question of the day: What films would you add 4D to, and what would you add?
Sand underfoot for Jaws? Or maybe that “incredible smell” from the trash compactor in Star Wars?
talk amongst yourselves
question of the day: How does the news of celebrity deaths affect you?
I have to be honest and confess that when the news of Elizabeth Taylor’s death broke yesterday, the first thing I thought was, She was still alive? I thought the same thing when Jane Russell died earlier this month…
question of the day: What movie, when you stumble across it channel surfing, will you always stay to watch through to the end, no matter how many times you’ve seen it?
I’ve got more than one. But if it’s on a channel that interrupts movies with commercials, that can kill the mood for me, and send me surfing again…
question of the day: Would variable pricing of tickets get more people going to the movies, and would you welcome it?
But a ticket long in advance, it’s cheaper; wait till the last minute, pay through the nose. Want a first-class seat? That’ll cost you more. Attending a film no one else wants to see? You get in at a bargain. Would this work?
question of the day: What famous songs should the Muppets cover?
The Muppets’ version of “Danny Boy” is by far the most entertaining, least annoying rendition of the song I’ve ever heard. What other songs might they cover, and to what effect?
question of the weekend: Why is evil attractive and good boring?
Vampires are hot. So are gangsta rappers. Actors often say that villains are more fun to portray… and from the audience’s perspective, villains are often more fun to watch than heroes. Even our slang glorifies evil: “Bad” and “wicked,” in some contexts, actually mean “good” and “cool.” Why?
question of the day: Is the rise of the geek a good thing for movies, or a bad thing? (Or is it too early to tell?)
Are the geeks directing Hollywood, or is Hollywood just learning how to better use the geeks?
question of the day: What movie or TV show best embodies the place where you live?
I’ve often said, to anyone who’s asked if I watched Seinfeld, that I hardly ever watched it because it was too much like my everyday life…
question of the day: How do we fix the problem of spoiler-laden trailers?
How many times have you known what was going to happen next in a film because you’d seen the resolutiuon in a trailer? How do we make Hollywood stop doing this?
question of the day: Will future generations understand ‘The Simpsons’?
Will we have future scholars footnoting The Simpsons to explain why Kent Brockman and Rainier Wolfcastle are funny?
