I just got it and on the one hand I can deal with it. On the other, it seems insane to me to have something like that without at least the option to repair stuff.

I’ve got nothing against critique. I’ve got something against telling artists what they can and can’t do before they’ve done it. Essentially my argument boils down to, maybe it’s insensitively done, and yet its not my place to tell her she can’t write and film something like that. All I can do is vote with my wallet…

I mean it is in one sense: there is a movie that was screened. I understand that there are other people who work on the creative process but I’m talking about myself, specifically as a consumer of movies. The only choice I have to make is whether or not I go see it. For the sake of argument lets say I also have the…

Great. And at the end of the day, who decides to what degree you do that? You, correct? Not everyone wants or needs to make that kind of art. You make what you want to make the way you want to make it and if people hate it you either make it differently the next time or you say fuck you and do it again. There are no…

I don’t know! That’s the whole point! I haven’t seen the movie and I don’t know what she’s trying to do or why she thinks that’s the best way to do it! And I have no right to tell her so even if I did, I only have the right to see the movie or not see it! This is so easy!

So not an artist then.

Yeah, and a certain number of people are not going to be put off by this. Maybe that’s enough to prevent her from getting a follow up, maybe it isn’t. Frankly I think it probably isn’t given her history with the Babadook. In any case, all you can do is go to the movie or not go to it, you have no control over whether…

Yeah, exactly. But the movie is already written, shot, premiered, so my status as a consumer can only affect potential movies in the future. I don’t get to dictate her writing or filming process.

I mean, I do think it’s a tricky question and he’s doing it at least in part to be cheeky, but that can be the case and there can still be a good reason (attention to detail) to ask the question. He’s a hardass but if you’ve ever watched any of the documentaries about Studio Ghibli you also see that he loves to joke…

I don’t even think it was bad it was just kind of nothing. Just sort of a thing that was there, which is worse than being abjectly bad because at least you can get some value or humor out of that. I will say that the delivery of “You called me up sobbing ‘Oh my god my shorts are toast’” was one of the only full on…

That probably depends on the story. It sounds like a lot but who am I to tell someone how to structure their story or what to put in it?

He’s a bit of a socialist so compared to a lot of the Japanese anime industry his concern for his employees in terms of pay and a sense of ownership in the company is pretty remarkable, but yeah, he holds people to an incredibly high standard. He works their asses off but compared to other people of his standing he…

Pretty convinced at this point that whenever you hear about people loudly walking out of movies at festivals they’re studio plants.

I think it’s at least partly that Miyazaki is a stickler for detail and wanted to hire someone who would notice something small like that.

Which is which cause last I heard they’re both cratering.

I know perfectly well what the man looks like and yet when I read that I had to take a moment to just stare at google image results for his name for a bit.

Well that’s the trouble. I think at this point its pretty clear that games can be addictive. I don’t think, however, that’s something inherent to games so much as its inherent to certain aspects of game design that aren’t all that different from what you’d find in a casino, or chemical reactions in your brain that…

I don’t want to say you have nothing to worry about because who the hell knows, but mental health professionals go through a LOT of training to be able to understand the subtle differences in these kinds of things.

You came at me. For no reason. You don't get to play high and mighty. Get fucked.

I said fuck off.