sci-fi film classics and the Bechdel test

I’ve been having some fun thinking about the Bechdel test lately, specifically how many of my favorite sci-fi and fantasy films would pass it. To pass the test a movie must (a) have two women in it who (b) talk to each other (c) about something other than a man.

Prop 8: The Musical

Happy Monday! See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

You Tube Happens, or, Adventures in Eponymous Googling

This is what happens when the press visits: they come, say g’day, take some video and then disappear. Many moons later, you suddenly find yourself on You Tube. Well, they spelled my name wrong, but the video is still pretty good. (Don’t worry, I’m as shocked as you are at how good I sound. They [...]

“Can you make me a thing? That looks like a thing?”

Dr. Horrible: An oral history

Peter Jackson is back on for both (yes, both) Hobbit films

It looks like New Line lived up to my previously-expressed hopes: they resolved their dispute with Peter Jackson, so he’s going to be writing and producing two Hobbit films. According to an Entertainment Weekly article: It’s back to Middle Earth for Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and the boys from New Line. Finally, the years of [...]