An Amusing Twitter Battle Erupted Between Directors Rian Johnson and Duncan Jones
For those of you who weren't aware, a couple of days ago a Twitter war erupted between Warcraft director Duncan Jones and Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson. There's a good chance you weren't paying attention because it took place during all the hype surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It was pointed out to me by a friend of mine, and I just had to post it because it's pretty darn entertaining.
The whole argument revolves around “shooting on film” and it began with the following tweet from Jones:
"Shooting on film" is just vinyl for movie hipsters. Discuss.
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 19, 2015Then Johnson fired back, and the hilarious Twitter battle began:
@ManMadeMoon YOU'RE just vinyl for movie hipsters.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 19, 2015@rianjohnson JJ gave you all his short-ends to shoot on, didn't he?
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 19, 2015@ManMadeMoon Did you do Warcraft on the 6 or 6s?
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 19, 2015@rianjohnson Oh! We're doing this? How tough was it convincing the committee to let you frame up your own shots? pic.twitter.com/WIGO4tzl54
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 19, 2015@ManMadeMoon Is your release going to be multi-console?
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 19, 2015@rianjohnson says the guy who made the movie following the guy who followed up those 3 other movies that came after the ones we loved.
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 19, 2015@ManMadeMoon All kidding aside, I'll be there opening night. I am so curious to see how you squeezed a fourth movie out of The Hobbit.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 20, 2015@rianjohnson Haha!! Just laughing at how depressed your accountants going to be when all that Star Wars money skips right past you to Lucas.
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 20, 2015@ManMadeMoon The dusty banner above the Warcraft toy aisle: "HOPE YOU LIKE ORCS!"
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 20, 2015@rianjohnson Feel for you, Rian! Everyone will already have all the plastic crap they need by the time people stop buying merch from Ep VII!
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 20, 2015@ManMadeMoon You laugh, but when the 8th installment in the Warcraft saga is coming out you'll be facing the same challengeshahahahahahahaha
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 20, 2015@rianjohnson So Ep 8. Guessing THIS time, the baddies will be chasing a princess who'll get help from a reluctant hero & his droids. Close?
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 20, 2015Some other people also got involved with the conversation, but it ended on good terms:
That was better than therapy! Thanks @rianjohnson! ;)
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) October 20, 2015@ManMadeMoon pic.twitter.com/p6YwKqDdmN
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 20, 2015I don't care how these guys want to make their movies. As long as they keep making them, I'll be at the theater to watch them.