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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Can a woman express opinions on the Internet without threats of sexual violence? Laurie Penny has her doubts. Should we be frightened that Harry Potter director David Yates is working on a big screen Dr. Who reboot? Ashamed to say … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 2, Chapter 8
Tagged ethics, media bias?, movies, opinion writing, questions
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Link Ch. 3 – Re-imagined Disney Princesses
Because Halloween is coming up, and because I can…. You may remember a couple of years ago when illustrator Jefrey Thomas gave us an evil take on Disney princesses, such as Zombie Little Mermaid: UPDATE: He did a second round of these … Continue reading
Link Ch. 10 – Everything Is a Remix looks at The Matrix
The folks at Everything is a Remix look at all the cyberpunk quotes in the Matrix movies. The argument at EIAR is not that The Matrix is ripping off previous movies and books, rather that everything in popular culture is … Continue reading
Hitler finds out about the changes to Star Wars on Blu-Ray
I completely blame my editor @dwainsmith for this. To quote Han Solo, “It’s not my fault….” (Note: As usual with the “Hitler finds out about memes, NSFW subtitles)
Posted in Chapter 8, Uncategorized
Tagged movies, Star Wars
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What makes a great movie quote great?
There’s been a discussion going on via my local movie theater’s Facebook page about people’s favorite movie quotes. I gave a lot of thought to the question before making my post. I’m not like those folks who cheat and put … Continue reading
Movie Images of the Twin Towers
Before 9/11, the silhouette of the twin towers of the World Trade Center were one of the quickest ways movie makers had of establishing that we were looking at the NYC skyline. Here’s a beautiful collection of WTC skylines edited by … Continue reading
Link Ch. 8 – Why should we care about 3D movies?
Why do we care about how 3D movies are made? Because movies that are shot in 3D from the beginning can look pretty good. Beyond the obvious example of Avatar, I would argue that the TRON remake was a gorgeous (if somewhat empty) 3D … Continue reading
‘Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince’ as a Comedy Trailer
Suppose for a minute that Warner Brothers wanted to promote Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as screwball teen comedy. The trailer might look something like this: Thanks eBookNewser! And here’s the actual trailer:
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged Harry Potter, humor, movies
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Link Ch. 3 – How Walt Disney Cartoons are Made – 1939
Here is a fun old RKO short on how the Walt Disney studio produced cartoons back in the 1930s. A great look at old-school animation. Thanks to /Film for the link. (Pay attention to the narration. The inking work is … Continue reading
West Bank Story
My commentary students viewed the Oscar-winning short film West Bank Story as part of a reviewing assignment. It’s a fun little film that runs about 20 minutes and is a great choice for a review assignment. It’s short enough to … Continue reading