Winslow’s reaction makes me wonder if Weir’s transparent retaliation may make studios and production companies unwilling to hear his pitches in future.
In all honestly, I doubt it - this industry tends to like money above all else, unless someone becomes a highly public liability. And I don’t think this comes close to rising to that level.
Let’s compare this to Tarantino, Sussman, and many others that have made pitches on the film and television side over the past decade.
They’ve all felt they had a great idea, they’ve been quite public about having pitched it, and they’ve attempted to build up fan interest and momentum.
If Weir had just done the same, I don’t think there’d be any adverse effect. Likely, the opposite in the current environment.
Instead, he took his moment in the sun not to pitch his idea to the public, or say that he had an idea that wasn’t viewed as fitting with where the franchise was then but perhaps it might be reconsidered: He took his moment in the sun to retaliate.
Why would a producer want to risk hearing a pitch from him in future?
He sounds like a total douchebag with sour grapes. He took time to punch down at people who aren’t as privileged as he is.
Here’s the full quote:
And here’s another thing: I pitched a Star Trek show to Paramount and I was on Zoom with the showrunners with all the shows and spent a lot of time talking to [Kurtzman]… He, as a person, is a really nice guy. But at the same time, those shows are shit. He is a nice guy, but they didn’t accept my pitch so, you know, fuck ’em.”
Imagine having a movie directed by Ridley Scott, a massive Ryan Gosling hit, millions of dollars… and you still spend time complaining about not being hired as a Star Trek writer.
Plus you’re so insecure about yourself, you have to describe the shows as “shit.” On a podcast called Critical Drinker.
It’s pathetic and shows what Andy Weir is really made of.
Unfortunately, there’s an entire cult of fanboys for his work, so this will affect nothing.
If you’re on a podcast called Critical Drinker maybe calling a show “shit” is just the expected level of banter. I’ve certainly leveled harsher criticism at better media while drinking! And while sober, to be honest.
Oh no, the shoe is not called that because they are drunk on it. Critical Drinker is an online persona and… well, we’d all be better off if he was just a drunk spouting bullshit into the internet. Instead he is a culture war grifter.
In all honestly, I doubt it - this industry tends to like money above all else, unless someone becomes a highly public liability. And I don’t think this comes close to rising to that level.
Let’s compare this to Tarantino, Sussman, and many others that have made pitches on the film and television side over the past decade.
They’ve all felt they had a great idea, they’ve been quite public about having pitched it, and they’ve attempted to build up fan interest and momentum.
If Weir had just done the same, I don’t think there’d be any adverse effect. Likely, the opposite in the current environment.
Instead, he took his moment in the sun not to pitch his idea to the public, or say that he had an idea that wasn’t viewed as fitting with where the franchise was then but perhaps it might be reconsidered: He took his moment in the sun to retaliate.
Why would a producer want to risk hearing a pitch from him in future?
He sounds like a total douchebag with sour grapes. He took time to punch down at people who aren’t as privileged as he is.
Here’s the full quote:
Imagine having a movie directed by Ridley Scott, a massive Ryan Gosling hit, millions of dollars… and you still spend time complaining about not being hired as a Star Trek writer.
Plus you’re so insecure about yourself, you have to describe the shows as “shit.” On a podcast called Critical Drinker.
It’s pathetic and shows what Andy Weir is really made of.
Unfortunately, there’s an entire cult of fanboys for his work, so this will affect nothing.
If you’re on a podcast called Critical Drinker maybe calling a show “shit” is just the expected level of banter. I’ve certainly leveled harsher criticism at better media while drinking! And while sober, to be honest.
This kind of seems like a nothingburger.
Oh no, the shoe is not called that because they are drunk on it. Critical Drinker is an online persona and… well, we’d all be better off if he was just a drunk spouting bullshit into the internet. Instead he is a culture war grifter.
Oh that’s unfortunate!