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question of the day: Does livetweeting while you’re watching TV ruin the experience?

Wed, Apr 25, 2012
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I think it does, but clearly many people don’t feel the same, because there are so many people live-tweeting.

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question of the day: What is the greatest aspect of Fox’s legacy, 25 years in?

Tue, Apr 24, 2012
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The X-Files? In Living Color? The Simpsons? Firefly? Something else?

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question of the day: What advice would you give to a writer creating a female superhero?

Mon, Apr 23, 2012
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What specific issues, problems, challenges, and bonuses come with creating a female superhero in our male-superhero-dominated fantasy worlds?

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question of the weekend: Is Twitter making ignorance suddenly cool?

Sat, Apr 21, 2012
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Are we wrong to make fun of the tweeps who don’t know how Dick Clark is or that the Titanic was real? Should we praise them for seeking an answer… even if it’s in the laziest way possible?

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question of the day: Which director cannot escape his hackitude no matter how he tries?

Fri, Apr 20, 2012
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Think Roland Emmerich and Anonymous…

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question of the day: What useful, practical magic spells would you love to know?

Thu, Apr 19, 2012
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Need to get a red-wine stain out of a white shirt? Try Vino evaporo!

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question of the day: Would you buy a TV from Ikea?

Wed, Apr 18, 2012
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Soon, Ikea will be your one-stop shop for candles, meatballs, and home electronics. The only thing that gives me pause about Uppleva is the built-in blu-ray player. What if you want to upgrade?

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question of the day: How do you decide when to give up on a TV show you wanted to like (or once enjoyed) but isn’t working for you?

Tue, Apr 17, 2012
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How long do you give a failing entertainment before you lose all patience?

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question of the day: When does casting itself become part of a film’s humor?

Mon, Apr 16, 2012
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What examples can you think of in which the choice of actor in a particular role adds to a movie’s joke? (Inspired by an aspect of Mirror Mirror.)

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question of the weekend: If you had a superpower, what would it be?

Sat, Apr 14, 2012
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If I could have a superpower, it would be telekinetic regulation of the ambient temperature. (This I discovered when I was stuck in a hot movie theater for hours last night.)

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