Answers to yesterday’s Akemi-isms quiz…
Answers:
Carb and Sujiastic = Curb Your Enthusiasm
Flateau = Plateau
The margins = The crust
Dennit = Damnit
Porkupintus = Appendicitis
Brinkle = Blink
Bricklyn Style = Any interior architecture with exposed brick.
Hinch = Hunch
Melancholy Syndrom = Depression
Rock Work = Geology https://t.co/xSWonmWksH— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) October 5, 2021
Came across this thread today that neatly encapsulates why I can’t read pitches or scripts…
Well, I'll tell you Jason, the answer is no. And it has nothing to do with you, specifically. I'm sure you're lovely. It has more to do with me and exposure. I suppose it's been a while since we did this, but here's why no professional writer wants to hear a pitch from Twitter… https://t.co/TEBYXVeAZl
— Marc Burn-ward-hurtin' (@marcbernardin) October 5, 2021
Hit the 50 page mark on the Promise of Blood pilot and it’s become very evident that I’m going to be long. I won’t deliver a script over 60 pages, so I’ll just push through this first draft, then take a couple of days to review and trim. A LOT happens in this first episode.
The Fronted pitch deck is DONE and heading out. Will talk to the gang about possibly revealing a few of Henry Fong’s amazing illustrations.
A pass on the Dark Matter miniseries from one of the bigger, more obvious homes. Disappointed but undaunted. On we go.
Cue 150 spec scripts with the same heist objective.
Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last minute https://t.co/ydxP8VZR05— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) October 5, 2021
Cool.
#Stargate https://t.co/Qd0UrGf0NZ
— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) October 3, 2021
Today’s Yes/No….
Shrimp, Oyster, and Olive Oil-flavored Chips? Yes/No
Potato chips for sake? 176-year-old brewer and gourmet chip maker produce a snack like no other https://t.co/hBuALkf8co via @RocketNews24En— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) October 5, 2021
Well, it’s an automatic no on those chips because of the oysters. I bet that it’s a snack like no other, though.
Akemi’s turns-of-phrase all make perfect sense, and I may adopt some of them myself!
Now who the heck wants a trillion dollar platinum coin. Because of counterfeiting, they barely want to take a twenty dollar bill any more.
It wasn’t Netflix was it?
I need to know if we should bother continuing to petition Netflix with their title request form.
At this point, no.
I take it you mean “no, we shouldn’t bother” and not “no, it wasn’t Netflix who bowed out”. So they did pass on it?
If they did pass on it, I wonder if the people who do that and the people who receive the title requests from the form don’t actually communicate with each other. Perhaps you could ask the former to talk to the latter and tell them about the well-over-a-dozen people who’ve told me they’ve submitted the form after I linked to it (and doubtless more who did it without saying).
When you explain what the Akemi-isms are in reference to, it makes perfect sense!