loaded question: what is your favorite alternate / revisionist history lately?
What about how this show/movie/etc reimagines, or ignores, the known historical record is compelling to you?
talk amongst yourselves
loaded question: what loaded question — about movies, TV, pop culture in general — would you like to put to Flick Filosopher readers?
What would you love to pick the brains of other movie fans about?
loaded question: what movie characters’ bad experiences make you feel better about your own life?
Inspired by TV writer JP Larocque noting that from Ripley’s perspective, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 took place over about six weeks.
loaded question: how would you cast ‘The Muppets’ Princess Bride’?
I’ve illustrated this post with an image of Miss Piggy in a wedding dress purely for aesthetic purposes: I think Buttercup, as the straight woman of the story, should probably be the one character played by a human.
loaded question: what movie have you seen the most times in its initial theatrical run?
I think for me it must be 1993’s The Fugitive. I’m not even sure how many times I saw it, but it must be a dozen at least.
loaded question: do you think the cancelled Batgirl movie will ever see the light of day?
Is this the death of streaming? Is this the end of superhero movies? Is it just a glitch in the pop-culture Matrix? In what way might the film ever get released?
loaded question: what’s a thing from movies (or books or TV) that you absolutely believed as a kid?
And do you still kinda sorta half believe it?
loaded question: what’s your favorite cultural life hack?
Are there ways that you consume or play with music, movies, books, games, etc, that give you extra pleasure, and/or that you suspect may not have occurred to other people?
loaded question: what movies can give us hope for a better future?
I vehemently believe that positive visions are essential for helping us imagine better for ourselves. Where are they?
loaded question: what is your ultimate comfort movie?
Mine is, of course, The Princess Bride. It’s sweet, goofy, funny, and endlessly entertaining, no matter how many times I watch it.
