Battleship meets Battleship Potemkin! (and other adventures in social networking)

by MaryAnn Johanson
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today:
• Amazon emailed to recommend my own book [http://ow.ly/hUCiU] to me. Feels like the time OK Cupid told me my brother was a good match.

• Maybe, but most of them are stuck slaving away at Starbucks because art doesn’t pay. 1 in 14 Of History’s Greatest Artists Are Alive Today: The Upside to Overpopulation

• Brilliant! Battleship meets Battleship Potemkin. Battleship Potemkin

• Being nominated while Arab now apparently suspicious… How My Friend and Current Oscar Nominee Emad Burnat Was Held and Threatened with Deportation Last Night at LAX

• It’s true. There Are Only Three Ways To Design A Movie Poster For A Kids Movie [Movie Poster Trends]

kids films posters

• File this under “And Chicken Soup Is Good for a Cold”… Certain Television Fare Can Help Ease Aggression in Young Children, Study Finds

• Sherlock Holmes isn’t in the public domain? Who knew… Lawsuit Seeks to Put Sherlock Holmes in the Public Domain

(hat-tip for today’s links: @KelliMarshall, bronxbee, @momentsoffilm)

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Jurgan
Jurgan
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 3:16am

That Battleship video is hilarious!

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Karl Morton IV
Karl Morton IV
reply to  Jurgan
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 6:43am

Yup. I’d like to think Eisenstein would’ve gotten a giggle out of it. :)

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RogerBW
RogerBW
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 10:41am

Re the OKCupid recommendation: you weren’t in the great state of… no, too easy.

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Jim Enroughty
Jim Enroughty
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 6:14pm

Another mash-up of a classic by the same guy:
“I Know What You Did Last Year At Marienbad”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSI92aMpCSk&feature=player_embedded

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