I blame tech. The way it scales plays too well to the speculative nature of markets, and by infecting everything we do with itself, it turns these things into speculative commodities.

Practical effects are a craft, - they are only to be made and admired. Digital doubles can be canned, preserved and reproduced at scale with no friction. It's the theme of 21st century: sacrificing everything we love for the sake of convenience, while telling ourselves that only this convenience is love-worthy.

You see, you can't just "be" or "make" things anymore. Whatever you do, you can only do it in a way that makes money slide.

Everything is smooth in the frictionless world, especially disappointment.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago

People need to do more community theater and take more film classes!

It was never about the lie fully deceiving the audience!