Comprehensive, if clearly slanted, take on AICN
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“As a retrospective of the rise and fall of AICN, there is a lot of good info here that I never knew, and the creator does a nice job of laying out the narrative. The problem is that his own obvious bias seeps in to such a degree that the podcast is relegated to a takedown hit piece in the mind of the listener, and therefore it’s hard to take it too seriously.
The most eye-rolling bit is the creator’s reverence for traditional, old-school film reviewers and the lamenting of their loss. Please. Has there ever been a more useless, destructive occupation than traditional newspaper film reviewer? Good riddance to this pack of unqualified snobs, in particular Pauline Kael, who’s nauseating snobbery would never allow her to judge a film for what it set out to accomplish. She and the Vincent Canbys and Gene Siskels of the word were among the most destructive forces ever unleashed on cinema. Give me the pseudo-democracy of Rotten Tomatoes any day over that pack of self-righteous hacks.
Oh, and the smaller, more personal, non-genre films didn’t disappear, they moved to television, where the writer is in charge and can have the freedom to be daring and take risks without so much interference.”
Alocksley via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/01/22
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“Really loving this podcast - super interesting- but please don’t play loud music over someone while they are talking - it makes it really hard to parse out what someone is saying…”
Christopher Merritt via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/12/22
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“I was obsessed with AICN in its heyday. I was so stoked when I found this pod. The drag is that the last episode actually discussing AICN was back in March. Three episodes of “bonus” material. Solid podcast, just plan on waiting between episodes.”
Enoch Powell via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/10/22
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