This is my last letters column for a long time, if not for good. Thanks for your support in the past. If I revive it, it’ll be in a time where this is a haven for fun discussion and not uninformed hate. Which means probably never. That whole “few rotten apples spoiling it for the bunch” certainly applies.
And now, your letters…
Matalo Asks:
You have $10,000 to bet on a roulette wheel on a single bet. Red or black and why?
(I know my answer has to do with a famous Wesley Snipes quote)
Nick’s Reply: Well, it depends. Whichever color “21” is on that board. Sometimes it’s red and others it’s black. But that’s my gauge. I love roulette to death and have had decent luck with it. But it all depends on which color my number is. Also, Passenger 57 is balls.
Joe Lavers Asks:
Would you ever do a CHUD List book? I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Nick’s Reply: I think that opportunity came and went. A CHUD book. It’s certainly be fun but books are so much work for so little reward, at least in my case.
BraveJoe24 Asks:
Realistically, what do you see Jason Heyward’s ceiling as a baseball player being?
Nick’s Reply: He has a really high ceiling due to his amazing gifts and if he can stay healthy and get a little better at reading fly balls and in protecting the outside of the plate he’ll be a top twenty player. That said, I get real tired of seeing him hit hard grounders to second. I think he’s great and very marketable but nowhere near an elite player just yet.
How does the Turner Field experience match up with other major league ballparks you’ve attended?
Nick’s Reply: I love the park and sadly I haven’t been to many current parks. I love Petco. I like the Astros’ park. I’m dying to see the one in San Francisco. I haven’t been to the new Yankee Stadium. But Turner Field is a nice place to see a game.
Best non-Gladiator Russell Crowe performance?
Nick’s Reply: Including Gladiator, The Insider.
Could you name five comedies of the last ten years that have the staying power of Anchorman?
Nick’s Reply: No I cannot. That is a really special flick. I think In the Loop will endure. I think Super Troopers will. I think The 40 Year-Old Virgin will. None other immediately come to mind, but Anchorman has something very special. It’s a movie that keeps on giving.
Chris Pine impressed as young Captain Kirk. Where do you see him in five years?
Nick’s Reply: If he’s lucky, playing Kirk. I don’t see a lot of longevity there though I do like him.
How do you like your steak, and where’s the best steak you’ve ever gotten?
Nick’s Reply: Best steak ever was at a place called Vida in Burbank, CA. It’s gone now but it was a place the deceased Bill Bowen took a bunch of Chewers for our little “CHUDWest” thing. Or it may have been Jason Pollock, Mike Arsenault, and I when we were trying to help him launch a site. Either way, I can still taste it. I tend to be a fan of medium cooked steaks with little to no stuff done to it. That said, I have no qualms with Longhorn’s Renegade, their low cost steak with the “prairie dust” sprinkled on it.
Kevin Macken Asks:
Regarding the upcoming film adaptation of The Stand-
Let’s say for arguments sake it’s going to be a 2 part film, a studio exec asks you to end the story without the book’s massively disappointing ending, what would you say?
Nick’s Reply: I’d be up for it. It may be my favorite book growing up but it’s not without flaws and King has a knack for fucking up at the end. I’m not against improving the end. Look what Darabont did with The Mist.
Hammerhead Asks:
Following the success of Game of Thrones, what sprawling fantasy series should be next for TV adaptation?
Nick’s Reply: None please. That’s how genres get into trouble. Remember what we had to endure after Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings hit?
Lennon/McCartney or Harrison?
Nick’s Reply: Lennon/McCartney.
Did you get your taxes done on time?
Nick’s Reply: We filed an extension.
What’s the deal with mustaches?
Nick’s Reply: They’re ok. I think they look great on some folks. I think there are way too many hipsters sporting them, but what better way to conceal a cleft palate?
I maintain a select shelf of Laserdiscs. What obsolete technologies do you support?
Nick’s Reply: Adobe Audition. Sega Game Gear. Optimism.
MrTyres Asks:
Marvel has been on a character high for a while, but DC only has Supes, Batman, and maybe Wonder Woman. What DC characters could make an Iron Man or Thor or Captain America?
Nick’s Reply: Green Lantern looks to be doing that, but I’m of the belief that DC has much inferior product. I think it’s taken the work of brilliant writers to make magic with DC characters where Marvel’s stuff works on a superficial level that allows them to work even with sorta trite or overly jingoistic setups.
High Speed Rail in the South. If they ran trains from Atlanta to Chicago and Atlanta to Miami or Atlanta to New Orleans would you support them?
Nick’s Reply: Absolutely. I love trains and I love some of the high speed ones they’re talking about. The new Popular Mechanics I believe has an amazing article on it. My favorite way to travel on land is on a train with your own little room.
In your Game of Thrones review, you said you had only read the first book. I have not read them, as sword and board multi volume sets either bore me with too much ‘and thus we walked…and we walked.’ or make me wait forever to see an end. Should I pick up the first book of Song of Ice and Fire?
Nick’s Reply: I think so. And remember, I’m the guy who remembers NOTHING. Don’t go by my word! Funnily enough about five years ago when we were working on MEG (R.I.P.) I put a list together for the screenwriter of projects we should pursue. 90% of them, including this, were on there and are now a part of reality that he didn’t take advantage of.
Ice Cube has sold out and did it poorly. What type of movie could put him back on top, Friday style?
Nick’s Reply: I don’t want him back!
Some future time, some future place, you have EGOT’d and joined the ranks of John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, Whoopi Goldberg, Tracy Jordan; composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers, and Jonathan Tunick; and directors Mel Brooks and Mike Nichols. For what productions did you receive your Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony?
Nick’s Reply: Emmy for the show we’re working on now (and if the director signs we’ll be cooking!), Grammy for a soundtrack because no one likes my personal bands, Oscar for Simple Machines if Troy Nixey ever gets to make it, and the Tony for my one man play: “Godzilla vs. Christ”.
Doug Asks:
How does a guy who eats out at restaurants every day of his life not have the money to pay his writers?
Nick’s Reply: CHUD’s writers are paid from CHUD’s income. Not my pocket. All of that changed a couple of years ago. The site is a business and it pays whom it’s able to out of revenue. I have a salary that is fixed just like all others and how I use the money I get is really of no concern. It’s certainly not CHUD money, nor does CHUD=ME. They aren’t MY writers, they’re the site’s writers and for over a decade I took everything on my back for the site. In fact, the two biggest decisions involving the site were made not for me but in order to pay staff. So, sorry buddy… bark up another tree. My little frivolities (and since I stopped buying cigars, DVD’s, and video games a cheaper frivolity) are safely within the limitations of my personal income and (sadly) credit cards. Also, your hard-on for me is nearing sexual stalker levels. Might want to have that looked at Mr. Slack.
Rene (Mr. Eko) Asks:
1. I love the Friday Wrap Ups, will they continue for many more fridays to come?
Nick’s Reply: If the interest and viewership continues. They’re a bit time consuming but we’re trying our damndest to provide a variety of entertainment and I think they’re a lot of fun.
2. Why did you decide to shift to a goatee?
Nick’s Reply: My shit grows so fast I can be a different sleazy looking person every couple of weeks. The impetus for that one was a matter of the big patch of gray hair on my cheek. It looks weird when it grows out because it’s a concentrated area. I don’t like goatees. At all. But I also don’t like a bare face, so it was a test. Lately I’m figuring I’m going to just use my head as a palette for mistakes.
3. Did Steve get mad at your explanation of procreation at the beginning of the latest CHUDshow Videocast?
Nick’s Reply: Steve knows me very well and no. I actually introduced (and egged on) he and his now wife so there’s no one who is more happy for them, in their corner, and understanding of the happy home they’re building. But, for some reason when a camera or mic comes on I feel compelled to heighten the “me” that the public gets to see.
4. Where does Chinese food rank in your choice of foods?
Nick’s Reply: I dig it but I have a very limited, almost child-like group of entrees I pick from. I don’t like mushrooms. I don’t like sweet and sour. I’m a picky asshole. That said, what I do order I am in love with. It’s probably my third favorite ethnic food.
5. Is there a particular director you’d like to see us do a retrospective on in The B-Movie Column?
Nick’s Reply: Albert Pyun. Every time.
6. What are your thoughts on Danny McBride?
Nick’s Reply: One note but very good at that one note.
7. What’s your take on Troma and the films they make?
Nick’s Reply: I don’t much care for them anymore and I think when I did it was for the wrong reasons.
8. Do you ever buy any of those big packs of movies like “32 Drive In Classics Collection”?
Nick’s Reply: I used to, but I’ve cut back and sadly when I have any discretionary time to watch something I have to be pretty sure it’s as close to a lock as possible.
9. Did you ever think Duke Nuke ‘Em Forever was going to actually be released?
Nick’s Reply: I did.
10. Is it just me, or do Chelcie Ross and Sam Neill look very similar?
Nick’s Reply: Chelcie Ross is the dark underbelly version of Sam Neill.
Randolph Carter Asks:
Will we ever see Chud feature comics again?
I wanna see the return of Ron.
Nick’s Reply: They’re back now and RON is being re-RON. I have an artist tapped for future RON stuff but that’s only going to happen in a future where CHUD grows and is allowed to continue for the long term.
Who is Uncle Mitch, is he based on one of your relatives?
Nick’s Reply: One of my childhood friends (whom i still am friends with) has an Uncle Mitch and he was my buddy’s favorite person and was always excited to hang out with his Uncle Mitch. I thought Mitch was a hilarious name and presto!
BubWilliams Asks:
Why no mentions of Alex and Eileen leaving on the front page?
Nick’s Reply: Eileen never left. It was a total misunderstanding. So, nothing to mention there. The Alex situation started innocuously and went supernova and I never thought it’d get that way. I did a treat thanking him for his years of great work and he immediately pounced on it and it became ugly on Twitter. The decision became moot at that point. Things certainly wound up not the way I’d hoped. That said, I didn’t want him to leave in the first place. The site just had to trim. Despite all the bad stuff that went public, I want Alex to return at some point and would welcome him with open arms. I think a lot of the internet “hate” and stuff is very wisp-thin. I am a very forgiving guy and though many of the folks I’ve patched things up with have stabbed me in the back, front, and top… I don’t think Alex is the sort. But Alex was a great part of the site, despite the shit that got ugly between us.
JGButler Asks:
Someone had asked you a question awhile back about “fuck” making its way to regular broadcast and your response was something along the lines of “We don’t need it.” Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but would you expound on that a bit?
Nick’s Reply: It’s too easy. I think SOME rules need to be in place so creators can be creative. FX is a good example of a place where you can live between worlds and still deliver a competent and mature product. I mean, Showtime and HBO and the like get all the options but the word “fuck” has lost so much of its impact I think it being off the table a while helps.
With the recent departures of certain beloved staff members, what is the state of CHUD at this time?
Nick’s Reply: CHUD is hurting. We’re not making the revenue to support the staff we had, our community needs to be stimulated, and the readers really need to help us by using their social media contacts to send folks our way. We’re hurting. You can assign blame wherever you’d like but the site has been consistently updating with good content, showcasing a staff of talented and opinionated folks, and not changed really all that much over the years. The market’s tough. Change is tough. The redesign didn’t go off like gangbusters. All that is true, but we’re still CHUD and in the ebb and flow of the site’s life now’s one of those gut check periods.
Dan Blinder Asks:
The Curse of Princess Kate on Chud. Do you believe?
Nick’s Reply: I do not. She’s over at GUY.com now posting and commenting and I still think she’s not anything people should hate or assign any malice to.
Cylon Baby asks:
With all the “Old Guard” writers departing, will we soon see regular columns by Paul McCartney, Princess Kate and Duke Fleed?
Nick’s Reply: No, but Fleed has a presence on our delightful B-Movie column and thread.
Slater Asks:
Hi Nick Nunziata these are some questions for you to answer in your column YOUR QUESTIONS FOR NICK NUNZIATA, 2009-2011:
1. Where did everybody go?
Nick’s Reply: Everybody? I still see a lot of great longtime folks still around. If by ‘everybody’ you mean the kind of folks who associate with you… then they went to a place they better belong. And more power to them.
2. Is Batman real or not? What do you think? I vote real, but everyone else says no, that’s stupid.
Nick’s Reply: Not sure the point of this baiting but yes… he is real.
3. Hey, you remember RON? That sure was a thing, huh?
Nick’s Reply: I did a comic strip that was an elective read on CHUD. It was a thing that you don’t like. I am pretty much Hitler for doing that, huh.
4. Maybe you could do a new RON where Ron meets Batman. Maybe then people would come back to CHUD. You know, because they’re curious about Batman and stuff.
Nick’s Reply: I see what you’re saying. Because the site’s horrible now and people hate it.
5. If Ron did meet Batman, you would probably have to write some jokes, though. Here’s one to get you started:
Q: How many Batmans does it take to screw in a lighbulb?
A: Bat-One.
Nick’s Reply: If I’m not mistaken you’ve been paid seven figures for writing screenplays in Hollywood. Yet you’re busting my chops.
6. I know that isn’t very funny. I’m sorry. I guess writing RON is pretty tough after all.
Nick’s Reply: RON was a couple of old friends having fun with a stream of consciousness comic strip. I can see why we really committed a major affront.
7. Hey, did I already ask where everybody went? I forget.
Nick’s Reply: Apparently a whole lot of them read my blog every day to dissect my life for material to attack me with.
Hey there, Nick. It’s Slater again. Don’t worry, this isn’t because you haven’t answered any of my questions yet. I know you can’t rush comedy gold!
Anywhoo. One quick follow-up question:
Did you complain to Proboards to get our website taken offline because…
A) All those stripper jokes were hitting a little too close to home,
B) You were angry because our dopey forums were getting more daily page hits than CHUD or GUY, which is kind of, you have to admit, hiiii-larious,
C) Too many owl jokes,
D) Was it Carl? It was, wasn’t it? We already had a talk about the “Jews” thing. All good.
E) Not enough owl jokes.
Please let me know as soon as possible, especially if it was either C or E. Because really, the owl thing is totally negotiable.
Nick’s Reply: This is the question and subject that blows my mind. I didn’t even know you HAD a message board. I certainly wouldn’t make an effort to complain about it. A few times I’d heard from Renn or Anderson about some site where the old CHUD folks were but I’ve never gone there nor paid attention to it. The only place I ever waste time being depressed by the way folks treat me and the site are on the site and Twitter. And that’s too much. So, no I had nothing to do with your site being closed down. Not a thing. Never even knew the damn name of it.
Opee Sea Killer Asks:
That place was way funnier than this place def gotta admit that
Nick’s Reply: OK, great.
Chow Yun Phat Asks:
1) Did you ruin this site on accident or on purpose?
Nick’s Reply: I didn’t ruin anything.
2) How many years ago did you lose your sense of humor?
Nick’s Reply: I have a delightful sense of humor.
3) Is burning bridges working out well for you?
Nick’s Reply: I sleep at night. I try my best to treat folks well and I try my best to give people shit right back if I feel they deserve it. In my mind the main bridge that’s burned in recent times was Devin and I’m perfectly happy with that. It’s a bridge that probably burned a few years too late. If by burning bridges with other people is what you refer to I need to know who those people are because there’s only a few folks I’ve actually BUILT any bridges with on the web.
4) When is MEG coming out?
Nick’s Reply: Probably never. Does that make you feel big?
5) Can you just draw the ending to the Bridger Chronicles on a napkin and scan it to a PDF file for me? I’m dying to know how that gripping saga ended.
Nick’s Reply: Bridger‘s a great story, which I shared a molecule of and people decided to make jokes about. I love how folks rip me for the stuff I put out there for free with no expectation or anything. Let me ask you a question now, since I have no idea who you are since you have one of worst monikers I’ve heard in a good long time: What kind of person are you pulling this kind of hurtful shit on a complete stranger whose biggest crime against you was building and keeping active a free, elective website for fifteen years for you?
Carl90210 Asks:
1. Did you act like a giant pussy and get our boards closed?
Nick’s Reply: I didn’t even know you HAD a board, Carl. You have the wrong guy. What’s scary is that apparently there was material on there that would cause you to blame me for it closing. I would assume it was where all these ex-CHUD folks built their weak hive-minded hate towards me. Regardless, when the chips fall you guys are wrong and have wasted so much valuable energy on a person who is not only not your enemy but one of the nicest and most giving people around. So, blame someone else. Wasn’t me. And I hope I answered your question.
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Wow, that’s ugly.
While I can understand being concerned if they thought you were instrumental in having a website shut down, most of that was petty bullshit that wasn’t worth answering.
And you’re right, people bitching about something that was free that you helped provide is disingenuous at best.
I’m glad to hear the door is open for Alex’s return, even if he doesn’t take it.
A lot of people seem to “persecute” you Nick. Ever think maybe they’re just being truthful about you? Nah, that can’t be it. It’s all a giant conspiracy. You may not have caused their boards to die but you sure are doing a swell job trying to kill your own.
that’s just fucking weird. Quite why anyone would want to write on t’internet is beyond me as it seems you may as well just hang a big sign around your neck saying ‘bombard me with illinformed hate’.
Lately I’m figuring I’m going to just use my head as a palette for mistakes. is genius IMHO though 🙂
Hey Nick, kudos for taking the high road with some of those questions.
Wow! Too bad it sounds like high school girls giving you shit. I enjoy the site for the info and the humor you all provide. It has changed over the years but jeez! Such venom and nastiness. Thank you Nick for all your hard work and continued involvement.
I suppose anything supporive I type here will be labeled KISS-ASS SYCOPHANT, but whatever. That vitriol from Slater and others just seems over-the-top, and the schadenfreude is dreadful. Hey guys, if you’re successful, great, go be successful. Leave your bags at the goddamn door already.
The Internet is serious business. Way to show their immaturity for what it is. Hell, I’m gonna miss Alex around here, but shit happens. I’m not personally involved, so I doubt I can speak on the situation in any informed fashion, twitter be damned. I’m glad to hear he’s welcome back. Somehow that doesn’t sound like such a scumbag move to me.
Didn’t realize things were getting this rough at CHUD and I hate to see it happen. I hope things get better, Nick.
The world is full of pretty bad stuff, most of which comes from people (and as of late, mother nature but she’ll always win the argument). Why it’s necessary to put more hurtful and negative shit out there is beyond me. It isn’t constructive, helpful, funny or even all that interesting. Spending so much time and energy being an asshole is a pretty sad waste of life. CHUD is supposed to be fun, informative, fun, and fun. The only time its fails in this is when people choose to use it as a venue for personal attacks. And guess whose fault that is? The dicks who actually make the choice to shit on everyone else’s good time. Constructive criticism is good and everyone on staff at CHUD always seems to be open to it and civil about it. The personally inflammatory shit does nothing good for the site or the people who come here to have a good time. If you don’t like it, please just close your eyes, take a deep breath, let it out, and fuck off. Let the rest of us enjoy CHUD for what it has to offer.
Nick, don’t give in to any of these hateful whores. The high road can be a total pain in the ass, but kudos for sticking to it in your responses.
I looked for a Jeremy Slater on Imdb and didn’t get anything. What the hell did he write anyway?
Those guys are awful. You’re the real man for not railing against them like they wanted, Nick. They’re the pricks who make the stereotype of the hateful internet nerd true.
I’m glad I contributed to using the questions column for it’s true purpose, and I hope it returns some day.
WOW! Nick, I have only been reading CHUD for about a year and a half, and do not follow anyone on twitter. I’m been enjoying the site and appreciate all you guys do. I might randomly read things on other sites, but I read CHUD daily. I can generally judge from the articles here if I would like someting or not. I am often reminded of things I might not have seen in a long time, or find something I somehow missed.
I believe the current writers are doing a great job. I would say that Joshua and Elisabeth are the ones I usually enjoy reading most, but David and Renn and all the rest (“here on Gilligan’s Isle”) are great. I pretty much read every article, even if I’m not interested in the headline subject.
I hope CHUD keeps going for a very long time!
(Oh, and the question about a list book made me think of maybe CHUD doing a list of books. Maybe either just the staff making lists, or combining staff lists and reader suggestions. I’m sure a lot of us read a lot, not just watch movies.)
Anyway, thanks, Nick!
What the hell was that? I’ve been reading this site since 2001, and this is the first time I’ve felt embarrassed to be a CHUD reader. I don’t care what you did or didn’t to them, and I don’t care about how they reacted to whatever they perceived as a slight – this column was high school, man. No one comes out of it looking good – including me, the reader who doesn’t know or care about this drama.
Asked by Reggie20x6 and others… but what the hell? I’ve hit this site off and on since working the night shift at St Joseph’s Hospital Lab in 2000 and while I’ve never paid much attention to the comments, I don’t think I’ve seen crap get this vicious, OVER A FREE SERVICE.
Seriously folks, (with the asinine questions) you’re not broke enough. I work two jobs and I’m hustling for a 3rd. But you’ve got time for this? Must not have a mortgage or kids or… well, of course not. You write silly shit like this, who’d lay down with you?
CHUD is one of the few sources of entertainment I have time for. Can’t say that I’ve agreed with everything here (thank God it’s not as offensive as some of the content on AICN) but I always considered the cost of admission. When AICN crossed the line with me, I stopped hitting the site… that’s been 8 years now. There still around, I hear, but strangely enough, I haven’t felt the need to personally attack anyone over there. Can’t say I know anyone’s names over there. Paying my bills on time kinda occupies most of my concentration or so what’s her name, my wife tells me.
Words of wisdom: Dr. Dre said, if you go to a party and don’ t like what’s going on, you don’t bad-mouth the host, you go find your kind of party. There’s got to be douche dance somewhere to clean you foul fuckers out.
Should I feel odd for not knowing what all this drama is about?
People call out Nick as if they have a moral obligation to do so. One of the most creative and kind people on the internet, who still transcribes his own interviews for hours, who works late nights, who still engages with readers in the chat rooms, who still takes risks to test new content on readers, who forgives others and compromises even when he’s being handed hate and misunderstanding, and who is just a regular guy running the site as his day job (not an entrepreneur getting rich)… is having his character (which readers see maybe 25% of on here) picked to shreds. CHUD isn’t your colosseum. It’s a gathering of creative and critical thinking minds (readers and contributors) hosted by an imperfect but completely respectable human being. Let’s get real, folks, move on with our days, and talk about the shit we like. Like movies. Or the Salma Hayek Boob thread. Anything is better than this bullshit.
You should be thrilled. It’s petty.
I have no idea what all this is about. CHUD has, and always will be , my favorite site on the internet. that is all. Keep up the great work, Nick.
Wow. That was Yahoo Message Boards bad. I love your letter columns, Nick. I hate that this would be the end, but I can see why you’re shutting the column down. There’s no sense in this.
Don’t shut it down. Rise above. Persevere.
I enjoy your dry wit far too much. Although I couldn’t give a can of corn about any baseball team that doesn’t feature Kevin Costner and John C. Reilly.
I too disagree with the column’s demise. But do what you gotta do, boss.
Constructive criticism has been attempted by some over the years by various people on the boards and Nick has almost always answered it with profanity filled tantrums and demands to stay the fuck off the site if you don’t like something, even if that something is something reasonable not liking getting viruses from ads on the site. You have no problem lashing out at others unprovoked, but your thin skin can’t handle getting it back in kind. I took my one and only cheap shot that I’ll ever take compared to twelve years of supporting and recommending the site because that seems to be the only thing that actually registers with you. How about you get past the pity party now and just work on making the site great agian if you still actually give a shit. Cut the shit and put your money where your mouth is. At least, where your mouth is this week, Mr Moodswing.
For the rest of you “supporters”, I won’t call anyone a sycophant, I’ll just say that anyone that says the site is just as good as it’s ever been is either a liar or not a long term regular reader. But that’s right. I have no right to expect good content. It’s a free site.
I won’t lie, I miss Devin. And I liked Alex. Other than that, I’ve got no beef with CHUD (and certainly not with any of the writers, though Renn can be a dick sometimes). If you don’t like the site, fuck off. But don’t act so butt hurt. Like a previous poster, I became sick of AICN, and I haven’t been there for years. But I don’t take cheap shots at Harry Knowles, that’s just beyond immature.
McGreedy, I won’t lie, either, and I enjoyed Devin. But I haven’t followed him to whatever his new job became.
And stupid attacks from anyone should be addressed once to say thare are stupid attacks, then you either ignore them (in the literary world) or address them.
I have never heard a CHUD writer say a bad thing about Devin, unless it was a disagreement on views, and I liked his style; after a couple reviews you new exactly where he stood.
CHUD as a whole: I like when you can discuss different aspects of something.
But Devin left shortly after I got here, so I don’t know much about it at all.
I have liked it for about 3 years, and I love the current writers. Currently I would say that Joshua and Elisabeth give the most well-written and evocotive arguements (hint: Josh will be a film serial killer in 10 tears), and I still never skip something for a persones name. (I skipped Game Of Thrones 3 because I have never seen it.)
Damn ugly!
LOL @ Slater. 7 figures and he’s still a petty little web bitch? Jesus. Get a life? BUY a life.
Hey there Nick!
See, when I like someone I support their work. I am for example a fan of Bruce Campbell (but then, who isn’t?). I do not “waste” my time by writing him letters or drawing a portrait of him or something.
I support him by buying the DVDs and merchandise and spreading the word.
However, I do this old-school style, because I just deeply mistrust all these pseudo-social networks like Twitter, Facebook etc.
Now: How can I help Chud? Does it help to comment? To click on as many articles as possible?
What is it a fan from Germany can do to support you guys?
(except mentioning you to every person, who might be interested)
Keep up the good work, pal!!
I don’t understand all the hate flying around. I may not be active on the boards and I generally only comment when I have something incredibly witty to contribute, but I’ve been frequenting this place for longer than I care to think about. In that time, I’ve been witness to a fair amount of venom, but most of the time it was from random posters and the sad, sad trolls, and when it wasn’t, Devin seemed to be the main offender (don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the bulk of the man’s writing, but he always seemed like the biggest prick of the bunch and I wasn’t terribly sad to see him go).
That being said, I’ve always recommended CHUD to my friends and will for the forseeable future. I dig the majority of the newer staff and, although Alex will be missed, continue to enjoy the content. And as long as Joshua and Ms. Rappe decide (and are able) to stick around, we won’t have any problems. So in short, Nick, don’t change a thng. . . Unless, of course, it’s not working out. Then by all means, change that shit.
Nick you still have a lot of supporters and I support the site and all the funny, free content you provide. Keep your head up due to these tough times and you’ll come out just fine.
Indeed. I scratch my head at the constant offshoots from this site that form “factions” elsewhere and extend drama. Is it really that serious? Has it come to taking pleasure in someone else’s misery and kicking them down further? Ugh.
I love the contributions Nick has made. I like Slater’s Twitter feed. I still enjoy Devin’s writing. I was sad to see Alex go. I just don’t understand why all of this has gotten so ugly so quickly.
Also important to have hats for bats.
I’ve read CHUD as long as I can remember the Internet existing but I’ve never touched the message boards, or even commented much, because of what you’ve said in your blog about how insular it is… it all seemed creepy. All these comments kind of validate that…
I read CHUD every day, multiple times, the podcast is one of my favorites and the only one I re-visit old episodes of, the new video content is a great step in the right direction, and I haven’t noticed any dip in quality. I don’t visit the site and judge how funny or un-funny everything is, I just don’t feel bored or embarrassed to read it the way I do other movie sites.
Oh yeah, when one of the butt-hurt questioners asked about The Bridger turning up as a bunch of napkin sketches…gotta say I was a little interested. Wasn’t a fan of the artist on that strip, but I’m a sucker for Mystical Westerns.
Is there any way to realize these things without taking on bargain basement artists? Maybe just serialize the scripts with inserts of photographic reference or something?
I just discovered that somebody stole my credit card data. For your information, I do have a PSN account, but that doesn’t mean Nick Nunziata wasn’t involved.
Nick, do you care to prove that you didn’t hack into my system and buy cigars or Blu-Ray combo packs or something? The ball is officially in your court.
Slater has always been a prick.
Many years ago, there were three movie sites I visited regularly to get movie news and insight. Those sites were Ain’t it Cool, Dark Horizons and CHUD. Over time, I began visiting the first two less frequently and sticking mainly with CHUD. The reason for that was the articles had more focus and the tone was fun and informative. I’ve always preferred the CHUD writing style in its various incarnations. I hate to see the site having problems of any kind. I hope things will turn around. I’ll be sure to continue linking to articles on my own Facebook and Twitter accounts, for what it’s worth.
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