This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

Tokyo Drifter (1966) John Wick shot like Batman ‘66, jazzy with primary colors and Dutch angles and dream ballets. Every shot is composed like a Robert Fawcett illustration and it’s occasionally a musical. Ain’t nothing compares to a Seijun Suzuki flick, man.

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Accurate as fuck.

Protestant guilt is the idea that enjoying things is suspect

They straight up announced that they don't consider the Sequel Trilogy (which prominently feature women and people of colour in lead roles) to be "Core" Star Wars films. This isn't really news to anyone paying attention but it's certainly a case of saying the quiet part out loud.

(Yes, I'm watching the new Netflix adaptation of East of Eden.) I'm forced to conclude these guys don't actually read anything. Not the stuff they claim to love, nor the stuff they claim to hate

It's interesting to me that the American authors conservatives deem acceptable/non-woke/masculine--your Steinbecks, Cormac McCarthys, Faulkners, Hemingways etc--all identify brutality as the fundamental language and original sin of the United States. There's nothing very patriotic about their work.

See, I was hoping for like a “carbonated Caesar” vibe, here.

The trailer had that TO DIE FOR-meets-NIGHTCRAWLER vibe.

Critics: There cannot be a kinkier relationship at the core of a film than the romance in PHANTOM THREAD. COYOTE V ACME: …Hold my anvil.

Like, oh, you guys had real urban planning? And now you don’t have a city that’s mostly made up of single family dwellings? And you have mid-rise buildings that were deliberately built to house families, not just rundown mansions carved up into crappy units and/or steel and glass high rises? WILD.

It’s truly wild going to Montreal and seeing all these purpose-built 3, 4, and 5 floor apartment buildings that are, like … meant to be apartments? Coming from Toronto where bylaws banned the construction of apartment buildings (except on certain streets) for many years, it’s such a revelation.

So when all is said and done, we're not even getting a full 50 episodes of Strange New Worlds??? Lucille Ball is spinning in her grave.

Thiiiiiiis.

…Every explanation I can imagine gets progressively weirder and darker.

ribot's guitar solo on "clap hands" by tom waits is my favorite solo probably ever and also it uses like three notes but is played with a vibe i have never seen anywhere else in the world

happy october