Teague: I really enjoyed Almost Human. As for your work, I did not see even a single bad effect. It's no surprise that the series received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Special and Visual Effects. So, of course...FOX cancelled it. I think it is well worth watching and has an obvious Asimov/"Caves of Steel" feel to it. Thank you for the good work. 

Good movies are kind of like a weird alchemy. You can point to the things that they did right, but checking all the right boxes doesn't necessarily make for a good movie. It takes a special combination of all the different elements to make a movie work. Ghostbusters is a fantastic example, since I just saw it in theaters and it's fresh in my mind. GREAT movie, one of my top ten favorites. But on paper it fucking shouldn't be. It's a bonkers idea, the script is structurally flawed to an extent, there's no reason Ghostbusters should be as amazing as it is. And that makes it kind of hard (but not impossible) to learn from.

But a bad movie is never less than a crash course in what not to do. Whether it's a horrible script, terrible casting, or even technical issues. It's easy to tell somebody, "You always need to capture good sound," but they won't understand how right you are until they watch a movie where a scene is dead silent until they fade up the dialogue tracks and you can hear cars and birds and possible the camera. Watching godawful schlock is a really good way to take all the lessons you've learned and see why they're as important as they are.

Kubrick was just a puppet.

AshDigital wrote:

About Trey's other Asylum movie...  Release the documents or I'll start posting modified posters of all the Asylum films on the internet!

Trey Stokes 18-Year-Old Virgin
Trey Stokes Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Trey Stokes Princess of Mars
Trey Stokes Sharknado
Trey Stokes Titanic II (I'm putting my money on that one)

... jokes aside, kudos.

My money is on 2012: Ice Age.

IMDb Director Trademark: Year in Title.

I guess we need to go with 2012 Doomsday and 2012 Supernova as well.

Anybody seen Undercover Blues?

Vern Newman: What line are you in?
Jeff Blue: Brain surgery. *Professional* brain surgery.

+1 for mentioning that movie. I must now go watch it...because

Also, enjoyed this episode, though I'm sure Hollywoodites (whatever the term is) get tired of wondering what film they did/done/will do. But, I find the line of work so incredibly fascinating, that even basic stuff is new to me.

However, I don't feel the need to describe the day to day goings on at a sporting goods retailer. You might not find that as interesting, nor could I make a movie out it

So, thank you for sharing! Also, good luck to Trek with all his projects.

Resent the, “Everyone in LA works on shit and hates talking about our shit”  vibe. There's a lot of high profile stuff I've done that I'm super proud of, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, personal projects, music videos, whatever. But when the tendency is to be down on the stuff that one has dedicated their time and energy to working on, being excited comes across as boasting. Promotes this culture of bummer behavior, don't care for it.

If that was the vibe that came across, it wasn't the vibe that was intended.

That said, I grind my teeth when someone says, "Oh. you're an editor!  So you have to like, watch ALL the footage?" or "Oh you're an editor!  So, you like, add music to it and stuff."

(If I were American, I'd throw in something about how your country appreciates your service).

About Trey's other Asylum movie...  Release the documents or I'll start posting modified posters of all the Asylum films on the internet!

Trey Stokes 18-Year-Old Virgin
Trey Stokes Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Trey Stokes Princess of Mars
Trey Stokes Sharknado
Trey Stokes Titanic II (I'm putting my money on that one)

... jokes aside, kudos.

My money is on 2012: Ice Age.

IMDb Director Trademark: Year in Title.

About Trey's other Asylum movie...  Release the documents or I'll start posting modified posters of all the Asylum films on the internet!

Trey Stokes 18-Year-Old Virgin
Trey Stokes Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Trey Stokes Princess of Mars
Trey Stokes Sharknado
Trey Stokes Titanic II (I'm putting my money on that one)

... jokes aside, kudos.

You forget how Asylum works. I think the titles should be:

3 Stokes 18-Year-Old Virgin
3 Stokes Merlin and the War of the Dragons
3 Stokes Princess of Mars
3 Stokes Sharknado
3 Stokes Titanic II

edit: when non-scientists ask me what I do, I say "biology". but if I'm feeling particularly verbose, I answer "ecology".

I usually say 'Surveys, the math parts'.

The other awkward question is how I met my husband (Spiff). Depending on the audience it's either 'uh, mutual friends' or 'making a Star Wars lightsaber fight for an online competition'.