is separate from and a much bigger deal than being a production center. Assumption 2: He is going to continue to film in Georgia past the current obligations which will be concluded by the time the law would go into effect in January. Now, given what appears a limited ability to infer, I’ll go back to basics a bit with explicit definitions rather than asking you to employ reading comprehension. Definitions: Film Production: Film production is the principle branch of cinematography, i ncluding a large number of creative and technical specialists which includes filming, preparing a screenplay, setting, script development, stage sets, props, costumes, casting actors, selecting film crews, filming, editing, soundtracks… et fucking cetera… encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Film+ProductionFilm Production Company: a company that produces films… including scripts, financing, talent, actors, directors, camera men, video editors… etc. etc. Here is a good list of roles and departments that are umbrellaed under ‘production’ www.listeninglistening.com/uploads/6/4/4/8/6448263/crew-roles-and-departments-guide.pdfPlease see the Georgia Film Office… Please note the section on the GEORGIA PRODUCTION DIRECTORY… and that FILIMOGROPHY is a part of production. Notice that PRODUCTION is all encompassing and includes all the aspects of film development. Including but in no way limited to FILMING. www.georgia.org/industries/film-entertainment/georgia-film-tv-productionCenter: The place where a specified activity is concentrated.
Facts: Filming is a part of production. Production encompasses the entirety of producing for television and movies, including filming. Georgia has been a production CENTER because they have a lot of production companies and facilities and more major motions picture films have been made there in recent years than most, in some years all, other locations. PRODUCTION supports 92,000 jobs plus the additional economic benefits… Now let’s look at the quote: From the article: "Howard and Grazer, who run Imagine Entertainment, told The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive statement that although they are continuing with their plans to film the movie "Hillbilly Elegy" in Georgia next month, they will boycott the state as a production center if the law goes into effect in January." They will continue their plans to film THIS MOVIE as scheduled in Georgia NEXT MONTH… but if the law goes into effect in January… they will BOYCOTT the STATE as a PRODUCTION CENTER. IE… while he will continue the current, limited, actions already scheduled... if this law goes into effect he will not to ANY PRODUCTION... not one piece of it.. in Georgia come January.... or in other words... “What he was saying is that while he will finish up currently scheduled filming, if Georgia’s law goes into effect, it’s bye bye Georgia for future projects...” The entire quote by the way: “After much thought and deliberation, we decided to continue with shooting ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ in Georgia next month. We felt we could not abandon the hundreds of women, and men, whose means of support depend on this production – including those who directly contribute on the film, and the businesses in the community that sustain the production. We see Governor Kemp’s bill as a direct attack on women’s rights, and we will be making a donation to the ACLU to support their battle against this oppressive legislation. Should this law go into effect in January, we will boycott the state as a production center.”www.thewrap.com/imagine-abortion-bill-georgia/Thanks oped! I wasn't online, but this is exactly what I was referring too. Also thank you for the other articles.
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Post by hoops902 on May 22, 2019 7:53:52 GMT -5
That's a lot of writing just to make it clear you don't understand the difference between a film's production center, and a filming location. Those 2 things may be the same location, but often are not. Your own writing even points that out, a "CENTER" is the place where "activity is concentrated". They said they aren't going to use it as a production CENTER, they didn't say anything about boycotting all filming in Georgia.
I do find it interesting that their logic is "we can't abandon all these people who were going to work on the thing we're doing in Georgia this time...so we'll wait and deny them the business NEXT time". So they recognize that their hypothetical boycott would hurt individual people and they aren't willing to do that NOW...but they're more than willing to do that later. When someone tells you how inhumane it is to eat animals while they're biting into a hamburger, that's a pretty good indication they're a hypocrite just saying whatever they think will get them some positive press.
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Post by oped on May 22, 2019 7:54:40 GMT -5
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Post by thyme4change on May 22, 2019 8:00:56 GMT -5
That's a lot of writing just to make it clear you don't understand the difference between a film's production center, and a filming location. Those 2 things may be the same location, but often are not. Your own writing even points that out, a "CENTER" is the place where "activity is concentrated". They said they aren't going to use it as a production CENTER, they didn't say anything about boycotting all filming in Georgia. I do find it interesting that their logic is "we can't abandon all these people who were going to work on the thing we're doing in Georgia this time...so we'll wait and deny them the business NEXT time". So they recognize that their hypothetical boycott would hurt individual people and they aren't willing to do that NOW...but they're more than willing to do that later. When someone tells you how inhumane it is to eat animals while they're biting into a hamburger, that's a pretty good indication they're a hypocrite just saying whatever they think will get them some positive press. I suspect the 'hurt the little guy' thing is bullshit. Rescheduling a shoot is expensive and time consuming. They may already be in contracts with some of those people. Long range boycotts are much easier to plan. However, I think film making is kinda a gig economy. Sure, they won't get picked up next time, but there was no guarantee of that anyway. The people in Georgia have 6 months to get a plan B. They may have to relocate or plan to be out of work. It doesn't matter, a court will delay the implementation of this bill.
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Post by hoops902 on May 22, 2019 8:16:36 GMT -5
That's a lot of writing just to make it clear you don't understand the difference between a film's production center, and a filming location. Those 2 things may be the same location, but often are not. Your own writing even points that out, a "CENTER" is the place where "activity is concentrated". They said they aren't going to use it as a production CENTER, they didn't say anything about boycotting all filming in Georgia. I do find it interesting that their logic is "we can't abandon all these people who were going to work on the thing we're doing in Georgia this time...so we'll wait and deny them the business NEXT time". So they recognize that their hypothetical boycott would hurt individual people and they aren't willing to do that NOW...but they're more than willing to do that later. When someone tells you how inhumane it is to eat animals while they're biting into a hamburger, that's a pretty good indication they're a hypocrite just saying whatever they think will get them some positive press. I suspect the 'hurt the little guy' thing is bullshit. Rescheduling a shoot is expensive and time consuming. They may already be in contracts with some of those people. Long range boycotts are much easier to plan. However, I think film making is kinda a gig economy. Sure, they won't get picked up next time, but there was no guarantee of that anyway. The people in Georgia have 6 months to get a plan B. They may have to relocate or plan to be out of work. It doesn't matter, a court will delay the implementation of this bill. And that's why I don't like the "boycotts" where the person is boycotting something...as long as it doesn't have any adverse impact on me! If it would actually impact me in any kind of negative way...well then I'll have some reason not to boycott that particular thing at that particular time (in this case..."I don't want to hurt the little guy"...no...you don't want to hurt yourself with the actual sacrifice it would take). It also takes very little to say "if this thing (implementation) happens, which seems fairly unlikely to happen, THEN I'll boycott something which doesn't hurt me". It's PR, you have to say it to avoid negative press...particularly if you're a high-profile individual who actually IS going to use their services very soon...you have to get out in front of it for your own sake lest you become the frontman for "this person just filmed their move in Georgia, boycott it!".
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Post by justme on May 22, 2019 10:21:22 GMT -5
That's a lot of writing just to make it clear you don't understand the difference between a film's production center, and a filming location. Those 2 things may be the same location, but often are not. Your own writing even points that out, a "CENTER" is the place where "activity is concentrated". They said they aren't going to use it as a production CENTER, they didn't say anything about boycotting all filming in Georgia. I do find it interesting that their logic is "we can't abandon all these people who were going to work on the thing we're doing in Georgia this time...so we'll wait and deny them the business NEXT time". So they recognize that their hypothetical boycott would hurt individual people and they aren't willing to do that NOW...but they're more than willing to do that later. When someone tells you how inhumane it is to eat animals while they're biting into a hamburger, that's a pretty good indication they're a hypocrite just saying whatever they think will get them some positive press. I suspect the 'hurt the little guy' thing is bullshit. Rescheduling a shoot is expensive and time consuming. They may already be in contracts with some of those people. Long range boycotts are much easier to plan. However, I think film making is kinda a gig economy. Sure, they won't get picked up next time, but there was no guarantee of that anyway. The people in Georgia have 6 months to get a plan B. They may have to relocate or plan to be out of work. It doesn't matter, a court will delay the implementation of this bill. Yes and no to it being a gig economy - Georgia has staked a lot on all the film/tv production it's gotten lately. They took deliberate steps to take it away from other cities by giving tax credit and other things. It's cost them millions in tax breaks, but for the latest year I saw (2017) it's said that the film industry had $9.5 BILLION in economic impact to the state. Not to mention the thousands of locals jobs it's brought in. It has been growing to the point it's gotten over years - over took California as the top location for feature films, and there had been no slow down until the idiots passed this law. www.georgiatrend.com/2018/03/01/ga-ga-land/
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Post by hoops902 on May 22, 2019 10:30:28 GMT -5
I suspect the 'hurt the little guy' thing is bullshit. Rescheduling a shoot is expensive and time consuming. They may already be in contracts with some of those people. Long range boycotts are much easier to plan. However, I think film making is kinda a gig economy. Sure, they won't get picked up next time, but there was no guarantee of that anyway. The people in Georgia have 6 months to get a plan B. They may have to relocate or plan to be out of work. It doesn't matter, a court will delay the implementation of this bill. Yes and no to it being a gig economy - Georgia has staked a lot on all the film/tv production it's gotten lately. They took deliberate steps to take it away from other cities by giving tax credit and other things. It's cost them millions in tax breaks, but for the latest year I saw (2017) it's said that the film industry had $9.5 BILLION in economic impact to the state. Not to mention the thousands of locals jobs it's brought in. It has been growing to the point it's gotten over years - over took California as the top location for feature films, and there had been no slow down until the idiots passed this law. www.georgiatrend.com/2018/03/01/ga-ga-land/I think she meant "gig economy" in that Production Company A hires Joe Green to do Job 1 on this particular film. On the next film, they might hire Nancy Blue to do Job 1. The people being hired to work on the movies are "gig" workers. They're working a project/gig at a time, rather than being the fulltime Job 1 person for that Production Company every time.
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Post by gs11rmb on May 22, 2019 10:31:28 GMT -5
I wouldn't describe film-making in Georgia as a gig economy. I know many people involved in the industry who work year round for production companies. I'm seeing a friend tomorrow and am going to find out how worried she is right now. She and her husband just bought a house and he's a 'props person'. He designed all the weapons for the Walking Dead.
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Post by justme on May 22, 2019 10:47:39 GMT -5
I had a longer post but proboards is being glitchy as hell on my work computer today. The short of it is that while yes there are some "gig" jobs with film industry, there's plenty that aren't as feast/famine as many view the film industry. Besides the film industry being rather incestuous and nepotistic (not fully using those words literally) as well as strong unions, there's a lot of once you get in you're pretty good. Not to mention there's other aspects of the production that are often outsourced and those companies tend to have full-time staff - there are many aspects where if you can do it for one type (sci fi movie) you can do it for all movies or hell likely even TV or commercials.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 22, 2019 10:50:11 GMT -5
I had a longer post but proboards is being glitchy as hell on my work computer today. It's being glitchy as hell on my work computer too. Glad (sort of) to know it's not just me.
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Post by oped on May 22, 2019 10:54:51 GMT -5
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on May 22, 2019 12:00:06 GMT -5
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Post by NastyWoman on May 22, 2019 12:52:22 GMT -5
And more bears here on the west coast (and I am not even in one of our gorgeous national parks)
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on May 22, 2019 13:11:31 GMT -5
I suspect the 'hurt the little guy' thing is bullshit. Rescheduling a shoot is expensive and time consuming. They may already be in contracts with some of those people. Long range boycotts are much easier to plan. However, I think film making is kinda a gig economy. Sure, they won't get picked up next time, but there was no guarantee of that anyway. The people in Georgia have 6 months to get a plan B. They may have to relocate or plan to be out of work. It doesn't matter, a court will delay the implementation of this bill. And that's why I don't like the "boycotts" where the person is boycotting something...as long as it doesn't have any adverse impact on me! If it would actually impact me in any kind of negative way...well then I'll have some reason not to boycott that particular thing at that particular time (in this case..."I don't want to hurt the little guy"...no...you don't want to hurt yourself with the actual sacrifice it would take). It also takes very little to say "if this thing (implementation) happens, which seems fairly unlikely to happen, THEN I'll boycott something which doesn't hurt me". It's PR, you have to say it to avoid negative press...particularly if you're a high-profile individual who actually IS going to use their services very soon...you have to get out in front of it for your own sake lest you become the frontman for "this person just filmed their move in Georgia, boycott it!". But Howard has committed to some action. It's a warning shot, with a grace period. You want to render every unfolding event as nothing/"not a sacrifice" to shore up your original postulations. You really aren't engaging in a good faith discussion, just trying to dictate your opinion as some logic truism, and it's just not.
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Post by hoops902 on May 22, 2019 13:39:11 GMT -5
And that's why I don't like the "boycotts" where the person is boycotting something...as long as it doesn't have any adverse impact on me! If it would actually impact me in any kind of negative way...well then I'll have some reason not to boycott that particular thing at that particular time (in this case..."I don't want to hurt the little guy"...no...you don't want to hurt yourself with the actual sacrifice it would take). It also takes very little to say "if this thing (implementation) happens, which seems fairly unlikely to happen, THEN I'll boycott something which doesn't hurt me". It's PR, you have to say it to avoid negative press...particularly if you're a high-profile individual who actually IS going to use their services very soon...you have to get out in front of it for your own sake lest you become the frontman for "this person just filmed their move in Georgia, boycott it!". But Howard has committed to some action. It's a warning shot, with a grace period. You want to render every unfolding event as nothing/"not a sacrifice" to shore up your original postulations. You really aren't engaging in a good faith discussion, just trying to dictate your opinion as some logic truism, and it's just not. He has an option to either say nothing and probably get his movie boycotted. He can take an actual stand now that will cost him something now. Or he can say he's going to take an action in the future that may or may not actually cost him anything. He chose the 3rd. He's taken the smart business move, which is also a move that demonstrates he's not really willing to put anything of value on the line here based on any moral qualms. It's not just a warning shot with a grace period, it's a warning shot...with a grace period...and a contingency (and really, it's not even a warning shot...a warning shot is an action, he's actually taken no action, he's just TOLD you he's going to shoot you rather than fire a warning shot). And when it comes time to act on it, it's sufficiently far enough away that he can make sure it costs him nothing...as opposed to what it would cost him to make a stand today. In today's social media world, saying things seems to be an acceptable social activist stand-in for actually doing something. I don't think that tricking a mostly-stupid public into thinking you're doing something "good" is something to be applauded. I'm all for applauding people who put their money where their mouth is, caring enough when they say they care enough to actually do something, even if I think what they care about is wrong or trivial. He has an absolute option to act now, in a real meaningful way. Instead he is choosing to say that MAYBE he'll act in the future (because it has a contingency), right after he does some more of the action he's proposing is a bad thing that he will not do later maybe. He has an opportunity to protest NOW, and instead he's saying "Later...I'll protest later...you know if it isn't already resolved by then". I don't think most real protests will actually come from big business like this. It costs them too much to ACTUALLY take action. It will likely be by individuals with much less to lose in terms of nominal amount, but a much greater proportion of their income/worth. Big production companies have too much to lose to do much other than say the right things in a PR release.
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Post by gs11rmb on May 22, 2019 13:57:30 GMT -5
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Post by hoops902 on May 22, 2019 14:13:50 GMT -5
I saw that today, I was a little confused with the "has pulled out of filming in the state in light of its "heartbeat bill."" language, followed much later by "is still in pre-production and in the location planning stages.". So I'm not sure if they were set to actually film in GA and "pulled out", or if they were still in the location planning stages which would mean they didn't really pull out of filming there if they hadn't decided yet (but have removed GA from consideration), or if they're in the location planning stages now specifically because they backed out of where they planned to film and are back to the drawing board.
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Post by thyme4change on May 22, 2019 14:21:15 GMT -5
I saw that today, I was a little confused with the "has pulled out of filming in the state in light of its "heartbeat bill."" language, followed much later by "is still in pre-production and in the location planning stages.". So I'm not sure if they were set to actually film in GA and "pulled out", or if they were still in the location planning stages which would mean they didn't really pull out of filming there if they hadn't decided yet (but have removed GA from consideration), or if they're in the location planning stages now specifically because they backed out of where they planned to film and are back to the drawing board. If they have been scouting locations, and still are, they (a) dont look at any places in GA and (b) put the scenes they already picked a GA location for back on the list and start over. So, it may cause more work, or change their schedule and it may be that they are "pulling out" from a location in GA. Are you now saying that refusing to consider GA as an option isn't really a boycott because they didn't already have a contract there?
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Post by hoops902 on May 22, 2019 14:25:52 GMT -5
I saw that today, I was a little confused with the "has pulled out of filming in the state in light of its "heartbeat bill."" language, followed much later by "is still in pre-production and in the location planning stages.". So I'm not sure if they were set to actually film in GA and "pulled out", or if they were still in the location planning stages which would mean they didn't really pull out of filming there if they hadn't decided yet (but have removed GA from consideration), or if they're in the location planning stages now specifically because they backed out of where they planned to film and are back to the drawing board. If they have been scouting locations, and still are, they (a) dont look at any places in GA and (b) put the scenes they already picked a GA location for back on the list and start over. So, it may cause more work, or change their schedule and it may be that they are "pulling out" from a location in GA. Are you now saying that refusing to consider GA as an option isn't really a boycott because they didn't already have a contract there? Yes, I assumed they had something lined up to film there (even just looking at what the movie is, seemed like a fit for GA). I just wasn't positive it was backing out of something already planned, or just backing out of considering something among other options. Either way it's certainly more of a commitment to a boycott than all the people saying "we'll film there now, but later we won't".
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 22, 2019 14:39:32 GMT -5
I've been getting the bear often. Same and also happened yesterday
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