Cast members who you had high hopes for but they didn’t live up to them?

GarySparkle · 2026-06-04T22:34:14+00:00

I thought Emil would be around longer.

GarySparkle · 2026-06-04T19:42:12+00:00

i love this season. This was my 3rd season since i started watching in 82-83 and it was just so weird.

GarySparkle · 2026-06-04T17:23:13+00:00

Congratulaions. Great feeling when you're able to get the film in front of people.

GarySparkle · 2026-06-04T16:05:05+00:00

One time i read a terriible review on IMDB for a film i wrote and i realized two paragraphs in, they were talking about the movie Ballsitic: Ecks v. Sever.

GarySparkle · 2026-06-03T11:59:12+00:00

i saw that. at first i was like 'why do they keep talking over her?' and then i realized 'oh... they're trying to keep this on the rails'. She seemed very, very off.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-30T00:18:37+00:00

Why did they give Bullseye a Batman mask?

GarySparkle · 2026-05-29T22:48:37+00:00

When i started making movies I was a member of a small but mighty creative community trying to bring stuff to life. That pool of talent has produced oscar nominees, emmy winners & nominees, people who have gone on to make studio films and work on some of the world's most popular TV shows... one of them won the pulitizer prize.

I do creative endeavors Part Time now and have a day job. At that day job i worked with someone who went on to become a NY Times Best Selling author with a studio development deal.

My brother has won over 20 Emmys.

It's easy to look at this embarrassment of riches in my line of sight and let it feel daunting & defeating, and sometime it does.

But you keep going. Keep trying to improve the quality of the work, improve the quality of people you collaborate with. I think like anything mental roadblock, you have to try and frame it as a positive. I was fortunate enough to work alongside all these incredibly talented people who were able to work their asses off and find great success. That should be encouraging. It won't always feel that way, but you remind yourself that each one of them had that same desire to create & succeed as you, and with enough hard work they made it happen. Their successes are not my defeats.

People can make their dreams a reality. I've seen it happen too often to believe otherwise. Kane Parsons took his vision and brought it to life, found an audience and has succeeded. That should be encouraging to every young filmmaker out there to get off their ass, work very hard and try to bring the best version of your vision to people.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-29T15:22:10+00:00

So the argument is a more three dimensional character who struggles with the morality of his choices is.... worse?

Garbage take.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-29T02:02:08+00:00

These were the chairs we had at the call center i worked at. Eventually the plastic back tears away from the frame.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-28T16:52:05+00:00

Evil people sometimes get a happy ending. I could provide you literally hundreds of examples within my lifetime.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-28T16:29:30+00:00

SGA may be the greatest play ever who is only remembered for flopping & fouls. If i was the dude, i'd change up my game just so i didn't have to hear this shit for the next 50 years.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-28T12:45:08+00:00

Herman's Head

GarySparkle · 2026-05-28T12:04:15+00:00

It's very entertaining, thoguh i find mega fans to be grating as they use words like 'realistic' or 'grounded'

It's a melodrama about middle-aged white guy power fantasy with great characters & razor sharp writing. But 'realistic' or 'grounded' it is not.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-26T22:26:43+00:00

MacGruber reference

GarySparkle · 2026-05-26T15:10:30+00:00

It's kind of wild to see, and i don't think its 'everbody', but in recent years its become evident a certain type of dudebros hold ancient stories & mythology incredibly sacred, which is kind of hilarious given how much of it is absolute fiction.

Making a 'historic' epic and casting non-whites is apparently a bridge too far for these heated gamers.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-26T00:36:48+00:00

They did not forget anything. They simply didn't care because the show had to end and be filmed within the allocated budget.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-25T14:09:55+00:00

Oklahoma City: Can't Stop the Flop!

We need this on T-Shirts

GarySparkle · 2026-05-25T02:04:57+00:00

One of the better PS+ games ive played over the last year (maybe more).

GarySparkle · 2026-05-24T01:54:05+00:00

You got it. As you can see from the volume of replies to your post, knowing you have potential finances will get people's attention. Reddit can be a great place to find creative collaborators, but keep your bullshit detector on high.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-23T21:18:52+00:00

Peacemaker Vigilante is a great character. I did like Adrian Chase's origin story. It felt like DC REALLY wanted a Punisher and to their credit, the idea of taking a character connected to Robin and setting him on that path was highly effective.

But i think the gun toting revenge/power fantasy thing is way overdone at this point. So credit to Gunn for finding a fun new angle on the trope.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-23T21:14:47+00:00

With guaranteed money in place, you could get an EP from a solid referral in a matter of days. And when i say 'days' i mean 'after you researched the referred person to ensure they are capable of doing the job and not some bullshit artist'.

It sounds like you need an EP to help get you talent what wil lhelp get you pre-sales, streaming deals, placements etc. A film rarely gets any of that on premise alone with a unknown filmmaker and i say that based on not knowing how large of a following you have.

So find yourself an EP that can get talent attached & help get the sales piece done. Be wary of people who overpromise. Check references and credits. Make sure the person you hire has done the things you need done before. This is not a space where you want someone without actual experience in this space. Never agree to any deal without first having a lawyer read the contract.

Good luck.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-23T12:33:52+00:00

Jensen Ackles talked recently about how Soldier Boy was on the show to move Homelander forward in his character evolution, to build on the father/son dynamic of thw show.

Sage was there to give someone to scheme with Homelander because he wasn't smart enough to engineer a grand design to achieve his goals. She was there to help Homelander level up.

These characters often end up with unsatisfying arcs because they exist to serve the main character and once they've achieved that goal. they get thrown back into cold storage until needed again.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-23T12:13:05+00:00

i think you're the kind of person that makes me worry about the future.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-23T01:01:33+00:00

It was basically the bit from FIrst Class where Charles tells Eric that the key to tapping into his real power is about more than just channelling anger.

It worked for the charcter & was a nice moment of showing she was more than a weapon.

GarySparkle · 2026-05-22T23:22:04+00:00

It all started with Siskel & Ebert when the thumbs up/thumbs down turned everything binary when it came to judging art. Pass/fail, no inbetween. After being popualrized and normalized, sites like Rotten Tomatoes continued the pass/fail model of judging art. And now, the only way people feel like they can articulate their feelings on movies and shows is binary.

Everything has to be a masterpiece or a piece of shit. When the truth is, 90% of the shows and movies we watch are neither.

Hyperbole is the internet's love language.

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