May 18, 2009
There's no word in the article as to whether the flick features fast or slow zombies or, indeed, if it's even any good, but it's still a pretty cool achievement. Especially when you consider the fact that he's never made a movie before, has no formal training, and says that "he picked up most of his skills from watching DVD extras and directors' commentaries."
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Good, bad, or indifferent, this is a perfect example of how people have zero grasp of economics. This film (although certainly cheap by any standard), cost a lot more to make than they claim.
First, they completely forget capital costs ... the recording media may have been cheap, but the camera they filmed it with (a depreciating asset) isn't accounted for, nor is the cost of any vehicles or other props appearing in the film. I assume all the people weren't naked, for example (although a completely naked zombie movie might be .... er, never mind).
Second, time is money. I guess these types of slackers on the dole can't possibly conceive of this, yet it's still true. The people associated with the film could have been doing something else, like selling drugs, begging, or prostituting themselves. This 'opportunity cost' is still there whether or not they got paid for the work on the movie.
Finally ... ahhh, fuck it ... I hope they make a bunch of money ... then they can all have a huge fight about who should get what ... because you know people that ignorant have no concept of contracts.
/grouchy economic rant off
Posted by: Hermit Dave at May 18, 2009 02:58 AM (WhFvm)
Sure, reality sucks, but why can't you let some of us bask in a little escapism?
Next, you'll tell me that unicorns aren't real...
Posted by: Sean M. at May 18, 2009 04:04 AM (rLWHv)
Sean, actually I'm entirely for escapism ... god knows I've been a serious practitioner of that for a lot of my life. Truth be told, this post (and my extremely dickheaded response) made me think of a really good topic for my worthless blog ... on the value of barter vs. notional currency. Maybe I'll even find the energy to write it up.
Honestly, I hope they do succeed. They're leveraging technology, comunnity, and barter in a very cool way. My personal pet peeve is that people simply don't understand even basic economics, and are thus constantly ripped off by those that do.
Posted by: Hermit Dave at May 18, 2009 05:06 AM (WhFvm)
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