And now, straight from its home on Vimeo, a little video about ambition/decision/success/failure/joy/despair.
No, this isn’t about showbiz. But it could be:
Month: August 2013
Why Robert Rodriguez Is Hating On Sony TV
Nikki Finke doesn’t write all that often anymore, but when she does…well, hell, kids, let’s just say that nobody bashes like she does:
by Nikki Finke
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline reported this week that Sony TV just announced it will produce an El Mariachi series based on the 1992 Robert Rodriguez film. Now I’ve learned that Robert Rodriguez and his reps are really pissed about it. I’m told that Sony TV execs reached out to Rodriguez only once to say that they were “thinking” about doing a TV show based on the writer/director’s trilogy ofEl Mariachi/Desperado/Once Upon A Time In Mexico characters.
“After that they stopped returning our calls. So we thought that this had been abandoned,” one of RR’s insiders tells me. “Not only does Robert not have any involvement in this show, he wasn’t even given a ‘head’s up’ on Sony’s press release. In it we noticed that Sony mentioned something about ‘staying true to the original story’. Good luck with that without involving the creator! Not that it matters as the budget that’s allocated for the television production will make Robert’s original budget of $7,000 for El Mariachi look like Avatar. This TV series is a sloppy and lazy replica for the tourist trade, without any of the heart and soul that made the original El Mariachi win the Sundance Audience Award and become a landmark in independent cinema.”
How to Track All Your TV Shows So You Never Miss an Episode
We admit it. We luvs us our streaming video sites. But sometimes they get so…confusing.
Luckily, we also luvs us our Lifehacker, and it’s here to save the day:
by Alan Henry
If you’re like me, your Netflix queue is full of stuff you’ve been meaning to watch and your Hulu favorites can scroll on for a while if you let it. Combined with multiple profiles, everyone in your household may have a long list of shows they want to watch or have already tried. Here’s how to keep them all organized so you always have something to watch.
We Just Found Out About the Freelancer’s Union
And it sounds like something every, you know, freelancer should check into.
Big thanks to Nathan Bransford for his ever-insightful life:
Job Change!
by Nathan Bransford
I am changing jobs!
5 ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU A BETTER WRITER
…And, more likely than not, a better person too, if that matters (hmm, does it matter? Must ponder…):
by Jon Negroni
Instead of telling you how to improve your writing, let’s talk about what you can be doing right now to get better…
Being a writer is tricky, especially if you’re actively seeking out ways to improve your skill. I know that every time I go online to find advice on writing, hundreds of experts are going to tell me hundreds of different things.