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# Ian Bogost, Looper director get in politest Twitter spat ever
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/ian-bogost-looper-director-get-politest-twitter-spat-ever/
- Published: 2013-01-14T17:18:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:43:09.000Z
- Description: Ian Bogost, the game designer and academic who is the closest thing the medium has to a guru, announced yesterday on Twitter that he did not like last year’s time-travel actioneer Looper. Am I living on another planet or something? rottentomatoes.com/m/looper/ — Ian Bogost (@ibogost) January 14, 201
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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Ian Bogost, the game designer and academic who is the closest thing the medium has to a guru, announced yesterday on Twitter that he did not like last year’s time-travel actioneer Looper.

> Am I living on another planet or something? [rottentomatoes.com/m/looper/](http://t.co/D3izeq7a?ref=killscreen.com "http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/looper/")

> — Ian Bogost (@ibogost) [January 14, 2013](https://twitter.com/ibogost/status/290630700191842304?ref=killscreen.com)

Twenty minutes later, after a little bit of mild trash talk about *Looper*, the film’s director, Rian Johnson replied:

> @[ibogost](https://twitter.com/ibogost?ref=killscreen.com) We come in peace!  
>  
> — Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) [January 14, 2013](https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/290635842945445888?ref=killscreen.com)

Chagrined, but unwilling to change his tune, Bogost responded with a complex mix of internet regret and defiance:

> @[rianjohnson](https://twitter.com/rianjohnson?ref=killscreen.com) Sorry for being an ass about your film that I didn’t like. 🙁  
>  
> — Ian Bogost (@ibogost) [January 14, 2013](https://twitter.com/ibogost/status/290636520258416640?ref=killscreen.com)

Then it was Johnson’s turn to feel a little awkward:

> @[ibogost](https://twitter.com/ibogost?ref=killscreen.com) No assery at all, I’m the one who poked my nose in and twitter-bombed you.  
>  
> — Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) [January 14, 2013](https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/290639956144160768?ref=killscreen.com)

If only there were real life time machines, there would never be any hurt feelings and polite men with strong feelings would never go too far.