...there were at least 100 refugees scattered around the valley and up the slope of the hill. It reminded me quite a bit of the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, actually. Single houses in the middle of nowhere, a mass of featureless (at that distance) bodies in ratty clothes... hills and a light mist... well, the mist might have been smoke from all the machine gun and tank firing, but it had the same effect.

Right before we got to Spielberg, Lee Anne De Vette turned to me and asked if I wanted to be introduced as Eric or Quint. Immediately I said, "Please, for the love of God... Introduce me as Eric!" I don't know if this situation has ever happened to someone at AICN... I got suddenly embarrassed that my AICN pseudonym was a character from the movie that made Steven Spielberg famous. How pathetic would that be, to be introduced as "Quint?"

So, of course, she delivers me unto Spielberg and says, "Steven, this is Quint from Ain't It Cool News." I horrified, but not for long. Steven Spielberg warmly shook my hand and said, "Quint! I'm pleased to meet you! I read your columns all the time."