Joan is Awful
Jul. 15th, 2023 03:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiggymalvern
We just finished watching the first episode of the latest Black Mirror series, and in how many different ways can I start saying OMG?
I've loved Salma Hayek for years, ever since I first saw her in Desperado. She rocks. And as far as I can tell for an actor I really know nothing about, from what I read, she seems to be a more than reasonable human being? But she's absolutely AWESOME for doing this. Reading this script and everything involved, and saying, 'Hell, yes, I'll do that!' She really is that fabulous. I am sold.
And Charlie Brooker. How long ago must he have written this? At minimum a year, I assume, with time for edits, and casting and filming, then post-production edits, and for the whole series. Then it comes out practically simultaneously with all the stuff that's emerged this week about what the SAG were asking to people to sign and...
Hey, Charlie, can you please stop writing Do Not Create the Torment Nexus? Because every time you do, people create the fucking Torment Nexus. Just dodge that enormous orange-red ball next time, yes?
I've loved Salma Hayek for years, ever since I first saw her in Desperado. She rocks. And as far as I can tell for an actor I really know nothing about, from what I read, she seems to be a more than reasonable human being? But she's absolutely AWESOME for doing this. Reading this script and everything involved, and saying, 'Hell, yes, I'll do that!' She really is that fabulous. I am sold.
And Charlie Brooker. How long ago must he have written this? At minimum a year, I assume, with time for edits, and casting and filming, then post-production edits, and for the whole series. Then it comes out practically simultaneously with all the stuff that's emerged this week about what the SAG were asking to people to sign and...
Hey, Charlie, can you please stop writing Do Not Create the Torment Nexus? Because every time you do, people create the fucking Torment Nexus. Just dodge that enormous orange-red ball next time, yes?
