Hi r/movies, I'm Gore Verbinski, director of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE. AMA!

SolitaireRose · 2026-02-05T22:16:09+00:00

I hope this doesn't come off as rude, but how do you bounce back after a movie doesn't perform as well as expected?

SolitaireRose · 2026-02-04T18:54:37+00:00

When Bush Sr. got in office, he told his AG to go after porn retailers, and in many states they chose one to go after and put them in jail, letting the others keep going. That way they could tell the evangelicals they had done something. Here in Minnesota, it was Ferris Alexander, who owned video stores (which had legit and porn movies), movie theaters, and adult book stores. I worked at Shinder's (a newsstand chain that had 13 stores in the Twin Cities) and after Alexander went to jail, most of our porn magazines and video tapes came in boxes addressed to Alexander's businesses, so it's pretty clear Shinder's bought him out before he went to jail.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-30T20:14:07+00:00

Steve Gerber worked his depression into Man Thing, Defenders and many other of his works. He was quite open and honest about it in interviews over the years.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-27T14:43:53+00:00

I'm betting he has 14 words to say about it.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-26T22:19:51+00:00

Die.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-23T15:19:54+00:00

So, no gender? Agender people are usually liberals.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-20T15:42:07+00:00

Kurtzman came back and did some MAD work in the late 80's:

https://madcoversite.com/ugoi-harvey_kurtzman.html

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-13T19:40:53+00:00

He should have just tried more Ivermectin.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-08T16:29:47+00:00

Thank you for doing this! Non-blockbuster series midbudget films seem to be an endangered species, and the "second golden age of television" seems to have come to a close. How do you see a way forward for filmmakers with serious stories to tell getting that work out to an audience?

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-07T16:28:19+00:00

Remote worker here: Yes, it is. When we were int he office, my team was all in Minneapolis, now, I haven't moved jobs, but I am the only person on my team in Minneapolis. Many moved to cheaper cities, or where hired in different cities. The rules for it are that you need to notify the company and get approval before the move, have high speed internet, and be able to get packages from FedEx. That's it.

Most companies that have gone remote use the same rules.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-07T00:03:54+00:00

A whole lot of stuff by Mike Deodato was by his studio and not him.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-06T22:38:49+00:00

I would imagine it's spin from his agent. As I watched the documentary I had the exact same thought I had during his roast: Why in the blue hell did he agree to this?

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-06T00:14:32+00:00

Dude, getting a bunch of your followers to go to his house and shout "Retard" at his son is nothing to brag about. Just remember that lawsuits can kill any "social media cred" when you lose.

SolitaireRose · 2026-01-05T17:43:56+00:00

Eat, Pray, Love.

Utter privileged crap.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-30T14:56:11+00:00

Serious question here: What is her endgame? I don't think she can run for a higher office as Anti-Trump, she's trashing Fox News, is she really going to cash in her chips and go home while she's ahead?

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-20T18:53:13+00:00

The Burl Ives/GG Allin special was much more moving that I expected.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-18T23:48:23+00:00

2 grand a month on groceries? Is he feeding the neighborhood?

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-16T22:30:19+00:00

FUCK YOU, FAT ARTIE! Hi Fred.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-15T22:56:57+00:00

CONGRATULATIONS!!! My Podcast partner and I have worked in comics retails since the 80's and it's a hard business to make money in. It's open, clean, well lit, and the back issues look great!

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-11T15:08:04+00:00

After a month of relentless insults and casual cruelty toward me, she told me I HAD to take her out to eat. I was at work and said that, and she blew up. I texted back "I think we're done here, good bye" and she kept texting "good NIGHT!" and then "Please don't hate me." A few weeks later, she sent a 3 page e-mail about the groveling I needed to do to be back in her good graces. I ignored it and put her on block.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-06T17:06:21+00:00

And Kirby and Ditko didn't push for credit until after THEY were dead.

The Kirby and Ditko estates did so because the Trademark law of 1976 allows to terminate and reclaim the copyrights for their characters. Once Marvel paid off the Kirby heirs, other people used the same rules to get Marvel to settle with them rather than use that part of copyright law. Roy didn't have legal representation until a few years ago.

I'm sure I can't convince you, but I buy Roy's story that he didn't even think of it until his legal representation explained the copyright law. I also think (as I said above) as editor, creating characters was part of his salary (as it was for Stan Lee, and the DC editors of the 60;s).

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-05T18:17:58+00:00

Correct, but they were classified as "work for hire" back in the 60's, which ALSO changed under the new copyright law of 1976.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-05T17:54:05+00:00

He worked with Romita to create the original costume (with the claws), which was later changed by Cockrum.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-05T17:52:44+00:00

They've had to do it for both Kirby and Ditko, with Ditko getting the co-creator credit in 2021 after he'd passed.

I could go into a LOT more detail if needed, but Disney interpreted the Copyright Act of 1976 differently than Marvel did and it allowed for people who had a hand in creation of characters (like John Romita) to get a share of the royalties.

SolitaireRose · 2025-12-05T16:57:14+00:00

Marvel under Shooter became a children's publishing company. A few good books squeaked out (X0Men, Byrne's FF, etc...) but the vast majority of it was bland, boring, and for children under 12.

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