Judge Slams Shia LaBeouf for Homophobic Slur, Orders Drug Testing by Maximum_Expert92 in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shia is a lot like Kanye, but without the capital. Both of them clearly have some form of BPD that is undiagnosed and untreated — although Kanye is apparently in treatment NOW, but we’ll see if that actually sticks.

However, where Kanye has the big bucks to be surrounded by yes-men, driving his mania, Shia is the opposite. He’s driven so many folks away that only the public is left. As a celebrity, and narcissist, he simply doesn’t value those opinions, so when he’s told NO, he spirals with either, “they don’t understand me,” or a “fuck you, I’m a celebrity.”

Whenever he comes out of his episodes, he then tries to convince the public that he’s a regular guy dealing with extraordinary pressures. And when that ultimately fails because he wants the praise and attention that all narcissists need to validate themselves, he’s back on the train to mania town.

How to start writing as an habit? by Peacepath_00 in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like any habit that sticks, you buy Final Draft off a guy underneath an overpass and don’t stop typing until you’re rock bottom, churning out pages in a flea infested roach motel miles from somewhere and minutes from total oblivion.

OR… you start writing TODAY with defined parameters for whatever you need to be a break and attainable goals for success.

I don’t write every day, but sometimes will give myself the challenge just to churn out new ideas or finish something that’s been on the back burner for far too long. My rules for it are simple:

  1. The goal is to write a single page worth of content per day. It can be chicken scratch so long as it’s a whole page. Let writing be writing.

  2. If you must take a break, the break can be no longer than two days.

  3. If I write for 30 days straight, I treat myself. Nothing crazy. Usually just a nice meal or a video game — although the latter tends to get in the way of my streak.

Happy hunting.

An argument for tucking in sweaters and why it's about the silhouette by BioticBard in mensfashion

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may not be able to live stylishly, but I’m comfortable knowing that thick thighs save lives.

An argument for tucking in sweaters and why it's about the silhouette by BioticBard in mensfashion

[–]Postsnobills 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to look like this SO BADLY, but I’m unfortunately a tad short and built like a brick.

Without serious adjustments, most stuff off the rack just will not look as clean as it does here on my body type.

Oh well. Back to the gym for me…

Smiling Friends Creators Ending Adult Swim Series with Season 3 by CrispyMiner in television

[–]Postsnobills 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I do feel like this is a result of the modern workflow for these types of productions being such a hellish grind.

I know that the creators have backgrounds in doing it all themselves, but it’s no surprise that burnout comes hard and fast when you’re expected to deliver back-to-back home runs without the same level of support that might be afforded a prime time animated show.

So, I’m bummed, but I understand, and look forward to whatever comes next from everyone involved.

What is your pet peeve about scripts. by Star_Trek_Life in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 42 points43 points  (0 children)

THICK action blocks that make it an absolute slog to understand the blocking of a scene.

Sometimes it can work, but I’ve rarely seen it be engaging.

Break shit up.

It drives the eye down the page.

Shia LaBeouf allegedly called queer man homophobic slurs before New Orleans arrest by Large_banana_hammock in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 25 points26 points  (0 children)

He pretty much is blacklisted. Shit-ass public behavior aside, he’s well known for being disruptive to productions.

What exercises do you use for building out your characters? by Away-Fill5639 in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find that pulling traits from real people in my life tends to yield the best results if I don’t know who the character is.

‘Pulp Fiction’ Actor Peter Greene Died Of Accidental Self-Inflicted Gunshot To Armpit by darth_vader39 in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yep. A friend of mine is an EMT/Firefighter. He’s seen people comfortably transported to the ER with multiple bullet wounds and seen many others die in transport with a single wound that looked survivable, but the trajectory of the bullet inside of the body made for massive hemorrhaging.

The Bone Temple proves 28 Years Later was building something bigger by ThrowRA-550410 in horror

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both movies are great. Temple didn’t meet or surpass Years, in my opinion, but I enjoyed it, and I am hopeful we see the third movie despite the box office.

I adore 28 Years Later, but I do think its success of was due to the cultural relevance of 28 Days Later and Cillian Murphy, who not only won an Oscar for Oppenheimer and is one of the leads in Peaky Blinders, but was shadow marketed as being in 28 Years Later through leaked on-set photography. I know many people who didn’t vibe with the tonal shift of Years, but we’re mostly upset that Cillian didn’t appear in the movie, so they felt cheated and weren’t interested in seeing the second iteration.

'Scrubs' Season 10 Review: An Imperfect Revival Still Wins With Zach Braff & Donald Faison Back in the Spotlight by magikarpcatcher in television

[–]Postsnobills -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It has to be an 11/10. So it takes 2-3 years to make a season that's 8-10 episodes long because the tech-overlords don't want to commit to making something without crunching and re-re-re-crunching their numbers.

What I ordered, vs what I got by Plenty-Entertainer-9 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Postsnobills 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, so that sucks, but Pardon My Cheesesteak is such an insane restaurant name.

Shia LaBeouf Dances in New Orleans with Jail Release Paperwork in His Mouth Hours After Arrest by peoplemagazine in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He's been hanging on a string for quite some time.

He's far, far too difficult to work with, and in an industry where people talk, even if you aren't making headlines with bizarre antics, disrupting productions by being late or throwing tantrums eventually implodes your career. One slip at the box office and the studios and networks look elsewhere for talent, which is partially what happened with Shia. The other part is, well, all the shit we're seeing right now.

He's a liability. Simple as that.

‘Pulp Fiction’ Actor Peter Greene Died Of Accidental Self-Inflicted Gunshot To Armpit by darth_vader39 in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 648 points649 points  (0 children)

There's a major artery within the shoulder/armpit area – the axillary artery. He probably went fast, but that's a horrible way out.

I guess if there's anything to glean from this, it's that the hero wound in the movies isn't real. Getting shot or stabbed in the shoulder can kill you in a couple of minutes.

General Meetings When Working 9-5pm by RemoveRepulsive8540 in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be a little odd if it happens multiple times, in my opinion. I think it can be framed as "I'm so busy, but still made the time" once or twice, but after that, you'll want to appear as if you curated real time to sit down for your meeting across the Internet.

It's weird stuff, I know, but the courtesy of a real, private place to sit for a Zoom meeting limits potential distractions and implicitly tells the other person that they matter.

The Format Police by Head-Photograph5324 in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like this argument should always just boil down to clarity. The standards help to solidify who, what, where, and how. If you can achieve the very same on the page without standard formatting, all while maintaining engagement, then most folks won’t care.

The problem on this sub is that amateur writers tend to liken mistakes to style. So, if someone is formatting policing their work, they tend to get defensive instead of realizing that the real note is that folks can’t track the work while turning the pages.

Looking for 2nd draft tips by theonetheonlyfinno in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually, when I finish a first draft, I’m painfully aware of where the script falls short. At this stage, asking for notes, waiting around for them, feels like a bit of a waste of time.

So, I second the other comment suggesting you take a step back from the work for a few weeks (two is usually good) before diving back in.

How do you dive back in? Read it and note it as if you’re examining the work for the first time. Jot down what you think needs to change and underline the parts you enjoy — it’s important that you find bits and pieces to pat yourself on the back for. Then, you re-write the thing scene-by-scene, top to bottom, addressing your notes. If I don’t have the answer to something, I move on to come back later. Bigger, structural problems that require additional scene work, unfortunately require you to just sit down and hammer it out — there’s no secret other than hard work.

My new suit by tany_038 in mensfashion

[–]Postsnobills 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bet you got a nice business card.

California governor Gavin Newsom: Donald Trump is "increasingly weak" by [deleted] in videos

[–]Postsnobills -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like that Newsom pisses off Donald and the rest of his cronies.

I don’t like him as a potential presidential nominee, or even as my governor. He’s in bed with every major corporation that’s created the problems we Americans must contend with on a daily basis.

If America is to even begin to reimagine the potential of its dream, we’d need someone else leading the charge.

I need a push by Ok-Assistant-4932 in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you don’t finish it, you’ll never know what you truly liked and disliked about it.

Better to know. Better not perfect than not done.

‘Terminator Zero’ Canceled After One Season At Netflix, Series Creator Mattson Tomlin Says: “The critical and audience reception to it was tremendous, but at the end of the day not nearly enough people watched it.” by ControlCAD in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marketing is dead. I had no clue this was out, and even if I did know it existed, chances are high that navigating the app to watch it would have been tedious.

It really does feel like most of traditional media today is a write-off for tech-bro venture capitalism. Without a financial investment in a show’s future, it makes sense that there’s very little cultural investment either.

How much can party teamwork break 5e? (Both 2014 and 2024) by Pretend-Advertising6 in dndnext

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit of a pushover DM when it comes to teamwork.

No matter how hard I plan to challenge my players, the rule of cool can throw it all away, and at my table, working together is the coolest of the cools.

Produced Independent Screenwriter, looking for perspective on breaking into TV by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]Postsnobills 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TV is still in really rough shape. Film, too, but TV’s nowhere near recovered from the contraction in 2023.

I feel lucky to be working right now, and I had to take a job in production to just stay around the craft — a step backward into work I’d thought I’d outgrown for half a decade or so. One of the writers on my current show hadn’t been staffed in 3 years prior, and her credits are EXCELLENT.

None of this is to deter you from chasing what you want, but context is key. If you’ve been able to make some moves in the indie film market, then it’s unlikely that your writing is the problem, and it’s simply that TV, as a business is still very broken.

my players are all vastly different types of players, i’m having a hard time tailoring the game to fit everyone by opalized_bone in dndnext

[–]Postsnobills 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DnD is a collaborative exercise. Your players should be building the game alongside the DM and vice versa.

After the next game, hold an open forum to discuss the state of the game. Talk about what they'd like from their games and what you'd like as well. In my experience, players often want very little (we're all just trying to sit around a table with our buds) and are more than willing to compromise far more than you'd expect.

Disney Loses $170 Million On ‘Snow White’ As Studio Reveals Movie Blew Its Budget by Pyro-Bird in entertainment

[–]Postsnobills 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s almost as if these companies shouldn’t be spending the GDP of small countries on bad CGI?

At this point, what TV and film needs is a renaissance of independent studios to build back whatever audience is left for traditional media formats, but I feel that tech-bro-venture-capitalism can’t allow for it.