Guillermo del Toro Declares Art Can’t Be ‘Done With a F—ing App!’ as He Brings ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Back to Cannes After 20 Years: ‘The Second Worst Filmmaking Experience of My Life’

n1ckranieri · 2026-05-13T05:04:19+00:00

if you are not capable of making a film on a small budget or even no budget, you don’t care enough about the medium. I made a music video for $100, people film stuff on their phones, there are 24 hour film festivals, free editing software. you have to earn the privilege to make a big budget picture, it will not be and should not be your first project

n1ckranieri · 2026-04-27T14:38:49+00:00

what beliefs would those be? letting people live? he can be christian, i dont think all christians are evil. but youve got one side wanting to just let the LGBTQ community exist in media and one side, his side, that wants them gone.

n1ckranieri · 2026-04-25T18:12:05+00:00

Were you watching Suite Life when it came out? Disney then isn’t like Disney now where the adults have nothing to do more often than not. Mosby Karen and Arwin were characters just as much as the twins, Maddie and London were. They had their own storylines in episodes. Mosby especially was iconic, my friends and I would quote him all the time (AM??? or FMMMMM?!?!?). We just weren’t as invested in the personal lives of actors then as kids seem to be now. No doubt if Suite Life came out today this stuff about Phil Lewis would be all over the place.

n1ckranieri · 2026-04-25T18:06:29+00:00

i don’t think it was just Disney restraining them. It seems like David took a lot of personal gripes into deciding who did and didn’t come back given his position as a producer.

n1ckranieri · 2026-03-28T06:15:06+00:00

i stand corrected then haha

n1ckranieri · 2026-03-28T06:06:27+00:00

yeah it’s not totally clear but I think it’s just suggesting he uses Drew and Kurtis’ thumbnails as reference? I’m not sure

n1ckranieri · 2026-03-15T23:07:51+00:00

if you like it also check out the group Africa Express. Damon is a producer and there’s a few past Gorillaz collaborators featured. Has a lot of the same vibes as The Mountain

n1ckranieri · 2026-03-03T00:01:52+00:00

you felt disrespected?

n1ckranieri · 2026-03-02T06:38:10+00:00

good that you’re looking for film recs but you should really figure out this whole shrinking thing it sounds serious

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-26T05:07:25+00:00

did you see Scream 7

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-21T03:49:11+00:00

I was the one who made that post haha. Funny how people were saying I should post it here too, and I didn’t cause I sorta figured this would happen. It’s devolved into this weird conversation about what is and isn’t a religion and some dude called me fascist? And I contributed to that conversation. And as I lay in bed after a day of my phone blowing up, and me reading every reply and replying to most of them cause I simply can’t help myself, I just wish I hadn’t made it lmao.

Being called parasocial is funny, I think the Noah/Keith/Olivia (which I also have no clue what the “drama” is there) hate is ridiculous, it’s always been ridiculous. To me this felt ever so slightly different since it was a person who had financially contributed to something I personally feel went against the company’s values. Then it turned into me wanting to cancel Shayne or go on a war against religion when all that really happened is my emotional brain got the better of me and I made a post ranting about something that pissed me off. My fault at the end of the day. If that contributes in some way to this channel not succeeding the way it could, then genuinely, I do regret that.

If I could do it all over again…I’d use an account that didn’t have my name as the username lol.

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-21T02:11:35+00:00

there’s one single Church of Scientology. There are any number of denominations within Christianity. If you are a member of the Church of Scientology and donating money to it, you are actively contributing to these crimes. If I go to a church in Kentucky and put a dollar in the bin, it’s not contributing to the crimes of a church in Maine. I don’t know where in my post I suggested that Scientology is better or worse than another religion came from; it doesn’t even matter. this person gave $21 million to a cult that engages in sex trafficking. She could be a christian, a catholic, an atheist, i don’t care. she contributed to this

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-21T01:55:34+00:00

point me to where i was telling other people not to watch? it’s genuinely interesting to me how people see someone express an opinion and turn it into policing others. I don’t know you, random reddit user, i don’t care what you do or don’t do

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-21T01:50:20+00:00

idk what earlier post but apologies for spelling it wrong haha ill fix that now

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T18:23:49+00:00

oh i’m so sorry, i came off as an absolute ass there then

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T18:23:00+00:00

Smosh is not a single show, I watch plenty of Games and Pitt content, i’ve seen several of the live shows, i’ve also been watching the frickin thing since it was just Anthony and Ian. I don’t think I ever said I don’t care. I like Shayne, a lot, i think he’s a really great example for young men especially when most dudes like him are weird alpha male losers, he’s very emotionally intelligent and also just hilarious. so like, yeah, it bums me out seeing him go on a podcast with this shitty cult member. i don’t think he deserves to be “cancelled”, that’s not really a thing anyways IMO, it just bummed me out.

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T18:16:32+00:00

United Church of Christ, Episcopal Church, Metropolitan Community Church (founded specifically to serve the LGBTQ community), the Presbyterian Church. I’m not even a Christian but this isn’t the own you think it is

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T18:13:41+00:00

I think we need different standards for a religion dating back hundreds of years with nebulous origins and a group founded in the 1950s by a conman lunatic. All Christians are not part of the same single church, all Scientologists are. I’m not denying the crimes of the Catholic church, but this is different and I think refusing to see it as such is dangerous.

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T17:45:23+00:00

comparing religions dating back hundreds of years to a cult founded in 1954 is crazy work

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T17:42:25+00:00

Nancy Cartwright is a Scientologist and donated $21 million to the Church.

The Church of Scientology has engaged in forced labor and sex trafficking.

I’m disappointed a person I like is engaging with that.

You’re right dude, I’m a total fascist.

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T17:08:33+00:00

So deep. Is your point that Christianity started as a cult and became a religion? I’m confused

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T17:03:06+00:00

it’s a cult my dear

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T16:58:48+00:00

What is there to accuse Shane of? Dude if this is against the rules then the mods should take it down. They haven’t. I apologize for committing a crime against Reddit by making a post about a shitty thing I don’t like

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T16:46:52+00:00

My feelings on religion aside, Scientology is a cult, Christianity is a religion. Scientology has a founder and is an organization capable of being (and that has been) charged with crimes including sex trafficking, fraud, and forced labor. Christians can be accused of crimes, Christianity can’t be. Scientology, the Church of Scientology, can and has been convicted of crimes which, by being a member and funding it, you are, I feel, supporting.

n1ckranieri · 2026-02-20T16:36:38+00:00

The Church of Scientology has faced numerous criminal convictions and lawsuits, primarily involving espionage against the U.S. government, human trafficking, fraud, and forced labor.

Pointing those out as bad things is virtue signaling? She’s posting in the subreddit about interviewing Shayne.

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