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  1. Just looked at my profile for the first time in years and saw I only have 4 out of 5 stars :(

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      What a weird system to implement here, and what kind of petty asshole goes into someone's profile to give them a bad rating

    3. sbbn

      sbbn

      This doesn't really seem like the type of forum that needs or should have user ratings (especially given how civil this place generally is compared to say... reddit) but eh, whatever, I guess.

    4. StringerBell

      StringerBell

      I happen to be enjoying my rating quite a bit.

  2. who was it that was going to write an article about self publishing and when can I expect to read it?

    1. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      It was me. I'll get to it one of these days.

    2. joe_gillis

      joe_gillis

      Once I find a publisher for the article, I'll send you a link.

  3. I know this video is about advertising, but how is this any different than our industry?

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      unless you're writing their idea for them for free

    3. Manny

      Manny

      I saw this earlier this week and thought the same thing in how it compares to this industry. It's not exactly the same but there are similarities. Like creating a story all on your own then having to sell all it's rights if you want to get a movie made.

    4. adlocke

      adlocke

      yeah, personally i wouldn't do that, jibs. now if i'm a whiz and i can bang it out in four days, it wouldn't phase me though.

  4. Thanks to netflix, I just watched Rambo for the first time. Pretty fun film, can't believe I've never seen it.

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    2. adlocke

      adlocke

      that movie was a bad mammy jammy in its day.

    3. aphid47

      aphid47

      Which ever the first film is ... probably first blood.

    4. Escapist

      Escapist

      First Blood is terrific. The rest get sillier and sillier.

  5. My wife and I started a podcast about the Criterion Collection. There's a post in the Works In Progress section if you're interested.

  6. My sister got the job on Twin Peaks! It's a dream job for her, since we've been huge David Lynch fans since we were young.

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    2. Reader George
    3. mister_7

      mister_7

      See if she can get a lock of his hair!

    4. GlitterKitty

      GlitterKitty

      YAY! It's awesome how proud you are of her. (And who can blame you!)

  7. My sister just got a call back from Twin Peaks to work as 2nd set custumer. Fingers crossed she gets the gig. She finds out next week.

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      I believe a lot of the exteriors are shot in snoqualmie Washington

    3. agkinowerken

      agkinowerken

      Audrey Horne... best dressed woman on TV.... ever.

    4. Preminger

      Preminger

      Twin Peaks is coming back? Oh my god...that would be so exciting...

  8. Maybe I'm the only one, but my dad wanted to see Jurassic World, and holy shit what a horrible hodge lodge of cliche and stereotype. I guess story takes a far back seat to CGI. Even the comedic moments of levity fell flat. In short I thought it sucked big time, and I guess I just don't understand the appeal.

    1. aphid47

      aphid47

      It's supposed to say hodge podge but autocorrect was being a moron.

       

    2. 36monsters

      36monsters

      I'm with you. I grew up on the original and this one was just so...disjointed! There were literally 3 different stories going on at any one time and none of them really wrapped up well. And as for the "love story?" I felt Chris was more connected with his raptor "Blue " than the girl. Ugh.

       

  9. Snuck in my pilot just before the launch pad deadline.

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      Thanks everyone! Good luck to all.

    3. agkinowerken

      agkinowerken

      Looks like they just extended to June 15. Got my hat in the ring back in April. Best o'luck fellow Barton Finkers!

    4. admin

      admin

      Chatted with TB guys this morning. Guess the site crashed Sunday and today on and off and a bunch of people couldn't enter, so once they got the site back up, they kept pilots there and features.

  10. New laptop, new lease on life. Waited way too long for an upgrade.

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    2. adlocke

      adlocke

      i switched to mac, too, because i couldn't respect a windows MACHINE! i would max out the cpu and burn up the hard drive mixing up. and no background virus programs, don't go too far from thinking you need something you don't need windows ppl!

    3. StringerBell

      StringerBell

      I'm one of the lucky ones. Never had a virus and very rarely have had a problem with a Windows machine in all of my years using them. Any issue I've ever had I've been able to solve by googling the problem and running a fix. Windows is intuitive to me and I simply could not understand the Mac OS. Old dog, new tricks, I guess. I did like the form factor of the Macbook Pro, but it was pretty heavy. Lots of good lightweight Windows options out now and more on their way shortly.

    4. aphid47

      aphid47

      Hmmm, this thing is light as air.

  11. I found Inherent Vice extremely underwhelming.

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    2. Escapist

      Escapist

      Couldn't get through VICE. Wanted to love it, loved the era and details, was bored to tears by the events/plot...

    3. aphid47
    4. Elliott79

      Elliott79

      I loved it.

       

      The plot isn't supposed to make sense. You try following the leads for about fifteen minutes then just give up and go with it. It places you right in JP's head.

       

      I died laughing when he wrote the helpful clue "something Spanish" in his pad.

       

      PTA's movies always reveal more on further viewings.

  12. Why does my wife's family eat such fucking terrible food for Christmas!!!! WTF?

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    2. Nic8767

      Nic8767

      Yikes! In my Mom's house everything is done from scratch. I surprised we all don't gain fifteen pounds after the holidays.

       

    3. Reader George

      Reader George

      Jib go grab CHEF from Redbox and maybe after seeing it they'll change the menu next year.

    4. aphid47

      aphid47

      Opine, no amount of butter and sugar can make a potato tortilla taste good. I grabbed Chinese food after their crap feast to make up for it.

  13. Just watched The Sixth Sense for the first time today while home with the flu.

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    2. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      I always thought they should make a spoof movie called TWIST ENDING. Where like SCARY MOVIE, it incorporates other movies' plots and makes fun of them. They could have the "he's a ghost" from SIXTH SENSE, "he's imaginary" from FIGHT CLUB, "he's a she" from THE CRYING GAME, etc. And the ending is the whole movie is a dream or something.

    3. mebishop2001

      mebishop2001

      That's "she's a he" from CRYING GAME.

    4. DonKasparoza

      DonKasparoza

      Sounds like something Kim Jong Dick would like. Better put the Wayans Brothers on it.

  14. Know someone working on The Man in the High Castle pilot, some funny stories coming from set ;)

    1. Nic8767

      Nic8767

      Tell us more! :)

    2. Mr. Mo

      Mr. Mo

      ^ Yes, please. Huge fan of PKD, read the book not too long back.

    3. aphid47

      aphid47

      Mostly funny about what an asshole the director is ;)

  15. Is there a way to see when your membership is going to renew?

  16. Oh Fox, at least you could have aired Heiroglyph out of order before canceling it.

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    2. axalon

      axalon

      Yeah what was up with canceling it before it even aired?

    3. Nic.Lishko

      Nic.Lishko

      Such garbage. It was a fun read.

    4. Mr. Mo

      Mr. Mo

      Same thing happened to The Vatican. Really unfortunate.

  17. The trailer for Fury looks pretty damn good in my opinion.

    1. benskelly2

      benskelly2

      Looks like Pitt is embracing his age and could have his best years ahead of him.

  18. Just saw the new coverage prices ...

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      Members get $25 off, but it is still incredibly unaffordable now.

       

    3. aphid47

      aphid47

      Ah, I see it now Charlie. Someone spelled ladder wrong ;)

    4. Nic.Lishko

      Nic.Lishko

      They sure did!

  19. Taxes, grrrrrrrrrrrrr

    1. aphid47

      aphid47

      7 hours of my life, vanished.

  20. Never underestimate the power of Mikes Maples!

    1. aphid47

      aphid47

      The syrup of the story industry

  21. Looking for someone to give me feedback for an hour long pilot I wrote with a partner. Don't want to put it in the WIP yet, but need an outside opinion.

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    2. Mr. Mo

      Mr. Mo

      Don't mind giving it a read, man. PM me. :)

    3. aphid47

      aphid47

      Thanks guys

       

    4. macaggiano

      macaggiano

      Happy to give it a look too.

  22. Psychos via Steven Soderbergh http://extension765.com/sdr/15-psychos

    1. sankofa

      sankofa

      the level of weird and unrestrained brilliance here is amazing. I feel like this is a rabbit hole I totally want to fall in and never get back out of. Same way I feel about David Lynch, only I would WANT to get out of his rabbit hole..because I'd be afraid I'd take a wrong step, trip and fall down stairs and be trapped there forever by Killer Bob and -- I miss Twin Peaks. That's all. I miss Twin Peaks :)

    2. aphid47
    3. specwriter

      specwriter

      Cool site. This is basically Soderbergh's personal film art blog. Hope he keeps it up.

  23. That new Chris Carter show After over on Amazon was reallllllly hard to sit through.

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    2. Nic.Lishko

      Nic.Lishko

      With the exception of Patrelli, the acting was unbearable.

    3. Escapist

      Escapist

      why are these people together in that ambulance? who WOULDN'T RACE HOME???

    4. aphid47

      aphid47

      Such an unfocused mess

  24. Second pilot just submitted to Launch Pad just in the nick of time.

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    2. Nic.Lishko

      Nic.Lishko

      HOLY $#!T IT'S CYBER HATER! YOU JUST WON JIBS.

    3. Jaco

      Jaco

      Get some, go large! Hope this works for you!

    4. aphid47

      aphid47

      Thanks guys, good luck to everyone that submitted.

  25. Dear Launch Pad Pilot Competition ... I am in you.

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    2. twofingeredtypist
    3. Nic8767

      Nic8767

      Good luck, Jiblings!

    4. craktactor

      craktactor

      Contemplating. Good luck to all who have joined the fray. I may join you, hence the first word.

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