QOTD: Is the military-industrial-entertainment complex trying to ensure we stay passive consumers, not active creators?
Was Fox Mulder right? Is the Net becoming our digital soma?
questions
QOTD: What is your most memorable movie poster ever?
Mine is the one for Schindler’s List, because what it actually depicts is the complete opposite of how my initial perception read it…
QOTD: How much does a sense of mystery surrounding a movie impact your desire to see it?
Cuz people are speculating what Brad Bird’s new flick Tomorrowland might be about, and then speculating how much folk will be upset if it turns out to be something else entirely…
QOTW: What subjects turn you into a ranter?
This site has been a 15-year-plus demonstration of what turns me into a ranter, so I don’t think I need respond to this. But you go right ahead and indulge your rage…
QOTD: What theme cruise would you host on a famous fictional or historical ship?
Murder mystery cruise on the Enterprise? Birdwatching on the Beagle?
QOTD: What’s the best modern American sitcom?
I’ll choose HBO’s 1990s series The Larry Sanders Show, a brilliant tragi-comedy about fame and celebrity, and a don’t-ask-what’s-in-the-sausage look at how talk TV gets made.
QOTD: Do you have any favorite “memorable moments” from otherwise forgettable films?
Nothing is coming to mind for me, so I’ll leave you all to it…
QOTD: What are some examples of great Hollywood satire — TV or film — that works?
And does satire need to sting in order to be great?
QOTD: What did you love and hate about the Oscars?
Seth MacFarlane sang about boobs, but Argo won Best Picture — yay! Meanwhile Joaquin Phoenix is not amused…
QOTW: What would you be proud to win a major award for?
What are you so good at that, sure, dammit, you deserve some big, splashy recognition?
