Robservations - The Show About Something
With over three decades of work in Hollywood behind him, journeyman filmmaker Robert Meyer Burnett, best known for directing, co-writing and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” podcast - free-flowing, streaming conversations with industry professionals and fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspective to the world of genre entertainment that’s definitely “big picture” stuff.
Episodes
August 1, 2023 • 146 mins
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July 29, 2023 • 78 mins
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July 29, 2023 • 115 mins
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July 27, 2023 • 101 mins
In this episode, Rob discusses the Cosmology of Fictional Universes and why that's so important to the audience's enjoyment of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. This was a conversation brought about by the EXORCIST: BELIEVER trailer which recently dropped online.
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May 21, 2022 • 132 mins
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” video blogs – free-flowing, streaming conversations with fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspecti...
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May 17, 2022 • 69 mins
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” video blogs – free-flowing, streaming conversations with fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspecti...
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May 16, 2022 • 132 mins
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” video blogs – free-flowing, streaming conversations with fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspecti...
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May 16, 2022 • 92 mins
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” video blogs – free-flowing, streaming conversations with fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspecti...
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May 7, 2022 • 13 mins
Robert Meyer Burnett says that James Bond may not be relevant to today's audiences anymore. What does that mean for the franchise in the long-term? He has a few thoughts ...
This short take is a segment from ROBSERVATIONS episode number 751 which streamed on October 16, 2021. Total runtime for this segment is just under 13 minutes.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE EN...
This short take is a segment from ROBSERVATIONS episode number 751 which streamed on October 16, 2021. Total runtime for this segment is just under 13 minutes.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE EN...
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May 6, 2022 • 33 mins
ROBSERVATIONS host, Robert Meyer Burnett, explains how storytelling works and the importance of setting - and sticking to - consistent rules that help define the world in which your story takes place. Rob reviews this article in Polygon ( https://thepgs.co/3KJG138), which celebrates modern Star Trek's abandonment of 50 years' worth of established structure in favor of putting the individual feelings of characters before the verisi...
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May 5, 2022 • 11 mins
Writer-director-producer, Robert Meyer Burnett, contemplates concerns raised by master filmmakers like Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola that we are currently witnessing the "death" of cinema as we once understood it.
This short take is a segment from ROBSERVATIONS episode number 751, which streamed on October 16, 2021. The total runtime for this segment is just under twelve minutes.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and e...
This short take is a segment from ROBSERVATIONS episode number 751, which streamed on October 16, 2021. The total runtime for this segment is just under twelve minutes.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and e...
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April 25, 2022 • 14 mins
This short take is a segment from ROBSERVATIONS episode number 794 which streamed on March 7, 2022.
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett reads an article about the nature of science fiction and how it differs from other forms of fiction.
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett shares an article written by Emma Garland in Esquire Magazine positing that Matt Reeve's new Batman feature may finally force Marvel Studios to change its ...
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett reads an article about the nature of science fiction and how it differs from other forms of fiction.
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett shares an article written by Emma Garland in Esquire Magazine positing that Matt Reeve's new Batman feature may finally force Marvel Studios to change its ...
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April 25, 2022 • 14 mins
This short take is a segment from ROBSERVATIONS episode number 794 which streamed on March 7, 2022. Segment runtime is 14:38
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett reviews an article that explains why Star Wars is not technically science fiction. Rob agrees, but the fans in the livestream do not.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners Will...
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett reviews an article that explains why Star Wars is not technically science fiction. Rob agrees, but the fans in the livestream do not.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners Will...
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April 25, 2022 • 6 mins
This is a ROBSERVATIONS Short Take.
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett talks about learning to understand the vastness of space and developing an appreciation for the "infinitude of the cosmos" by reading science fiction.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspe...
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett talks about learning to understand the vastness of space and developing an appreciation for the "infinitude of the cosmos" by reading science fiction.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspe...
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April 19, 2022 • 20 mins
ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett shares an article written by Emma Garland in Esquire Magazine positing that Matt Reeve's new Batman feature may finally force Marvel Studios to change its formulaic approach to manufacturing superhero movies (https://thepgs.co/3KWUcCR).
According to Ms. Garland, "audiences are becoming bored - and more openly critical - of Marvel monoculture."
It's safe to say that Rob does not agree and lays ...
According to Ms. Garland, "audiences are becoming bored - and more openly critical - of Marvel monoculture."
It's safe to say that Rob does not agree and lays ...
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April 18, 2022 • 29 mins
In this "short take", ROBSERVATIONS host Robert Meyer Burnett re-introduces us to David Cronenberg, the filmmaker. Cronenberg has been working the past few years as an actor, but he's developed quite a reputation for his auteur style of filmmaking - especially when it comes to the sci-fi and horror genres.
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy w...
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy w...
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April 15, 2022 • 7 mins
Writer-director-producer, Robert Meyer Burnett, and his guest, Rrr Mmmm, talk about their mutual disappointment in 'The Book of Boba Fett' which streamed on Disney+. Rob goes as far to say that 'The Book of Boba Fett' could possibly be the most damaging thing EVER done to the Star Wars franchise.
And that includes the Holiday Special. No. Really.
What's wrong with 'The Book of Boba Fett' is, in a sense, what's wrong with the way cor...
And that includes the Holiday Special. No. Really.
What's wrong with 'The Book of Boba Fett' is, in a sense, what's wrong with the way cor...
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April 14, 2022 • 11 mins
Writer-director-producer, Robert Meyer Burnett, explains the fundamental differences between the kinds of movies made by older-school filmmakers (like Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola) versus the big-budget, action films (like those you find in the MCU).
Is it really fair to compare populist, genre cinema to more complex, auteur fare? Probably not.
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Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the aw...
Is it really fair to compare populist, genre cinema to more complex, auteur fare? Probably not.
About ROBSERVATIONS
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the aw...
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April 13, 2022 • 29 mins
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” video blogs – free-flowing, streaming conversations with fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspecti...
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April 13, 2022 • 67 mins
Best known for directing, co-writing, and editing the award-winning cult favorite feature film FREE ENTERPRISE, starring Emmy winners William Shatner and Eric McCormack, Rob Burnett offers his own unique perspective on the entertainment industry in his daily “Robservations” video blogs – free-flowing, streaming conversations with fans about everything from toys to comics to movies and television. Rob brings an interesting perspecti...
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