Indeed it does. It's a little disappointing he didn't come back to direct the final two, that would have been a great way to finish up the series.

The other downside of this "everyone is special" line of reasoning is that "special" starts replacing "worthy of respect".
Not everyone is special but everyone is worthy of being respected and treated equally regardless of whether they're special or not.
If I was being pedantic I'd say they shouldn't be allowed to put a…

I must agree, as a huge fan of The Hobbit book (which is far superior to the film), I think the LOTR films are better than the books (which are really dull and plodding).

That's funny I thought the opposite of Harry Potter. The third film was clearly best as it just used the basic story-beats from the book then did it's own thing in an exciting and original way.
The last three films barely work as stand-alone movies for me, they have no sense of pacing or structure they're just a…

Yea if you're just talking about technically competency with the composition and focus of the those problems went away with the advent of digital.
If you're making the cheapest B-Movie imaginable, you'll be shooting on digital so you'll at least know if you're shot is exposed properly and in-focus. You'll be able to do…

Maybe it's a cop-out but I view Snowpiercer like a David Lynch film or The Cremaster Cycle but slightly more understandable and with more action scenes.
It's not hard science fiction (or even soft science fiction) it's a surreal action movie.

I think Snowpeircer works more on a metaphorical level, maybe that's just a cop-out.
Each section of the train represents a different aspect of society but it doesn't really hold together when you take it literally. Just from a geographical sense, don't all the kids have to trapes through all the night-clubs and…

I just wanted to say I love this.
You guys should write a web series about an agent and a publishers tag-teaming various authors with advice for their latest book/screenplay.
Basically like this: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Thanks.
It has been around forever, Joseph Campbell didn't invent the "hero's journey" he identified it as the basis of almost every myth/fairy-tale since we started telling stories.
To give them some credit, I'm sure the specifics of the story are influenced by the youth of today. Which is how it's usually works, the…

By all means tell small children (under 7) that they're special, you can also tell them Santa is real.
But don't start believing in Santa yourself and remember they'll find out it's a lie eventually. The more you keep reinforcing this myth as they get older, the more upset they'll be when they find out the truth.
I knew…

I just said that it's factually incorrect to say "every child is
special" (unless you're using the broadest possible
definition) I never said you should forward that information
onto the child.

"I'm not going to subscribe to the Randian belief that some people can never amount to anything."
So what about someone born with crippling birth defects, who can't move, has limited brain functionality and dies within 3 hours.
What can they amount to?
Not trying to be mean, just being logical, there's defiantely two…

I blame the American Dream, or what's it's been bastardized into, the idea that "you can achieve anything if you work hard enough".
That's just not true, no matter how hard I try I'm never going to be a nuclear scientist or a professional actor/basketball player, I just don't have the raw talent.
I think the philosophy…

If you boil this concept down to it's essence "you're a hero because you are (it's your destiny) not because of what you've done or any particular skills you have" goes right back to Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey.
Any story with "the chosen one", they're usually regular everyday folks (audience surrogates) who…

Yea, when directors use it well it can be awesome and I was thinking of the same scene when I wrote that.
There's nothing "wrong" with it per-say, there's nothing wrong with any trope, they're just less exciting when they're over-used.
In that episode the director definitely found a cool way to shoot a very over-used…

I'm a millennial and I think I might be part of the last age-group where spanking/beating was still an acceptable punishment growing up (in the England).
My sister was two years older than me but never seemed to get any (fucking patriarchy) and my brother was two years younger and it was almost completely phased out as…

"All teenagers go through this phase."
Thank you.
There's been a trend to move away from saying:
"Those immature young-people" *shakes fist*
because it makes you look old and out-of-touch, like someone who doesn't remember they were once a young person too. So instead angry older people say:
"Those immature Millennials"…

You sound just like the kids from my high-school. I'm pretty sure that's a direct quote.

I don't know, I think they taste nice in any context.
http://s3.burpple.com/foods…

When did Werner Herzog change the name from Good Will Hunting: Port of Call Los Angeles?