Mo Money Mo Cats

January 28, 2015

Layoffs, lawsuits, and cats -- OH MY! Stephen and Rob talk about the tough subjects of foreign VFX subsidies and the troubles fighting them, the abrupt closing of PDI/Dreamworks Redwood City campus, and a Kickstarter campaign so ridiculously popular it brings up the topic of how democratic is the internet really. But with all the negative subjects, we also got a few questions from you listeners so we end on some positive thoughts! Oh also, it's my (Stephen) birthday and we totally didn't mention it once... so there's that. Enjoy![audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/the_rubber_onion-ep65-mo_money_mo_cats.mp3|titles=The Rubber Onion - #65: "Mo Money Mo Cats"]

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(8:23) Annie Awards on Jan 31st!

(23:28) VFX Artists drop effort to challange film subsidies

(43:04) PDI Dreamworks closes with 500 employee layoff

(1:09:24) Kickstarter featuring The Oatmeal creator raises $3mil in 3 days

(1:32:55) QUESTIONS: start with one from Kelli

(1:49:38) ... and another from Andrés Eduardo

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