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Jobs and Lasseter - Most Influential in Hollywood
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jcshas said:
Depends on what you mean by "anyone." Of power and consequence? Probably not. At least not like the trades, "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter." It's more of a movie-fan magazine, which makes it sound like some kind of rag like "People" or "Us Weekly," but it's not. Nobody's career, though, is going to be made or lost by their inclusion in or exclusion from this list.
But if you mean "anyone" in the broad sense, then yes, I read it.
Ladies and gentlemen.....we have our MacRumors spell-checker! (that's you, Macophile).Macophile said:
Sorry, I was typing fast. Speling isnt always perfct.He lived. He breathed. He basked in the warm glow from all the awards and accolades he's won for all the awesome films he's made in the past 30 years! He started and finished filming The Terminal. He did plenty. What I'm complaining about is the idea that Steve Jobs is God and that he can do no wrong. People on these forums see a headline like "Jobs named #1" or "Steve Jobs Voted Best Entertainment mogul" and immidiatly get all excited, without thinking about it.patmcfar8 said:
Steven Spielberg is in a league of his own. Jobs is a computer geek, like the rest of us. He may be a smart businessman, but he's still a computer geek.
Come on, what's a better film, Schindler's List or Finding Nemo?
Saving Private Ryan or Toy Story?
sethypoo said:
Thats not the point. The title is, "Most Influential," not who is the best director/producer/filmmaker. Plus, this is for this year, not of all time, right?
Right now, Pixar is very influential, considering they are almost single-handedly responsible for making the CG animated feature phenom, not to mention they're the makers of one of the most advanced rendering software packages made. Many CG effects seen nowadays wouldnt be possible/believable without Renderman.
Plus, when it comes to storytelling itself, Pixar films are tight, touching, and well crafted. They ARE the most influential right NOW. Of all time? Well, maybe/maybe not. But future studios will be hard put to be better than Pixar.
agreenster said:
You're right, you're absolutely right. But I still think Spielberg is more influential right now in Hollywood that Jobs ever will be.
Picture this: Spielberg backs an upcoming movie: people pay attention. Jobs backs an upcoming movie: people say, "Who's Steve Jobs?" That's influence!
Pixar films are wonderful, the best animated movies yet. But still.....Spielberg.....
Great job Jobs! Its nice to see good ol Steve getting more recognition recognition that he deserves. The more that Jobs is in the spotlight, the better it is for Apple, and Im fine with that!
Its nice to see good ol Steve getting more recognition recognition that he deserves. The more that Jobs is in the spotlight, the better it is for Apple, and Im fine with that!
Kid Red said:
I wish the forums here followed more of the "slashdot system". People should rate posts so the people that only want to read the interesting posts can go through the forums fairly quickly instead of having to read all the redundant posts.
I can only take so many posts that say things like "Wooohooo", "Way to go apple!", "I hope this is true I have my credit card ready!", "Gimme Gimme", etc.. Those that want to can browse the forums at -1, while I breeze through reading just the 5's.
sethypoo said:
well, imo schindler & ryan, but if you ask a kid, you might get a bit different answers..
and what was the purpose of this reply?
sethypoo said:
Again, not really the point. It isnt a matter of random people knowing who Steve Jobs and John Lasseter are, but who in the industry are making the biggest influence, as far as filmmaking goes. Steven Spielburg hasnt done much lately to innovate or influence filmmaking. Pixar is influencing a TON.
sethypoo said:
first of all, comparing those films straight up is never going to work. they are completely different (not just because they are animation vs live action), with different purposes... also, jobs and spielberg were not the only people responsible for them.. did spielberg write all his films? did jobs write/direct pixar's films? it's really not comparable
that said, i don't think saving private ryan was all that good.
toy story changed (or really created) the 3D animated features industry..
finding nemo stole from my own 3D film, so i'll reserve comment. hahahahah
Maybe they were thinking of Steven Spielbergo
As was already stated, what has spielberg done this year? That is what the poll was based on. Although if Senor Spielbergo were part of this, he would most certainly be #1, just look at his documentary of Mr. Burns.
sethypoo said:Not awesome.
Jobs over Steven Spielburg?!?! I think not. I just finished watching Saving Private Ryan.....I strongly feel that Jobs has nothing on Spielburg. Come on!
As was already stated, what has spielberg done this year? That is what the poll was based on. Although if Senor Spielbergo were part of this, he would most certainly be #1, just look at his documentary of Mr. Burns.
I think that is the point.agreenster said:
Animation? Is Toy Story going to be that important in the years to come? A very small percentage of films will ever use the Renderman technology/software. Granted, it's a great piece of software, but most movies will never, ever have a need for it!
Pixar is a great company, but it's not influencing that much IMHO.
Isn't influence about how well you're known? I'm telling you, some person with the name "agreenster" has no influence on me when compared to guys like Jobs and Spielberg. I know who they are, whereas I know nothing of you. Influence is defined as:
choogheem said:As was already stated, what has spielberg done this year? That is what the poll was based on. Although if Senor Spielbergo were part of this, he would most certainly be #1, just look at his documentary of Mr. Burns.
Yes, I'd have to agree, Mr. Spielbergo is a genius
. That documentary moved me to tears....sniff sniff!