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So is it officially the worst movie of all time? If the entire world hates it AND Verm hates it, that's gotta mean something right?
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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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tragabigzanda wrote:We are prolly 3/5 of the way through Maps of the Stars. What a mess. I'd abandon ship but Mrs Trag wants to finish it.
Your instinct is correct. Stop wasting your time.
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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:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:We are prolly 3/5 of the way through Maps of the Stars. What a mess. I'd abandon ship but Mrs Trag wants to finish it.
Your instinct is correct. Stop wasting your time.
omg my only hope is a power outage. This is garbage.
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Cronenberg should have retired after Eastern Promises.
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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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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Cronenberg should have retired after Eastern Promises.
Dumb comment.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Ive never seen Existenz, nor Spider. Should I watch either?
No
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tragabigzanda wrote:Ive never seen Existenz, nor Spider. Should I watch either?
Spider is terrible. Existenz is kinda entertaining.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Ive never seen Existenz, nor Spider. Should I watch either?
Shouldn't you be thinking about that grant?
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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
Dev wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Ive never seen Existenz, nor Spider. Should I watch either?
Spider is terrible. Existenz is kinda entertaining.
This was my hunch. I like the premise behind Existenz a lot.
eXistenZ is terrible. Dev loves Cosmopolis and Maps to the Stars, so he can't be trusted here.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Cronenberg should have retired after Eastern Promises.
Who did History of Violence?

What Cronenberg movies have I seen?
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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:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Cronenberg should have retired after Eastern Promises.
Who did History of Violence?

What Cronenberg movies have I seen?
He did that one.
You've seen The Fly and you loved it.
Yeah, I did like The Fly.

However, I fucking HATED History of Violence.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Cronenberg should have retired after Eastern Promises.
Who did History of Violence?

What Cronenberg movies have I seen?
He did. That was right before EP.

The Fly? Scanners? The Dead Zone? Videodrome?
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Man, I love A History of Violence.
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