What's going on with Quentin Tarantino?
from Godric@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 04:39
https://lemmy.world/post/39875805
from Godric@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 04:39
https://lemmy.world/post/39875805
My feed has been filled with rpg geeks shitting on him. I do not know why. I assume he said something nasty, or did something worse than his usual disgusting foot fetish.
Why do I see Tarantino drama constantly? What triggered it?
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Don’t kink shame, it hurts nobody.
Edit: the kink is what hurts nobody, naturally, is what I mean. I am severely sleep-deprived. Forcing people who work for you to cater to your kink is of course scum behaviour.
If it’s a (usually sexual) thing that would normally require consent (like any other fetish), and Tarantino is using his power as director to persuade women actors to show their feet (e.g. Margaret Qualley), then yes, absolutely it is hurting someone and he is using his power to appease his fetish, which is gross. The fetish itself is not gross, idgaf if someone’s into feet, but it’s not okay to force others into your fetish.
OK, what’s going on here? Isn’t being a director a part of art and expression, so expressing “here’s a pair of women’s feet, that shit turns me on” a part of art?
The actresses can see the script, they know it’s Quentin Tarantino, it’s like the cat looking in box meme. What did they expect, no taking video of your feet for the worlds biggest foot fetishist?
It’s abuse of power when he does that shit unexpectedly behind the scenes.
If you want to be mad at Tarantino for abusing an actor, try the car stunt with Uma Thurman
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uma_Thurman#Kill_Bill_car_c…
I’m no prude, but it causes me at least 1d4 psychic damage every time I see him force an actress to rub her feet against the camera for his own sexual gratification.
And it’s different from all the times other directors have an actress take her top off?
At least feet are rated-G (for “Gross” probably). Boobs are rated-R or X.
Change “hurts” to “helps” to fix. I agree though.
He said on a podcast recently that Matthew Lillard was one of his least favorite actors.
Matthew Lillard Reacts To Quentin Tarantino’s “Humbling” Criticism Of His Acting: “It Hurts”
He also took some totally unnecessary shots at Paul Dano, saying he was the worst actor in the SAG. That’s a bizarrely personal attack out of nowhere on a guy you never worked with.
Frankly, I loathe the professional unwillingness to criticize anyone else. Some people frankly suck at acting, and they shouldn’t have to be Wiseau bad before anyone says something.
Criticism is fine, when you’re talking about someone’s work and how to improve it. Calling someone “weak” and “the worst actor in the SAG” is deeply personal and insulting.
Revealing a personal bias in a professional setting belies unprofessional attitudes and prejudices. Tarantino isn’t a critic, he’s a filmmaker and an influential voice in the industry. Taking pot shots at a couple of B-list character actors is hurtful on a personal level, and wantonly destructive on a professional level. The power dynamic between producers and actors is massively unbalanced. It would be like the CEO where you work talking shit on LinkedIn about project managers at a rival company. If he’s saying this publicly, what is he saying behind the scenes? Is he trashing actors to casting directors to influence their careers?
He has every right to say “I don’t want these people in my movies.” It would also be professional to say “I did not like this specific performance for these specific reasons.” It’s extremely unprofessional to say “I hate these people because of who they are and anyone working with them is on my shit-list.”
Agreed. I’m not a fan of Will Ferrel’s acting, but I have nothing against him as a person. Would it be so wrong for me to say I do not enjoy his movies or his comedy, but I’d be willing to speak to the man and maybe enjoy a chat over coffee or something? He’s probably a decent person. Maybe he’s not. If I met him, I’d only treat him with respect until he taught me otherwise. Still don’t care for his movies.
Same with Adam Sandler, but I’ve seen him actually act. Reign Over Me was the first one I saw him act well in. “Men, Women & Children” is another one.
Why? This feels more like an unexamined emotional need than a practical one.
Well Jerkface, because I have grown to dislike the constant corporate euphemism born of utter terror of controversy.
On the other hand, we have assholes like Elon
I am of the opinion there’s a happy medium between tweets sent by the HR department and Elon’s white supremacy XD
If Tarantino is the exemplar of what you want from your media figures, fuck that shit. Anyway, you act like there are not reasons people act with professionalism and courtesy for their colleagues. Slagging each other in the press is not in their best interests and I again wonder why that would appeal to you.
He’s not, don’t put words in my mouth please. If you don’t understand why speaking in something other than bland corpospeak might be appealing, I don’t kn̈ow what to tell you.
That’s crazy because Paul Dano is a good actor
He’s a solid character actor, but he really only plays the weird guy, which he does well.
So is Matthew Lillard. The whole thing feels oddly personal. Like if he had said “I didn’t like Dano in There Will Be Blood” you could understand that’s just a professional opinion. Maybe he thought someone else could have done better. But making it insulting undercuts his credibility as an impartial critic.
Especially since Tarantino is a SAG actor.
He insulted Matthew Lillard, who is famous for playing Shaggy from scooby do. Matthew also appeared as a guest star on Legends of Avantris, a D&D show/podcast, not long ago hence the overlap between the 2
I guess he does have many credits as Shaggy. I thought he’d be known for being the main bad guy in Scream. And, on this platform, I thought we’d all go for Hackers. No, just me and u/zerocool?
Im just going by what I saw people say when I first encountered tbh :3 I couldn’t name you a single celebrity or what they’ve been in honestly, actor names is not a thing I ever paid attention to lol
I get that for people who had his live Shaggy role their entire lives. Scooby was primarily a cartoon for me. But I was surprised and understanding of him potentially being most famous for Shaggy, as he has like 20 credits to his name. Presumably for a lot of voice work
Honestly if not for this comment I wouldn’t know he was the live action Shaggy and not the animated one haha. I never watched the live action ones (not that I’d recognize him even if I had tbh) :3
The cartoon was Casey Kasem, the tip 40 countdown guy.
I only just watched them this year, they are actually quite good and more geared towards adults.
James Gunn has confirmed the original cut was R-rated.
I think you’re kind of overselling the cultural significance of Scream.
I dunno, he was in Scream 6 and will be in 7 since apparently they want to keep going with this series. I still see Ghostface masks every year at Halloween. But, sure, I can agree his presence in the movie isn’t as culturally significant.
On the flipside, Shaggy is an existing character to me that happened to be played by Lillard in later adaptations. He’s not the face of Shaggy to me because Shaggy was a cartoon first.
But that’s my take.
I wasn’t aware they made more than three…
Scream 3 was the bad one, IIRC — it’s only up from there!
Whichever one gave Ghostface the super power to copy anyone’s voice. Dumb AF. And doesn’t return in the newer films.
They’re all pretty clever, but that one was a bit daft.
Of the movies you listed, Hackers is the only one I’ve seen. Hack the planet!
Um, SLC Punk!
In Hackers he wasn’t really the protagonist, more of a (really good) side character IIRC. It was also in 1995.
In contrast, he’s got some 50 or 60 credits as Shaggy now, spanning from 2002 to whenever he stops being Shaggy. Live action, animated, LEGO versions, games, etc.
That’s why I specified “on this platform”, where the demographic leans towards having been 10-20 years old at the time of the movie release and going into IT/coding after that. But I mean, I was being a little facetious with it. It’s a cult classic with some awful interprations of hacking
skateboards into server room
I mean probably half to a third of the people here were born around the movie release date or later.
Plenty of Gen Z on this platform.
He mentioned in an interview that he found out that he was no longer the voice of Shaggy when he saw Will Forte credited with the role. Lillard apparently wasn’t even invited to audition.
Will Forte has one Shaggy credit in 2020.
Lillard has several after that, including one in 2025 and IMDb lists one upcoming credit too.
He’s still the voice of Shaggy IMO, just got shafted for one reboot.
Well, that’s good news. I actively stopped paying attention to new Scooby news after how hurt he expressed feeling. I wish Warner would stop making it so morally difficult to enjoy their IPs and support their creators.
HACK THE PLANET!
Oh shit! Cereal Killer became Shaggy‽ I would say that was typecasting, but I’m not trying to hate.
The only thing I’m aware of is him publicly slating a could of actors. He was very critical of Paul Dano from There Will Be Blood (which is a bit weird because that movie has been out for a long time). He also publicly slated Matthew Lillard, who seems like a genuinely nice guy and has a lot of fans. I think those (especially the criticism of Lillard) pissed a lot of people off.
Daniel Day-Lewis overacted enough in that movie that it evened out.
I think it’s because he’s a Zionist and so is his wife
But it’s 2025, everyone is either a Zionist or an Anti-Semite.
I agree the Dano and Lillard comments are probably a part of it… but also the “Fortnite Kill Bill” shit definitely didn’t help. He’s always been a questionable human being and I grew older and lost interest with him, be into feet all you like dude, but he seems totally disconnected from society for a while. Also his hyping of the Weinstein’s back in the day 😬
Ootl what is “fortnight kill bill?”
I know Fortnite and Kill Bill separately but not in juxtaposition.
He made a deleted scene from the film in Fortnite, ironically I watched it tonight at a friends place… it was not good and just made me sad.
Everyone’s mentioned feet but not the gratuitous n-bombs he writes for himself to say?
People do talk like that every day. Since he was a teen, his mother exclusively dated black men and he cites a few of them as role models in his last book.
He’s got too much money and he’s bored. He’s not working any more and no one cares about his stupid hot takes. Dude needs to work in a soup kitchen or food bank. He needs to do something useful.
He’s not working anymore? Could’ve sworn I saw him filming in Santa Monica yesterday. He had the whole California Incline blocked off for 5 hours. I even caught a snippet of the action on my smartphone camera.
Cuz he is a weak human.
I get the feeling he’s always been a bit of an asshole. This is just the latest example. He’s been talking shit on peers for 30 years.
He defended Roman Polanski after Polanski taped a child by saying the girl “wanted it”.
Wasn’t he also a defender of Weinstein as well?
I read that he confronted Weinstein after his girlfriend told him of something Weinstein did to her but accepted his apology. Supposedly Weinstein was also banned from being around Uma Thurman on his set.
Idk man. He choked multiple actresses on set. He says he had their permission but it sounds shady.
I might be biased though because I just watched the episode of Bojack Horseman where he chokes his co-star on set. I watched it a few days ago so that’s fresh in my mind.
I kinda like his movies, but QT kinda seems like the kind of dude who feels the need mansplain “real cinema” to women because they “just don’t get it.” I bet we all know someone like that.
Celebrities drum up drama about themselves to try to stay relevant when they shill whatever product they work on. He was talking shit about a couple actors in an interview or whatever and people defended the other person which just proliferated the fake drama further, he’s probably got something coming out in 2026.