He might be a child abuser, but at least he’s not an American woman of colour intruding on this otherwise perfect family. Imagine the horror. Thank god our media are on the case.

I think he’s referring to the Queen’s (/palace’s) silence on Prince Andrew. Her son who was pals with Epstein, has had very serious allegations against him and conducted an absolute car crash tv interview proclaiming his innocence.

At it’s core, I think the appeal lies in the gap between creator and source material. Sorkin for all his tics is one of the greatest writers of his generation, but taking his earnest, pompous style and applying it to an SNL type show sounds like a sketch. And yet it’s played painfully straight. Even weirder, when it’s…

I listened to the Empire interview with Mike Hodges about Flash Gordon and he said it was a toss up between Pink Floyd and Queen to score Flash. I love both dearly, but thank christ he went with Queen. Floyd would have been a better match for Dune but I’m still not sure it would have worked. Hard to think of any…

The hit rate is low with scripted shows, but its an easier sell to their bosses than a new IP. Even if it only gets one series, thats more than most spec scripts get.

Fascinating post, thanks. I’m aware of the big name writer, uncredited last minute punch up phenomenon in America, but I dont think it’s common here. Not that I’m super knowledgeable in that area. I’m a lowly TV writer, so I dream of some day being fucked over by Hollywood movie arbitration.

I thought some of that is non negotiable WGA rules. I’m WGGB so I’m not 100% sure but I thought the credited screenwriter was guaranteed basic residuals for things like TV screenings or whatever.

He’d get more if the stayed on (for rewrites, the final credit and then residuals and royalties), but it’s a moot point because it wasn’t a money decision. Screenwriting costs are not a huge factor when you’re dealing with two hundred million dollar budgets. They had the rights to use his draft and it seems they used…

Well said. I’m a Northern Irish nationalist, and regardless of the nobility of the cause, the IRA was filled with psychos, bigots and gangsters. The English treated the Irish appallingly but that doesn’t excuse blowing up takeaways or shoe shops full of civilians. And thats before you get into the people who were…

I like the character but the monthly Spiderman comic buying public is roughly under 200,000 so comics fans are largely irrelevant.

The most interesting thing about Beverly Hills Cop 3 is that apparently Murphy was jealous that Wesley Snipes was a sex symbol who could do drama, action and comedy and was taken more seriously, so he insisted in removing all the jokes from the movie.

Podcasting is a medium that covers anything that can be released as audio. From 3 hour long in depth conversations about life to short sketches, narrative, improv comedy, documentaries, monologues, music, etc.

I can read faster than I can listen but...

At least you wouldn’t get arrested for filming or watching a faithful adaptation, unlike the ending of the novel It.

Mark Cousins is great, and I would be a smarter  better person if I watched more of his docs.

Has anyone heard of Ulster Scots? It’s basically this kids Wikipedia fuckery but with millions of pounds of government funding. In Northern Ireland, a totally bastardised version of Scots made up by people who don’t speak Scots (sound familiar?) is an official language.

The legend goes that Hillbillies got their name from being based in the hills (duh) and singing songs about King Billy. So it’d make sense, given rednecks are the descendents of the Scots and Northern Irish.

Or, and hear me out, some kind of political party that gave a shit about the poor. Though even if they did, the systems are in place to make it very difficult to change things. The rest of the developed world looks at the US attitude to vacation days, maternity and sick pay with complete bafflement.

Unions are great, but your country should change employment laws, so you don’t have to fight the same stupid fights over and over again for every industry.

I’m not sure id be so adamant that she must have known about the closeup. Most of the scene is shot in a wide, but the closeup looks to be on a slightly longer lens. The close is on the same line as the wide, it’s static and used very briefly so I don’t think it’d require a relight. On those big Panvision Anamophic…