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.
Posted by Chris in Feminism, Film, Science fiction on June 25th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Happy Monday!
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Film, Government, Humor, Politics, Religion, That which is awesome, You have got to be kidding on December 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Film, News/Media, Oddly Enough, Organics, That which is awesome on October 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Horrible: An oral history
Posted by Deana in Blog, Culture, Events, Film, Fun, Humor, Music, Plain foolishness, Science fiction, That which is awesome on July 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 disputes [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, News on December 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is a cute article about how Hollywood gets it wrong yet again. This time with the world of insects and how, well, the social ones are really all female. I mean, must we anthropomorphize even our sexist gender assumptions?
via Feministing
Posted by Deb in Animals, Culture, Feminism, Film, Science, Sexuality on November 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
This makes me happy just by existing. It’s called “A Wicked Deception” and it’s quite fine good.
Posted by Deana in Anthropology, Film, Fun, Language, Oddly Enough on October 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s what you’ve all* been waiting for, the blockbuster hit of Summer 2009. The Last Domino finally has a screenplay, and you finally have a chance to read it.
Let me know what you think of it.**
* Deana, basically
** only if you loved it
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on July 9th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The good news: The script is done. The accursed, untenable, unsalable, hackneyed, nagging time travel screenplay has finally been completed. The entire plot outline was covered, the crises averted, the ending tied up in a neat bow. I’m done with the first draft. Done!
The bad news: It’s less than 16,000 words, around 85 pages. That’s [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wow. I just made it through one of those sections of the plot outline that was a single line, and even that line was hand-waving. (Seriously, it read “Block 5: montage of LURVE.”) It’s the part of most movies that doesn’t work at all if the actors don’t have chemistry and the director doesn’t have [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, ScriptFrenzy, Writing on June 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
