The story that needed to be told
When I finally was able to watch the movie earlier this week, I was excited to find out how the movie turned out. Even though this account is not around since the old platform days, my previous account was and I too have been there to see Justin Sun take over Steemit and al the shit that went down after. Even though I was personally not financially affected, of course I also had a strong opinion about what was happening and how he handled things.
Freechain
When we started watching the movie, I was intrigued from the first moment and to my personal opinion the filming was done well and I liked the narrator part as well. I already knew it was not going to be focussed on the negative part too much but rather the fact that a community stood up to create something new together and that a community can not be bought, not even by a billionaire rich boy.
I'm trying not to spoil too much here because I know there's one day left that people still could start watching it and it would suck to spoil everything here.. I really appreciated some humour in the movie as well for example the fact that you see Ned with his guitar and probably only the Steemit members from back then remember what that was about, those that were there at the time know about the hilarious moments of him streaming live with the guitar. I surely remember all the memes following after.
One thing I would have loved to see different
This is not something that made me enjoy the movie any less but if I have to give a bit of feedback I would have tried to take a bit more time from the creation of Steemit to the hostile take over because of the community that grew in this period, after all during this time something started to grow that made people stand together when Justin took over and I would have liked to see that this part lasted a bit longer than it did.
Voting
Then I wanted to vote for the movie right after only to find out that I needed to vote for a second movie, which I didn't read at first. We clicked on 10 movies that evening, of which none grabbed our attention longer than a few minutes and yes, we really tried!
I decided to call it a day and check some others in the next days and then vote. This turned out to be so frustrating because honestly, I didn't really feel any was my cup of tea as I couldn't even finish watching them without getting bored. So I admit that in the end, I just picked a second one to vote on. Not great but I didn't want my vote to go to waste.
This part made it even more clear how well Freechain was made and that it's actually worthy of winning. I really hope that the community came together once more to purchase a ticket and vote on "our" Freechain movie, after all, we were all part of that moment in history where the billionaire thought he could get his way, not realizing how strong the community behind the platform was by that time.
Conclusion
Seeing this movie was another boost to realize how far I've come from the old platform days where I was broke as can be, trying to climb back up from being homeless and building our lives back from scratch. Steemit was my therapy for years and helped our family survive many many times. That we forked to Hive afterwards is probably a very good thing because from what I've seen on the old platform, that is nothing like what we have here now. Hive is where it's at and I don't think I can imagine my life without the connections I made here (and on the old platform).
The story is revolutionary in my opinion. I hope Freechain wins! Well done @lordbutterfly!
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I remember those days as Steemit was changing hands and the growing controversy over that ninja stake that was set aside for a specific reason but that changed under Sun. His actions didn't match his lofty words and has sown the early seeds of distrust.
I could barely believe it as the whole affair unfolded and the struggle for control in real time.
I was just a little fish then, "What will we do, where will we go?"
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I can remember everything that happened of course, but I have to admit that I haven't seen the movie yet.
If you get the chance in the future, I'd recommend it for sure! Lordbutterfly said they have submitted the movie to more festivals so there will most likely be a chance for everyone to see it at some point.. !BBH
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Its not uncommon to hear that comment from Hivers and its understandable but we really worked hard not overdo it with Hive as whatever you do with a crypto film you will always get the comments that its "promotional". We did our best not to have it perceived as such.
I figured there were good reasons for that :)
But still, very well done and as I mentioned, I really didn't have the same feeling about any other movie I tried watching.
I think it's all put together well, is Freechain still taking the lead?
Yes. We are far in the lead but I wouldnt place too much importance on this to avoid disappointment considering this isnt the most important festival we entered and the stuff they push through is mostly depressing drama, or human individual struggles. And Freechain was made to be educational and fun. Not a single thing I looked at during their last years festival would i describe as fun.
My biggest regret is that I didnt notice it that even if we win, which we will, the judges can decide on top of that, that wer not going through to the main festival.
This was a good chance for the community to watch the film and so we get an easy laurel for our Freechain poster that will help with finding distributors..
Something like this.
I'm glad you had a chance to watch it! I'm going to have to make some time to do so myself!
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I'm not sure if it's still possible, I think the festival lasted until today and I don't know where it can be seen afterwards. Keep an eye out for the updates to make sure you won't miss it..
I almost forgot that I didn't finish my LPUD post lol, so now it's close to midnight and I'm sitting here in a chilly room to finish it while I was just enjoying snuggling up under two blankets lol.
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