disney had avengers movies and series exclusives coming to their service too.
Btw, this could be the beginning of a new golden era for the big studios. Investing in Disney for the longhaul could be the buy.
The "Golden Age of Hollywood" saw the movie-making entertainment industry completely monopolize their business and be the 3rd largest industry in America from 1920 to 1945. Govt breakup of monopolies and the TV's release in the late 1940s ended the golden era. The criteria that made studios into fucking cash-cow city states was this;
>Ownership of the stars, often made famous by the studio who served as big draws on 7 year+ contracts only to be traded like athletes on occasion when it suited the studio.
>Monopoly ownership of the entire movie making process. From the very beginnings of gathering material for a script, to production with studio staff, directors and stars, all the way to distribution by only being able to see (for example) Fox movies in a Fox theater unless block-booked to a independent theater.
>Providing an entire evening of entertainment by have cartoons, news, a b-movie and the featured film engross audiences for hours in lavish theaters. Going to the movies was an event, not just a way to not have to talk to your family during when you visited during the holidays.
Fast forward to today.
Rather than "stars", we have major IPs like those under Disney (marvel, star wars), Fox (x-men, avatar), Sony (meaning Columbia Pictures franchises like jumanji, spiderman, MIB) drawing in huge audiences on name alone.
We return to monopoly ownership as studios contract or produce their own franchises in-house and distribute on their own paid streaming services.
Rather than an occasional evening event, we have these always-open streaming services providing hours of entertainment via subscription providing this on-demand version of the golden age services 24/7.
It's going to take a lot for the studios to fuck the potential.
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