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David Farrier

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3196 total appearances

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Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

So you're annoyed that the name doesn't match the face on the cover? Yes.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

So you're annoyed that the name doesn't match the face on the cover? Yes.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Yeah, completely. To be the big name. But then just like reflect the image. I agree. For me as well, it's often like the pull quote always like blows my mind. Like, like whatever the, like, what are they on here? Like total recall, get ready for the ride of your life. That's quite a good one. That's quite fun. Um, alien. Um, it's not on here, but it's like in space. No one can hear you scream.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Yeah, completely. To be the big name. But then just like reflect the image. I agree. For me as well, it's often like the pull quote always like blows my mind. Like, like whatever the, like, what are they on here? Like total recall, get ready for the ride of your life. That's quite a good one. That's quite fun. Um, alien. Um, it's not on here, but it's like in space. No one can hear you scream.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Yeah. Jurassic park and adventure 65 million years in the making. That is solid as hell. And what was Armageddon? This is great. This is pure Michael Bay. For love, for honor, for mankind. That's so good.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Yeah. Jurassic park and adventure 65 million years in the making. That is solid as hell. And what was Armageddon? This is great. This is pure Michael Bay. For love, for honor, for mankind. That's so good.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Yeah, no, it's incredible, right? And I feel like we're not, you couldn't tell me the tagline for like the new Netflix releases. No. Like the gray man, you know, that was like a Netflix big hit. I can't even remember what the visuals are around it.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Yeah, no, it's incredible, right? And I feel like we're not, you couldn't tell me the tagline for like the new Netflix releases. No. Like the gray man, you know, that was like a Netflix big hit. I can't even remember what the visuals are around it.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

I know this because when we released, when we did Dark Tourist on Netflix, we had like one meeting in the Netflix building and they took us through the art and they basically showed us like all the varieties of stuff that were going to be fed out all over the world.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

I know this because when we released, when we did Dark Tourist on Netflix, we had like one meeting in the Netflix building and they took us through the art and they basically showed us like all the varieties of stuff that were going to be fed out all over the world.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

And so we got this really amazing insight into like, some of them were, um, hand drawn and animated because people like watching like something animated, some were like terrible Photoshop's of like my face on like a planet.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

And so we got this really amazing insight into like, some of them were, um, hand drawn and animated because people like watching like something animated, some were like terrible Photoshop's of like my face on like a planet.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

some of them were like the artwork we had given them yeah and basically yeah they're flung out into the world and like the algorithm yeah and see what people respond to and match it up and off you go it's like a wild process yeah you couldn't you couldn't do that at a blockbuster no no it was one bold decision and that's what you rolled with and if you fucked it up there was like no going back yep which is wild

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

some of them were like the artwork we had given them yeah and basically yeah they're flung out into the world and like the algorithm yeah and see what people respond to and match it up and off you go it's like a wild process yeah you couldn't you couldn't do that at a blockbuster no no it was one bold decision and that's what you rolled with and if you fucked it up there was like no going back yep which is wild

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Now, there's something I argued with you a bit about this, I think, on the way out of Bend. And I've been thinking about this a bit more, and I've got a really good example that I think is going to help my argument. My argument was the joy of a blockbuster and having a physical product is that if this stuff disappears off streaming services, you'll still have a copy.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

Now, there's something I argued with you a bit about this, I think, on the way out of Bend. And I've been thinking about this a bit more, and I've got a really good example that I think is going to help my argument. My argument was the joy of a blockbuster and having a physical product is that if this stuff disappears off streaming services, you'll still have a copy.

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

I don't have a copy of the stuff I've made. I don't have a copy of Dark Tourist, that series. I don't have a copy of Tickled. It just sits...

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

I don't have a copy of the stuff I've made. I don't have a copy of Dark Tourist, that series. I don't have a copy of Tickled. It just sits...

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

on a streamer and if it goes then we're never going to get it back and i think there's something to be said and it's the same with video games there's something to be said for owning the thing because there's no guarantee that it's going to exist digitally for ages and i feel like you kind of disagree to me a little bit of the time you're like i think your exact words were like you can find it somewhere online

Flightless Bird
Blockbuster

on a streamer and if it goes then we're never going to get it back and i think there's something to be said and it's the same with video games there's something to be said for owning the thing because there's no guarantee that it's going to exist digitally for ages and i feel like you kind of disagree to me a little bit of the time you're like i think your exact words were like you can find it somewhere online