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Wow, and perhaps that is why Tarantino is not really relevant anymore. I still have a ton of respect for his body of work, but if he really isn't up on current popular culture, it is going to be hard for him to make anything that appeals to his core audience.

On that note, I am not sure I believe the validity of the quote. Tarantino is a comic book guy, and even those that don't watch the show know that it is a big hit for NBC.

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Brett, you sound really bitter about something in the area of Quentin Tarantino or maybe it's over some of the parts in the Cinematical article you left off, but whatever.. Your "Death Proof vs Hereos" analogy is crap IMO.. Now if you were to ask who is the director of Hereos v the director of Grind House/Death Proof I guarantee you would get a better idea of where Quentin really stands.. I love to see lonely blog writers, wither under the jealousy of the more talented, but that's another story..

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Yeah, either this quote is taken out of context or Tarantino is trying to seem all cool. Which he's not.

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I'm not so sure I believe this either. It seems like the kind of thing Tarantino would say to a reporter just to screw with them, and who knows what else was said that wasn't in a report.

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Of course, that quote also comes from The Sun... which let's face it, is hardly the most reliable source of information about, well, anything really.

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The way the CSI group took a decent season finale and turned it to crap with the next season may have made him gunshy about directing tv shows.

Granted that does not really excuse his ignorant quote if it was taken verbatim which there is some doubt according to above posters.

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I wonder what he would say if he was asked about LOST. I think its kind of dumb to take such a thing personally. I understand that you may feel insulted when someone you admire dismisses something you like, but does HEROES really deserve this passion?

I'm just saying many, including me, are predicting that HEROES is the show most likely to implode before its 4th or 5th season. Based on the 1st season finale I'm predicting it will happen before even season 3.

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Man, QT would probably be a pretty good fit for an Origins ep.

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Wow talk about bitter.

This is a bitchrant that totally misses any obvious point.

- If Tarantino does not know Heroes it's his good right not to
- If he thinks he can bitch about getting asked by somebody who heard a rumor he most likely didn't verify about directing a series he did not have any contact with, it's his good right to do so

And about the comparison: talk about desperate

THIS is what Tarantino directed:

# Death Proof (2007)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: complete title)
# Grindhouse (2007) (segment "Death Proof")
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: poster title)
... aka Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror (USA: poster title)
# "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2 episodes, 2005)
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (USA: syndication title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Experts, Les (Canada: French title)
- Grave Danger: Volume 1 (2005) TV Episode
- Grave Danger: Volume 2 (2005) TV Episode
# Sin City (2005) (special guest director)
... aka Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title)
# "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 20 April 2004 (2004) TV Episode
# Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
... aka Kill Bill (USA: closing credits title)
... aka Kill Bill 2 (USA: informal title)
... aka Vol. 2 (USA)
# Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
... aka Kill Bill (USA: informal short title)
... aka Kill Bill 1 (USA: informal title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One (USA: promotional title)

# Jackie Brown (1997)
# Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
# "ER" (1 episode, 1995)
- Motherhood (1995) TV Episode
# Pulp Fiction (1994)
# Reservoir Dogs (1992)
# My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)

You picked the ONE and ONLY credit that MIGHT be subject to ANY ridicule. Next time don't embarrass yourself like this.

"Heroes" is quite a good TV show but this is the f-ing best "Drama" movie-directors of the present.

Here are the people who directed "Heroes" up until now:
Allan Arkush (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Greg Beeman (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
John Badham (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul A. Edwards (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul Shapiro (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Adam Kane (2 episodes, 2007)

Now ask the man on the street about THESE people. All good TV-directors. And NOBODY knows them. And I guess ALL of them know "Death-Proof".

Since when does a movie director need to know every new TV series?

Again: ridiculous, Brett. Go crawl under a rock.

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Heroes has enough characters and potential for new characters that it has enough fuel for as many seasons as it wants, so long as it holds onto a good casting director. These days we see shows like Medium, Prison Break or 24 that last way longer than their premise and (Prison Break excepting) keep working, so I think Heroes could last at LEAST 3-4 seasons, but probably more. So long as they keep the characters interesting.

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But yes, Tarantino definitely has his priorities out of whack. He forgoes stuff that sounds golden like Inglorious Bastards for dreck like Grindhouse, Hostel (and Hostel II) and Hero that appeals to almost nobody. I love the guy, but anyone who would jump at American Idol or CSI and dismiss Heroes so quickly is pretty disconnected from what is actually cool and good in the moment.

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Vito you might consider that Tarantino does what HE likes.

You know, not what the masses want or what critics think that he should want but he is a made man who now does what he likes the way he likes to do it when he wants to do it.

I wonder how on earth people get the impression that he should be some kind of "blessed" to be considered directing anything or everything that's currently new fresh and "cool".

Tarantino never did it like that. He did stuff he wanted to, for years now.

So maybe, if the quote is actually true, which I kind of doubt, maybe when every reporter and interviewer or paparazzi out there throws every show they think is currently hip at him asking whether he will direct it he "might" just react that way once in a while.

That doesn't mean he hates said show, or that he thinks it sucks or whatever.

He might just have a LIFE you know not really caring for what's on TV.

Whatever. I still think this post here by Brett was ridiculous and ... I don't know. Perez Hilton like. Cheap. Emberrassing.

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"What the **** is Heroes?" LOL!

So what if he disses Heroes? It's not his fault that it blows.

To add to your experiment, he should then ask "What's a more enjoyable, riveting experience, Heroes or Death Proof?"

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directing heroes, bull.
it's a shitty show.

;)

but he's a shitty director.


so i guess it would have worked.

:P

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LOL @ Bash's comment

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Whether he likes it, hates it, or just doesn't feel like doing it, the point is that saying "What the f--- is Heroes" just sounds ignorant, and makes it sound like its beneath him to consider such a project. Which is why I think Brett's comment about directing an episode of Jimmy Kimmel appropriate. Most of the commenters here agree that QT has a tremendous body of work, but no star shines forever, especially in hollywood. The comment makes him sound like a pretentious prick (which is something I have heard about him elsewhere), who may think he is the vangaurd of what's in and what's out. But a few more commercial flops and he'll be directing episodes of "Two and a half men" just to keep his name fresh in people's minds.

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Haha! What is Heroes indeed? Your crybaby blog is much worse than what QT said, Brett.

Granted Death Proof was a failure and Heroes is on top of the world right now... but 'Soulja Boy' and 'Fergie' are battling it out for best music single, Shrek the 3rd is one of the top grossing movies this year and George W. Bush is the ruler of the free world. In other words, popular opinion means sh*t!

I wanted to say so much more, but everyone else have bet me to the punch.

Yatta!!!!

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Stop ripping the guy apart. No matter what you say it's not like he's going to apologize for not knowing about NBC's only hit show, because I wouldn't either.

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Well Joshua and that's the problem I have with this whole posting: in the current media system a star seems to "shine" in the eyes of bloggers (!). Now if the criticism is justified I have no problem with all this but Brett took a statement from "THE SUN" (!!!) (I'd add more exclamation points but that would look ridiculous), a tabloid (!) who claims, without giving ANY source, that Tarantino said this and that.

That's embarrassing journalism. Without a source god dammit. They just post "He said this". Now when. Not where. Not after being asked by whom. Nothing. They just say he said it.

And then Brett goes on and _tries_ to rip Quentin a new one based on THAT?!? What is this? Perezhilton.com? Has TVSquad sunken THIS low? I miss the drawn-into penis on above picture pointing towards Quentin's mouth.

This is no journalism this is BS. Just get some shitty source and then try to de-fame a great movie director. With a Kimmel directing-gig as proof that QT has already sunken even lower. Not taking into account the great work he did, not taking into account the way he picks his jobs, not taking into account what source this came from and not even thinking twice about credibility. This is shitty blogging and I call Brett out for it because this is the lowest of the low kinds of reporting on something.

At least get some facts. And even IF QT said this he has every right to do it. He comes from gore/splatter/slasher/drama directing and he is supposed to value this "Cheerleader Sci-Fi" show on the currently 4th-best (read: last of the big four) network that gets less ratings than "Two and a half men"?

Yeah right. God dammit this is TV (!!!) you are talking about. Just because Quentin did some TV gigs because HE (!) wanted to doesn't mean he has "sunken so low already" that he has to know every knew TV show.

Man. Seriously.

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I want an edit function, that "knew" is embarrassing ^^;

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