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RT Interview: Director Baillie Walsh on Ziggy, Roxy and Daniel Craig in Flashbacks of a Fool

by Joe Utichi | April 18, 2008

Summary

The first-time helmer sits down with RT to talk about making the transition to feature films with longtime friend Daniel Craig. Back to Article

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dahluzz writes:
on Apr 18 2008 10:47 AM

OK, this has nothing whatsoever to do with this article, but I'm posting this open letter to the RT Staff because something feels really fishy about this whole News system now.

I was thinking about it last night and wondered 'how can jeff giles go from the most featured writer on the site to doing very little writing at all, basically over night?' all RT staffers ever said was 'jeff will still be contributing" or something.

answer this: did Jeff Giles get fired or demoted or whats the actual deal, because i find it really hard to believe that all of a sudden the entire News section changes and he's no longer featured much.

I do recall an article not long ago regarding the new oliver stone movie 'W' in which jeff made some slightly leftist remarks and then had to spend the rest of the thread defending himself (with some help from loyal RT readers). Now it could well be a stretch to think that this had something to do with Jeff not being allowed to do his daily stories, but at this point I'm looking for SOME explanation.

And I think we deserve more of an explanation then 'well we're trying some new stuff out and are continuously updating the site to make as good as possible for all of you.' whatever, that doesn't cut it.

Can you RT staffers see how much you've changed the core of the site? No one is commenting on the stupid external link stories and all that remains as far as RT material is an occasional story but mostly features like interviews, critical consensus, total recall, meet a critic, etc. etc. The features are fine, but the story threads were where people really got into the discussions. We had a strong core community of regular posters and now it just doesn't feel the same.

so RT, I really need you to explain why you've altered not only the aesthetic, but the entire dynamic of the site. It's less personal and frankly, less interesting. This is my go-to site and so i really am curious as why a lot of the fun has been sucked out of it in favor of redirecting us to outside pages.

What happened to Jeff and what are the chances that things will return to the good ole days of putting an RT spin on a specific story, making it humorous and palatable and letting us all sling mud over it?

thanks for your time.

-Dahluzz

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lexlinkroy writes:
on Oct 10 2008 08:13 AM

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i always thought there was something fishy with RT with there reviews and articles

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