There’s a clear difference in the qualities of the shows when he is directing all the episodes and when he’s not.  Hill House and Midnight Mass are way more focused and solid than Bly Manor or Midnight Club.  

Based on the read of Flanagan’s post, it did seem like the plan was to cycle in new cast (while reusing the original cast in the Club stories- for instance, Anya was going to reappear in one of Ilonka’s).

If this site still exists in 2044, we are most certainly in the darkest timeline.

Yet another reason that streaming is so inferior to physical media (and the video stores that came with it).  It’s WAY harder to discover old movies when there’s fucking algorithms constantly pushing stuff from the last ten minutes in front of your eyeballs.  Unless you actively research older stuff, it probably won’t…

Because the other band members’ wives weren’t constantly in the studio, performing on songs, and quite so much in the public eye?

Not technically his movie. Its my favorite horror movie and I’d put myself in the camp that it was probably at least half directed by Spielberg, but there’s still plenty of Tobe Hooper in there, and that’s who’s name was on the slate.

You’re right. Lincoln does make a fine book.

Spielberg was absolutely the wrong person to make that film, not in the least because it draws so heavily from his own work, rather than nostalgia for watching them.

It was tailor made to be a JJ Abrams movie.

There are WAY worse films on this list than The Terminal. It’s pretty slight as filmmaking goes, but it’s not actively bad. Spielberg doesn’t have many of those, but they exist (Always, Warhorse).

I revisit War of the Worlds every so often, but I’m always surprised at how unrelentingly bleak it is (until the very end of course). It makes Temple of Doom look like a stroll on the beach.

WotW takes a hit because of the ending, I think.  If Spielberg hadn’t tacked on that frustratingly optimistic ending where the brother shows up again, that film would have been much more internally consistent (the movie is bleak as fuck), and probably would jump up at least 5 more slots in a list like this.

Man, you’re probably right, and it’s probably going to have something to do with ghosts.  I think that’s the only major set-piece left from Indy planning sessions that hasn’t been touched yet.

I don’t know how to respond to someone who isn’t putting the heart-gouging from Temple of Doom in the plus column for that movie.

That’s entirely possible, but the hate for Yoko undoubtedly came primarily from being blamed (fairly or not) for breaking up the Beatles. 

Yes, you have to be accurate to the characters that you write.  But you also get to choose the characters you write, and if they’re the only ones you’re picking, that says something too.

I’ve only seen the trailer thus far, but it certainly seems like her direction began and ended with “be Christina Ricci”.  And I don’t think that particular performance makes sense to put in the lead role, let alone stretch to an entire series.  I was looking forward to this series, so it’s disappointing, but not…

I’d contend (cribbing from Stephen King, if I remember Danse Macabre correctly) that horror is essentially fantasy with darker elements and endings anyways.

Most of his films travel in horror tropes even if they aren’t flat out horror films (which, as people below have pointed out, at least two are).  Just because they’re generally more family friendly than Carpenter or Craven doesn’t that away.

That’s fine when she’s a side character. It doesn’t work when she’s got to drive the entire story

On the one hand, Avatar was a kind of gimmicky version of one of the oldest stories in history, was released 13 years ago, and doesn’t seem to have much of a lasting fan presence.