Trump says Hollywood 'dying' orders 100% tariff on non-US movies to save it

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• NotAGamer@lemmy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This has nothing to do with money. This is an attempt to silence outside voices in the US who can be critical of him. It’s to control the media.

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  • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to just break shit. Which will ruin industries and create angry poorer people. Stir in some propaganda and boom! You got yourself a Reich.

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• virku@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What even is a tariff on a foreign movie? Licensing to show it doubles?

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  • realcaseyrollins ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I'd imagine it'd be both licensing and sales fees would go up if you're licensing or selling it in the States
• superkret@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Will the movies be held at the US internet border until the tariff is paid?

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• Rodneyck@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Does he sit on the crapper and just spitball the most asinine ideas into reality? How is he going to regulate them outside the US when most of the CGI/animation work and houses are done overseas?

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  • ech@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He asks, “What is the most batshit thing I could do today to destabilize this country more and rile people up?”, then does shit like this about whatever triggers him that day (or whoever he’s told to target).

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• rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  hollywood would rather contribute to ruining the american economy instead of just making good movies

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• endeavor@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hollywood dying wouldn’t be all that bad.

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  • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Given past GOP rhetoric against Hollywood, this seems kind of weird. Double speak is their native tongue though and they’ll take any excuse I guess.

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  • realcaseyrollins ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Won't this harm foreign films though?
• FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No amount of tariffs will make me interested in watching the stuff that American companies have been putting out since 2020. I’m not even looped into the movie industry enough to k ow which ones were foreign in the first place. Movies are entirely optional and I am totally fine just sitting them out entirely lol.

  If anything, this will simply push movie theaters even further from my realm of interest all together.

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  • Jaderick@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sinners was pretty good imo

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    • dontbelasagne@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      One good shit compared to ten different types of diarrhoea

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No amount of tariffs will make me interested in watching the stuff that American companies have been putting out since 2020. I’m not even looped into the movie industry enough to care which ones were foreign in the first place.

    Like exclusively listening to top40 radio and claiming all modern music is shit

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    • ech@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Big “I don’t like pop music” vibes when they only know about 5 artists.

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• Sciaphobia@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I am so tired of this dumb asshole and his stupid ass tarrifs. Someone needs to teach this dipshit a new word to obsess over.

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• n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hollywood is killing it sepf because if greed. If yiu dont pay your staff a decent wage, why do they want to work for you??

  And spending hundreds of millions on a single movie is just stupid

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Hollywood is also running into an issue where streaming has killed the profit model for a lot of movies & TV shows and no one knows what the replacement will look like.

    And Hollywood doesn’t have a problem getting talent for cheap. That’s part of the reason why so many productions are across North America.

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• lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Whelp, movies just got added to my boycott of US crap.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Trump first term and theatre industry almost collapse. Trump second term make sure it’s dead.

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• realcaseyrollins ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is so dumb. It's not cheaper to film in Canada than Georgia, is it? Many film productions are moving from California, yes...but then going to Georgia or Texas.