A girl just asked Audrey if she had any upcoming directing projects at the Brooklyn Paramount Q&A and Audrey said she worked on something in the past few weeks that's coming out "quite soon" that she's excited about. Any guesses on what it might be? Another music video for herself or Gracie? Perhaps something else?
A family member, a writer, suggested after watching that a major fix would have been to set the film in 1970, less than ten years after the Cuban Missile Crisis. With the background of potential war being another flare-up or Vietnam. We just landed on the moon, which could have been a trigger (like "humans in space makes disclosure the right time").
It would take place during peak alien scares, while people were looking to the skies, and it would explain how the news station was so important and add a timeless richness to it. In a modern setting, the audience is constantly asking, "Why didn't someone record this?" or "Why didn't the aliens just upload proof?" In 1970, those questions disappear. TV was everything.
The beauty of sci-fi is that the time period changes all the time (the future, like Star Trek, or the past like Back to the Future), but the current message remains the same. It's still about today.
The alien technology also becomes more mysterious because humanity is technologically farther behind.
Modern audiences instinctively question why every event wasn't livestreamed or leaked online. In 1970, slower communication and greater institutional control make mystery and gradual revelation feel natural rather than contrived.
I heard this and immediately thought, yeah, that would work better. Nothing else breaks. There's still the live news broadcast, farmhouse, car chases, and train. This is the time when wars were escalating and when we began losing trust in institutions. There's this ominous layer where "listen" becomes "you should have seen all this coming" instead of a message delivered now.
Thoughts?
I think it's cool to type out the entire title or just use GSIL. My Evidence:
(1) This group itself voted repeatedly, and GSIL was the most popular choice. One of several sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/OliviaRodrigo/comments/1sb02j1/we_are_not_calling_it_yspsfagsi/
(2) Olivia's site has "Girl So In Love" as the abbreviated title, as seen here: https://store.oliviarodrigo.com/collections/girlsoinlove/products/you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-with-a-bonus-track-digital-album
(3) Major music magazines like Rolling Stone use it: "We knew Rodrigo was a rock scholar well before GSIL." Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/olivia-rodrigo-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-takeaways-1235576809/
(4) Olivia's official IG summary specifically says "often referred to by fans as GSIL."
(5) Apple specifically calls it GSIL.
Can we all agree so we're not mixing acronyms? It's better for Olivia, hashtags, etc if it's just one.
Inspired by the post from Arthurlurk1 in https://www.reddit.com/r/A24/comments/1u1ong8/can_everyone_post_their_zine_inserts_in_the/ I put together the 4 pieces of the map from this month's zine about Backrooms. Photo credits to the people who posted in that thread. Original art from A24.
I noticed in the North America locations I looked, there's floor seats, but no actual GA. Do we think they'll still allow people to optionally go to the barricade or does everyone have to stay at their seats? Has anyone seen a setup like this before?
Last time, it was a hybrid (with GA in the front, then seated on the floor behind her second stage in the middle), and it looks like Europe has all GA.
And I'm guessing, if barricade is an option, you get the option in the order of your VIP package then non VIP for entry time?