SimonChris posted:

https://twitter.com/THR/status/1465783762814394372

Love the hat.

Pookah posted:

Where is the rest of his head?

hallo spacedog posted:

I hope he plays the part just like in Vampire's Kiss.

Knormal posted:

There's a company out there making keyboard phones again, they're expensive but worth it if you're a stubborn nerd who refuses to adapt like me.

https://store.planetcom.co.uk/products/cosmo-communicator

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transformer

Ambitious Spider posted:

I'm sure he'll be good, but I was more excited when I misread and thought he was playing Renfield. That'd be perfect.

Toaster Beef posted:

I've done this, and it absolutely works

greazeball posted:

The Neal! posted:

Great advice for Mel Brooks, probably absolute poison for any emerging artists out there reading it.

The Neal! posted:

Great advice for Mel Brooks, probably absolute poison for any emerging artists out there reading it.

The Neal! posted:

I was a commissioning editor for an Australian television network (basically the guy green lighting stuff and giving the notes) and I'd be wary of saying this is good advice.

Generally the people in charge absolutely know when the notes are being ignored and will usually let it go it if it isn't worth the battle and the sunk investment isn't worth shutting everything down/demanding the creators go back to the edit. If it isn't a huge success though you're probably never going to get work with that network ever again because they can be petty as hell.

Basically if you're going to do that you better either be loving certain you're right or be Mel Brooks.

Great advice for Mel Brooks, probably absolute poison for any emerging artists out there reading it.

zoux posted:

I will never read BIPOC as anything but "bisexual people of color"

Deep Glove Bruno posted:

I am an editor and, depending on if the project is worth the gambit, have definitely agreed with my director/edit producer to pull a Mel Brooks from time to time.

Pardon the derail, but I am fascinated that a channel commissioner is on SA and want to ask you loads of questions. 1. How'd you get the job? Had you made a lot of TV before (I mean made, not execed)? 2. How did you find other commissioners? Were they weird? Did they seem like they knew what they were doing?

From our perspective these people are like inscrutable, erratic aliens with one consistent feature: whatever the project was that they greenlit, they will be confused and disappointed when you deliver it as promised and demand it be completely different, probably by eliminating everything about it that made it worth making.

There are exceptions who perhaps understand better that their role is a supportive one and not really editorial outside of making sure a show doesn't cross lines like legally. But most here (UK) seem clueless, and if you look them up they generally failed upward through family connections. I know someone who recently worked on a BBC show commissioned by a guy who was literally featured in the wikipedia article on "nepotism".

smellmycheese posted:

Gogarty?

Deep Glove Bruno posted:

Shhhhh

edit: to be fair the issues with my acquaintance's experience on that job were majority not from the commissioner

zoux posted:

Spotify wrapped dropped today and SCOTUS argues an abortion case, you know what that means (unreadable twitter)

goatsestretchgoals posted:

So it will give me a list of punk and metal bands? The same list I have in my favorites? That’s real useful.

DACK FAYDEN posted:

you can show this one to your friends

they tooootally care

A Moose posted:

I was a little confused when they told me I deserved a playlist as long as my skincare routine while playing Raining Blood. mostly because I've listened to that song maybe twice this year I think? definitely less than 5. Also that should tell you pretty much everything you need to know about my skincare routine

Captain Monkey posted:

https://twitter.com/brandonlbradfor/status/1466094736121352194?s=21

smellmycheese posted:

Gogarty?

Frank Frank posted:

I found out recently that I’ve been pronouncing “Bene Gesserit” wrong for something like 30 years (not that it comes up in conversation all that much).

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

Molto bene, these Benne Gesserit are a spicy meat a ball!

Deep Glove Bruno posted:

I am an editor and, depending on if the project is worth the gambit, have definitely agreed with my director/edit producer to pull a Mel Brooks from time to time.

Pardon the derail, but I am fascinated that a channel commissioner is on SA and want to ask you loads of questions. 1. How'd you get the job? Had you made a lot of TV before (I mean made, not execed)? 2. How did you find other commissioners? Were they weird? Did they seem like they knew what they were doing?

From our perspective these people are like inscrutable, erratic aliens with one consistent feature: whatever the project was that they greenlit, they will be confused and disappointed when you deliver it as promised and demand it be completely different, probably by eliminating everything about it that made it worth making.

There are exceptions who perhaps understand better that their role is a supportive one and not really editorial outside of making sure a show doesn't cross lines like legally. But most here (UK) seem clueless, and if you look them up they generally failed upward through family connections. I know someone who recently worked on a BBC show commissioned by a guy who was literally featured in the wikipedia article on "nepotism".

Frank Frank posted:

I found out recently that I’ve been pronouncing “Bene Gesserit” wrong for something like 30 years (not that it comes up in conversation all that much).

Hyperlynx posted:

Frank Herbert sure as hell didn't pronounce קְפִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ properly!