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question of the day: What’s geeky about musical theater?

Wed, Jan 23, 2013

Why does it seem to appeal to the same people who love science fiction and fantasy? What does musical theater have in common with the things we more traditionally think of as “geeky”?

question of the day: What films best celebrate dignity at the end of life?

Tue, Jan 22, 2013

16 comments

Inspired by that powerful final scene of Les Misérables…

question of the day: What’s your favorite snow-related scene or sequence from a film?

Mon, Jan 21, 2013

19 comments

I’m gonna go with all the Hoth stuff in The Empire Strikes Back. There’s a ton of humor and just plain human desperation connected to the cold setting — the weather and the environment isn’t just sci-fi dressing.

question of the weekend: Is the Internet killing organized religion?

Sat, Jan 19, 2013

30 comments

Note that I’m not asking if the Internet will kill all spirituality, just the way we see spirituality co-opted and corralled by the major and minor organized religions.

question of the day: What classic films would you like to see inspire a new Star Wars movie?

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

14 comments

My choice: Midnight Kessel Run…

question of the day: How can we update archetypal stories and characters (such as Sherlock Holmes) to be more gender equitable?

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

28 comments

Are there cases where it wouldn’t make the most sense to leave an entire story intact and simply change the protagonist’s gender? Would a better updating be retelling classic stories from the perspective of female characters who would have been on the periphery?

question of the day: Is Arrested Development on Netflix the future of “television”?

Wed, Jan 16, 2013

12 comments

The best modern television has become far more novelistic in recent years, and this makes the debut of a new show more like the debut of a novel, something that fans will digest at their own pace that is not being dictated by the show’s creators or by the network airing it.

question of the day: Who would be convinced to see a movie by a quote on an ad from a random guy on Twitter?

Tue, Jan 15, 2013

12 comments

Is there a perception of authority for anyone who’s quoted on a movie ad, merely because he or she is quoted there? Or is this just sheer desperation on the part of Open Road Films?