“You’ll Get What You Deserve”

01Sep08

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Tags: politics, republicans, satire, youtube

Slumdog Millionaire

29Aug08

I absolutely cannot wait for Slumdog Millionaire. Danny Boyle is one of my favorite directors, and this looks like it could be quite the film.

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Tags: coming soon, danny boyle, short, slumdog millionaire

Sarah Connor Chronicles

23Aug08

I’ve been watching a show called “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” on hulu.com recently, and it’s an interesting show – not an amazing show, but an interesting one. However, I’m a big fan of the little details, and in the episode I’m currently watching, I noticed something fantastic. It won’t let me embed the clip, so go here and watch at about 25:30.

See the “NOTICE: Do not give anything to prisoners” sign? It’s perfect. A logical thing to have in a visiting room, but also seriously apt for the scene. The prisoner is not really the prisoner – he knows what’s going on (computers take over the world, enslave humans) and the FBI agent is, in reality, a prisoner. When he gives the agent this information…he’s in effect giving something to the prisoner, a tiny little dribble of information…

It’s like the adrenaline shot scene in Pulp Fiction – in one shot, you can see the board games Operation and Life stacked up in the foreground.

I love stuff like this.

EDIT: There’s a fantastic scene in the season one finale of this show, but for some reason it’s not up on Hulu yet. When it shows up, I’ll post the clip.

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We Should Be So Lucky

14Aug08

I’m not a fan of “here’s who I am, why I’m doing this” nonsense, so let’s just agree that I like movies, you probably like movies…we’re here to talk about them. I suppose I should mention that I try to make them as well, so maybe that gives me a different perspective. We’ll see.

Alright, let’s get this out of the way. The Dark Knight. Fantastic movie.  Way, way longer than it needed to be.

Let me explain. When I first walked out of the theater, I thought that it was pretty much the perfect movie. Just as long as it needed to be. But then, as I was waiting for my ride away from the theater, it occured to me that really, I had seen two seperate movies. When I arrived home, I saw that a SFX blogger, Darth Mojo agreed with me, see here.

For those of you who haven’t seen the movie, stop reading. For those of you who have, carry on.

Nolan made some weird narrative choices – he had a chance to brilliantly prep the audience for the inevitable third movie – right at the terrifying scene in which we first see Dent’s face. Which, by the way, is a work of art – the Joker in his nice clean uniform, the sanitary hospital room…holy shit! – it’s perfect. I’d have ended it with Dent’s scream, and then cut to the Joker leaving the building and enjoying the explosions…cut to credits.

Film three would open, once again, with the Joker making his threat to take over the city. Batman would go on the offensive, and we’d see the tense decisions of 400 people trying to come to grips with their ethics. Batman wins, happy days.

And THEN! Mr. Two Face comes from out of nowhere, and here we go again.

Wouldn’t that have been more fun?

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