Eric J. Robbins

Call me crazy, but maybe the pursuit of regular quarterly revenue / subscriber growth isn't a healthy way to run a media company? Netflix has 300M+ subscribers and is forecasting $51.1B in revenue for the year (with over $10B in profit) -- by every metric, they should be stable and healthy.

I never thought I'd see "The Devils" in a crowded theater. That it has a week engagement across the country is nothing short of a cinematic miracle. This was my second time seeing it, and I enjoyed it even more this round. It has a richness and audacity sorely missing in most modern films.

What drives me nuts about the NYT's quoting of Trump is they're willing to excuse / summarize to his benefit, but they never consider it a problem -- removed from his disgusting threatening of LA and San Diego -- that NO ONE CAN CLEARLY PARSE WHAT HE MEANS.

The frustrating part of the "low-tech" framing is any modern disc release will almost certainly look better than streaming at the same resolution. Especially a 4k disc -- it will have better compression and sound, without a doubt. It's the best way to watch a movie at home, no contest.

Ah yes, the "Hoover Institution", the first group I associate with Condoleezza Rice. There have been some real asinine and tone-deaf statements today from political figures from both major parties that seem to have zero recollection of what 9/11 and the horrors it spawned were actually like.

60 years ago today, Star Trek premiered in the US. To say it's had an impact on my life would be an understatement. Some of my earliest exposure to screenwriting was via scripts for TNG and the TOS films. To write for and be a part of it has been a real joy and privilege. Here's to the next 60! 🖖

TOS and TNG defined my love of Trek in childhood. I would come to DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise later and am a fan of all three. DS9 in particular is, to me, Trek's high-water mark in terms of writing; it brings the horrors of war to the utopia and shows the cost to preserve it.

60 years ago today, Star Trek premiered in the US. To say it's had an impact on my life would be an understatement. Some of my earliest exposure to screenwriting was via scripts for TNG and the TOS films. To write for and be a part of it has been a real joy and privilege. Here's to the next 60! 🖖

TNG eventually became more accessible, and is the series I find the most comforting. It's like a nice blanket or sweater -- it wraps around and comforts the viewer. A personal favorite is "Family", which breaks Picard's stoicism to show the man underneath. Incredible work from Patrick Stewart.

60 years ago today, Star Trek premiered in the US. To say it's had an impact on my life would be an understatement. Some of my earliest exposure to screenwriting was via scripts for TNG and the TOS films. To write for and be a part of it has been a real joy and privilege. Here's to the next 60! 🖖

An episode that I remember resonating is a classic: "The Devil in the Dark", which blew my mind by making its "monster" sympathetic, a victim of misunderstanding and fear. It was a story that made me examine how I interacted with and reacted to the world.

60 years ago today, Star Trek premiered in the US. To say it's had an impact on my life would be an understatement. Some of my earliest exposure to screenwriting was via scripts for TNG and the TOS films. To write for and be a part of it has been a real joy and privilege. Here's to the next 60! 🖖

I'm seeing increasing discussion on #filmsky about Criterion fans being upset about "KPop Demon Hunters", but all I've seen are reactions to the supposed upset folks and maybe four comments on the subreddit that are negative. Every other reaction is overwhelmingly positive. Did I miss something?

We don't have to pay attention to a few negative folks when they are outliers looking for anything to complain about (the Criterion subreddit post about the November releases has 500+ comments, the vast majority of which are overwhelmingly positive). Let's not pretend they're the norm or widespread.

Buying a hard drive in 2026.

A physician I know would spend their entire day in 2020 tending to people dying from COVID, then go home and have their parents tell them to their face that it was a hoax. When the doctor would try to share what they were seeing, they were dismissed and told they're just confused.