My last gig at the LA Times before I got laid off in early 2001 was doing listings for the Calendar section. We had to get all of our work done for the weekend editions by Wednesday night because Thursday was all about typing in movie times as they were faxed in. There were so many movies in so many theaters it took two of us all day.
Before I got laid off I was a firm believer that newspapers would never go away because, who’s gonna wanna take their laptop into a bathroom stall to read the news…
We had an editorial staff of 200 and a giant printing facility to produce an Orange County edition of the Times.
Now they have one reporter/photographer working remotely to cover 3 million residents over 1,000 square miles.
The response of Patrick when JP said he might reconsider watching the Christian movie because of the voice cast was very funny. That being said, what a cast!
Maybe I missed it but I'm curious, JB, where your hopes are with the Fantastic Four movie coming out this summer. I know you've waxed poeticly about a 60s-style Fantastic Four movie numerous times and I think this is the closest we're gonna get to Yancy Street.
I am cautiously optimistic. I want to like it... I want to like it... Otherwise, I feel I've been burned so many times in the past, IT'S GOING TO BE CLOBBERING TIME.
Hey guys long time listener, wanted to pop in to say that Rachel Zegler has been the subject of a smear campaign for weighing in on the Israel Palestine conflict during the promotion cycle for Snow White and has been a subject of right wing attacks since. That said I think the film flopped because of a combo of remake fatigue, how gross the seven dwarves looked and the the same sphere of anti woke dorks that climbed through YouTube attacking the Last Jedi and Captain Marvel picking it out as the new target for this quarter.
Good show, guys! Here are a few other things that at least I’m excited for in the remainder of this year, which you of course may or may not agree:
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein
28 Years Later
Wake Up Dead Man
I don’t think Frankenstein or Wake Up Dead Man have official release dates from Netflix, but I’m hopeful we will indeed see them this year.
My last gig at the LA Times before I got laid off in early 2001 was doing listings for the Calendar section. We had to get all of our work done for the weekend editions by Wednesday night because Thursday was all about typing in movie times as they were faxed in. There were so many movies in so many theaters it took two of us all day.
ReplyDeleteBefore I got laid off I was a firm believer that newspapers would never go away because, who’s gonna wanna take their laptop into a bathroom stall to read the news…
We had an editorial staff of 200 and a giant printing facility to produce an Orange County edition of the Times.
Now they have one reporter/photographer working remotely to cover 3 million residents over 1,000 square miles.
The response of Patrick when JP said he might reconsider watching the Christian movie because of the voice cast was very funny. That being said, what a cast!
ReplyDeleteAs I stood, waiting in line to buy my ticket to Thunderbolts, I seriously thought about "jumping ship" and going to see King of Kings instead.
DeleteMaybe I missed it but I'm curious, JB, where your hopes are with the Fantastic Four movie coming out this summer. I know you've waxed poeticly about a 60s-style Fantastic Four movie numerous times and I think this is the closest we're gonna get to Yancy Street.
ReplyDeleteI am cautiously optimistic. I want to like it... I want to like it... Otherwise, I feel I've been burned so many times in the past, IT'S GOING TO BE CLOBBERING TIME.
DeleteGreat ep sirs! And, as jadded as i am at the state o new films, i gotta say you both rattled off several titles that im stoked for. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteHey guys long time listener, wanted to pop in to say that Rachel Zegler has been the subject of a smear campaign for weighing in on the Israel Palestine conflict during the promotion cycle for Snow White and has been a subject of right wing attacks since. That said I think the film flopped because of a combo of remake fatigue, how gross the seven dwarves looked and the the same sphere of anti woke dorks that climbed through YouTube attacking the Last Jedi and Captain Marvel picking it out as the new target for this quarter.
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