I was just mildly objecting to calling the Python films "Hollywood" productions There's a difference between working within the system, and getting suckers to give you money to do your own thing. You can't leave what you weren't in, although you can certainly avoid it.

That shows that often the problem with some characters isn't really them, but that it takes a good writer/actor to make them work. I have a similar take on musical stage productions. There are a number that really shouldn't be attempted by local companies because, damn it, they're so easy to screw up. Camelot is great in the right hands, horrible otherwise. That's one reason among many I really love The Book of Mormon: I see it as being idiot proof when done by the the Waiting for Guffman people

Oh, and this.

I like the idea that it's because the studios don't know what day the entire European economy will melt, so are trying to get what money they can out of them early.

There's a quote from one of Aleister Crowley's books on magic (which are damned fun, given he thinks he's doing for the occult what Einstein did for physics) where he claims nobody experiences anything the same as any other person. That painting on the wall, no two people will see it from the same angle, at the same time, and with the same life experiences. It is unique for every viewer. Looked at that way, video games aren't much different then any other form of art.

"Everybody's playing the game, but nobody's rules are the same. Nobody's on Nobody's side."
-Tim Rice, the musical 'Chess'

"Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself,
And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss, and when.
Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
and despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer maintenance.

Remember The Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.
Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
Especially with those persons closest to you -
That lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan.
And let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.
Take heart in the bedeepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.
And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot,
It could only be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

Therefore, make peace with your god,
Whatever you perceive him to be - hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
The world continues to deteriorate.
Give up!"
Deteriorata

But that makes it no different then most other movies. Not being told not to be spoiled would have helped me not be looking for something that wasn't there

I had that kind of experience 20 years ago with my Dad. We were watching some TV show, and I heard the sound of a character's voice change where they obviously did some ADR work. I mentioned it to him... and he hadn't noticed. To me, that kind of change always just jumped out, but it was invisible to him.

Is this any different then when publishers churned out ghost written Hardy Boy books and the like? Guys, it's nothing new, except it's selling better and to both sexes.

Do they appeal to female readers? The same people who found those books before will still find them, as will some who in previous generations would have abandoned reading for pleasure but now will in fact keep the habit up through high school and into adult hood. As for those who "never expand beyond this kind of book"... you do know that most "adult" fiction isn't much better, right?

I have to knock points off for it not being a real Boat-in theater.

I would hope, then, that his next movie is one no sane studio would have greenlit without the bribe of GWDT.