My parents hated Austin Powers EXCEPT FOR THIS SCENE. I don't know what that says about them.

Love Guru seemed to be a bad mix of second guessing what the audience wants and extreme self indulgence.

Yeah, the success on video is what got the sequel made.

it actually sorta bums me out that Bob Loblaw is such a dunce. Not even that he's conservative, just that he's so, so dumb, and such a whiner.

I remember Rene Russo going on and on about this for every interview in the mid to late '90s, and appeared to love every minute of it, so apparently his co-stars were also sickos.

Duh, it's a conspiracy. If we KNEW they wouldn't be any good at covering it up!

I prefer season 1 too. Season 2 didn't feel terribly Coen-esque to me, which isn't necessarily a pre-requisite, but sometimes felt more like a '90s post-Tarantino indie. I enjoyed it though.

I think it takes time and real talent at the top level to become as great as HBO and FX. They clearly need a John Landgraf or Chris Albrecht type to help get their dramas on track. Showtime and Starz (and HBO's redheaded stepchild, Cinemax) still struggle to reach that elite level. But they've certainly got the…

I was actually wondering if Jonah's rant against Dan would go viral and become something of a call to arms for whatever the show's version of Trumpsters is. "Hey, he's taking down the media!"

Yeah, Selina grew up very wealthy and has probably never known a life outside being a .001%-er.

From the podcasts I've heard with him, he's very liberal but not knee-jerk reactionary PC, more thoughtful PC, if that makes sense. Like "this group is asking for this, and it makes no sense to me, let's explore it."

such a weird show. am i wrong or do I remember they had the chairs back to back and the guest and Shat would sit sideways in the chair and face each other with their arm resting on the backs of the chair?

About the summer he spent working at the mall store of the same name

Geoff Emerick's is great too, especially if you're interested in how the Beatles achieved the sounds on their later albums.

honestly, the plagiarism and disregard for accuracy made it even more fascinating to me.

I don't mean to say it should be regular practice, but I kind of get it, and he does seem to give credit where it's due. Hopefully when he does these "collaboration"/ghost-scoring situations, the filmmakers understand that at the outset.
And damn, didn't realize that about Desplat. That man is a workhorse.

Zimmer is extremely prolific, so this makes sense.

I'd be surprised if he was. Patterson, yes, because he doesn't really care about literary merit and pumps out a book every month or two.

That's…my point?

I believe he was the CEO of an ad agency before setting out to be a writer and is essentially in the same role with his career as an author as he was at the agency. It's all carefully planned, I don't think he really tries to cover up that he's in it for commerce and not literary merit. It is obviously super cynical,…