tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post5773548851216257880..comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00Comments on But I Did Everything Right!: For-Profit Film School & Movie Studio Scams an Entire CityAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-48583122988436837672013-01-07T16:58:01.823-05:002013-01-07T16:58:01.823-05:00imdb has zero blockbuster / hit movies on his prod...imdb has zero blockbuster / hit movies on his producer credits, the movies he did are straight to video or dvd, I thought a hollywood producer would be like a brian grazer, george lucas, jon peters, <br /><br />{;<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-12771061115260657352010-11-17T10:41:34.956-05:002010-11-17T10:41:34.956-05:00It blows my mind how stupid people can be. How can...It blows my mind how stupid people can be. How can you people fall for this? I'm going to start a fake business and get big bags of money handed to me, then split.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-55664741583143641842010-05-28T09:52:13.260-04:002010-05-28T09:52:13.260-04:00@Spengler's Shop Rat:
With regards to the unem...@Spengler's Shop Rat:<br />With regards to the unemployed engineers - they are actually a useful resource, but nobody wants to retrain them to put their engineering skills to work in any other field (and frankly, engineering processes don't change between industries that much). The real problem is that hiring a displaced engineer is so cheap that it's unreasonable to hire fresh grads from Wayne State, Michigan, Michigan Tech, Western Michigan, and Michigan State. Yet another case of kids who did everything right getting the shaft, and being pressured into "retraining" for things like film work or nursing.Fordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-22492039230272056892010-05-28T06:23:25.482-04:002010-05-28T06:23:25.482-04:00Well I'll keep checking back to see when you m...Well I'll keep checking back to see when you might post a fact or recent news story, think that will be any time soon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-29996996890164906642010-05-27T22:03:36.216-04:002010-05-27T22:03:36.216-04:00No one in Allen Park needs a warning - pretty much...No one in Allen Park needs a warning - pretty much everyone for whom it is relevant knows already. This story has already been on the news and in the papers here in Detroit.<br /><br />This sort of thing is pretty common here, though. There are plenty of fly-by-night for-profit business schools and whatnot in the area. They rely on the steady stream of desperate unemployed people that this state now exports - people reaching for anything, trucking, nursing, clerical work.<br /><br />@NoJob4U: there are no real jobs here that will put real people to work. Detroit is ground zero for wage deflation. The auto factories (still the single biggest industry round here) are doing $13/hr with zip benefits for their new hires. This might sound okay to them at first. Then they do that job for seven or eight months and realize that they're destroying their back and knees running alongside cars on an assembly line. Or they'll get cancer from the fumes in the paint shop - pick your poison. There's also all the unemployed automotive engineers with their "gold-plated" - and pricey - MSE degrees, now-inapplicable auto-related skill sets, and underwater exurban McMansions.<br /><br />The economy is biting for everyone everywhere. Recovery? There is none.Spengler's Shop Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-2690516911787982422010-05-27T19:54:01.520-04:002010-05-27T19:54:01.520-04:00Anon @ 7:20pm: Jimmy Lifton, is that you?? The lin...Anon @ 7:20pm: Jimmy Lifton, is that you?? The link you posted only sites Unity Studios' jobs statistics which is likely as (in)accurate as the job statistics released by third tier law schools. Unlike your short post that only sites a Unity Studios press release, my post is based on facts reported by reputable news agencies in the Detroit area.HardKnockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188805912579205968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-77437132323593694442010-05-27T19:20:12.190-04:002010-05-27T19:20:12.190-04:00Poorly written article, checked some facts, next t...Poorly written article, checked some facts, next time you may want to try that:<br /><br />http://www.theallenparker.com/index.php/2010/05/unity-studioslims-releases-jobs-report/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-49943025260035058202010-05-27T17:59:42.726-04:002010-05-27T17:59:42.726-04:00Unbelievable. And criminal.Unbelievable. And criminal.Recovering Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216005842425651479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-65383878458754904582010-05-27T17:38:08.784-04:002010-05-27T17:38:08.784-04:00Another theory would be that the government was th...Another theory would be that the government was threatening to take the grant money away unless Allen Park spent it on something.<br /><br />Jimmy Lifton showed up at the right time, and they were happy to throw the money at him.<br /><br />And it just goes to show you why Michigan is in the state that its in. They don't think realistically and want to jump ahead to where they are a major cultural center. Any person who can cast a realistic eye upon the area knows that it's too cold and snowy several months out of the year, has an unattractive skyline (unless you're filming something about the apocalypse or Boyz in da Hood II), and isn't a place you'd want to leave expensive film equipment lying around (If I lived in a city with about 50% unemployment, I too would probably be living like I was in Lord of the Flies).<br /><br />They need to come up with real jobs that will put real people to work.Chief Constable for the Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824938329626712343noreply@blogger.com