>> Gladney, the director of “My Father’s Keeper,” once joined a thread of TikTok commenters castigating her film: “It was covid ya’ll!! My first film, writer, director and producer. Show me some love.”
>> the movies invite participation: Their cheapness suggests anyone could be a filmmaker, just as anyone could find a following ridiculing them online. In the Tubi universe, everything is ecstatically off.
IMHO, this is a key part of maker culture that's been lost -- acceptance, encouragement, and kindness to the less-than-perfect.
Nobody starts off amazing at anything, and yet the first wave of content platforms bombarded everyone with a never-ending carousel of perfection.
As a result, people who probably could have been great looked at their "peers", despaired, and never tried.
Kudos to anything that breaks down barriers to creating...
One thing I like about HN is that folks here are generally supportive of individuals that share their projects, especially if they look like they required a lot of effort. I'm hopeful that the positive culture on HN will persist.
'Show HN' comments are always fascinating, and I do like that being negative (without some positivity) usually results in gentle and respectful HN pushback.
No need to pump everyone up all the time, but it's refreshing to see people supporting each other.
And support should be more contingent on effort than excellence. :)
Also, if you have a local library card, in addition to checking out audio and ebooks with Libby, you can install the Kanopy app, login to your local library, and watch movies streaming. I have found lots of good stuff on Kanopy.
Well, the article is correct in the sense that Tubi is where I find low budget Indy films I want to watch. A friend has made many low budget, but mostly very good movies over the years, and Tubi is where I find his stuff, if Amazon is not selling what I am looking for.
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>> the movies invite participation: Their cheapness suggests anyone could be a filmmaker, just as anyone could find a following ridiculing them online. In the Tubi universe, everything is ecstatically off.
IMHO, this is a key part of maker culture that's been lost -- acceptance, encouragement, and kindness to the less-than-perfect.
Nobody starts off amazing at anything, and yet the first wave of content platforms bombarded everyone with a never-ending carousel of perfection.
As a result, people who probably could have been great looked at their "peers", despaired, and never tried.
Kudos to anything that breaks down barriers to creating...
'Show HN' comments are always fascinating, and I do like that being negative (without some positivity) usually results in gentle and respectful HN pushback.
No need to pump everyone up all the time, but it's refreshing to see people supporting each other.
And support should be more contingent on effort than excellence. :)
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I recently saw the ultimate condemnation in a movie review:
> this movie is bad, but not so bad that it's good.
The ultimate sin is not being bad but being boring.
https://archive.org/download/rollerblade/rollerblade.mp4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCcTUwgICM