Without a shred of personal experience or expertise, I would guess it’s worse for songwriters. Because the public is even less aware of their existence than screenwriters.

Also the way I was taught. And FWIW I *like* that arrangement and have no problem with it. When done correctly and with reasonable respect. I’ve had both experiences, unfortunately. Directors who were awesome and respectful and when they needed or wanted something changed they either asked me to do it or at least gave…

Probably too many.

To be perfectly “me” (and other jilted screenwriters) about it:

All due respect to Smiling Friends, I’m just here to be *that* fan.

I don’t know that I would say “good”. I watch it on Max and have a very love-hate relationship with it. *Some* of the humor and jokes are incredible. I have not laughed that hard at anything in a while. And *some* of it is typical Adult Swim ADHD anti-humor horseshit. There’s an episode about them going to Brazil and…

Cool. Cool.

I think it depends on the reasons for frustration. Possession is exactly the movie it wants to be. I mention in another response that I don't like the film but I respect it. It is clearly a specific vision of a very particular artist. I just find that vision aggravating.

Yeah, agreed. I don't *like* the film but a remake feels like a bad idea. It's a very specific piece of art. I respect it even if it's not my cuppa.

Like: Pattinson

True. And for whatever aggravating reason in the internet/podcast age a fucking LOT of dipshits have decided that comedians are Wise Sages who only Speak Truth to Power. I’m obviously a fan of comedy and I have my favorite standups but you’ll never see me worshipping my personal favorite Kyle Kinane the way some of…

To be fair to the overall conversation, 4 of my 5 examples are comedians. Which I think just supports the notion that we tire of the pop culture conversations about subjects within our areas of interest. I’m betting there are probably foodies who have similar gripes about celebrity chefs, music hipsters have them about…

With Chris Elliott? It was funny when the show ended with him falling out of a plane onto an explosive bed.

Easy to see a pattern when you create it. Or have you forgotten the discourse around:

Not that I want to necessarily jump into this evergreen idiotic topic but I *think* you’ll find a key difference between what you describe and “Baby It’s Cold Outside” is the woman’s absence in the former and willing participation in the latter.

Oh no! I was gonna go to therapy this week and now you’ve spoiled it by telling me about my attitude problem! waaaah, spoilies!

As much as I say “Please shut the fuck up and go away until you’re done with the transphobic shit, Dave”, it DID strike me as just Yang, and most of the cast, being caught off guard by what was essentially party crashing.

I don’t love when an actor claims to “own” a character but I get it. But this doesn’t even sound like he was being protective of a character as much as protective of an *image*. That’s fine but people have been framing it as he was protecting the character and... eh, was he?

I understand the pushback and can’t fault anyone for it. It would be hypocritical of me (though that doesn’t change that it’s true) to say that you can’t tell if someone is earnest while also having the reaction I tend to have towards an awful lot of people who like things like Skinamarink. I suppose it depends on how…

Personally I thought Skinamarink was just a needlessly longer version of the director’s superior (but still not my cuppa) short Heck. I did like some of the ideas in it but if it wasn’t already clear from context I’m very much a “Please tell a story if you make narrative film, you fucking arthouse twatwaffle” kinda…