The writer/director of "Superhero Movie" wringing his hands over the death of spoofs.
Whose fault is it?
Apparently, everybody except the writer/director of "Superhero Movie." The makers of other spoofs, the public for being tired of spoofs, and whoever didn't give him enough money to do the ending he wanted to do.
Yep, there's plenty of blame to go around, except for the guy who actually made a spoof that bombed, like...well, like "Superhero Movie" bombed.
He's the real victim here.
In fact, as we learn in the Comments section, "Superhero Movie" is actually one of the few spoofs that the writer-director of "Superhero Movie" thinks is good.
Young Frankenstein Airplane! Top Secret! I’m Gonna Git You Sucka Don’t Be A Menace…. Hot Shots! Scary Movie Scary Movie 3 Scary Movie 4 Portions of Superhero
"Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4" incidentally, were also co-written by the writer/director of "Superhero Movie."
So to review, three of the 10 spoofs that the writer/director of "Superhero Movie" thinks are good were written and/or directed by the writer/director of "Superhero Movie."
Jeez, so they MUST be good. Way better than those crappy "Naked Gun" movies that didn't make the cut.
Thanks for the recommend, writer/director of "Superhero Movie"! I just added all three of your movies to the top of my Netflix queue.
ETA: After some very careful reflection, on second thought, I've decided to just go on living my life.
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You vile worm.
ReplyDeleteYou have the temerity to criticize someone for being proud of his work?
I understand that it's a feeling you never have, and never will, experience. But certainly you can understand it in the abstract.
You are a sick, sad little man, throwing rocks at people who have succeeded where you have failed. Let's take a moment and look at your writing career. Correction. Let's take a moment and look at the span of time you've been attempting your writing career.
If you'd taken every hour you spent writing and instead wandered the streets, gathering cans and pushing them down to the recycling center, you would have made more money. It wouldn't even be close. Your skill as a writer is worth less than a schizophrenic drug user's ability to spot shiny objects.
I know you must be hoping for a third act in life. Like Marc Cherry, you will have a hit after the world has dismissed you.
But the thing is, Cherry had a first and second act. He climbed the mountain, came down, and went back up. You're standing at the base of the mountain, gazing up at the peak from under the brim of your ironic porkpie hat.
The verdict is in. You are not talented.
But back to your blog post. You think your anger at the Superhero writer is because he disagreed with your politics. Years ago!
But that's not it, is it? It's that you're angry at anyone who exceeds you in your chosen field. Which means everyone. But you can't spew your hatred on everyone you meet. Especially when your shtick is "the sweet guy". (How's that working with the women, incidentally?)
So you go after a safe target. Someone who disagrees with the politics of ninety nine percent of your loser lefty friends. And you unload. Years of frustration. Years of inadequacy. All spilling out in a jet of impotent rage.
Doesn't fill the hole inside, does it?
Go home. Go to Chicago. Talk about how close you were. The big one that got away. Talk about how much more talented you are than the tens of thousands of people who did better than you did. Talk about how it's all politics or who you know or how you look or who you fuck. Talk about how it's all anything but what it really is.
You.
>>You vile worm.
ReplyDeleteHi, Karen! Welcome to I Lost the Nest Egg!
>>You have the temerity to criticize someone for being proud of his work?
There's being proud of one's work and there's having one's own work make for a significant chunk of one's own list of favorites of the genre.
>>I understand that it's a feeling you never have, and never will, experience.
Oh, I'm utterly familiar with the feeling of pride in one's work, but if it ever reaches the point where I'm naming three of my own scripts on a personal all-time favorite scripts, I genuinely hope someone will do me the favor of blowing my brains out.
>>Let's take a moment and look at your writing career.
Okay. What do you know about it?
>>Correction. Let's take a moment and look at the span of time you've been attempting your writing career.
Okay. How long is that?
>>If you'd taken every hour you spent writing and instead wandered the streets, gathering cans and pushing them down to the recycling center, you would have made more money. It wouldn't even be close.
Hmm. Hard to say. How much money have I made as a writer?
>>You're standing at the base of the mountain, gazing up at the peak from under the brim of your ironic porkpie hat. The verdict is in. You are not talented.
Hey now, I'm calling foul on this. None of my hats are the least bit ironic. Can't a man just like hats?
>>But back to your blog post.
The one poking fun at Craig for listing his own work repeatedly among his favorites of the genre? Okay...
>>You think your anger at the Superhero writer is because he disagreed with your politics.
Hm. I don't remember that part.
>>Years ago!
Hey, tell HIM, the one actually holding the grudge. He's the one who deletes my comments on sight. Me, I thought we'd made nice.
>>But that's not it, is it?
We agree.
>>It's that you're angry at anyone who exceeds you in your chosen field. Which means everyone.
Everyone exceeds in my chosen field? Have you ever met anyone in my chosen field?
>>But you can't spew your hatred on everyone you meet. Especially when your shtick is "the sweet guy". (How's that working with the women, incidentally?)
Look, make up your mind. Is being critical bad, or is being sweet bad? Are they both bad?
>>So you go after a safe target. Someone who disagrees with the politics of ninety nine percent of your loser lefty friends.
I don't think even HE would say we're that far apart politically...nor am I any clearer on how politics came into this. Who exactly CAN be made fun of if not a man who lists his own spoof movies among his favorite spoof movies? Imagine Rob Schneider saying "Here are the comedies that I think are good: The Animal, Deuce Bigelow, Deuce Bigelow 2..."
>>Go home. Go to Chicago. Talk about how close you were. The big one that got away. Talk about how much more talented you are than the tens of thousands of people who did better than you did. Talk about how it's all politics or who you know or how you look or who you fuck. Talk about how it's all anything but what it really is. You.
I cannot think of a better way to conclude a comment that calls me out for being critical of someone. Particularly a comment in a post entitled "Dictionary Definition of Irony."
Will take it under advisement.
Thanks for posting, Karen!
>>>It's that you're angry at anyone who exceeds you in your chosen field. Which means everyone.
ReplyDelete>>Everyone exceeds in my chosen field? Have you ever met anyone in my chosen field?
Sorry, I misread your line. I'm angry at anyone who exceeds ME in my chosen field, which is everyone. Makes a lot more sense now.
Ya know...There's really not much point in even attempting to counter baseless potshots like these, but in any case, I take comfort in the fact that I'm being true to my vow and not deleting it.
Cause, ya know...THAT would be really cowardly.
Pouring back over the comments again and again, are you? It's late, you should be asleep, but here you are. Rereading every word.
ReplyDeleteAt least it's not getting to you. There's no truth in those words. You're fine. Really.
>>Pouring back over the comments again and again, are you?
ReplyDeleteCall me a perfectionist, I don't like mistakes in my writing. Like saying "pouring" when I mean "poring."
>>It's late, you should be asleep, but here you are. Rereading every word.
I don't really think of 12:26 AM as that late, but thank you for this concern of yours, which you dished out at 2:03 AM, while I was asleep.
>>At least it's not getting to you. There's no truth in those words. You're fine. Really.
Look, if it really brightens your weekend to think that some random Mazin acolyte troll calling me a "vile worm" because I made a little fun of him upsets me, knock yourself out.
Kind of an odd way to tell someone off for being critical, but whatever gets you through the day.
Your point by point refutation has really opened my eyes.
ReplyDeleteOf course, most of those refutations were questions, not answers. What do you know about it? How long is that? How much have I made as a writer? Can't a man just like hats?
But still, they worked. You've changed my mind.
You are a successful, happy screenwriter! Congratulations!
And I'm really enjoying the other posts. Not many people would get dealt a straight flush and fumble it away. Please don't try to look at that as a symbol for your life.
>>Of course, most of those refutations were questions, not answers. What do you know about it? How long is that? How much have I made as a writer? Can't a man just like hats?
ReplyDeleteYes, they're called "rhetorical" questions. You'll learn about them in high school some day. The implication behind them being that you were making a lot of presumptions about things that I'm guessing you don't actually know. Which is your right, of course, but that sort of thing is generally not part of the recipe for an effective argument.
Where I come from, we call it "talking out of your ass." Just FYI.
>>You are a successful, happy screenwriter! Congratulations!
Man, this is odd...I write a brief post poking fun at a guy's bloated ego, and in response to this, you make it your mission to label my life and career a failure.
Maybe you're Craig under a pseudonym, or someone close to Craig, or maybe just a rabid fan, but either way...
It's just kinda deranged. You realize that, right?*
*Rhetorical.
It really is wonderful that you don't know what the word "rhetorical" means. A rhetorical question is one that is making a statement itself, without inviting a reply. A mother saying "do you think that's a good idea?" to her child about to burn his hand is a rhetorical question. She's making a statement ('it's not a good idea') in the form of a question without expecting a response.
ReplyDeleteWhen I make a statement and your responses are all some variety of "do you know that for a fact?", then you are not being rhetorical.
I believe the word you're struggling for is "evasive."
So enlighten us. How long have you been doing this? How well have you done? Do you think that, when you break it down by hour, you've made more writing than you could have by scavenging trash?
Note: the above are not rhetorical questions. If I said "do you think you're handling yourself well in this debate?", it would be.
And to be clear, I am not Craig Mazin. But I'd trade places with him in a second. He seems like a good guy who's doing well in a career he enjoys.
>>A rhetorical question is one that is making a statement itself, without inviting a reply.
ReplyDeleteRight, so, see, when I say "How much have I earned as a writer?" I'm not really inviting you to answer that, because, see, I know full well that you don't know. Which is the point I'm making. Which is what makes it rhetorical. With me now?
>>When I make a statement and your responses are all some variety of "do you know that for a fact?", then you are not being rhetorical. I believe the word you're struggling for is "evasive."
Nope. Rhetorical. No worries, once you get to high school, they'll go over this sort of stuff in more detail.
>>How long have you been doing this?
Longer than some, shorter than others.
>>How well have you done?
Better than some, worse than others.
>>Do you think that, when you break it down by hour, you've made more writing than you could have by scavenging trash?
Yes.
>>And to be clear, I am not Craig Mazin. But I'd trade places with him in a second. He seems like a good guy who's doing well in a career he enjoys.
My advice, then? More time writing, less time hurling baseless potshots.
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ReplyDelete>>The smart thing to do would have been to delete my comments and get on with your life.
ReplyDeleteSo you took the time to write all these comments, and now you're ridiculing me for NOT deleting them?
But I'M the one who's wasting time?
Again:
You're quite the character.
"So you took the time to write all these comments, and now you're ridiculing me for NOT deleting them?
ReplyDeleteBut I'M the one who's wasting time?"
There's good wasting time and there's bad wasting time.
I'm wasting my time by arguing with you, but I'm getting pleasure out of reading your ridiculous replies. It's like masturbation. Is it a waste of time? Yes. Is it pleasurable? Yes.
You're wasting your time by arguing with me, but you're getting frustrated and angry by it. It's like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer for an hour.
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ReplyDelete>>I'd say I know a lot about you.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'd say the above paragraph proves that you don't know the whole story, so you're speculating, which is to say that you're talking out of your ass.
I'd also say that you're starting to remind me of this shithead I met on another board who was so desperate to make his point that he invented a phony journalism award and even concocted a press release that proclaimed that he'd won it. Then he posted a blog in which he accused me of "cyber-stalking" him and threatened to shoot me, which got banned from the board for a while.
Don't know why, exactly. Just a similar vibe, I reckon.
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