QOTW: What are the most unnecessary human inventions?
I must choose scented toilet paper. Who wants to rub some of their most sensitive bits with chemicals?
talk amongst yourselves
QOTD: What institution or historical event would you mash up with what TV show or movie?
In the spirit of this hilarious Vatican-Dallas mashup…
QOTD: If movies came with nutrition labels, what would they say?
How much of your recommended daily allowance of goo do Aliens and Ghostbusters supply?
QOTD: Is the military-industrial-entertainment complex trying to ensure we stay passive consumers, not active creators?
Was Fox Mulder right? Is the Net becoming our digital soma?
QOTD: What is your most memorable movie poster ever?
Mine is the one for Schindler’s List, because what it actually depicts is the complete opposite of how my initial perception read it…
QOTD: How much does a sense of mystery surrounding a movie impact your desire to see it?
Cuz people are speculating what Brad Bird’s new flick Tomorrowland might be about, and then speculating how much folk will be upset if it turns out to be something else entirely…
QOTW: What subjects turn you into a ranter?
This site has been a 15-year-plus demonstration of what turns me into a ranter, so I don’t think I need respond to this. But you go right ahead and indulge your rage…
QOTD: What theme cruise would you host on a famous fictional or historical ship?
Murder mystery cruise on the Enterprise? Birdwatching on the Beagle?
QOTD: What’s the best modern American sitcom?
I’ll choose HBO’s 1990s series The Larry Sanders Show, a brilliant tragi-comedy about fame and celebrity, and a don’t-ask-what’s-in-the-sausage look at how talk TV gets made.
QOTD: Do you have any favorite “memorable moments” from otherwise forgettable films?
Nothing is coming to mind for me, so I’ll leave you all to it…
