▲ 117 ▼ "A new report from Nielsen and published by Variety reveals that nobody is watching the most recent trio of core Star Wars films" (www.polygon.com) submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/movies@piefed.social 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (3 children) On 8? He was the executive producer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Admittedly, I’ve never actually known what an executive producer does. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I think they are supposed to represent the money but that usually gives them more power than they are supposed to have. For instance, quite famously in The Matrix executive meddling is the reason that humans are batteries and not augmentations to the machine’s computing power. Which is why there are some things that don’t make quite as much sense until you realize that everybody still in the matrix is supposed to be having most of their brain power used elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago With this context, your initial comment now makes complete sense to me. Thanks for explaining. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Admittedly, I’ve never actually known what an executive producer does. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I think they are supposed to represent the money but that usually gives them more power than they are supposed to have. For instance, quite famously in The Matrix executive meddling is the reason that humans are batteries and not augmentations to the machine’s computing power. Which is why there are some things that don’t make quite as much sense until you realize that everybody still in the matrix is supposed to be having most of their brain power used elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago With this context, your initial comment now makes complete sense to me. Thanks for explaining. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I think they are supposed to represent the money but that usually gives them more power than they are supposed to have. For instance, quite famously in The Matrix executive meddling is the reason that humans are batteries and not augmentations to the machine’s computing power. Which is why there are some things that don’t make quite as much sense until you realize that everybody still in the matrix is supposed to be having most of their brain power used elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago With this context, your initial comment now makes complete sense to me. Thanks for explaining. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago With this context, your initial comment now makes complete sense to me. Thanks for explaining. permalink fedilink source parent