Another great list from a writer I always love to read. Steven's got so many classics that you'll never quite see a consensus list, which is half the fun. (I do, however, have to ask where that illustration/adaptation of an actual still from E.T. came from)
A machine can’t sing “Old McDonald” where the only animals they pick on the farm are cats and occasionally a horse. A machine will never feel what I feel when they ask “Squeeze the hand?” after tucking in. Why would you deny yourself this. What is it worth to you
As good as you can imagine and probably better than
I mourn the exclusion of deeper talk on A.I./Minority Report/War of the Worlds—his early ‘00s are so strong—and I’m bemused by Sugarland Express writers Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins taking credit for ideas in scripts up to E.T.; those quibbles are minor, however
Ok we added “pig” tonight huge deal
I get very needlessly stressed by the "you should leave X" posts on here, by people who ostensibly have left X, to an audience of people who ostensibly have left X
My wife is out of town yesterday and today and everything from 3-7:30 with my kids has been my sole jurisdiction. Do you know what they want in bedtime moments, as rambunctious as they can get? They want YOU, not a fucking speaker