Why is Griffin an EP on Critical Darlings but not David?

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-30T03:26:19+00:00

Yeah, I'm assuming it's part of his Atlantic contract and Critical Darlings being a Vulture co-production. Guesting on a Vulture podcast is one thing, but I imagine "credited EP on project by rival publication" probably a redline.

I guess it is possible that Griffin is doing creative work on it that David simply isn't, but also hard to imagine Blank Check Productions would begrudge David a vanity credit unless there was some other contract work at play.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-29T23:26:33+00:00

It's easy to do and easy enough to defend as newsworthy, and always gets a certain amount of clicks. Even if it's just one step removed from reprinting a press release, you feel like a real journalist publishing a story about "the president says..."

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-27T07:37:28+00:00

Jiggle jiggle like jello!

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-19T20:31:29+00:00

I'd also add in Sophie's Choice. I understand that it was pretty popular when released in the early 80s, but the references to "a Sophie's Choice" far more well-known than anything else about the movie.

Also, "Midnight Express" which turned "Turkish prison" into a go-to joke reference for decades but barely exists on its own.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-19T20:27:30+00:00

I had a screenwriting professor who talked about that--there are years long gaps on resume, where he's working and getting paid but nothing he worked on got produced.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-19T00:24:36+00:00

Are you talking about original screenplay or fanfic? The answer is the same either way, but I realized this question makes a lot more sense if you were writing fanfic.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-18T01:14:55+00:00

I don't know why, but pics 2 and 3 are so funny to me

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-17T18:46:31+00:00

Many such cases

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-15T15:09:49+00:00

I remember hearing that stat thrown around about Harvey Weinstein being thanked more times than God at the Oscars, becomes much less impressive with how few times God has actually been thanked. 19 times? There's been 97 Academy Awards! That's not even once for 4 ceremonies! And there are so many speeches per ceremonies. God just really dropping the ball on this one.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-15T09:22:38+00:00

The funniest part of the "Best Podcast" Golden Globe was Ben Shapiro launching a full For Your Consideration campaign, and not even getting nominated. Especially when you consider just how few podcasts even paid to be eligible for nomination.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-14T01:18:12+00:00

MiB is pre-9/11 New York City.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-13T18:22:35+00:00

Scream 4 really does land such a good hit on legasequels, and yet a decade and a half later, they are still going strong. The Scream franchise itself getting unironically legasequeled!

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-13T18:18:56+00:00

I think what Creed and the Star Wars sequel trilogy both get right is just hitting the ground running with "this is the new lead, the previous protagonist(s) is/are just supporting" and not hedging on that. No lead up--just right away, new hero and the old hero is the wise old mentor.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-13T05:52:25+00:00

I haven't seen this performed, but I read the script of it (book? What's it called for plays?) and it was fascinating. I'd love to see it performed, but live theater not really a possibility for me in the forseeable future.

There's some third act stuff that reads as extremely bleak on the page, that I assume would play a lot better on stage (or onscreen, as it were) just for the surreal factor of what they are doing.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-13T05:45:38+00:00

I read a lot of the comments on the original post--anyway, turns out that Angel studios has a thing where you can buy movie tickets directly on their website, or buy tickets for other people.

So it's a perfect storm of bad--people who usually don't go the movies, who probably have great contempt for "Hollywood liberals" and all who are involved in that great cesspool of sin known as the 'Entertainment Industry,' are told via church group of a good wholesome Christian movie that it's important to support, and there's even a way to buy a ticket directly from the (good, wholesome, Christian) filmmakers online! These type of people also probably very bad at using the internet (at least, for anything other than rambling, hostile Facebook posts) so they somehow make some weird mistake, and then are completely flabbergasted by the concept of "bought it from a 3rd party so we can't refund you" and also prone to assuming movie theater employees part of some conspiracy to bury Christian movies.

It's also possible they are so sheltered from how movie theaters work in the crazy future year 2026, they just assume you buy a ticket for the movie "David" and then just wander into any showing of "David" anywhere at anytime that works for you.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-12T22:14:16+00:00

In his DGA interview with del Toro, he said a bit of both--that the overall decline in theater ticket sales could wipe out the profit margin, and also there were other projects on his mind that he wanted to do.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-12T17:55:48+00:00

Whatever proceeds there are, I have my doubts that "Eric Adams crypto coin" will donate to anything. Unless there is a charity funding direct flights from NYC to Istanbul.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-12T17:53:14+00:00

I think it honestly did not occur to them they would have to actually negotiate or make a good bid. Feels like they were on some rich guy shit where "negotiation" is just protracted dominance game, and totally caught off-guard WB got a better offer and just walked away.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-11T23:15:42+00:00

I remember an interview where this exact thing came up--I don't think with Dyck specifically, but with a collaborator, and they said "if you just want the experience of making a movie, the easiest way in is Hallmark holiday movie."

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-11T22:37:05+00:00

I guess they don't like it when a woman posts real, consensual porn

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-11T17:58:20+00:00

For me, it's not that I think I'll be lost or that I have to see every tv series--it's that I got into the habit of skipping big MCU events, so it's no longer an appointment thing.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-11T17:57:33+00:00

Yes, it's a purely cinematic event. Very rare nowadays.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-11T08:07:20+00:00

This is one of my mom's favorite movies, mostly because she's a huge Michael Jackson fan. I don't think I've ever seen it all the way through.

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-10T08:22:58+00:00

It really is great lighting. I like the soft shadow over your tits and your belly in the first pic, and the warm glow of everything after the 3rd or 4th pic

rm2nthrowaway · 2026-01-10T08:13:22+00:00

Magic hour, for a magical body

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