Gabriel Robertson

Screenwriter/Director. Hard determinist; thoughts aren't necessarily my own. Represented by: Affirmative Entertainment (LA) & Kitson-Press Associates (London)

[Gabriel Robertson @writergabriel]

@JustineBateman It’s almost a perfect metaphor but not for the reasons he thinks. AI filmmaking is less “having sex and then they hand you the baby” and more like saying you want a baby & simply being handed one. A baby without the experience of creating it isn’t the same thing. Neither is art.

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@PhoenixBlackNow I’ve sold a TV show on a deck. I’ve sold a movie on a pitch. Both sales were possible because I had pre-existing relationships with companies. I had a pre-existing relationship because of (other) script sales. I sold scripts because I had reps. I had reps because I wrote specs!

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@msobczak (A) The premise of ‘The Long Walk’ makes perfect sense, and (B) @HwoodScrptReadr literally says ‘One Night Only’ could still be great (ie work for people).

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@HwoodScrptReadr @DiscussingFilm Yeah. I mean, the script/film could be amazing but with the trailer, I guess they’re playing the simplicity of “it’s The Purge - but with sex!” and banking on most folk just going with it.

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@DannyManus It’s got more in common with Footloose than The Purge 😂

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@HwoodScrptReadr @DiscussingFilm The Purge is built around a conceptual ‘what if’ that is immediate, whereas needs two: a ‘what if’ and a ‘and then what if’.

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@JackCuthbert @DannyManus @david_s_consult There is definitely a subset of us who could charge but feel uneasy about it. For me, I often wonder if it’s because of the support I received from people within the industry when starting out - which was invaluable but always free.

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@EwenDCameron @p_bov1 @Che_Ntcham @scotlandscoeff1 The first 32 games (re split fixtures) inform the last 5. Hearts & Rangers have played additional home game/s & their away form, especially recently, has been honking. Given 3 points separates the top 3, there's an argument that the additional home game HAS been the difference.

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@Ed_A_Palmer First by a country mile. It’s a ridiculously good poster 👊👊👊

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@TheMafiaPoint Donnie Brasco.

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@GareRick On Seltzer, obviously I love his horror work - but I have a real soft spot for ‘Bird On A Wire’. A bonafide “watch it if it’s on” picture.

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@gilly @GareRick Lucas 👍

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@virtualmage17 Mega Drive version was an absolute banger.

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@DannyManus It’s a bit like saying, “Spielberg doesn’t write his own scripts, so why can’t X direct one written by AI?”

It’s a completely ridiculous comparison that falls apart under the most basic scrutiny.

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@NACHOS2D_ We know it’s 100% AI 😂

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@PhoenixBlackNow There’s also an argument for being a solid genre writer, with (different) commercial samples for different opportunities.

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@ModernWarzone What tier of armor do you need to be invincible against helicopter blades?

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@talkSPORT Ever? It’s not even the worst this week 😂

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@Artedeingenio Unless you are writing, filming, acting, and editing the short alone in a vacuum, it’s completely different.

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@DanielVanThomas Agreed. The thing being lost in the AI noise is that (most) creatives actually enjoy the process.