Thread title says “these days”. Highlighting the pitfalls of collaborating during covid seemed fitting.

I think covid is the culprit.

You couldn’t physically get on the mix stage and review your show with the mixer because of covid protocols. If you were lucky the director could get on the mix stage during covid. But a lot of the studios forbade it. So you had directors, producers, and showrunners giving audio notes remotely.

Which was a disaster because there was no uniform way for all the people giving notes to monitor the audio.

Color was already dialed in for remote work ahead of covid. A lot of color houses send any remote participants an iPad Pro. There’s not a lot of color setting to tweak on an iPad Pro so it was easier for the color houses to know everyone was viewing the content in the same color space.

Also, a good number of sound mixers are still working from home. Everyone’s home office is a different shape. And has different acoustic properties. There’s no way to pink out all the different rooms to make sure everyone is calibrated the same way.

EDIT: Sound also isn’t given enough respect on set. It’s always image over audio. If the boom mic gets in the way, its gone for that set up. And production schedules are so tight now that crew will be off building or striking another set while action is being recorded nearby. So you constantly have people shouting for work to be stopped because all that work is getting picked up by the audio devices.

They’ve also canned projects they deemed too risky.

https://www.stereogum.com/2015782/apple-cancels-dr-dre-series-vital-signs-because-its-too-violent/news/

That was supposed to be Apple TV’s first self made show.

This isn’t subjective.

Lets look past the house odds. (Which in and of itself is a scam. Most casual gamblers don’t know blackjack odds or the bet card. If this was published at the table your argument could have weight but this is obfuscated by the casino for obvious reasons).

Casinos use lights and sounds that have been designed to manipulate you.

https://neurosciencenews.com/casino-lights-decision-making-10116/

Casinos pump cold air onto the floor to keep you awake and gambling.

Vegas casinos ply you with drinks to keep you loose and gambling and have been able to successfully keep Indian casinos from being able to give you free drinks.

Players cards are designed to obtain your personal info for meager rewards.

Casinos are scams.

So you disagree? Casinos aren’t scammers?

> These scammers generally prey on the vulnerable, elderly, etc.

This could be said about casinos too.

He woulda been fine if he just sat at home eating mommy’s hot pockets tho.

What good did he do being out that night?