I think someone like Soderberg is just as much of an artist as Tarantino, but he is clearly much less concerned if a movie of his doesn’t work.

“Team America was funny because it satirised American blowing up foreigners, but is satire still ok when we’ve seen that jingoism can affect actual Americans?” is a hell of a take.

I'd love to see that too.

If we are calling out Ellie Kemper for a teenage beauty parent, shouldn't we call out  Russell for being a total fucking sociopath?

Yeah, it’s remarkably similar to the tv show but my big takeaway was how versatile an actor she is. She slips in and out of playing her sister/dad/friend/love interest so seamlessly.

His repeated “Lewis” reading gave me real “Up and atom” vibes.

“How far things have declined since the 1970s and ’80s, when the Beeb could still be associated with the likes of Alan Clarke, Mike Leigh, and Ken Loach”

Yeah, the trailer totally fails to establish the conflict. Is the guy a creep? Are the psychic powers new? Did she see a grisly murder that we didn’t? The press release doesn’t make things much clearer.

Men who have never watched womens sports, whose only previous relationship with them was to mock feminists for suggesting they deserve more broadcast coverage - “Trans people are ruining womens sports! This is a very important issue for me now!” 

Edit - someone beat me to it and i can’t find a delete button.

I thought it fell between two stools. Not pacey and funny enough to have a Hawks energy, but not enough scale in time or story to feel like an epic like Kane.

“streaming a bunch of content specifically shot to be aired on phones on your house’s TV won’t look awkward as hell”

Coutlets accounts of him physically assaulting men and women, and he gets to put out an apology and decide to take a self imposed work break. Can you imagine if he’d assaulted dozens of strangers in the street? He’d be locked up. There’s a weird psychology with workplace assault.

“Lemar’s parents really okay with John having apparently killed Lemar’s murderer?”

I don’t think they are making $400m a month on Fortnite. A wise man once told “Profit and revenue arent the same”

I’m not suggesting they’re a bubble because they are investing in themselves. I’m suggesting there’s an argument they’re overvalued because their perceived value is based on the assumption that EGS will grow to dominate the industry. But if you look at the numbers, EGS is very popular for microtransactions on Epic…

As far as I’m aware, the engine game isn’t that profitable. It’s a nice steady earner, especially now it’s making real inroads into TV production, but it’s not enough for a 30 billion dollar company.

Im aware of the difference in profit and revenue, but you’re conflating company profits and project profits. Star Wars has never posted a profit to avoid residuals, but 20th Century Fox did in 1977.

Epic made about $790 million on profits in 2019. It was valued at 17 billion less than a year ago. Epic Games store is losing hundreds of millions a year and some estimate it won’t be profitable until 2027, if at all.

100%. And it’s a mindset that starts early, in my experience. Even at university level filmmaking, you had a bunch of people who’d never directed before, so excited to be pricks. There’s a weird romanticisation of Fincher/Cameron/Kubrick bullshit like doing a million takes, refusing to compromise or collaborate,…