Has the Internet/Social Media Killed ...

[AKKuya]

Hollywood, Professional Wrestling, and Girl Scout Cookies?

Maybe not on the cookies, they just got pricier and less in the box.

The anticipation is gone.  Anybody can become well known.  Too much air time and not enough rasslin'.

Just my thoughts.  Feel free to prove me wrong.  I'll be back in 11 hours to check your progress.

[perdue3]

The novelty and art is definitely gone from going to the cinema. So many movies shot for streaming now, really takes away from the experience of film. I definitely would have watched The Irishman and F1 in theaters, but they were straight to Netflix and AppleTV. Luckily, there are still some hardcore artists out there like Nolan and Tarantino who shoot for cinema and the art of it.

[RichardDarkwood]

Hollywood, Professional Wrestling, and Girl Scout Cookies?

Maybe not on the cookies, they just got pricier and less in the box.

They sell the same cookies at Dollar  Tree for a third the price

[hazmatt]

I took my kids to see Top Gun Maverick in the theater. They loved it.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I doubt the Internet and/or social media had anything to do with the extreme shrinkage of the contents of Girl Scout cookie boxes.


Professional wrestling has just tried to continue to go further into the gutter, and further over the top, rather than actually develop characters or rivalries.


Hollyweird has zero imagination. They haven't done anything interesting in decades. They recycle classics, poorly, and pour in the CGI.

[Meatwad]

I skipped on buying cookies because they are pricing themselves out of the market.

[AKKuya]

5 replies.

I enjoy watching the wrestling podcasts.  It's a game of everyone blaming everyone else for the mistakes.

WCW
Too many chiefs in high above, corporate office making decisions without being in wrestling business. Bollea having too much creative control over his character.  Loss of a singular focus for long term story telling due to rushed rivalries in last 18 months of WCW.

Russo blames Bischoff, Bischoff blames AOL Time Warner merger with Turner Broadcasting.


WWF/WWE
McMahon becoming owner of WCW and ECW resulting in monopoly for several years. Improper setup, planning and execution of Invasion storyline.  PPV became the focal point of TV storylines for Championship belt passing resulting in stagnation.

10 plus people pointing fingers.


TNA
6-sided ring replaced with 4-sided ring.  Dixie Carter.  High turnover rate of controlling owners.

Russo blames Dixie Carter, Bischoff blames Dixie Carter.


I have watched all 3 companies and agree with most opinions but still believe the whole truth will never be known.


I have no knowledge of AEW.



Hollywood
Studios need to stop making 200-million-dollar films.  Covid and streaming changed the market.  Go back to smaller budget films and regrow the audience.

[Eagler]

No one can discuss pro wrestling seriously can they...no one I know does..

Pretty sure it's enjoyed by ppl who have never actually wrestled in organized sports nor has gotten into a real fight in their life..

But here some are actually wasting breath on scripted acting of roided out big dudes and scary looking so called women..

The cookies situation would have improved if the chickens would have raised rates last Wednesday..

Hollywood is just the pedo palace of minimal talent and zero original thought these days..

Gotta love the 6 to 8 episodes series that just end in a cliffhanger with just about nothing wrapped up but with  maybe another season of the same ole crap if it turns out it captured enough eyes to make another one profitable...and when they do wrap up...before they resurrect it another time or two..the endings are usually anti climatic if not just plain stupid..Dexter and Game of Thrones are two that come to mind..

But I did see colleges now have classes on how to be an online influencer..

Eagler