fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jan 5-11 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me):
Seth MacFarlane
question of the day: What movie event of 2012 will have the biggest impact in years to come?
The rise of Seth MacFarlane as a movie player, with the phenomenal success of Ted? The arrival of 48fps? Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm? Something else?
question of the day: What would a world without advertising look like?
There are so many aspects to this, and the next question might even be: Are there good reasons why we wouldn’t want a world without advertising?
question of the day: Will Seth MacFarlane be a good Oscar host?
Apparently he has successfully pulled off hosting duties before. But it still seems like a surprising choice, going with someone who isn’t essentially a performer…
Ted (review)
“I need a man, not a little boy with a teddy bear.” This is a shocking thing to hear in a piece of American pop culture in the early 21st century…
‘Cosmos’ reboot news induces geek whiplash
When is it not good news that Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking science show is coming back?
question of the day: Does the world need Seth McFarlane’s ‘Flintstones’ reboot?
Because, you know, the world has been absolutely clamoring for a Seth McFarlane reboot of The Flintstones. Our long national nightmare of McFarlane-Flintstone-lessness is finally over!
Tooth Fairy movie review: insufficiently advanced magic
Insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from the ruthlessly forced faux charm of a witless, sloppily assembled, lazily crafted movie that believes it can get away with such shoddiness because it’s ‘for kids.’
because Seth MacFarlane is a bigger jerk than we knew
On the recent episode of Family Guy entitled “Big Man on Hippocampus,” a blurb on a Pretty Woman video box reads: “This movie made me laugh so hard, I had mild headaches. So I went to the doctor and got myself checked out. I am currently waiting for the results. –Gene Siskel.” Because brain cancer … more…
question of the day: Is Fox’s ‘The Cleveland Show’ nothing more than a 21st-century minstrel show?
I haven’t seen an episode of The Cleveland Show, Fox’s new Sunday-night animated sitcom — I’m not a fan of Seth MacFarlane, and I can’t stand Family Guy — but from what I have seen (trailers, TV ads, and such) and from what I know about MacFarlane, I don’t find it much of stretch to … more…
