#it’s in our budget

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

#apollo don't fucking touch this one #serious post #not a shitpost #hope i forget about this post and have no reason to ever look back on it one day #fyi i'm aware that access to potable water is already a major issue in parts of the U.S. yes i know flint michigan exists #i'm saying that this issue is going to GROW unless local & federal governments work together to fix it. #so it's a matter of if we trust them to fix it. And well--do you? #what are the chances the government just denies there's a problem until the water actually turns brown #at which point it's already been common knowledge for years and people have just become resigned and that's our new normal #i'm mean come on. how many of us already believe that we're being exposed to dangerous pollutants we don't know about and can't avoid #like that's pretty much just part of being a modern consumer. accepting that companies will happily endanger your life for a few pennies #and the most you'll get is like a $50 gift card as part of a class action rebate 20 years down the line #probably the history books will look back on Flint as a warning and a harbinger that went ignored #luxury condos will advertise their built-in top-of-the-line filtration systems--live here and you can drink water straight from your tap! #watch the elite professional class putting $700 dyson water filtration systems on their wedding registry #while the rest of us figure out how to fit water delivery into our grocery budget while putting 90% of our paycheck towards rent #also eggs are $15

[marvelsmostwanted]

This is sad but unfortunately I think this is just going to be the norm for the next few years as streaming services die a slow death.

HBO Max should in theory be able to make money from a show that was at one point the top new series in the US. At the time, David Jenkins said "This is what happens when a major media company invests in inclusive mainstream stories" (agree!) but unfortunately that major media company, like all streaming services, has a terrible business model that can't support that investment.

This is an interesting article about how streaming services are losing money and scrambling to make it back by trying to convince people to buy cheaper, ad-supported options or bundling with other streaming services. Unfortunately for them, I think that's like... all of the options? At some point they're just going to continue to lose money. Making shows is expensive and very few consumers are willing to pay more when they could just cancel and use a cheaper service (or, you know. 🏴‍☠️)

This is also a good article that was written after Shadow and Bone was cancelled by Netflix about whether it could be saved:

"The problem is that while saving shows used to be plausible, at times, the cost of Shadow and Bone combined with the fact that streaming services are really, really starting to cut back on spending means that this would be an extremely tough sell. WB Discovery’s Max is being lambasted for killing finished projects for tax breaks to chip into its massive debt. Disney Plus has done the same thing and has said they will cut back on things like expensive Marvel shows. Amazon Prime is mired in expensive creator deals going nowhere and throwing insane amounts of money at projects they are realizing are not panning out. Paramount Plus losing $500 million a year. NBC’s Peacock is losing $650 million a quarter."

TLDR; Streaming services have reached such a dire point financially that they have to cancel some of their most popular content (Marvel shows on Disney+???? These have seemingly been very successful; it's wild to read that they're "cutting back") in the desperate hope that a new season of something that's cheaper to make will get more attention.

What I gathered from these articles is that steaming services are dying a slow death and sadly, a lot of good shows are going to go with them.

#as a teacher i'm Very Familiar With Budget Cuts and listen #when they start doing stuff that doesn't even make logical sense you know it's bad #this is the point where they're pointing at chairs in the break room being like 'do we really need that' #streaming was a terrible business model in the first place #subscriber services are pyramid schemes no i will not elaborate #mine #our flag means death #ofmd #rip in peace #where else can i watch con o'neill tho #him saying 'ooh daddy' haunts my nightmares i want to watch all of his content

[galedekarios]

"It creates a distinct visual motif not found in other romances that captures the connection between the two characters while feeling distinctly not of this world."

"We wanted this to feel like Gale and their partner were really merging into one, new, perfectly harmonious being."

[source]

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #not only is this very interesting #to hear the thought process behind the people who created the scene #but also this makes my heart ache in the best way possible #'our souls intertwine with one another' hhhhh #i would have loved to see their original vision though had the engine / time / budget allowed it #it's beautiful either way #tagging for those who are interested as well #otp: a soul that steels my own #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate

[demolitionwoman-blog]

I’m fucking livid about this — 40% budget cut?? FORTY FUCKING PERCENT??? For one of their best-performing shows of 2022???? 🤬🤬🤬

[image text: screenshot of a tweet by meowzawowza_: “OOF, I will never forgive HBO for how dirty they did OFMD. A 40% budget cut is ROUGH. It sounds like they’re still trying to figure out the budget for S3 and that might be contributing to the renewal holdup. S2 was by all means a success, though (see comments)”

Image in tweet is screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article: “Jenkins said he had slashed the budget for season 2 by 40%. Much of that cost cutting was achieved by moving the production from Los Angeles to New Zealand, where it benefited from tax credits and other savings, the producer said.

Though he declined to go into specifics about the show’s price tag, Jenkins said the revised and “more fiscally responsible” budget for the show put “Our Flag Means Death” in line with what a half-hour comedy should cost.

“The first season of the show was made in a different era from the second season,” Jenkins said, “and if there’s a third season of the show, it will be made in a still different era.”

“We’re all just trying to figure out how to make an over-produced pirate comedy an actual viable commercial enterprise.””]

#there’s a special place in hell for HBO execs #forty fucking percent budget cut #like we joke about things being homophobic but honestly this feels homophobic #Zaslav and Bloys can eat a bag of dicks #it’s not enough to eat the rich #ofmd #our flag means death

[shannananan]

i hope we can all at least agree that the MVP of the season was blackbeard's wig. girl was putting the work in like rent was due and she deserves all the awards

#she was about 15 different styles; drowned; thrown in the ocean #what i really mean is the hair and make up team is off the charts talented and made a very good investment in budget spend on wigs #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers

[dunderella]

happy megamind sequel release day!!!!

here's a bunch of stickers i made as crew gifts for the wrap-up party last night 😊

#megamind #i worked as the lead board revisionist 👍 #pls dont be mean about how the show looks DW was literally paying us in pennies with a gun to our heads :') #its a movie!! made on tv budget!!!!! of course it doesnt look as good as the 2010 film #my art #sry the pic is so crunchy i ran webglaze over it but small res files gets really fucked up when u do that LMAO

[edsrosetattoo]

Just going to leave this here…

#can’t Ofmd have doom patrol’s budget? #fuckers #Ofmd #our flag means death #our flag is forever #renew as a crew

[pikinanouart]

This is how it went after he saw the bill for Anya's dress, right?

#spy x family #sxf twilight #loid forger #franky franklin #chapt 96.1 spoiler ish #Our boy needs to find that cash fast and he's willing to sell an organ if needed. #After the castle I'm sure Handler is going after his ass for every single purchase he's making for his family #Also dont want to Dad-shame him but who lets their 6 year old go shopping without a chaperone? #especially if her BFF is a millionaire and doesn't know the meaning of the word budget

[appropriatelystupid]

#we've found our next distraction point #slasher gallery set best set she's ever filmed in #a project with a budget of two pennies and some maple syrup has no business looking so good #katie mcgrath #sarah bennett #slasher

[soapbubbles511]

Something caught my eye in one of the interviews Taika did for the Next Goal Wins press tour:

"a likely third season of Our Flag Means Death"?! (source)

They probably don't actually know anything but it's interesting that the view is that OFMD will probably be renewed.

#they could have said a possible third season #but they said likely #max please just renew it already #and give them their budget back #ofmd #our flag means death

[ofmd-ann]

If a reversal doesn't happen, I hope far superior networks fight it out for Season 3 and Max is left in the dust 💅🏽✨

#they deserve a better budget #they deserve better period #they dont know what they had #ofmd #our flag means death #save ofmd #renew our flag means death

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Hey tumblr artists, my boo @slugdge-boy and I are looking to commission some art for our wedding invitation! FOR REAL ASS MONEY! Since he's an Aussie and I'm an American, we thought it would be cute to have a Beatrix Potter-y possum and opossum kissing (and some flowers around them).

Anyone know a good artist we could commission for this?

Let me be clear, even though we are looking for cute animals in waistcoats, we are NOT looking for furry art. Much love to our furry comrades, but that's not the vibe we want on our wedding invites.

#Exposure to our families is worth nothing unfortunately #We're doing e-vites so this is basically our invite budget #beatrix potter #artists on tumblr #commissions on tumblr #Art #Wedding #wedding invitations #Possum #Opossum #Marsupials #We didn't meet on tumblr but we were mutuals for years before we did #post o' mine #I've been trolling looking at redwall fanart too

[superiorbiscuits]

This past winter I had the Absolutely Pleasure of licensing Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Invite-Only Casual Dinner Party/Gala for Friends Potluck from Shipwrecked Comedy to perform as a play! It was my directorial debut, and I played Lenore. It was a dream show for me to do ever since I found out you could do it as a play and I wanted to post pics because it turned out SO WELL and was also SO MUCH FUN. So here's part one of some of my favorite photos

#personal #poe party #edgar allan poe's murder mystery dinner party #shipwrecked comedy #edgar allan poe #i also want to emphasize how absolutely miniscule our budget was

[dkettchen]

Watch Nimona, guys.

Watch Nimona and then go buy the comic and also read Nimona, cause as nicely streamlined as the movie is they did change the style quite drastically (proportions and stuff, I’m not on abt the 3D-ness or the adjustments to make characters visually fit their cast better) and Nate’s original art is GOOD, and they left out some things I really liked in the comic (where was big buff guy nimona you monsters ToT) and comic has slower pacing that lets you have some more time w the characters, yada yada

NIMONA GOOD, CONSUME NIMONA IN ALL ITS MEDIA FORMATS

#nimona #nd stevenson #I have been a nimona stan since long before either nd or me had our respective top surgeries #I own that shit in book format I need you to understand how FEW THINGS I own in physical formats #don't get me wrong: movie incredible very good #as good a movie adaptation as one could've made for it in terms of writing (and animation/visuals good too) #but alas #I am a comic person I must also preach abt the comic #I do also appreciate that 'letting the transmasc comic idiots have big movie budget for their stories' now has precedent #as that will come in very handy for my own career

[zombee]

the red suit is so important to me. SO IMPORTANT! as someone who loves stede's silly little outfits rather violently, i was worried this season there'd be this undercurrent of "well he's a Pirate (aka man) now and Men Don't Wear Fine Things" and like. it's ofmd. of course! they'd never actually do that to us, but i was still Worried. but no. NO! he still loves the frippery. he just couldn't buy the silly little outfits, because he's committed to his new life. but he CAN loot it! that's a spoil of piracy! he still loves being fancy he still loves being femme aghhhh please please manifesting some silly little outfits in season 3 🙏🙏🙏

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #and of course #the real villain of s3 #budget #but i don't like wanking about that because it was still close to a perfect season #ANYWAY

[ronon-dex]

I love when seven of nine fucks up social interactions. I love when she does something weird or off-putting or talks too precisely about something unpleasant. I love that she observes tom and b'elanna like lab mice in order to understand how to touch someone with loving intent. I love that she is sharp and disrespectful to janeway when she is passionate about something and can't contain herself like the real officers. I love that she's best friends with the only child on voyager and she is allowed to be curious and indulgent with her and her alone, a child the same age she was when her personhood was taken away. I love that she's shy about singing. I love that she desires perfection, an unattainable and impossible dream.

I wish she'd been represented as a cybernetic cobbled-together scarred creature that has to integrate with a ship that is also held together by scar tissue and hard work. that her healing was shown on her body and her mind, and that it was hideous and terrible and amazing.

#having thoughts abt our girl this eve #seven of nine #st voy #star trek #star trek: voyager #st voyager #voyager #i just. i know budget and it was the 90s and they needed sex appeal but. #imagining a seven who keeps her mottled skin and has a metal spine and rebar for ribs and half a skull #and she still tries to rejoin humanity. still tries dating. still has a beautiful voice. #still a genius. #this is not to knock jeri ryan at all. her acting is impeccable #the aesthetic of the female monster is just sooo appealing to me in a voyager context #they try to do it w b'elanna and it just has racist undertones #but seven. seven is a not entirely human anymore. the struggle of that... #of being this object of fascination for the maquis and starfleet who hate and obsess over the borg #of being stared at and leered at and not understanding why #yet still being righteous. loyal. proud. #they could have done some incredible stuff with her.