I actually worked with John and Diane on an indie film (AOR and foley session) and I must say that he is not as "quirky" as he appears on the Bravo show. He was ebullient and personable and had a vast and varied film knowledge, and Diane was fine as a voice performer. I've seen several of John's short films and they are all pretty good -not good for low budget, just good. Period. While he certainly hasn't handled things in the most diplomatic way on Project Greenlight, it must be said that if Michelle (Morris) Gertz had meddled on any other production the way she did on this, she would have been sh*tcanned in a heart beat. I find it ironic that she fought John wanting to cast his friends and family, when in essence she went around the director and producer and sent in tape on one of her friends to get her the lead role. It must also be observed that Michelle has only cast one successful film as primary casting agent, and it was a sequel- American Pie 2 -but she has cast 17 projects that were either largely unsuccessful or flopped outright (one of them was actually a very good film; Donnie Darko). The producers should take the majority of the blame for letting his casting notions get as far out of hand as they did for not setting boundaries up front. The studio exec from Dimension by selecting the script that was selected and outlining the budget that was outlined, has pretty much guaranteed a straight to video release, like 90% of Dimension's films. I think that in the grand scheme of things, you have to root for John, because he seems to be the only person who wants to make an interesting film, and all the odds are stacked against him. The whole deal seems to stink of a "hand off" because Chris Moore isn't even actively producing, and neither Matt nor Ben were willing to be in the film that was selected. They seemingly wanted to pick a project that would derail intentionally because it would mean boffo ratings, and the money they'll make as a series will more than pay for the paltry budget of the (tax write-off) film. The DVD of the third season is even more gravy. The star of FEAST is Eric Dane, a relative unkown who appeared regularly on Charmed, and believe it or not, from what I've heard is one of the highlights of the film (along with Clu Gulager and Krista Allen) which unfortnately resorted to washed-ups (Henry Rollins and Balthezar Getty), never weres (Jason Mewes and Josh Zuckerman) and a shouldn't be (Navi Rawat) who continuously prove why they are mainly relegated to straight to video crap or the pity work thrown them by famous friends. None of which is testament to the skills or lack of the director. Maybe by playing off the low expectation factor, they can garner some hindsight praise in time for Halloween...