Puck Beaverton
Banned
im glad knowles is getting his writing reveled to a wider audience
fingers crossed its collected in a book
fingers crossed its collected in a book
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Harry Knowles Allegedly Assaulted Woman and Drafthouse Owners Didnt take action.
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Rumblebones
Banned
Wow, this guy... sure wrote some things...
This is creepy as fuck.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Couldn't make it past 1 minute
elrechazado
Banned
This guy is like the final boss of all creepy neckbeards
Sibersk Esto
Banned
PixelatedBookake
Junior Member
plagiarize
Banned
Welcome to the internet in the late nineties.
I have some good friends that wrote for film websites at that time, that are quick to defend people like Knowles from any criticism and quick to brand people as SJWs. It's depressing. They're scared of people watering down horror movies, you know, because that's a thing that really has happened, but when circling the wagons becomes a reflex, it's an issue.
Same with a lot of parts of the video game community (but thankfully not so much here on GAF), same when the police get criticized.
This shit needs sorting out. The internet used to be your best bud's basement, but know it's a big public gathering, and people need to get that through their heads and move on.
And maybe things that we used to nervously laugh at and not make a big deal at, are things that we can't remotely tolerate now.
A Link to the Past
Banned
No one said that in this thread. We're pointing out the correlation of him sexually harassing women and assaulting women.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Brb. Writing a mashup of The Collector/Silence of the Lambs where Harry Knowles kidnaps a cast member from Urban Legends and forces them to apply Noxzema constantly.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
The Skin Collector
Wow, this guy... sure wrote some things...
Oh, for the love of... truly, the only reason Ain't It Cool ever prospered was because they were the only ones doing what they did back in the day.
Holy shit. This has to be the nail in the coffin.
foxdvd
Member
I stopped going to his site around 2000 because his rants were beyond strange. I remember his Charlies Angels review, and how most of it was about Cameron Diaz ass... I even see that I made a post in the comments section 17 years ago.!!! (3rd reply)
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/7352
From the review...
There are moments in film history of pure unadulterated joy of cinema. Where we see things on screen that reach into your chest and makes your heart grow two sizes too large. Cameron Diazs Swirling Ass is one such creation.
Remember that moment in SINGING IN THE RAIN Where Gene Kelly suddenly and inexplicably bursts into song? Cameron Diazs Swirling Ass is very much the same type of thing
the line work and shape of Spideys head was all wrong. And I think that Jr came after the advent of Underoos So Ill say that the Spidey in Diazs crotch was Romita Sr.
my response at the time was he needed to get laid...
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/7352
From the review...
There are moments in film history of pure unadulterated joy of cinema. Where we see things on screen that reach into your chest and makes your heart grow two sizes too large. Cameron Diazs Swirling Ass is one such creation.
Remember that moment in SINGING IN THE RAIN Where Gene Kelly suddenly and inexplicably bursts into song? Cameron Diazs Swirling Ass is very much the same type of thing
the line work and shape of Spideys head was all wrong. And I think that Jr came after the advent of Underoos So Ill say that the Spidey in Diazs crotch was Romita Sr.
my response at the time was he needed to get laid...
shoepolishsmelling
Member
So apparently from what I remember growing up, my dad mentioned he dated Knowles mother at some point in knowles youth, or I overheard hi m talking about it to someone he's visiting tomorrow from Austin, this should be an interesting conversation.
HyperZone<3
Member
Yeah, AICN was always embarrasingly purile, and often I'd read their stuff and suffer through it because at the time they really were one of the only sites that were semi-comprehensively looking at lower end genre film.
Vern broke off many years ago now, haven't been back since his direct-to-video Steven Seagal reviews migrated to his own site.
http://www.outlawvern.com
There, its the best stuff AICN ever produced without having to support a creep. Just a guy on his own who's got a passion and a talent for writing about B-movies. If he turned out to be a monster too I'd be utterly crushed, bit I'm pretty sure he's decent (he's able to get a few good social justice points in a Scott Adkins review, somehow).
Vern broke off many years ago now, haven't been back since his direct-to-video Steven Seagal reviews migrated to his own site.
http://www.outlawvern.com
There, its the best stuff AICN ever produced without having to support a creep. Just a guy on his own who's got a passion and a talent for writing about B-movies. If he turned out to be a monster too I'd be utterly crushed, bit I'm pretty sure he's decent (he's able to get a few good social justice points in a Scott Adkins review, somehow).
andythinkpad
Member
This reminds me, there was another site around the same time of AICN, that covered uncoming movies.
Was it call Event Horizon? Am I imaging it?
OpinionatedCyborg
Member
Wow, this guy... sure wrote some things...
This is the first thing he's written that actually impresses me on any level. Most of the time he's a boring blowhard but this is some seriously interesting, seriously creepy shit. Maybe that's his appeal?
Ebert was always interested in promoting up and coming film critics, especially those who wrote online. Knowles REALLY did not belong on that show, though.
A Serious Man
Member
I visited AICN a lot back in the early 00's, when the prequels, LotR and Matrix sequels were all swirling around. I've always hated Knowles because he's a garbage writer with garbage opinions but I can't say I remember all this creepy stuff. I may have simply missed it (I did avoid most of his reviews) or it may not have left an impression at the time as I was a shithead teenager. It doesn't surprise me though, the dude has always been off in one way or another.
And a shoutout to Moriarty, Quint and Vern, wherever those guys are.
It is not physically possible to finish reading this review.
And a shoutout to Moriarty, Quint and Vern, wherever those guys are.
It is not physically possible to finish reading this review.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Wow, this guy... sure wrote some things...
Probably not, since Jessica wasn't a blonde underage cheerleader on the show. But at least he gets his fantasy of a virgin's hymen growing back each time they have sex.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Dark Horizons.
Messofanego
Banned
Wasn't he the first one?
He is the alpha and the omega
Hesemonni
Banned
I used to frequent to that site mainlyto see the rumours of the industry on a headline level because I always found some of the editing and writing style be insufferable. But I didn't think more of it.
Like some others I was really surprised wen I stumbled upon the site, I think, last week and the layout and everything was the same as 20 yrs ago.
What a crappy person.
Like some others I was really surprised wen I stumbled upon the site, I think, last week and the layout and everything was the same as 20 yrs ago.
What a crappy person.
Hierophant
Banned
how do people write this shit and think any girl would be attracted to this?
or is this some weird thing to satisfy their own ego? by writing shit like a jackass?
or is this some weird thing to satisfy their own ego? by writing shit like a jackass?
mariachi507
Member
Wow, this guy... sure wrote some things...
This is a thing that exist apparently. Not only that, it's been around for a while. That Urban Legend review too. Just how in the fuck....
RustyNails
Member
Wow what a creep. Fuck this dude. I used go visit AICN religiously when they had the first ever scoops, reviews and insightful discussions. Even their comments section was informative and funny, some with interesting usernames.
RoninChaos
Member
So this guy isn't Beyonce's cousin?
Discotheque
Banned
this is freaking hilarious because back when I once in a while frequented AICN everybody roasted the shit out of this fusion of a million leprechauns. back then I thought it was funny but a bit cruel.
now that there's context behind those personal attacks its less troubling and more of a "he reaps what he sows" type of deal.
I feel bad for patrons of BNAT and Fantastic Fest and those sorts of amazing festivals that the Alamo Drafthouse hosted. Its a loss for film fans sadly as this mess is slowly revealed every week.
now that there's context behind those personal attacks its less troubling and more of a "he reaps what he sows" type of deal.
I feel bad for patrons of BNAT and Fantastic Fest and those sorts of amazing festivals that the Alamo Drafthouse hosted. Its a loss for film fans sadly as this mess is slowly revealed every week.
The exact same thing Harry Knowles did.
ClosingADoor
Member
Sexual harassment. Thread here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1415751
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Envying everyone here who hasnt had these reviews seared into their brain for the last 15 or 20 years.
As bad as the reviews and the talkbacks were, if you could survive there you could survive anywhere. Gaf is paradise in comparison.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Yeah I never directly visited AICN, everything about it screamed tryhard basement-dwelling boy's club. Whenever I did see a gaf thread based on their content I wondered if they were even a reputable source because of how shambolic the website looked (plus the dumb as hell name).
Escape Goat
Member
This guy gives me the creeps. That neckbeard does him no favors.
plagiarize
Banned
As others have said, they were really the only people writing for film nerds, vs film buffs. Basically, most critics turned their nose up at certain genres (something that's still broadly true). Mix that with a film news focus on geek friendly movies, and you get their success.
He was the first major online film blogger at the dawn of online film blogging, so he made it big just by virtue of being there from the beginning.
sunshine and gasoline
Banned
Been a hell of a long time since I last came across this guy and AICN. Somewhat surprised to see that he is a legit scumbag. Smh. Fuck him like all the other scumbags.
Shadowhelper
Banned
Pure rape fan fiction
I was in Austin at the time he first started getting publicity. I was a recently graduated film major, so had seen him at all the same events for the past few years (Linklater's stuff, Rodriguez', Tarantino's). I checked out one of his "reviews", was flabbergasted, and never went back to AICN again. This was in '97.
He was maybe the first guy publishing test-screening reviews, stolen pics, castings... with a network of people working in the industry. His first "success" was to piss off execs oblivious to the internet, with the Batman & Robin case (from wiki) :
Then execs changed their communication strategy and they started to "buy" these web-reviewers... set visits, specials screenings, promotional material... suddenly it was the age of the movie-geek
Nobody that followed the site gave a shit about his reviews. His taste was highly questionable from the start. His insistence that he should recount the entire day he went to see the movie on made them a non-starter from the first paragraph.