Very big congratulations on getting the deal!!! And the pitch made me remember sitting in High school AP English class (circa 1966) when Rick Sims asked our uptight teacher why we couldn't substitute Catch 22 for Red Badge of Courage and she went ballistic...practically foaming at the mouth as she spewed fourth stuff about classic literature. Of course this made us all want to go out and read Catch 22 and your pitch certainly made me want to buy your book when it comes out!
That must have been an incredible scene. Heller would’ve been proud to take credit for that freakout—no one rages quite as loudly and impotently as a nationalist not being taken seriously.
Massive congratulations and well-earned! Can't wait to read it.
Nolan as a director doesn't work for me. He's a pure cinematographer and set piece maestro, but the dude can't tell time. When he disjointed Dunkirk -- among the most linear narratives in world history -- I tapped out.
I'll give Barbie a chance when it comes to streaming.
I agree. Dark Knight was awesome but showed some small signs of narrative weakness. Then Inception was great -- and introduced me to Tom Hardy. Then Dark Knight Rises was a hot mess, and it's been all downhill from there.
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It's the dismantling obsession. Though I think it's funnier to imagine him not being able to read a clock. Every time he messes with time in a film, the whole thing just breaks down for me. He lost me with Dunkirk. I refused to see Tenet, and even though I love Cillian Murphy, I won't see Oppenheimer. The opportunity cost is too high.
Congratulations on the book! I see a full interview in our future (if you're game!)! Thank you so so much for filling in the questionnaire. Your answers are simply beautiful!
And I think the multiverse trend is half a desire for different realities and half just another technique for squeezing profit out of old ideas. See: Time Travel Also see: Fracking
Congrats again on the book! Standing by to pre-order. I’m highly allergic to primary news, so we did Mission: Barbenheimer. The less I thought about MI7, the more I enjoyed it.
Listening to other people talk about movies is just as entertaining (and considerably cheaper) for me than viewing them in the theater. I'm going to watch all my movies in here now.
Many hand-clapping doves on your book deal. That's so fucking cool. I will be cracking the spine on my hardcover of Everything Abridged before the summer is out. You'd classify that as a "beach read," right? 😏
Congrats! Kudos! We are seeing Oppenheimer tonight. We are huge Nolan fans although I heard there are a few misplaced facts. But then again dramatic license is everywhere.
"Multiverses are having their pop moment." -- everything we've figured out in this natural world reduces to simple and elegant. Multiverse & string theory is ketamine talk. Yours is rapidly becoming a favorite Substack.
I enjoyed Oppenheimer and in general Nolan but I can see the strings. Makes me feel smart picking out all the "oh he's doing this to evoke/imply/echo this" though. I'm planning on seeing Barbie this weekend.
Very big congratulations on getting the deal!!! And the pitch made me remember sitting in High school AP English class (circa 1966) when Rick Sims asked our uptight teacher why we couldn't substitute Catch 22 for Red Badge of Courage and she went ballistic...practically foaming at the mouth as she spewed fourth stuff about classic literature. Of course this made us all want to go out and read Catch 22 and your pitch certainly made me want to buy your book when it comes out!
That must have been an incredible scene. Heller would’ve been proud to take credit for that freakout—no one rages quite as loudly and impotently as a nationalist not being taken seriously.
Massive congratulations and well-earned! Can't wait to read it.
Nolan as a director doesn't work for me. He's a pure cinematographer and set piece maestro, but the dude can't tell time. When he disjointed Dunkirk -- among the most linear narratives in world history -- I tapped out.
I'll give Barbie a chance when it comes to streaming.
Thank you! Marketing’s worried DeSantis flames out before I can get on the juicier ban lists.
i think yer good lady macbeth got legs!!!
I think he peaked with Inception. A series of visually impressive setpieces in a high concept pseudo-philosophy wrapper is exactly my kind of trash.
I agree. Dark Knight was awesome but showed some small signs of narrative weakness. Then Inception was great -- and introduced me to Tom Hardy. Then Dark Knight Rises was a hot mess, and it's been all downhill from there.
Is it that he can’t tell time, or that he’s obsessed with dismantling time? His films are hit or miss for me. Oppenheimer hit. Tenet missed.
It's the dismantling obsession. Though I think it's funnier to imagine him not being able to read a clock. Every time he messes with time in a film, the whole thing just breaks down for me. He lost me with Dunkirk. I refused to see Tenet, and even though I love Cillian Murphy, I won't see Oppenheimer. The opportunity cost is too high.
Sounds like the Yngwie Malmsteen syndrome of “for this topic, I’m thinking another Mach IV guitar solo.” Totally fair angle.
I feel that terrible author timing. I wrote Twilight in 1997. When I was eleven. But then so did everyone.
Supernatural romance should be formally recognized as a stage of human development.
when can i preorder?
I’ll definitely post a link/date as soon as that’s available.
Congratulations on the book! I see a full interview in our future (if you're game!)! Thank you so so much for filling in the questionnaire. Your answers are simply beautiful!
That sounds like a great time. Definitely down.
I haven't dug into it yet, but this guy: https://oppenheimer2023.substack.com
And I think the multiverse trend is half a desire for different realities and half just another technique for squeezing profit out of old ideas. See: Time Travel Also see: Fracking
There’s definitely that sprinkle of studio “Monkey See, Monkey Do.”
Congrats again on the book! Standing by to pre-order. I’m highly allergic to primary news, so we did Mission: Barbenheimer. The less I thought about MI7, the more I enjoyed it.
It’s an *intense* allergy, that I wish more people had. Which makes me feel a bit like the evil clone.
Nah, they’re the evil clones. Or pod people. Not quite sure. I’d report back, but I try not to get too close.
Congrats on the book news and curious to hear more about the comedy sketch podcast!
Thank you! Hopefully I push enough boulders off my desk this week to hit it.
Listening to other people talk about movies is just as entertaining (and considerably cheaper) for me than viewing them in the theater. I'm going to watch all my movies in here now.
Many hand-clapping doves on your book deal. That's so fucking cool. I will be cracking the spine on my hardcover of Everything Abridged before the summer is out. You'd classify that as a "beach read," right? 😏
Congrats! Kudos! We are seeing Oppenheimer tonight. We are huge Nolan fans although I heard there are a few misplaced facts. But then again dramatic license is everywhere.
"Multiverses are having their pop moment." -- everything we've figured out in this natural world reduces to simple and elegant. Multiverse & string theory is ketamine talk. Yours is rapidly becoming a favorite Substack.
Fuck I need to watch Promare already. Going to be the last weeb in the universe checking that shit out.
I enjoyed Oppenheimer and in general Nolan but I can see the strings. Makes me feel smart picking out all the "oh he's doing this to evoke/imply/echo this" though. I'm planning on seeing Barbie this weekend.