The Real Reason behind Hollywood Sequels, Remakes, and Reboots.

The Film Industry is in Crisis as Hollywood ticket sales are down to their lowest levels in decades. This is the story of how China controls the movies we see from now on.

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[adrianmercado]

At least she better explains her former comment that the Chinese are unsophisticated, in a way. Some people lost their shit about that one.

[rickythepilot]

Movies are not America's main export, it's actually weapons. America is by far the largest weapons dealer in the world.

[AnandTumurtogoo]

your hypothesis on chinese and russians not being able to watch movies seems flawed. I live in Mongolia, a country that is landlocked by China and Russia. I saw star wars for the first time on a chinese bootlegged VHS (no dub.) I recorded Robocop 1, 2 on VHS from a Russian TV station when I was 6. And I watched numerous bootlegged VHS-s as kid that came from Russia and China.

[josea.r.avelino]

you should travel more, I mean it, you really should have your opinion about countries based on your own experience and not from american books, you have a very narrow perspective of the world, by visiting other countries you will be able to realize why people say that USA is the "kardashians" of countries.  cheers from brazil.

[TheNewsDepot]

You also have to consider to rising cost of movies compared to income.
In the 90's minimum wage was $7.25/hr and a movie ticket cost $5-$7 depending on the time of day you went.
Today minimum wage in most states is $10/hr or less, but a movie ticket is $10-$18 depending on the time of day, if it's 3D or not and that's for the cheap seats.
So the bulk of minimum wage workers went from having to work 45 minutes to an hour for a movie ticket to having to work an hour to two hours for one.
Concession also has risen dramatically since the 90s.
So what used to be a $20 trip to the movie for 2 is now $50-$60. So to take my girlfriend to a movie in 1996 would have been about 3 hours working for me and today a kid in the same position has to work 5-6 hours to do the same thing.
So we see fewer movies and when we do, we see only the blockbusters.

[GeekFurious]

This video should probably have been titled "my poorly researched opinion about why Hollywood..."

[Darkness]

Is she actually trying to say that americans are too smart for todays movies?

[skotoferma]

Wait, im live in russia and i grow up with robocop, ghoustbusters, alien etc. And i know that all people at my age saw them too at bootlegged VHS tapes in 80-90 and improvised undeground home theaters (in early 80s late 70s) And i think china had this stuff too

[oh-totoro]

"These sequels, reboots and remakes are not made for us", yet the top US-grossing movies of 2015 were Star Wars, Jurassic World, Minions, Fast & Furious 7, Age of Ultron, Mockingjay Part 2... so clearly US audiences aren't as "sophisticated and media savvy" as you say, and can be "tricked with dumb movies".

[Francisah]

Remember when this channel was about Comic Books?

[mmmmm]

So the reason for sequels and remakes is money? Shocking.

[SpacemanXC]

These comments are hilarious. It's like everyone is purposefully misunderstanding what CBG19 said so they can shit on America.

Your lack of comprehension isn't a green light to be horrible to a large group of people you've likely never met.

[Gua]

Lol. I wanted to make a joke, that we will probably soon get a Mortal Kombat remake, cause people in Russian love it. But I accidentally discovered that they are already making it.

[trololodex]

so is she saying that non- American viewers are less critcal, because they didn't see the old movies? xD

[Gua]

I'm from Ukraine. It's near Russia and our culture is similar. And I was sure that Ice Age was a huge success in US and worldwide.

[fraac]

if you grew up with 80s films you aren't a millennial, you're the generation that makes fun of millennials for being stupid

[dukejaywalker]

Watching movies at home today, on a big flatscreen with surround sound, is a very different experience than it was when I was young, with those small, low-res CRT TVs with a built-in speaker playing VHS tapes... Back then, there was a reason to go to the theater. Today, the home-theater experience has caught-up, so it makes sense to stay home.

[catalan]

So, what you are implying is that the reason why american audiences don't watch movies anymore is because they aren't cerebral enough? The way more likely reason is that the general american population has gotten to a point where they are too stupid to understand even the most basic Hollywood Blockbuster plotline.

[Outrider]

You speak truth about the reboots. I'm an author, and I strive to do things that make people say "Wow! That's different!" instead of "Oh, nice rehash." Originality and creativity are sadly lacking in Hollywood.

[alexandreinforzato]

"you can't make a cerebral Star Trek because you have to sell it overseas"
Way to insult and alienate your non-US public!

The reason you can't make a cerebral Star Trek is because audiences in general aren't receptive to hard sci-fi. If you take a good look at the US public, you won't find that many people who are into 'cerebral' stuff either. Be careful with your broad generalizations concerning the foreign public. There is intelligent life outside the US, believe it or not.