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   From: byend.removethisbityousillyperson@eskimo.com   
      
   In rec.arts.movies.past-films Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   > David Johnston wrote:   
      
   > > Yeah but at some point people just need to stop and stay, "This idea   
   > > we had for a movie?  It's stupid.  Let's come up with a whole new   
   > > one."   
      
   > That's nice in theory but the reality seems to be that if you do that in   
   > Hollyweird, no one there ever hires you again.  I think it has something to   
   > do with it requiring you to tell your boss that the idea he/she has poured   
   > years of sweat, tears and blood in to is stupid.   
      
     There's actually not that many mandatory ass-kissing employers. Those sorts   
   of places wind up with management that are farther and farther removed from   
   reality, and hence tend to get Darwinated. That's one of my favorite virtues   
   of capitalism, but nobody seems to mention it.   
      
     A more likely factor IMHO is what is known in the movie biz as "momentum".   
   99% of the time, you *can't* just "stop and say, 'This idea for a movie is   
   stupid, let's come up with a whole new one.'" There comes a point where you   
   have all kinds of money and talent committed to the project, and the key   
   creative people are more than likely to have next gigs to which they've   
   already committed after this one is over... and you can't just pull a new   
   script out of nowhere in three days. Not a good one, anyway.   
      
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