Fascinating phenomena of executives not understanding audiences at all. Same week that theres reports saying gen-z is the number one theater going audience the Aang movie gets leaked and I am seeing its fans all over saying "Id go to the theater, but I refuse to get a paramount plus subscription."
Particularly in comparison to how many movies. Like the '30s and '40s had a lot of remakes in numbers, but they each put out so many more total movies that it's a way smaller percentage of movies.
Not to mention, the originals were not accessible at all.
I'm not even sure Tarantino completely understood how little of it was actually from the verse itself. Although I'm certain he didn't care.
A picture of a man becoming a werewolf MONSTROUSMUSINGS Let Them Cook By Phil Nobile Jr. I had two utterly singular experiences at this year's Overlook Film Festival: I interviewed the great Rick Baker about An American Werewolf in London for a Future Fango Thing; and | moderated a Q&A for Larry Fessenden's "Monster Quadrilogy," which screened his films Habit, Depraved and Blackout before his new one, Trauma or, Monsters All, which ties the aforementioned three films together in an audacious and surprising way. In my interview with Mr. Baker, he talked about a frustration with the industry that led to his retirement a decade ago. I'm paraphrasing, but he said something along the lines of how, when you're at the point where you're getting notes from meddling producers about the shape of a monster's eyebrow, or the placement of its nose, you realize you're in a system where art and passion and creativity cannot exist, much less thrive. Mr. Baker decided that's not where he wanted to be, and promptly dipped. Now, he's still happily creating and blowing fans minds on Instagram, but he's following his bliss instead of dopey producer feedback, and the beautiful work on his account emanates pure joy. "I retired from the business, I didn't retire from being me," he told us. Thank goodness for that.
In today’s Terror Teletype: when producers hire artists and second-guess their every move, everyone loses.
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Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."
I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.
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there is a privacy apocalypse coming, and the democrats are just as responsible as the republicans.
Start seeing politicians for what they are: Tools (most of the time, in more ways than one). They are a vote for the type of policies you want to see. They are not thought-leaders, trend setters, taste makers, nor do they dictate the Overton window. WE do that.
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Yeah I’m really getting that “we use AI code” vibe around this app lately
No offense at all to him, his work, his fans, his legacy at all.
He just goes behind Doug Yule, Eric Carr, Chad Channing and a few others in terms of impact and influence.
Dumb ol' dog messed up the cover to an expensive book at library. Not sure if I should pay for replacement or seen what they'd charge for damage or it that'll end up the same.
I've been convinced that three, even four, generations of Rolling Stones fans all going to a show is good, but I'm not sure this is the same.
After a couple of generations, I have concerns about that Stones thing, too.
I don't need to imagine. My dad had no interest in FLASH GORDON.
He was interested in STAR WARS and especially ALIEN. He took me to much of that, but a new Flash Gordon wasn't interesting to him.
In 1984, probably riding some post-Quiet Riot buzz, this song made the Top 40 and the video was run pretty steadily on MTV.
I think it's just realistic to see that even tho we can be excited about space exploration the current administration, even at NASA, is not really doing that exploration for altruistic means. The Artemis program is clearly about building a moonbase, as laid out by its future plans
Cover of a D by Neal Stephenson. A solemn blond man with carefully combed hair and sunglasses in a high-collared jacket. Surrounding smaller images included bombers flying in formation and a cavalry officer charging on a horse.
Wait. The new Neal Stephenson book is about Vanilla Ice?
nuremberg 2.0 needs to end with the assets of all those guards seized and handed over to their victims
I hit these phases where nothing sounds good read or watch. It's probably some kind of depression.
'alright, I have errands.
Now I want that shirt, but I'm not sure everyone would take it well.
I resent looking my worst in the morning. Like here I am trying to get my shit together and on top of that I look in the mirror and go "And I have to do it looking like this?"
As you slog through tax paperwork today, remember that 40 years ago Ronald Reagan delivered an Oval Office address calling for a return-free tax system like the one that exists in other countries.
Then remember Reagan's GOP has spent 40 years helping lobbyists block the proposal.
unmute, this is 100% right
"MOST OF THE MAJOR PLOT POINTS AND STORY ELEMENTS OF IVANHOE WERE STRIPPED OUT AND APPLIED TO ROBIN HOOD, A REVERSE TAKEOVER THAT WOULD BLUNT THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY OF BOTH. BY REMOVING THEMES OF RELIGIOUS HYPOCRICY FROM IVANHOE AND MAKING COMMONER ROBIN HOOD A NOBLE, THEY SUCCESSFULLY..."
"Someone tried to strangle Sneako", "Clavicular just had a drug overdose", I refuse to believe that understanding any of these headlines is better for me than chain-smoking
I'm not sure Dale could have done the thing that made them explode the way they did, although I suspect I would have liked it better.
But, to be clear, Dale Crover is, musically, what he was looking for. I don't know the extent he knew that.
Pickerel mentions Dale as part of Kurt's thinking, so maybe he had ideas what he wanted that Dale couldn't do as well. I don't know.
To be clear, if I work hard and imagine Kurt coming out of rehab happy and healthy, I can stretch my brain to imagine a circumstance in which Kurt helps get the Foo Fighters deal and Dave plays on a couple of songs on the way out as a friendly arrangement, but I don't see him touring that album.
Do I think Dave would have gone with any weird multi-drummer plan? Not really. Certainly not as a long-term plan.
