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Eric Shmeric

@ericdienstfrey.bsky.social

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Film/Media/Sound @ UC & UA Author of MAKING STEREO FIT www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/ Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift. "The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 5h

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 15h

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 15h

And no shade intended for TresTiffany. I was merely trying to put TLoaS into a larger context.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 15h

For instance, there were around 6 different versions of Streisand's A STAR IS BORN. Different aspect ratios. 35mm and 70mm. Different sound formats as well. Mono. SVA. 4 track and 6 track mag, with and without Dolby NR. There was no definitive version.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 15h

Agreed. And come to think of it, my book (buy it in its paperback, hardback, and ebook variants today!) is basically the history of all of the stereo and surround sound variants for movies since the 1930s. There is rarely a definitive version, which is a frustrating concept. Which version to watch?

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 15h

True. But also I get it. There are a lot of exceptionally talented artists our there who aren't as fortunate. So she's become a symbol of how unfair capitalism is, especially when it comes to measuring the value of art.

Also, some Swifties are fucking crazy, and that drives anti-TS sentiments.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 15h

I was going to say happy meals, but yes, comic books are the better analogy for sure!

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 15h

Are there people out there buying every version? I mean probably. But not many. Certainly not enough to explain the record's success. More likely people buy the original. Then if they like a song on the deluxe, they'll likely download that separately or buy the deluxe version at a later time.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

Not saying this is good, but this is how showbiz works now. And it's not just records. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER had like 5 different versions.

And they charge a lot for the deluxe versions too. Here's the article on the high price for one of COWBOY CARTER'S variants.
variety.com/2024/music/n...

Vinyl Version of Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ With the Five Missing Tracks Is Finally on Sale, at a Higher Price

A vinyl edition of Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' with five previously missing tracks is now on sale, at a higher price than the truncated version.

variety.com

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

Every major artist today (from Beyonce to Sabrina Carpenter) releases multiple versions of their records.

The main version. Several deluxe versions. Store-specific exclusives. Clean versions. Plus, the different formats (CD, digital, vinyl).

Most just download the songs digitally, though.

TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 16h

This is inherently unserious and completely shameless

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

Yes. It eventually made sense. Insane!

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

Didn't want to watch DANCER IN THE DARK as well to make it s trilogy?

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

Ah!!! I was way off, then.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

I'm trying so hard to understand what you wrote, too.

Out 1 was the catching of the fly ball, yes?

Then the runner at home didn't tag back up with 3rd base, so Out 2?

I'm at a loss about Out 3.

(It's really not important. The world is on fire at the moment.)

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 16h

Seriously, can someone explain this to me without using the phrase "grounded out at home" because I don't know what that means.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 17h

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, Annie Hall is a good movie. And I feel like everyone is dying to scream that sentence but can't.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 17h

How long before Taylor Swift buys Disney?

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 17h

They aren't bad books, though. Just emotionally empty.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 17h

Oddly, I agree with this clickbait list. The 00s were bad years for King, aside from his 3 DT books. I don't know the cause, but the core problem was that the tragic events had no emotional stakes. King's best books are exceptionally sad. You care so much for the families. These books? Not so much.

10 Worst Stephen King Books, Ranked

Stephen King is one of the best and most prolific authors of all time, but he has written a few misses over the years, like Cell and Lisey's Story.

collider.com

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 21h

Also... not nearly enough people have read the entirety of Proust's epic novel for it to be considered one of the greatest ever written.

Too many in the literary world adopt consensus takes as their own opinions.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 21h

Stephen King is the most influencial novelist of the last 30 years.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 21h

youtu.be/CDj1mSUWFcM?...

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 23h

Supreme Court Justice from the 1980s and 1990s. Coined the term "reverse racism."

Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 1d

Who the fuck is Bret Easton Ellis? Wrong answers only.

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 23h

** Jeez. I meant to say "Israeli people" not "Israeli Bibi".

Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 23h

And we haven't been addressing the trauma of it all. Those saying that the events traumatized them are widely attacked for being insensitive. Ms Rachel is attacked for crying for Palestinian kids. Jews are attacked for crying about the safety of hostages.

This war has made ALL of us less humane.

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