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Saw #TerminatorDarkFate today with @ellouis. Been enjoying remembering it, wishing I could watch various things again, repeatedly. That kind of movaie.
— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) November 2, 2019
I’m used to Hollywood publicists coming at me for a story they don’t like, but imagine my disbelief this morning when a rival box office reporter who shall go unnamed (his name is too long anyway) attacked one of my articles. Good grief. pic.twitter.com/bVwZ3i4k5l
— Pamela McClintock (@PamelaDayM) November 2, 2019
Guess he missed the piece I wrote two months ago about how one of his novels changed my life and helped me confront my childhood. But, you know, it didn't have a grade on it, so. pic.twitter.com/HZUQPZ9M3j
— A.A. Dowd (@AADowd) November 2, 2019
There may come a day when some story I'm associated with–book, TV show, movie–will get a decent review from AV Club, but I'm not holding my breath.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 2, 2019
This whole thing is becoming an MBA 101 class in what not to do after a media acquisition https://t.co/iXUbyRIjzP
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) November 2, 2019
When Spielberg learned Paramount was developing a #BeeGees movie he had tried to make under Amblin, he was not pleased. And when Paramount chief Jim Gianopulos found out that Spielberg was not pleased, he was not pleased.
Interesting Fri night scoop with @kimmasters https://t.co/W6ERDiPrDa
— Piya Sinha-Roy (@PiyaSRoy) November 2, 2019
"Of course I'd like to see him go to jail, but… the story doesn't end with will Harvey go to jail?… this is one individual in what is now clear a culture of too much looking the other way"
– Rowena Chiu, former assistant to Harvey Weinstein#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/vLDm3FkCiN
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 1, 2019
Pitt: How do you see it as nihilism? I never saw it as nihilism.
Norton: Well, nihilism, not in the sense of being a moral negative, but in the sense of saying, we need to tear some things down and start over in order to build back up. And the other person saying, this is making me feel as terrible as everything was before. I think it’s totally fair to call that almost a critique of how things get misinterpreted and what can start off as a liberating nihilism becomes a fascistic thing because people ultimately glom onto it and lose their identity.
Fight Club At 20: From 1999, A Four-Thousand-Word Banter With Norton And Pitt
The UK newspaper that promoted Brexit and Boris Johnson like no other is up for sale. https://t.co/B0xWPnPsxL
— Wolfgang Blau (@wblau) October 29, 2019
LAFCA is very pleased to announce that Elaine May will be the recipient of this year's Career Achievement award. We will be honoring this legendary actress/writer/director at our annual awards dinner on Jan. 11, 2020. pic.twitter.com/IFsMaxtHj2
— LA Film Critics (@LAFilmCritics) October 31, 2019
Having been in media — and building media — longer than any of these media writers of today, I’d say this is an easy conclusion to make, but the wrong one. Don’t confuse the incompetence of entitled men with structural malaise. https://t.co/966OXOrwsn
— Rafat Ali, Media Operator (@rafat) October 31, 2019
Fucking 2019. All the dystopia, none of the offworld colonies. https://t.co/JFZiRLdD1W
— Nick Harkaway (@Harkaway) October 30, 2019
there's almost no space for writing anymore that's joyful or an attempt to be creative. hardly anyone is playing around with form or even just trying to entertain. so much of the joy has been sucked out of the internet unless its crowdsourced by platforms from ppl who aren't paid https://t.co/2hnx2IpLXw
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) October 29, 2019
i once wrote a viral "arugula has been treated unfairly" take for our large adult politics-and-society website, for chrissakes! just hire good writers and let them write things. deadspin was profitable, and proof that it works.
— Amanda Mull (@amandamull) October 31, 2019
Ford V Ferrari does a number of intricate complicated things with its traditional-seeming format. Easily Mangold’s best work. https://t.co/EvuffmQKrN
— larryagross (@larryagross) October 31, 2019
I don't think "we don't even need the money, we just love watching the world burn!" is as good a defense as FB apparently seems to think it is. https://t.co/XOpIQPSqCP
— Anil Dash is… Dark Mode (@anildash) October 31, 2019
Anything that remotely brushes the zeitgeist is red meat for some. Easier than actual analysis. https://t.co/ac7TooDMi8
— Kris Tapley (@kristapley) October 31, 2019
In Opinion
“This can’t possibly be the outcome you and I want, to have crazy lies pumped into the water supply that corrupt the most important decisions we make together,” writes Aaron Sorkin in an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg https://t.co/5Gx4kNLJkj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 31, 2019
“Ajit Pai repeatedly *claimed* that banishing net neutrality would lead to significant increases in investment by the nation’s top telecom companies. In fact, the opposite has happened.” https://t.co/xYsygfEwkU
— Craig Aaron (@notaaroncraig) October 31, 2019
Didn't know it was you. Saw Halloween anonymity and rank trollery and you were fully camouflaged. But as to your grand accusation of a moral compromise, Matt. We lived with every detail of for two years, examining all, listening, talking to many. Our stance is ethical and fair. https://t.co/BfiiJ9vx6M
— David Simon (@AoDespair) October 31, 2019
45 years ago today Phantom of the Paradise was released. Almost no one noticed. To steal a Sam Goldwyn quote … “They stayed away in droves!” Many thanks to Katherine Turman and Billboard For this kindness. ❤️🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/tJrDw3oIKN
— Paul Williams (@IMPaulWilliams) October 31, 2019
Imagine getting into a serious accident with a Redbox in the car. You wake up from a coma a month later and now you have to live the rest of your life knowing you paid $40 for a DVD copy of Smurfs 2 without a case. Horrific.
— octopus/caveman (@OctopusCaveman) October 31, 2019
Sincerely, the media industry is the only industry I am optimistic about. It’s not vanishing; it’s catching up. https://t.co/xQVMtU94QP
— Stu VanAirsdale (@StuVanAirsdale) October 31, 2019
just a reminder, G/O Media owns:
Deadspin
Gizmodo
The Root
Jezebel
Gizmodo
Kotaku
The Onion
The A.V. Club
Clickhole
The Takeout
Jalopnik
Lifehackera lot of properties we all love are at risk of going the Deadspin route, so pay attention to how Jim Spanfeller handles this 🤷🏽♀️
— ashes-to-ashes ray (@arayyay) October 30, 2019
first thing my high school journalism teacher advised about working in this industry was to keep a "go to hell" fund for the day your bosses clash with your principles. Thought about using mine more than once, haven't yet. All respect to the Deadspin folks for their bravery today
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) October 30, 2019
Watching all this discourse over college athletes being paid makes me want to see “High Flying Bird” be optioned into a series on Netflix so badly. I’d love to see @octarell tackle this. https://t.co/wW5bJpx7yK
— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) October 30, 2019
watching his films you get the sense that he genuinely loved people, even when they were broken, even when they were damned, even when they were monsters. Strong heart.
— Willow Catelyn Maclay (@willow_catelyn) October 28, 2019
David Lynch’s acceptance speech at the #HonoraryOscars pic.twitter.com/LTsLz8akNC
— Amanda (@DuganAmanda) October 29, 2019
Beats me how people are still obsessed with the sheningans in DC when we've just lived through the dismantling of Box Office Mojo
— Ankler Rushfield – (@richardrushfield) October 25, 2019
First of all, in order to select this movie from hundreds of options, you have to agree to a “parental advisory” that warns you that viewer discretion is advised. Once you click “proceed” it seems like you’ve agreed to watch the movie in its original form. Instead…
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 30, 2019
— They cut the second half of the animated doll sequence — because naked doll bodies – made for children – are too shocking even with no genitals. Speaking of which, they cut the word “genitals.”
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 30, 2019
What message is this sending to viewers and especially to women? That their bodies are obscene? That their sexuality is shameful?
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 30, 2019
Twitter still has a litany of problems that need to be addressed — including rampant hate speech, coordinated harassment campaigns, and artificial amplification — but credit where credit is due. Banning political advertising is an important step in the right direction. https://t.co/OEVy65pj24
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) October 30, 2019
This is the dumbest, most disingenuous rationale for stealing the intellectual property that it took other people years of time and millions of dollars to make that I've ever seen. And that's saying something.
— Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) October 30, 2019