Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Dime recommended it to me a few years ago and it's probably the best movie rec I've ever received. Brilliant film.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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What are the odds that Bill Simmons finds a way to ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it?tragabigzanda wrote:Paging epilogue:
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Agree to disagree. Not that they aren't trying to celebrate. I believe they believe they basically are. But that was never what I was getting at with my post. It's precisely Bill Simmons' way and level of celebrating that I fear will ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it.tragabigzanda wrote:That’s not what this pod does. It’s a celebration, a look at the development history, and a contextualization of the movie both at its time of release, and in the years since. Every episode is extremely supportive of its subject.
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You serious Clark?epilogue wrote:Agree to disagree. Not that they aren't trying to celebrate. I believe they believe they basically are. But that was never what I was getting at with my post. It's precisely Bill Simmons' way and level of celebrating that I fear will ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it.tragabigzanda wrote:That’s not what this pod does. It’s a celebration, a look at the development history, and a contextualization of the movie both at its time of release, and in the years since. Every episode is extremely supportive of its subject.
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I think you can still treasure a movie and not care about what a complete stranger thinks about it.epilogue wrote:Agree to disagree. Not that they aren't trying to celebrate. I believe they believe they basically are. But that was never what I was getting at with my post. It's precisely Bill Simmons' way and level of celebrating that I fear will ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it.tragabigzanda wrote:That’s not what this pod does. It’s a celebration, a look at the development history, and a contextualization of the movie both at its time of release, and in the years since. Every episode is extremely supportive of its subject.
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I have a feeling I'm being misunderstood.oasisfan35 wrote:You serious Clark?epilogue wrote:Agree to disagree. Not that they aren't trying to celebrate. I believe they believe they basically are. But that was never what I was getting at with my post. It's precisely Bill Simmons' way and level of celebrating that I fear will ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it.tragabigzanda wrote:That’s not what this pod does. It’s a celebration, a look at the development history, and a contextualization of the movie both at its time of release, and in the years since. Every episode is extremely supportive of its subject.
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Really? I don't know...Monkey_Driven wrote:I think you can still treasure a movie and not care about what a complete stranger thinks about it.epilogue wrote:Agree to disagree. Not that they aren't trying to celebrate. I believe they believe they basically are. But that was never what I was getting at with my post. It's precisely Bill Simmons' way and level of celebrating that I fear will ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it.tragabigzanda wrote:That’s not what this pod does. It’s a celebration, a look at the development history, and a contextualization of the movie both at its time of release, and in the years since. Every episode is extremely supportive of its subject.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯epilogue wrote:I have a feeling I'm being misunderstood.oasisfan35 wrote:You serious Clark?epilogue wrote:Agree to disagree. Not that they aren't trying to celebrate. I believe they believe they basically are. But that was never what I was getting at with my post. It's precisely Bill Simmons' way and level of celebrating that I fear will ruin the movie and make me hate myself for every liking it.tragabigzanda wrote:That’s not what this pod does. It’s a celebration, a look at the development history, and a contextualization of the movie both at its time of release, and in the years since. Every episode is extremely supportive of its subject.
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Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I have no idea who Bill Simmons is, I was just curious of the latter part of your statement is all.epilogue wrote:Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
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What was curious about my statement?oasisfan35 wrote:I have no idea who Bill Simmons is, I was just curious of the latter part of your statement is all.epilogue wrote:Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
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To be fair, I did love the Rewatchables ep on The Doors movie. And I have downloaded the Fight Club which I plan on enjoying later.tragabigzanda wrote:He makes a good point.
I used to loathe Simmons. I’ve come to really enjoy him. But I get it.
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Moving toward 'hating yourself for ever liking something' I gather my hyperbole meter was off, it sounded outlandish but these days I can never be too sure of honest sentiment.epilogue wrote:What was curious about my statement?oasisfan35 wrote:I have no idea who Bill Simmons is, I was just curious of the latter part of your statement is all.epilogue wrote:Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
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oasisfan35 wrote:Moving toward 'hating yourself for ever liking something' I gather my hyperbole meter was off, it sounded outlandish but these days I can never be too sure of honest sentiment.epilogue wrote:What was curious about my statement?oasisfan35 wrote:I have no idea who Bill Simmons is, I was just curious of the latter part of your statement is all.epilogue wrote:Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.