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On Friday I posted an April Fool’s QOTD in which I suggested that Michael Bay was about to begin production on a ten-part 3D miniseries version of Neil Gaimain’s novel American Gods. As it turns out, I was unwittingly echoing Gaiman, who only a week earlier had announced that, indeed, a movie based on the book is in the works…
Who could possibly make such a decision about when to retire accept an artist herself? Is there any way to mandate a retirement age for artists except by audiences refusing to participate as audiences anymore (which still wouldn’t prevent an artist from making art, only from having it seen)?
I never thought Mark Hamill was really flying an X-wing. I never thought Ray Liotta was actually a gangster. But the collective power of the movie surrounding them created the illusion that they were. Some of that illusion is created by actors, some by special FX, some by other people talented in myriad ways. Surely what matters is the total illusion, not the breakdown of who created which part of it. Or am I wrong?
SPOILER if you’re even more behind than I was. Seriously, don’t click this…
…about how half the human race is perceived in the only viable industry other than warfare that America still operates (hint: that other industry is Hollywood)…
Not even this (you might want to grab some sunglasses)…
Have you read Connie Willis’s novel Remake? Danged if this news — regarding Seth Green’s performance in Mars Needs Moms — doesn’t sound like what Willis was warning us about…
A classic conundrum, says reader Bruce: risk being known as the fool who agreed to take over as captain of the Titanic in mid-sink or, if you succeed in turning the $65 million debacle around, become the greatest savior in show biz history.
It’s about why he’ll no longer make jokes about Charlie Sheen…
…on how the cultural embrace of violent misogynist celebrity Charlie Sheen and his ongoing meltdown is little different from other reality television…
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