Ask Retromike Part 2

[retromike22]

I'm still sick with the flu, and I've done nothing but read history on wikipedia (mostly on the Middle East between 500-1500), watch a few movies (Boyhood was good but too long) and linger around the Atlas Forum.

Ask away and ask anything.

[retromike22]

No, because he lives hundreds of miles away. Contrary to what some of you may think, Adam and I only pm'ed each other a few times back in the summer and it was mostly about banal characteristics like our education and work experiences.

[retromike22]

It could use some rebranding lol. The PAPOYgate scandal was amusing to me. Sometimes it felt like the Atlas Forum Community board was a AI high school simulation. KittenAdam was a real "jump the shark" moment though, and I can see how it could have been irritating to a lot of you.

You'd be surprised to know how reserved I am in real life.

[retromike22]

No. Imperialism with discrimination is never good. However, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Federation (colonies joining the main country into a superstate, with a common parliament) has always interested me. It could have been like a proto-continential union.

[retromike22]

Why what?

[retromike22]

Hot or not: Rand Paul?

Not.

[retromike22]

It's doubtful I will ever do a production that large ever again, since it was more work and stress than college and I also had to yell at a lot of people. Inevitably, all directors turn into fascists. But I'm proud I completed it. Not a lot of people under the age of 30 can say they directed a nearly two hour movie, and for it to be better than most of what Hollywood produces (which isn't saying much lol). Occasionally I do get tempted to make a prequel, which for various reasons would be easier to write than a sequel.

I have been drafting out a series of short (3-5 min) shorts to put on YouTube which would be a mixture of sketch comedy and public policy proposals. But I probably won't get around to filming them until this June.