For the last 2 month I'm working with filmmaking students on their films on various positions. Those people like to talk about movies (obviously). Me too. But then I see them saying exactly the same things about certain movies. And it happens that they all watch videos of professional critics, like the Nostalgia Critic or something like that. They just repeat everything about movies after that guy from YouTube. They even copy his words, his ways of speaking and sometimes his jokes.
When I say my opinion about a movie, someone must be like, - "Hey, you're wrong, man! Watch what Nostalgia Critic says about this movie!"... Oh, come on! I respect this guy from YouTube, but my opinion may be different. Otherwise, this is the definition of "opinion", to be personal, not based on someone with authority. Especially when this is just a random conversation, not an official interview.
What I'm saying is, how the hell I can build a network with people, without pretending to worship some guy from YouTube? I've met such a thing in Game Development industry, where the idol was D&D. So there is D&D-mania in Game-Dev, and Nostalgi-mania in Filmmaking? Following the mainstream is okay, but do I have to lose my self-identity to make some industry networking?
When I say my opinion about a movie, someone must be like, - "Hey, you're wrong, man! Watch what Nostalgia Critic says about this movie!"... Oh, come on! I respect this guy from YouTube, but my opinion may be different. Otherwise, this is the definition of "opinion", to be personal, not based on someone with authority. Especially when this is just a random conversation, not an official interview.
What I'm saying is, how the hell I can build a network with people, without pretending to worship some guy from YouTube? I've met such a thing in Game Development industry, where the idol was D&D. So there is D&D-mania in Game-Dev, and Nostalgi-mania in Filmmaking? Following the mainstream is okay, but do I have to lose my self-identity to make some industry networking?
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