Red Mosquito

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.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Jorge wrote:I don't know what a star wars burrito is or what you mean by liberal posturing

There was an article that went around several weeks back that likened the de rigueur Marvel/Star Wars approach to storytelling to a burrito, the idea being that there was a distinct piece of IP that would serve as the point of entry given your consumption preferences, but the hope was to get you into the broader ecosystem.

By liberal posturing, I'm suggesting that your argument against "formalistic storytelling ideas" feels like a rejection of form and convention simply for the sake of rejecting them; at face value, there's nothing backing your argument other than its direct opposition to the norm.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Jorge wrote:I don't know what a star wars burrito is or what you mean by liberal posturing

There was an article that went around several weeks back that likened the de rigueur Marvel/Star Wars approach to storytelling to a burrito, the idea being that there was a distinct piece of IP that would serve as the point of entry given your consumption preferences, but the hope was to get you into the broader ecosystem.

By liberal posturing, I'm suggesting that your argument against "formalistic storytelling ideas" feels like a rejection of form and convention simply for the sake of rejecting them; at face value, there's nothing backing your argument other than its direct opposition to the norm.

It's fine. I don't need to beleaguer the point any more. I love you and I love Jimmy and Kim.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Finale was very satisfying. The one criticism I have is that you must have watched all of Breaking Bad to understand what was going on, which hadn’t really been the case up until now.

Mecca wrote:I honestly do not care about people who watched BCS without seeing Breaking Bad first and felt a little lost.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Guys all I was saying it was a little awkward to mean so heavily on BB in the final episode. Jeez!

given2trade wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Finale was very satisfying. The one criticism I have is that you must have watched all of Breaking Bad to understand what was going on, which hadn’t really been the case up until now.

Fuck that, nobody should be watching BCS without having seen BB. It's not standalone.

Mecca wrote:What’s everyone’s time machine moment?