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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Not a fan of what I see and hear but I’ll be there opening night. I’ll give Gunn credit for appearing to go full comics nerd here with his approach. Ballsy.
tragabigzanda wrote:Looks awful. Hollywood continues to try and make Superman like Nolan's Batman: Brooding, pensive, vulnerable...oh my god he's bleeding!
He should be charismatic, carefree, optimistic -- like Christopher Reeve played him. Equal parts George Clooney and Mr. Incredible.
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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