With 25 episodes under our belt, we dive into the listener mail bag (awwwww yeah) to look at y’all’s suggestions for future installments. We also talk about the difficulty of reviewing books, TV series, why movies are the low-hanging grapes (awwwww yeah) and why Hollywood keeps remaking the same schlock over and over again.
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So listening to story smack had a idea for you top 10 movies that don’t stand up to the ages.
I can start off with wariers As you are about my age this movie bllew my mind as a kid watched it again recently and can’t believe how crappy it really was. Just a thought love your work
Rob from the silver coast of Portugal
Keep it going
Rob: I think we’re going to do THE WARRIORS in the near future. You have saddened me — is it really that bad now that I’m a grownup?
jokerdas: We all love to rip on Hollywood, but putting out a movie is such a complex, risky endeavor. Honestly, every movie that gets made is a minor miracle, even the bad ones. Hollywood has a fairly specific formula of what they will make, and you have to know the right people, and you have to have the right product at the right time, and etc., etc.
You know… you were commenting on my email, you mention at 35:00 writing something trite over writing original and having to go through that every day where you can write a hundred books but would hate everyone.
The thought that came right into my mind was “Chuckles Mulrooney, Attorney For the Damned”. Main character, Victor, chose quantity over quality and became an overnight success. Of course he sold his soul to the devil to do it, but I think you said that is what dealing with Hollywood is akin to anyway!