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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I love big Hollywood movies, guys. I don't think of them as better or worse as "films," but I do think of them differently.
Trag do you consider Split a film or a movie??

This is crucial.
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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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guys, who cares?
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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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It's a dead art anyway
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tragabigzanda wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:guys, who cares?
Kaius, theplatypus, LV, VG, durden, Argo, Cassavetes, Peele, and myself.
I don't think Argo does actually.
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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
Kaius wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:guys, who cares?
Kaius, theplatypus, LV, VG, durden, Argo, Cassavetes, Peele, and myself.
I don't think Argo does actually.
That guy's named after a movie.
Argo would only be named after a film.
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Kaius wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Kaius wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:guys, who cares?
Kaius, theplatypus, LV, VG, durden, Argo, Cassavetes, Peele, and myself.
I don't think Argo does actually.
That guy's named after a movie.
Argo would only be named after a film.
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For the record, I actually don't care. Or... I think I don't. I'm honestly not 100% sure what we're talking about anymore. But I think I don't care. Maybe. Probably.
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Hudson Hawk: film or movie?
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hudson Hawk: film or movie?
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Hmmm
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the greatest film
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LetMeSleep wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hudson Hawk: film or movie?
Abomination
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hudson Hawk: film or movie?
Abomination
I'm sorry it has to end like this
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Is Transformers 4: The Last Knight a film or a movie?
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BurtReynolds wrote:Is Transformers 4: The Last Knight a film or a movie?
That movie died Burt
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Gotta admit that Kong movie looks like an fairly enjoyable cinematic experience.
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