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  • Hollywood and Computers

    The WSJ has a short article about how Hollywood still falls short when portraying computer use in movies.

    In the 1996 blockbuster “Mission: Impossible,” the secret agent played by Tom Cruise uses email to set a trap for one of his adversaries — a shadowy, Bible-quoting figure he knows only as “Max.”

    Mr. Cruise’s character uses a laptop to compose an email message addressed to “Max@Job 3:14.” Once he clicks the “send” button, the email is carried away in an oversized on-screen envelope, complete with postage stamp. In the real world, such a message would set the stage for a bounce-back error message, not an action/adventure thriller. [WSJ.com]

  • Those Darn Snakes

    It’s finally here, though the video quality isn’t that great. I give you the trailer for Snakes on a Plane.

  • Missing Pages

    Pretty damn slick. I want to see the rest.

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    [via Caffeina]

  • Odd Double Feature

    Tonight I did a double feature of two movies. One I’ve watched many times already, and one that just came in from Greencine. First there was one of my favs, Shaun of the Dead. It still entertains and I needed a bit of that wackiness today. Then came Garden State, which came from Greencine, but which may be purchased soon.

    I liked Garden State a bunch, but I’m not sure I could say why. I also couldn’t decide right away if I liked it. I’m pretty sure I want to watch it again before sending it back.

    Together though, they were an odd combination that I’m not sure were what I was looking for. Maybe I should have done Shaun then Bubba Ho-Tep and saved Garden State for tomorrow.

  • Stop the Presses!

    From the “in case you hadn’t figured it out already” department. cbc.ca reports “Hollywood movies unrealistic when it comes to sex and pot“. Are they implying that they are realistic when it comes to other drugs?

    Hollywood movies unrealistic when it comes to sex and pot

    A team of Australian medical researchers published a new study today that said Hollywood movies fail to show the negative consequences of sex and drug use.

    The team lead by Dr. Hasantha Gunasekera of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney studied 87 of Hollywood’s biggest box-office hits since 1983 and found plenty of sex, but only one reference to condoms. The films contained no depictions of unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease. The report also said that drug-use tended to be portrayed “without negative consequences” among the top-grossing films of the past two decades.[cbc.ca]

  • Shining

    Shining looks like it could rock. Check out the trailer.

  • Hung Like a Horse

    Here’s a fun little video for The Hollywood Reporter 26th Annual Key Art Awards. It features a number of well known voiceover artists. I know I’ve definitely heard all of them before on various movie trailers.

    via Boing Boing

  • Snakes on a Plane

    I’ve started reading a few new blogs lately that I’ve found quite enjoyable. The first being Kung Fu Monkey, which is pretty entertaining. Today he points to a new screenwriter blog by Josh Friedman, the credited co-writer of War of the Worlds. Though it’s just a few posts old, it’s quite fun. My favorite post being the one about Snakes on a Plane.

    I ask Agent the name of the project, what it’s about, etc. He says: Snakes on a Plane. Holy shit, I’m thinking. It’s a title. It’s a concept. It’s a poster and a logline and whatever else you need it to be. It’s perfect. Perfect. It’s the Everlasting Gobstopper of movie titles.

    …

    Now out of both loyalty to the sacred bond between studio and screenwriter and also a serious desire to keep getting hired in this town, I will not give away any of the plot details of SNAKES ON A PLANE. But know this. As the great Sam Jackson would say: There are motherfucking snakes on the motherfucking plane.

    What else do you need to know? How the snakes get on the plane, what the snakes do once they’re on the plane, who puts the snakes on the plane, who is trying to get the snakes off the plane…This is not for you to ponder. There are snakes on the plane. End of fucking story. [I find your lack of faith disturbing]

    Added bonus: comments from Samuel L Jackson on the movie.

  • Some Fun For The Afternoon

    No real point here, just some links I found interesting today.

    Now I’m off to try updating this blog to MT 3.2.

  • Shaun, the 10th time

    I just finished watching Shaun of the Dead for what must be the sixth time or so and I still catch little things that I’m amazed I missed. This time it was the use of the word exacerbate. I think I’m going to have to show it for the next movie night I do in a few weeks.