Episode 65 - Mo Money Mo Cats

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!

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(8:23)   Annie Awards on Jan 31st!

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

(43:04)   Massive layoffs at Dreamworks culminate in PDI/Dreamworks branch closing

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

(1:32:55)   QUESTIONS: start with one from Andrés Eduardo

(1:49:38)   ... and another from Kelli

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