This is the sound of someone losing the plot

[sovay]

I have just learned of Amazon's purchase of MGM. Considering what happened to the availability of titles by Twentieth Century Fox when Disney bought them two years ago, I am not thrilled—on top of the usual unthrillment that comes with a monopoly monopolizing a little more. I didn't hate MGM that much for never figuring out what to do with Van Heflin.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Yeah, I never asked to increase my daily dose of dystopia, but somehow it keeps happening.

[sovay]

Yeah, I never asked to increase my daily dose of dystopia, but somehow it keeps happening.

Nobody ever asks for an extra side of dystopia, and yet. It's worse than lima beans.

(I don't actually dislike lima beans that much, but I was exposed to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972) at a formative age.)

[asakiyume]

Lima beans used to make me gag when I was a kid, but when I tried them as an adult, after 20-plus years of separation, they were much more tolerable. I think I had come to understand their texture? As a kid--OH GOD NO.

[sovay]

I think I had come to understand their texture? As a kid--OH GOD NO.

That makes sense to me. I can remember the exact moment in high school when I didn't hate tomatoes.

[dewline]

Agreed.

This is NOT good news.

[sovay]

This is NOT good news.

No business is too big to fail and some of them are big enough to be broken up. We already owe our souls to too many company stores.

[dewline]

Yep. Far too many.

[rinue]

I am also very displeased. I wasn't happy with MGM but I don't think more media consolidation is the answer.

[sovay]

I wasn't happy with MGM but I don't think more media consolidation is the answer.

It's like cyberpunk with no style.

[minoanmiss]

word.

[vass]

Ugh.

[sovay]

Ugh.

Government regulation of big business, what's that?