Trump announces a 100% tariff on movies made abroad.
So James Bond is gonna cost a bomb, and the next Mad Max, and the next string of Star Wars.
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JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
He has always had a beef with Hollywood. I think it is because there have been too many times Hollywood has humiliated him.
Also, I would bet money on the fact this is coming from the recent comments from the director of Home Alone and Home Alone 2....who said he wished he could remove the scene with Donald and hates that he is in the movie.
Also, I would bet money on the fact this is coming from the recent comments from the director of Home Alone and Home Alone 2....who said he wished he could remove the scene with Donald and hates that he is in the movie.
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bijouxbroussard · F
@JaggedLittlePill He said when he was running that he was also looking for revenge against his political opponents which, besides his being a convicted criminal should’ve made him ineligible as a candidate. Apparently he wants to screw over San Francisco by taking over Alcatraz and making it a federal prison again. 😳
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
Apparently he had a whole meeting with John Voigt who hatched this whole plan....
And also watched escape from Alcatraz which aired on PBS just the other day.
He watches PBS!!!
People also think he watched the Rock on Netflix. He was specifically mentioning the escape from Alcatraz. ...but who knows with Cognitive decline Donald.
And also watched escape from Alcatraz which aired on PBS just the other day.
He watches PBS!!!
People also think he watched the Rock on Netflix. He was specifically mentioning the escape from Alcatraz. ...but who knows with Cognitive decline Donald.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FreddieUK Hmmm.
I am not convinced he'd be any better, both for the USA and for other countries. His potted biography reveals him as a former Marine, lawyer, venture-capitalist and author; with a BA from the University of Ohio.
He describes himself as a "postliberal right", whatever he means by that rather Orwellian phrase; and as a fervent Catholic is anti- same-sex marriages, abortion, gun-control and childlessness.
No, I don't understand what he means by that fourth point, but I assume he does know some couples choose to have few or no children.
I am not convinced he'd be any better, both for the USA and for other countries. His potted biography reveals him as a former Marine, lawyer, venture-capitalist and author; with a BA from the University of Ohio.
He describes himself as a "postliberal right", whatever he means by that rather Orwellian phrase; and as a fervent Catholic is anti- same-sex marriages, abortion, gun-control and childlessness.
No, I don't understand what he means by that fourth point, but I assume he does know some couples choose to have few or no children.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@ArishMell I'm sure he wouldn't be better, but I was responding to your question about who would replace Trump if something happened (however) so that he was no longer President. The Vice-President is what would happen. The US is stuck until '28 with this shower and their ill-informed craziness, unless a miraculous revelation to them to change their ways occurs (doubtful), the SCOTUS exercises some checks (possible), or Congress and the Senate actually perform their Constitutional duties of scrutinising the President and his Executive Order-mania (not before the next elections).
ElwoodBlues · M
How would that even work??
Movie theaters and streaming platforms don't buy movies; they lease them and pay a portion of box office or whatever to the owner. I guess he could tariff DVD or Blu Ray disks, but those can be printed anywhere, including here, and with streaming, disk sales are a dying business. It appears Tяump doesn't understand the movie business.
In short, another stoopit idea from a stoopit guy.
Movie theaters and streaming platforms don't buy movies; they lease them and pay a portion of box office or whatever to the owner. I guess he could tariff DVD or Blu Ray disks, but those can be printed anywhere, including here, and with streaming, disk sales are a dying business. It appears Tяump doesn't understand the movie business.
In short, another stoopit idea from a stoopit guy.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@BlueGreenGrey Perhaps the film tariff is to pay for re-commissioning the prison... (Now its own museum, a rather unlikely tourist attraction).
Oh! Sheer coincidence: my radio is on as I type, and a brief News summary quoted President Trump claiming Hollywood is being "destroyed" by other countries!
Really? How? Or is that their films are proving at least as popular as American-made ones?
Oh! Sheer coincidence: my radio is on as I type, and a brief News summary quoted President Trump claiming Hollywood is being "destroyed" by other countries!
Really? How? Or is that their films are proving at least as popular as American-made ones?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@BlueGreenGrey He seems to like attention so much that I'd have thought he'd admire Hollywood for its "celebrity" gloss.
I don't think he is very worried about Hollywood as such, just that it is a set of very rich American companies facing competition from foreign film-makers.
I don't think he is very worried about Hollywood as such, just that it is a set of very rich American companies facing competition from foreign film-makers.
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Like2play · M
@cherokeepatti who buys a dvd?
