Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there’s no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate.
Herewith this week’s leftover links, in no particular order:
10 Lost Theories Inspired by Movies
Why Warren Beatty's attack on Pauline Kael failed
Avatar shows how dumbing down works
Is the ‘MacGruber’ Movie Blowing Up Already?
A Brief History of Film Censorship in the USA
Wal-Mart, Target Put Squeeze on Redbox
Tucker Carlson's Minions Call Rachel Maddow A Man
Interview: Atom Egoyan - Putting all the pieces together
Media Notes: Jon Stewart's Obama barbs on 'The Daily Show' are creating buzz
The Golden Girls: How One TV Show Turned A Generation Of American Boys Into Homosexuals
Against Closure: Why "Lost" Creators Should Resist the Urge to Tell All
'Doctor Who': Is David Tennant the best doctor ever?
Will Zachary Quinto Play Gershwin for Steven Spielberg?
Sam Raimi to direct The Shadow?
'Parks and Recreation' gets a third season: More Ron and Tom, please!
First Annual Fangirl Award Nominations
Limbaugh Lauded For “Exceptionally Impressive Fist Pumping Skills” As Miss America Judge
Miramax: What a moviegoer felt like, back in the summer of '89
HBO clicks on Hollywood blogging
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posted by Ryan H (Sun Feb 07 10, 3:20PM)
I'm somewhat surprised to not see a mention of Neil Gaiman writing an episode of Doctor Who.
http://io9.com/5465900/neil-gaiman-confirms-that-hes-written-an-upcoming-episode-of-doctor-who
posted by Tonio Kruger (Sun Feb 07 10, 3:40PM)
1. Re: the Avatar link: What exactly is so smart about preaching to the choir? About only aiming a political movie at the small minority of people who are already inclined to agree with you? What is so bad about reaching out to an average movie goer who is not already convinced? Anyone's who ever read Mark Twain knows that aiming a story at the common man doesn't automatically means "writing stupidly for the stupid." Yet I suppose that the intellectually insecure would tend to see it that way.
2. Re: The Golden Girls link. So the good Christians behind that link actually think Miami was better off when it was associated primarily with the drug dealers of Scarface and Miami Vice? And that most homosexuals today were inspired by The Golden Girls?
I suppose I could point out how one of the biggest fans of The Golden Girls that I knew back in the 1980s turned out to be a shameless homophobe but no doubt they'd dismiss such evidence as anecdotal...
posted by MaryAnn (Sun Feb 07 10, 5:20PM)
Tonio, the Golden Girls thing is a spoof.
Apparently I failed to digest the entire Internet last week... :->
posted by Tonio Kruger (Mon Feb 08 10, 12:06AM)
Really? It's so hard to tell nowadays...
posted by Lisa (Mon Feb 08 10, 7:12AM)
well they had Quentin Tarantino in an episode so they're obviously degenerate scum
posted by Dr. Rocketscience (Mon Feb 08 10, 12:56PM)
That entire christwire.org site is one giant Poe. I had to read through 3 articles and their comments to convince myself they were having me on.