The article about Hollywood Worth Saving? The Harsh Reality Facing L.A. in 2025 is hard to digest. But the truth is that anyone with iPhones can claim to be a filmmaker and become Hollywood’s competition.

Digital cameras, green screens, Ai software and internet access offer real alternatives to needing to raise funds for expensive film stock, name actors, location fees/permits and studio space rent. Micro budgets and/or low budget films are made daily but still not able to compete with high budgets. Plus the fractured viewing audience’s attention has made distribution another stumbling block for traditional Hollywood.

LA has a steep hill to climb to regain it’s crown.

The above mentioned article lays out LA’s issues range from the devastating fires that destroyed so many homes and people’s lives to creative stagnation, groupthink culture, costly permits and rising labor costs. That’s a boatload of problems.

So the real cost is the creative’s time, energy and unique story ideas. Just my opinion, but that is the real reason Hollywood’s Crown has rusted.

As much as I hate to say it, but it might be that we’ve reached the point of no return. Can’t put that ‘ol genie back in the bottle …along with the toothpaste!

The Tarnished Tiara of Tinseltown

Perched upon the Hollywood Hills like a monarch with an identity crisis, the famed white letters now bear an invisible crown of rust—a fitting metaphor for an empire built on celluloid dreams but weathered by reality. Once the gleaming beacon that lured hopefuls westward with promises of stardom, the sign now presides over a kingdom where glamour and grime share the same zip code.

The oxidized diadem reflects Los Angeles itself: spectacular from a distance, corroded upon closer inspection. Tourists snap selfies beneath it, unaware they’re genuflecting to royalty in decline—a reign that continues through sheer cultural inertia rather than divine right. In the City of Angels, even icons aren’t immune to decay’s democratic touch.