Posts tagged “movies”
Fake Fans, Fake Buzz
Fake Fans, Fake Buzz, Real Bucks After being blindsided by the Web hype on “The Blair Witch Project,” movie studios are paying for phony sites, often striving for the clunky naivete of a genuine effort.
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
If you’re one of those people that just can’t get enough of the movies … Oscar.com has a handy list of all the nominees for The 73rd Annual Academy Awards.
BladeRunner
Director Ridley Scott took issues already noticeable in the 1980s, such as urban development, genetic engineering, and, of course, climate change, and took them to what he thought was their next logical stage. So what else did Blade Runner get right? link via Follow Me Here …
media consumed in a weekend
Consumed this weekend: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Vagina Monologues Thirteen Days Traffic some chicken teriyaki some salmon
links
Like Food.Com, here’s another site that I’m kicking myself for not having visited sooner. It’s pretty nifty and I dig it. Movie and Television Quotations! I like this one from L.A. Confidential: “Come to Los Angeles. The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the
King
On reading Stephen King
Inigo: Let me explain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up: Buttercup is marrying Humperdinck in little less than half an hour. So all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the princess, make our escape… after I kill Count Rugen.
Westley: That doesn’t leave much for dilly-dally.
Fezzik: You just wiggled your finger! That’s wonderful!
Westley: I’ve always been a quick healer. What are our liabilities?
Inigo: There is but one working castle gate, and it is guarded by sixty men.
Westley: And our assets?
Inigo: Your brains, Fezzik’s strength, my steel.
Westley: That’s it? Impossible. If I had a month to plan maybe I could come up with something. But this…
Fezzik: You just shook your head! That doesn’t make you happy?
Westley: My brains, his steel, and your strength against sixty men and you think a little head jiggle is supposed to make me happy? Hmm?? I mean if we only had a wheelbarrow, that would be something.
from The Princess Bride
Airplane
A link so good, it’s blogged two times today. The entire script of Airplane. Great Caesar’s Ghost! This is killing me. I can’t stop laughing. Thank you, deadman. Thank you.
Scoundrel
I am a big Star Wars fan. You know this. I’m not a freaky fan or anything, like most Trekkies. I just love the myth. The idea. The Force. So. There you go. Here are some good Star Wars links: Realities Beyond the Myth Echo Station Blooper Guide Mos Eisley.com The Millennium Falcon Technical Commentaries
stuff & nonsense
In which he provides the answers