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question of the day: Who sent the mysterious package to the University of Chicago addressed to Indiana Jones?

Fri, Dec 14, 2012
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Is it some sort of interactive art project or game? Is it a marketing thing? How could someone do something so incredibly full of awesome and then just give it away anonymously?

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question of the day: Why do you think three female Rebel pilots were cut from Return of the Jedi?

Thu, Dec 13, 2012
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And are you as angry about this as I am?

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question of the day: Why do we consider animated movies to be kiddie flicks or “for families”?

Wed, Dec 12, 2012
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What will it take for the assumption to stop being automatic? An R-/15-rated animated film? Is such a thing even possible in the existing business environment for films?

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question of the day: Do you get addicted to videogames?

Tue, Dec 11, 2012
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I do sometimes get hooked on a game, but obviously I have an obsession limit, because eventually I get to a point where I’m instantly bored, and interest in a game shuts off like someone threw a switch.

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question of the day: How should we be talking about the ethics of the Australian radio prank that resulted in a suicide?

Mon, Dec 10, 2012
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Why does corporate-media sociopathy seem to believe that anything not forbidden is compulsory?

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question of the weekend: What nasty or negative qualities do you recognize in yourself, and how do you combat them?

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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It can be really hard for me to accept help, even when it’s offered willingly, because I hate feeling dependent…

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question of the day: How could TV be more experimental?

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
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In what other ways, beyond breaking the fourth wall, could TV do something different? Or is stuff like this simply too arty for mainstream TV audiences? Why isn’t there room, on a hundred-plus channels, for something more arty?

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question of the day: Do you second-screen?

Thu, Dec 06, 2012
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Do you tweet or answer emails or surf the Web while watching TV? Has this changed in the past year?

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question of the day: Was Bob Costas wrong to deliver a pro-gun-control message during a halftime show?

Wed, Dec 05, 2012
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Perhaps this gets close to home for me because I am sometimes accused of inappropriately bringing politics or feminism or other topics that don’t “belong” in film criticism into my reviews…

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question of the day: How are you coping with Kate-is-pregnant-induced nausea?

Tue, Dec 04, 2012
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We’re in for 70 years of media frenzy about whoever this baby turns out to be, until he or she takes the throne in about 2082. You won’t be able to avoid it, unless you become a hermit (which I don’t recommend).

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