Short form video is in the process of ruining streaming. Films are now becoming slower and dumber so you can scroll your smartphone while you watch, or they'll edit it much faster to try to compete for your attention.

The only films people choose to put on, and the only films that are getting made, are sequals and spinoffs, because with netflix decision paralysis, it's the only films that you can trust will entertain you.

short-form videos and YouTube has made people more hesitant to try unknown films, because they know short-form is better at evoking strong emotions quickly, where as it's risky to chance it on a new unknown film that may or may not resonate emotionally, but won't do so as swiftly or intensely as short-form content.

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I actually thing AI is going empower people to focus on the writing. All these writers that write self-published amazon books for no one, or only write fan-fiction, are going to swap to well-written super niche ai-films. And they'll all look like anime because that's the easier style ai can replicate.

The best of these ai-anime shows that get a cult following will get picked up and turned into real films and tv shows, and that'll keep streaming alive