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[Artemis]

I was curious, what kind of movies does Aukate have access to?

is the broad spectrum of human entertainment available or is it primarily local film and theater?

That is an awesome question.

On Aukate there is a dedicated movie studio that is basically the islands' version of Hollywood.  It originated with the radio dramas that appeared recently in the comic and the studio that originally made the radio dramas evolved into a motion picture studio with television programs.  With the advances in technology there's also opportunities for smaller studios that blossom here and there around the island.  There's not anything like Youtube on the islands, but it's not hard to find places to publish a video if you're willing to make one.

The primary studio is called Queen's Voice and is run by governor Queen's distant heirs.  They still do radio, but mostly focus on television and film these days.  Radio is still going strong but the stations playing 'nature' sounds had to be limited to evening when the birds and insects pointed out that most of the noises consisted of mating calls.

Most people watch television for entertainment.  The studios aren't the big budget blockbusters we're used to but there's the usual run of soap operas, educational shows, romance, dramas, and mysteries on television as well as movies that come out every few weeks.  I like to imagine that Lightning the Wonder Dog is still going strong the way Batman is still going strong.

There's plenty of theater with many of the local celebrities doing shows in the off season or when their television show isn't renewed.

Some media from 'outside' makes it but it's heavily screened and edited a bit to keep people from having too much of a desire to want to leave Aukate.  But there's still a good chance the average guy was able to catch the Avengers on the big screen.  Guardians of the Galaxy was probably really popular with the raccoon population.

Incidentally, in the late 1960's a shipment of Japanese movies washed ashore along with a mostly intact film projector during a hurricane on one of the lesser islands.  The island was primarily populated by housecats who became obsessed with Japanese cinema and now pay big money to have anything japanese related imported in.  The island is now heavily cultured with faux Japanese buildings and clothing and other things.  As a side effect, the dinosaurs of June are encouraged to vacation there because the natives adore the big 'Godzilla' creatures.  On the outside, people point to this island as an example as to why 'outside influences' on the island can be bad if not monitored.

We thought it was a good idea at the time... >.>;;;