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Your Daily Disappointment?

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
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April 7th, 2025

Just got this email from the Swedish National Television:

"It is a nice and atmospheric short film but the the style of it feels too young for us at "Swedish National Television Short film section" and in the high competition we have chosen to prioritize other titles this time. Having said that, we see several qualities and hope that you can continue to find other ways to get the film distributed."
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,717
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    April 7th, 2025

    Just got this email from the Swedish National Television:

    "It is a nice and atmospheric short film but the the style of it feels too young for us at "Swedish National Television Short film section" and in the high competition we have chosen to prioritize other titles this time. Having said that, we see several qualities and hope that you can continue to find other ways to get the film distributed."
    Just the fact that they responded in a very positive manner you should be damn proud I give you a ton of credit for doing something you believe in, keep your chin up and keep at it ✌️
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,562
     B)
    Nice work. F..k them! 
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,822
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    April 7th, 2025

    Just got this email from the Swedish National Television:

    "It is a nice and atmospheric short film but the the style of it feels too young for us at "Swedish National Television Short film section" and in the high competition we have chosen to prioritize other titles this time. Having said that, we see several qualities and hope that you can continue to find other ways to get the film distributed."
    you made a movie????
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,562
    Can we watch it. Subtitles please. As long as noo Freddy k horror stuff. ;)

  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,839
    I’d tell you to send it over here but trump has mel gibson, sylvester stallone and jon voight wstching over hollywood, so you might not have any luck.

    but, seriously, keep going and keep trying! I’m sure s lot of creative people have faced disappointment before they found success.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
    Take it easy. It was a daily disappointment. Not a yearly one. It had already been passed on by one or two film festivals some years back. But still. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 3,199
    That’s awesome you made a film and are putting it out there to try and get it shown. Keep at it!
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Take it easy. It was a daily disappointment. Not a yearly one. It had already been passed on by one or two film festivals some years back. But still. 
    My daily disappointment is that you didn't just thank all those nice people talking you down off the ledge. 
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,762
    The US is starving for content. If it is watchable, you will find someone willing to put it on a streaming site.
  • Purple Fairy TreePurple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,005
    If it first you don't succeed....
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,264
    Get_Right said:
    The US is starving for content. If it is watchable, you will find someone willing to put it on a streaming site.
    I am pretty sure Tubi takes virtually anything that isn't just straight up porn.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,640
    edited April 9
    Man, I thought this was going to be a thread to gripe about what disappointed you today.
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,640
    Get_Right said:
    The US is starving for content. If it is watchable, you will find someone willing to put it on a streaming site.
    I'm pretty sure being watchable isn't even a criteria anymore. 
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
    PJ_Soul said:
    Get_Right said:
    The US is starving for content. If it is watchable, you will find someone willing to put it on a streaming site.
    I am pretty sure Tubi takes virtually anything that isn't just straight up porn.

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
    edited April 10
    April 10th

    Was sooo sure about buying some Nintendo stock yesterday. When it was down like 6-7 percent or whatever.
    And toooday it is upppppp 11%..... 
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,520
    mace1229 said:
    Man, I thought this was going to be a thread to gripe about what disappointed you today.
    So, opening this thread was your daily disappointment.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,762
    mace1229 said:
    Get_Right said:
    The US is starving for content. If it is watchable, you will find someone willing to put it on a streaming site.
    I'm pretty sure being watchable isn't even a criteria anymore. 

    That is funny because it is true!
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,264
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Get_Right said:
    The US is starving for content. If it is watchable, you will find someone willing to put it on a streaming site.
    I am pretty sure Tubi takes virtually anything that isn't just straight up porn.


    Omg! :lol: I didn't mean it like that.... I'm sure your film is much better than straight up porn, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
    April 14th

    Just found that now when a collogue is leaving, that he has had $1100 more a month in salary than me 

    Whatever happened with socialism and not fucking me over in life. 

    I COULD HAVE BOUGHT BENAROYA HALL WITH THAT MONEY
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,762
    My lazy 20 year old college kid complaining. No job. No student loans. Everything paid for. I have spent over 20k on orthodontics. New Iphone 16. Mom cooks his meals. Single dorm room at college. When I was 20 the last place I wanted to be was home. Get the heck out and start living your life. Go see a show. Go to a club. Get a tattoo or an earring. Go get laid. His generation is so unmotivated and protected.
    I sound like an old man but at some point he needs to just take responsibility for his own life. 
  • Purple Fairy TreePurple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,005
    @Get_Right Blimey, sounds like your kid doesn't realise how lucky he is.. I'm sure he will one day though. 
  • Purple Fairy TreePurple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,005
    For me, I wouldn't say it's daily disappointment, perhaps hourly, but I'm not gonna grumble, good things happen too.
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,822
    Get_Right said:
    My lazy 20 year old college kid complaining. No job. No student loans. Everything paid for. I have spent over 20k on orthodontics. New Iphone 16. Mom cooks his meals. Single dorm room at college. When I was 20 the last place I wanted to be was home. Get the heck out and start living your life. Go see a show. Go to a club. Get a tattoo or an earring. Go get laid. His generation is so unmotivated and protected.
    I sound like an old man but at some point he needs to just take responsibility for his own life. 
    Similar boat. We’ve talked about this before: the phones. No life. Just watching the fake lives of others on socials. 

    Maddening. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,762
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Get_Right said:
    My lazy 20 year old college kid complaining. No job. No student loans. Everything paid for. I have spent over 20k on orthodontics. New Iphone 16. Mom cooks his meals. Single dorm room at college. When I was 20 the last place I wanted to be was home. Get the heck out and start living your life. Go see a show. Go to a club. Get a tattoo or an earring. Go get laid. His generation is so unmotivated and protected.
    I sound like an old man but at some point he needs to just take responsibility for his own life. 
    Similar boat. We’ve talked about this before: the phones. No life. Just watching the fake lives of others on socials. 

    Maddening. 

    It is not so much the phones. I have accepted that place in their lives. It is that they are so unmotivated to do anything. We hand them the path to walk down yet they will not take a step. What is interesting is that my daughter is the exact opposite. 17 with a great job, participating in clubs, totally organized, social, a busy schedule, and has ideas about her future. My son just does not do anything. He cannot even find his socks. Ahhh to be a parent these days. At some point I will get my life back. 
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,822
    My youngest is like your daughter. My oldest is the phone zombie. 

    But the scientific evidence clearly shows the incredible detrimental effect phones and specifically, social media engineered for addiction, are having on our society. 

    There are absolutely many factors influencing how this generation behaves, from our helicopter parenting to the state of politics to the sheer monumental task of getting anywhere in our current economic times; fine if you’ve accepted the role phones play in their lives, but downplaying the significance of the affects to me is burying your head in the sand. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,762
    I know the effects. I hate it. It is even happening to adults. Take a look around the next time you are on a commuter train, EVERYONE is on their phones. Try reading a book! But what needs to be accepted by a parent is that it is not going away. It is a big part of their lives, like it or not. I am not burying my head in the sand but helping them understand that you need to do A and B and then you can get lost in your phone. They need to learn how to manage it on their own with guidance from the parents. Easier said than done. The other part is taking care of the device. You break it than you may not have a phone for a year. Treat it properly. There are some lessons to be learned.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
    I'm a phone zombie. Tried to move myself from it. And became a youtube zombie. Now I am actively transferring myself back to a Mario kart 8 zombie.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,822
    Get_Right said:
    I know the effects. I hate it. It is even happening to adults. Take a look around the next time you are on a commuter train, EVERYONE is on their phones. Try reading a book! But what needs to be accepted by a parent is that it is not going away. It is a big part of their lives, like it or not. I am not burying my head in the sand but helping them understand that you need to do A and B and then you can get lost in your phone. They need to learn how to manage it on their own with guidance from the parents. Easier said than done. The other part is taking care of the device. You break it than you may not have a phone for a year. Treat it properly. There are some lessons to be learned.
    gotcha. 

    yeah, I was at Heart and Cheap Trick a couple weeks back. I was ASTOUNDED at the number of baby boomers who wouldn't put their fucking phones away. And don't get me started on Gen X parents and their insistence on recording every minute of their children's lives. Every event, band recital, dance competitions: PHONES UP. Drives me BATTY. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,762
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Get_Right said:
    I know the effects. I hate it. It is even happening to adults. Take a look around the next time you are on a commuter train, EVERYONE is on their phones. Try reading a book! But what needs to be accepted by a parent is that it is not going away. It is a big part of their lives, like it or not. I am not burying my head in the sand but helping them understand that you need to do A and B and then you can get lost in your phone. They need to learn how to manage it on their own with guidance from the parents. Easier said than done. The other part is taking care of the device. You break it than you may not have a phone for a year. Treat it properly. There are some lessons to be learned.
    gotcha. 

    yeah, I was at Heart and Cheap Trick a couple weeks back. I was ASTOUNDED at the number of baby boomers who wouldn't put their fucking phones away. And don't get me started on Gen X parents and their insistence on recording every minute of their children's lives. Every event, band recital, dance competitions: PHONES UP. Drives me BATTY. 

    Yeah its bad. I take a pic or two at any event. And then put it away. I mean do you really need 1000 pics and videos of that event? No you don't. I probably fall into that group of Gen X parents. But I buy the smallest phone. Always a mini. And I rarely use it during events. Technology can be a good thing. But learn the balance. That is my message to my kids.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,136
    April 17th

    No one wanted to tag along to the Neil Young documentary being shown tonight
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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