#intentionally blank

[angrylittlesliceofpizza]

I've been binging Intentionally Blank for hm A While, mostly in order, and I'm at episode 145 now, where they discuss the merits of muppetizing oscar-winning movies…

listen. i have never seen a muppet movie (yes i know. look, i'm french okay? it's not as much of a Thing here.)(although… bébête show anyone? no? yeah okay i'm french AND i'm old af for tumblr -_-° )

SO. can you even IMAGINE how i felt when this happened:

Brandon: Titanic? Who would be the One Human in Titanic ? me: the fiancé. obviously. Dan, not missing a beat: Billy Zane. Brandon: *losing it* me: HECC YEAH I AM SO GLAD WE AGREE.

and they (we) are right, it would be incredible. I'd watch that movie! with friends!! :D

[khalaris]

These days you see a lot of artists who are like "Well I use it because it makes me more creative. I use it for concepting and stuff like that and it just makes me way more creative." And to me it sounds a lot like saying "You know what, so when I go to the gym I bring the alien loader droid, right. And I can lift so much more weight now that I use the alien loader droid." And you go "That's a super high-tech way to miss the point."

– Steve Argyle on generative AI (from ep. 212 of Brandon Sanderson's podcast "Intentionally Blank" – "Artists on AI")

[minimightymina]

Brandon Sanderson getting the duality of man in two back to back emails, summarized as “how dare you say breasts” and “let your people fuck”, is hilarious to me

[theimpalatales]

Really interesting discussion of publicity in the publishing industry

[libralita]

I can't believe that Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells said that Iron Man 3 is the best Iron Man. I thought Mormons couldn't do drugs.

[wyndlerunner]

You know how there are some authors that are widely speculated/generally believed to have ghost writers making their stories? (Looking at you, James Patterson)

I love that Brandon Sanderson is really upfront with his fans when he has an idea he doesn’t have the time/specific skill to execute. He actually gives credit to his collaborators and is honest about how much of the labor they contributed

[wyndlerunner]

A podcast notification has never given me so much joy before

[titynonipple]

ok I started listening to Intentionally Blank and why does Dan Wells not have a cameo in Bridge Four?

Kaladin gets back from dramatic batman brooding time and there’s this short Shin guy in a weird hat scaring the crem out of the big scary flying soldiers with a serial killer story. i need it please