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None are needed. Forget his real age; he looks like shit.
I met a man with AIDS in his 60s that looked younger.
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I met a man with AIDS in his 60s that looked younger.
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That guy has a weird thing going on about talking about LGBT representation in video games. I distinctly remember seeing a video of his listed called "Gone Home Needs More Gay".
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Those eyes make it look like someone just entered his room as he was about to drop trou.
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He looks 50.
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We're missing out on what's important... when will they come out as trans?
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Not to mention all the kids that won't get to watch it because of their parents religious beliefs, oh but a couple of 20 year old men and women get to see it so that's good, gays and lesbians should be the real demographic.
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TRANSPHOBIA! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Everyone knows that every character ever needs to be a fat black transwoman with a pink mohawk and various physical and mental disabilities.
THAT'S TRUE DIVERSITY!
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"Disney needs to acknowledge my head canon." -too many spergs on the Internet.
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"We don't give a shit because we sell our ideas to children, and you'll still give us money anyway because you're retarded and buy by brand label." ~ Reasonable Response
I love that these people seem to not get something called 'market demographics'. If they decide to make things more mature, then they lose their traditional audience, which is a shit idea if you're making a kid oriented film.
It's why we don't have counting games in explosion fests and rape on pinball machines in kiddy shows.
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Back when Disney tried to "go mature" superficially, it resulted in underwhelming performers (Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) or outright bombs (Atlantis, Treasure Planet). I guess it's fitting that the latter two have found a niche audience among the type of deviants who have threads dedicated to them on this board.
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Hey, does anybody have a copy of Kyle Kallgren's (Oancitizen's) short film he funded through Kickstarter?
I have a variety of feelings towards this.
* It seems weird that a student film would have to go to Kickstarter in order to be funded,
* It's hilarious that people forked over $16,000+ for a film that won't be distributed/posted online,
* It's ironic that one of his "influences" for the film was Shane Carruth, who made his feature-length debut Primer for less than half as much, didn't use crowd-funding and was feature-length.
* And even if this was released today, it would be dated due to
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SYNOPSIS: Washington, D.C., 2024. Jack Simm has been playing a losing game as the campaign manager for a Senator’s bid for the White House. Fed up with his gaffe-prone candidate, he has managed to get ahold of the latest prototype for a cutting-edge technology – a working time machine. During a key presidential debate, the manager, armed with the ability to jump back several seconds at a time, corrals his frustrated campaign staff to erase and revise potential gaffes before they become talking points. But as in-fighting mounts and personal interests get in the way, their attempts to control the dialogue begins to collapse in this satirical political science fiction story.
To be made in partial requirement of a Degree in Master of Arts Film and Video for the American University School of Communication.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Election Cycle: A Political Satire... with Time Travel
About this project
SYNOPSIS: Washington, D.C., 2024. Jack Simm has been playing a losing game as the campaign manager for a Senator’s bid for the White House. Fed up with his gaffe-prone candidate, he has managed to get ahold of the latest prototype for a cutting-edge technology – a working time machine. During a key presidential debate, the manager, armed with the ability to jump back several seconds at a time, corrals his frustrated campaign staff to erase and revise potential gaffes before they become talking points. But as in-fighting mounts and personal interests get in the way, their attempts to control the dialogue begins to collapse in this satirical political science fiction story.
To be made in partial requirement of a Degree in Master of Arts Film and Video for the American University School of Communication.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Election Cycle is a short film halfway between a screwball comedy and a dark Capitol Hill thriller - equal parts Shane Carruth and Armando Ianucci
This idea combines two of my great loves – political satire and classic sci-fi. I had the idea for a sci fi film first. Taking inspiration from the one act play “Sure Thing,” my initial concept was simply two people on a dinner date, both armed with small time machines that let them jump back a few seconds at a time, taking back every stupid, thoughtless thing said to each other.
I loved the idea, having said too many things that I wish I could take back myself. I also thought it worked as a sci-fi story. The best science fiction, to me, explores how our technology reveals character. After all, there’s an element of time travel in how we communicate now. If you’ve ever IM’d with someone, you’ve probably had a moment where you started writing a sentence, stopped, then rewrote it. I felt it worked as an expression of regret.
But then I realized that if I wanted to expand the concept I could take it into a realm where minor slips of the tongue had real and lasting consequences. So, I revised the concept to a political setting.
It should be no surprise that this was conceived during an election year, but it should stay relevant past this political season. Politics doesn’t stop, after all. We will always have ambitious leaders with tied tongues. Just as we’ve all had times when we want to communicate better. Times when we wish we could take back a poorly worded sentence and redo it like multiple takes of a scene. We’ve all had moments when we thought of the perfect thing to say a little too late. We’ve all had moments where we wished brilliant statements could come out perfectly formed, but no one has that kind of control. No one needs that kind of control. And it would be pretty ridiculous if we did have it. Dangerous, as well.
CURRENT LIST OF CAST AND CREW:
Writer/Director: Kyle Kallgren
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Maggie Stogner
Director of Photography: Scott Bastedo
Script Supervisor: Jessica Kitrick
Key Grip: James Jackson
Concept Artist: Ven Hosky
Props: Devin Harrigan
I've been working with video for two years now, but this will easily be the biggest project I've undertaken. I'll need actors, crew, equipment, all that, but thankfully I've accumulated an array of old contacts in my university and in the DC theater scene to tackle this project with me. We have the setup, now all we need to do is execute.
We aim to make this a SAG production - this is an actor based piece and we aim to get the best cast possible!
Principal photography will be done from March 10th through March 17th. A rough cut should be done by mid April and a workable final cut done by May.
Risks and challenges
Casting will certainly be a key part of this film. It's a tight, single setting character piece and if those characters fall flat, so falls the film. I'll need a SAG contract to entice talented actors to bring the script to life, and that needs all the extra investment that comes with being a SAG production. Locations will also come into play. Shooting in DC we can find plenty of setting-appropriate locales but that may cost as well. Effects work will also be quite important. Like all sci-fi films, proper, professional post-production will make or break the short. Some of my colleagues have extensive effects experience, and so I have several options for proper post work.
To be made in partial requirement of a Degree in Master of Arts Film and Video for the American University School of Communication.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Election Cycle: A Political Satire... with Time Travel
About this project
SYNOPSIS: Washington, D.C., 2024. Jack Simm has been playing a losing game as the campaign manager for a Senator’s bid for the White House. Fed up with his gaffe-prone candidate, he has managed to get ahold of the latest prototype for a cutting-edge technology – a working time machine. During a key presidential debate, the manager, armed with the ability to jump back several seconds at a time, corrals his frustrated campaign staff to erase and revise potential gaffes before they become talking points. But as in-fighting mounts and personal interests get in the way, their attempts to control the dialogue begins to collapse in this satirical political science fiction story.
To be made in partial requirement of a Degree in Master of Arts Film and Video for the American University School of Communication.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Election Cycle is a short film halfway between a screwball comedy and a dark Capitol Hill thriller - equal parts Shane Carruth and Armando Ianucci
This idea combines two of my great loves – political satire and classic sci-fi. I had the idea for a sci fi film first. Taking inspiration from the one act play “Sure Thing,” my initial concept was simply two people on a dinner date, both armed with small time machines that let them jump back a few seconds at a time, taking back every stupid, thoughtless thing said to each other.
I loved the idea, having said too many things that I wish I could take back myself. I also thought it worked as a sci-fi story. The best science fiction, to me, explores how our technology reveals character. After all, there’s an element of time travel in how we communicate now. If you’ve ever IM’d with someone, you’ve probably had a moment where you started writing a sentence, stopped, then rewrote it. I felt it worked as an expression of regret.
But then I realized that if I wanted to expand the concept I could take it into a realm where minor slips of the tongue had real and lasting consequences. So, I revised the concept to a political setting.
It should be no surprise that this was conceived during an election year, but it should stay relevant past this political season. Politics doesn’t stop, after all. We will always have ambitious leaders with tied tongues. Just as we’ve all had times when we want to communicate better. Times when we wish we could take back a poorly worded sentence and redo it like multiple takes of a scene. We’ve all had moments when we thought of the perfect thing to say a little too late. We’ve all had moments where we wished brilliant statements could come out perfectly formed, but no one has that kind of control. No one needs that kind of control. And it would be pretty ridiculous if we did have it. Dangerous, as well.
CURRENT LIST OF CAST AND CREW:
Writer/Director: Kyle Kallgren
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Maggie Stogner
Director of Photography: Scott Bastedo
Script Supervisor: Jessica Kitrick
Key Grip: James Jackson
Concept Artist: Ven Hosky
Props: Devin Harrigan
I've been working with video for two years now, but this will easily be the biggest project I've undertaken. I'll need actors, crew, equipment, all that, but thankfully I've accumulated an array of old contacts in my university and in the DC theater scene to tackle this project with me. We have the setup, now all we need to do is execute.
We aim to make this a SAG production - this is an actor based piece and we aim to get the best cast possible!
Principal photography will be done from March 10th through March 17th. A rough cut should be done by mid April and a workable final cut done by May.
Risks and challenges
Casting will certainly be a key part of this film. It's a tight, single setting character piece and if those characters fall flat, so falls the film. I'll need a SAG contract to entice talented actors to bring the script to life, and that needs all the extra investment that comes with being a SAG production. Locations will also come into play. Shooting in DC we can find plenty of setting-appropriate locales but that may cost as well. Effects work will also be quite important. Like all sci-fi films, proper, professional post-production will make or break the short. Some of my colleagues have extensive effects experience, and so I have several options for proper post work.
* It seems weird that a student film would have to go to Kickstarter in order to be funded,
* It's hilarious that people forked over $16,000+ for a film that won't be distributed/posted online,
* It's ironic that one of his "influences" for the film was Shane Carruth, who made his feature-length debut Primer for less than half as much, didn't use crowd-funding and was feature-length.
* And even if this was released today, it would be dated due to
.
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I have a lot of friends in film school and they've all had to fund their final films this way - doesn't surprise me.
These people were never the most competent with their money. Doug flushed $90,000 down the toilet, so it makes sense people who associated with Channel Awesome would be bad at managing their budget.
Unfunny dated jokes have never stopped them before. In fact it's pretty much what their reviews are based around.* And even if this was released today, it would be dated due to
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It just seems weird that someone with a following on the internet, who largely used said following in order to achieve more funding than he normally would have, won't at the very least put up his short film online. He'll post an amateurish high school project video with "wacky" Pop-Up Video-style commentary, but not his ostensibly more professional final film for college?
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Two things come to mind. Perhaps he or an independent producer saw commercial potential for it, managed to sell it to a small time distributor, and the distributor is sitting on it (this happened to a filmmaker friend of mine who actually had his movie eventually featured on Brows Held High). This is assuming the project was finished, of course. The other reason I can think of is that this campaign was ran during the first few formative years of crowdfunding, when people were still figuring out how what rewards are fair, blah, blah, blah. Or maybe he's embarrassed by it. Yeah, I know that level of self reflection is unlikely in a former CA producer...
Edit: I looked through the comments on the KS page and there were a couple of people asking about their DVDs. These comments are from
almost 3 years ago, so either the backers received them, or they don't want to bother him.
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What movie was this?
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I'd rather not identify it, but I imagine that a lot of the things Kallgren criticized it for (and, all things considered, his review was fair and even handed) could also be applied to his own movie. Now that I think about it, Kallgren's movie sounds like something that would be featured on his show had it been made by someone else.
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I think I have a pretty good idea of what movie you're talking about, but I respect your right to privacy. And if your friend really is the director of the movie I'm thinking of, that's really cool on your end.
I wonder what would happen if Kallgren actually decided to tackle Election Cycle. Would he actually engage in meaningful self-criticism, or would it be as jokey and toothless as when Doug reviewed the CA movies as the Nostalgia Critic?