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0 pointsZikes12y ago0 comments

I often wonder what would happen if the de facto standard in an industry were to disappear overnight. If taxis disappeared, would more people find ways to participate in carpool/rideshare systems?

If we stopped making new movies, would people learn to appreciate older classical films they'd never considered before? Surely there have already been more movies produced than a person could consume in a single lifetime, though it's debatable whether or not most of them are worth viewing at all.

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gizmo68612y ago

Movies are still a new enough medium that there quality is still improving, so current movies tend to be better then those from a decade ago, and (likely) worse then those a decade from now.

Once the medium platues (or long enough after to build up a supply), then this would work.

footpath12y ago

By better than, I hope you were referring to the image quality and special effects. In terms of filming techniques and the actual content of the movies, I do not think films made decades ago are categorically worse than films made today.

whiddershins12y ago

A great book about this is Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5321

The argument being that art is intensely connected to the time in which it is created, and the function of art in the context of the progression of humanity requires that artists constantly make new art for the current generation.

bduerst12y ago

I doubt it.

It's not like people are making professional-grade movies now in the free time, as they are now driving around cities with their own cars. Likewise, not everyone is trained to make movies as most adults are already trained to drive cars.

dllthomas12y ago

The big thing that slips is relevance. Culture moves.

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