On 05/11/2017 04:04 PM, Ethan wrote:
Are you kidding? There are thousands of these groups of kids who think they're God's gift to the film world. Most them sling burgers at McDonald's and live in their parents' basements. They typically do this until their folks throw them out and they have to redirect their costume and equipment rental funds toward paying for rent and groceries. This happens all the time. IA was never going to hear from these kids again anyway.
Actually, it was humor. But I know I'd love that IMSAI...
*Shrug* never know. Groups like Epic Mealtime and Freddie Wong and other YouTube celebs have earned over a million bucks (Quick google said Epic Mealtime was $700K in ad revenue in 2014, Freddie Wong is at $6 million?) Not sure what LGR is doing but youtube is his full time job afaik, strictly making videos about classic computers. Gotta have a good personality for it or be entertaining tho.
No disagreement here, but that's a few, and there are more than that just in my town who think the same will happen for them.
There are a lot of kids trying to make money from the whole watch-me-play-videogames Twitch thing. I assume it's a crowded market, not sure what the revenue from that is.
It seems there are half a dozen people making a killing doing that, and couple million people who are "planning" to do the same. Just like the above, there's nothing wrong (and everything right) with being hopeful...but hanging your livelihood on becoming the next Ben Affleck isn't a good risk to take, IMO.
And I won't fault or put down the younger generation for working fast food gigs or anything, especially given current state of job opportunities and future outlook of the same.
Of course not, and neither would I. But *adults* doing that, and being ok with it, is what I have a problem with. Leave those jobs for the teenage kids; that's how nearly all of them get their first taste of the working world. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA