QOTD: What characters from classic literature would you reboot, and how would you do it?
But don’t choose Oliver Twist, because Hollywood has already beat you to it…
talk amongst yourselves
QOTD: Who are the worst movie couples ever?
Please to enjoy an anti-Valentine’s Day question…
QOTD: Has pop culture given us an unrealistic idea of what a police state looks like?
While many people would likely agree that films such as 1984 and Brazil are horrifying depictions of police states — and they are — relatively few people seem bothered by the realities we’re living with today…
QOTD: What should we call television now that it’s not necessarily on television?
Somehow the term “serialized fiction” doesn’t have the right ring. But I’m at a loss for anything better. Any ideas?
QOTD: Does a film winning awards make you more (or less) likely to want to see it?
With Argo and Skyfall both out on DVD timed to coincide with their Oscars and BAFTAs buzz, the studios clearly hope awards influence home viewers…
QOTW: What country best represents the future?
Is there someplace on Earth that makes you feel like it’s leading the way — for better or for worse — into the future?
QOTD: What if the villains were actually the good guys?
Pick a character whom pop culture has cast as a villain and tell us what not-very-evil thing he or she was actually up to that has been perverted by the winners’ propaganda…
QOTD: What are the best movie soundtracks ever?
I swear I can hear the wind moving through tall prairie grass in John Barry’s music for Dances with Wolves…
QOTD: Which iconic (or imaginary) actor pairings would be fun to reverse?
Like how Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman could have swapped roles in Les Misérables and it would have worked just as well…
QOTD: Does Hollywood have a math problem?
If so, is it a separate problem from Hollywood’s general disdain for anything intellectual?
