What is a movie that you think is highly underappreciated? Why?
I used to say Louis CK's Tomorrow Night, which nobody really saw, but screw that guy now. I might also say Hardware, but Richard Stanley is now an accused abuser too.
So I'll pick Backwards Faces, an absolutely brilliant no-budget movie that everyone I've recommended it to loves, but almost nobody at large has actually seen.
What is your favorite subgenre of horror and what is it about that genre that speaks to you?
For want of a better name, I'll call it "Lynchian" -- one where the world is not operating under the rules it ought, and either they gradually twist even further, or are askew from the getgo. As mentioned in our podcast chat, I think the scariest thing is to gradually have everything familiar slip away.
Who is one of your favorite poets and what is one of your favorite poems by this writer?
Eminem, Whatever You Say I Am
Are science fiction and fantasy really the same genre? Why or why not?
Different degrees. I think of science fiction as generally using the real world as at least a jumping-off point, and fantasy a completely different world.
What is a role playing game that you think is underappreciated and why? If you don’t play role playing games, what genre or setting might make you try one for the first time?
Well, what I dislike most is having to be the one who reads and explain the rules of any game. So whatever the case, it would have to be with people who knew what they were doing, regardless of topic.
What is a book you read in school (University or High School) that had a strong impact on you, positive or negative?
The ones that have stuck with me the most in my memory are 1000 Years of Solitude and The Red Badge of Courage.
If there was a single book you could eliminate from existence, what would that book be?
My answer might be the same as Dan McClellan's: Revelation. Though I have a feeling that if I did, another apocalyptic finale tome would make it into the Bible anyway. But I think "Revelation Jesus," the guy who kills 1/3 of the world, is a nasty distortion of the actual revolutionary "prince of peace,' and the people who favor that version scare me.
What is a comic book you believe is underappreciated (this can be a “graphic novel”, comic strip, or weekly if you don’t read “floppies”)?
Rick Veitch's The One. Always thought it should get the same love as the Alan Moore and Frink Miller titles from that same era.
What is something in pop culture that was around when you are a kid, but isn’t today that you’d like to see return to the world?
Affordable toys. Also toy lines based on nothing, that get their own cartoons later.
What is the best British TV show of all time, and don’t say Monty Python?
I have a listicle coming out on this topic and I'm pretty sure I did say Monty Python. But Sapphire and Steel is one I return to a lot as a point of reference
If you could tell 10 year old you one thing about the future, either your personal future or about society in general, what would it be?
They will finally make an allergy pill that works, and you are a genuinely good-looking guy
Thank you so much for the nomination! That means a lot to me!
Thanks so much for the kind words!!
Of course. I'm super jazzed about Sector and very happy that it's so successful so far.
I'll answer them here...
What is a movie that you think is highly underappreciated? Why?
I used to say Louis CK's Tomorrow Night, which nobody really saw, but screw that guy now. I might also say Hardware, but Richard Stanley is now an accused abuser too.
So I'll pick Backwards Faces, an absolutely brilliant no-budget movie that everyone I've recommended it to loves, but almost nobody at large has actually seen.
What is your favorite subgenre of horror and what is it about that genre that speaks to you?
For want of a better name, I'll call it "Lynchian" -- one where the world is not operating under the rules it ought, and either they gradually twist even further, or are askew from the getgo. As mentioned in our podcast chat, I think the scariest thing is to gradually have everything familiar slip away.
Who is one of your favorite poets and what is one of your favorite poems by this writer?
Eminem, Whatever You Say I Am
Are science fiction and fantasy really the same genre? Why or why not?
Different degrees. I think of science fiction as generally using the real world as at least a jumping-off point, and fantasy a completely different world.
What is a role playing game that you think is underappreciated and why? If you don’t play role playing games, what genre or setting might make you try one for the first time?
Well, what I dislike most is having to be the one who reads and explain the rules of any game. So whatever the case, it would have to be with people who knew what they were doing, regardless of topic.
What is a book you read in school (University or High School) that had a strong impact on you, positive or negative?
The ones that have stuck with me the most in my memory are 1000 Years of Solitude and The Red Badge of Courage.
If there was a single book you could eliminate from existence, what would that book be?
My answer might be the same as Dan McClellan's: Revelation. Though I have a feeling that if I did, another apocalyptic finale tome would make it into the Bible anyway. But I think "Revelation Jesus," the guy who kills 1/3 of the world, is a nasty distortion of the actual revolutionary "prince of peace,' and the people who favor that version scare me.
What is a comic book you believe is underappreciated (this can be a “graphic novel”, comic strip, or weekly if you don’t read “floppies”)?
Rick Veitch's The One. Always thought it should get the same love as the Alan Moore and Frink Miller titles from that same era.
What is something in pop culture that was around when you are a kid, but isn’t today that you’d like to see return to the world?
Affordable toys. Also toy lines based on nothing, that get their own cartoons later.
What is the best British TV show of all time, and don’t say Monty Python?
I have a listicle coming out on this topic and I'm pretty sure I did say Monty Python. But Sapphire and Steel is one I return to a lot as a point of reference
If you could tell 10 year old you one thing about the future, either your personal future or about society in general, what would it be?
They will finally make an allergy pill that works, and you are a genuinely good-looking guy