Species in the top right going clockwise are the South China Tiger, Chinese Elephant, Sumatran Rhino, Yangtze Alligator, Baiji, and Przewalski's horse. All of which have unfortunately been wiped out from their historic ranges to a greater degree than the Giant Panda.
It's always seemed hard to differentiate a film's editing vs. directing being good. After all, an editor can only work with the scenes the director delivers, even with an editor's input before filming. So is it even possible for an editor to elevate a film that was bad to underwhelmingly directed?
Think things are bad now? Imagine a couple years from now when shareholder start demanding to see growth on their investment.
Mugatu's "Derek it's just a model-" from Zoolander, when his voice drops to a normal tone for a second reacting to Zoolander's "What is this! A center for ANTS?" line.
Josh Myers, toilet paperer mastermind from South Park who forgets his Hannibal Lecter act when Officer Barbrady breaks down and confesses that his dad dressed him up as a girl during poker games.
(less a fit but hey) Junior Soprano who's yanked out of his "Dad's are tough but right" reminiscing by Carter's "Where's the other 4%??? FUCK. YOU!" anger.
It's such a distracting, weird beat when ADs like Limetown or The Gentleman from Hell dump "big X happened" and you're sitting there wondering: Why the f*ck aren't the feds involved here and why isn't this the biggest news story of the decade? Am I crazy on this?
Streaming services are falling over themselves for more Martin content but they sacrificed a Alyn Velaryon series, which has an actual, finished story arc, to get a badly executed scene or two for House of the Dragon? Someone help me out here.