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Debra Rowe's avatar

I wonder if Gen Z feels about Hollywood the way we old fogies do? Do they resonate with the glamorous (!) history or do they have a different focus? I think AI will relegate Hollywood and all it stood for, (the fan magazines: Photoplay, Screenland, Grauman's Chinese Theatre...) to the background and maybe the up and comers won't care. Just sayin' 🤷‍♀️

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Michael Taylor's avatar

I think you're right. Video games are bigger in economic terms than movies and music combined, so the new generations have their own icons and history to revere. From the speed with which AI is developing, it seems that what we knew as "Hollywood" will eventually be gone with the digital wind.

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Pamela Jaye Smith's avatar

Well done, Mike! On the money. Monty.

Agreed. Pamela.

We came out along with 15 other Austin filmmakers in the 'Great Migration of '76'. You know most of them. We worked in the biz for decades, and some of us are still here and still working in the ever-changing world of Hollywood.

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Michael Taylor's avatar

Indeed -- and a great group of smart, funny, talented Texans it was, and is. Meeting y'all totally turned my head around on Texans ... the smart ones, anyway. Thanks for tuning in.

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Peter McLennan's avatar

"Just be ready to bust your ass, because some things never change."

Yep. Excellent advice. True back in the day, true now and true forever.

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