January 2010
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likes Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (Acoustic Cover) on... →
December 2009
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likes How Soccer Explains Soviet Life on Boxee →
July 2009
2 posts
“There is no animation business plan more foolproof than creating work from a...”
– Wall Street Analyst Apologizes For Predicting UP Would Fail (via feedly)
May 2009
1 post
“Audiences are good people. They will watch mean characters like Walt Kowalski or...”
– MM Returns on Monday! (via feedly)
March 2009
7 posts
Andrew Flavin:
Love those headphones (their earbuds are great too). It doesn’t surprise me that Marco, the maven, is a Sennheiser guy.
I love them too - and pretty much for all the same reasons that Marco lists: great sound, cancel out external noise, and super comfortable. I’ve had two pairs in about 5 years. The last pair died because I kept taking them home over the weekend...
2 tags
Engraved Kindle
Cool idea, but I don’t think I could part from it long enough to have this done. — Video: Kindle 2 sees the wrong end of a laser, recommends you don’t panic (via feedly)
“You always start with too many ideas.”
– The “Raiders” Story Conference (via feedly)
Kindle 2 Review
a palpable stigma here associated with a person who does not read actual literature. It was beginning to get me down. “Maybe,” I thought, being fully aware of my status as technology-obsessed lunatic, “if I bought a Kindle 2, I would start reading more.” A justification I confidently used in my purchase of same object. Have to say, for me, it’s absolutely true. I’ve read more in...
February 2009
16 posts
WatchWhen I was growing up, I’d go down to La Jolla to visit my grandparents and watch MTV for 13 hours a day (this was when the channel first started). This video would come on at least eighteen times. That’s why I find this funny.
“Do you want to know why there are so many crappy films in the world? Because...”
– Penelope Trunk (via syntheticpubes)
Comments or No Comments?
marco:
“The main reason I don’t allow comments is that I want to inspire debate. I think people do their best writing when they’re forced to defend their ideas on their own turf. It’s one thing to leave a comment on someone else’s blog, but quite another to put your argument in front of your own readers. It forces a level of consideration that, without fail, results in a higher quality exchange...
“That WALL-E is for children does not mean it is only for children. It is a...”
– ★ Best Picture (via feedly)
“Your twenties are a crucial time, and I’d argue that it’s harder to discover...”
– On being here or there (via feedly)
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We Pass
What I think your readers might find interesting is that we all abide by many of the same under the table rules. Of course some readers have their own pet peeves as you mentioned you also do, but that can and does work both ways. Sometimes it’s the pet peeve that makes us go ahead and read the rest of the damn thing and sure enough, 99.99999999% of the time, the script is so bad, we’ll all sit...
“This I think is consistent in all great works of art. To some degree they are...”
– My dad
“If you have four ideas, all equally viable, I’d recommend writing the one that...”
– Which project should I write? (via feedly)
WatchGood solid information.
bullshit:
oomb:
This is a recording of Barack...
Even though I wasn’t born in the 80s, I...
January 2009
18 posts
“I disagree. Any process that stops feeling like a process has become an ideal...”
– Michael Bierut’s Notebooks (via feedly)
“Little strokes, fell great oaks.”
– A Review of Two Things: One For the Mac and One For iPhone (via feedly)
“I can really tell that old fashioney Christian Bale does not want me at this...”
– New ‘Public Enemies’ Shots Reveal Bale’s Contempt (via feedly)
WatchFirst Revolutionary Road, now this…
“The bottom line is this: for someone who loves making things on the web,...”
– Gina Trapani
WatchExclusive Trailer For ‘Up’ on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Early test shot with Pete Sohn and Tony Fucile filling in the voice roles.
On Coincidences in Storytelling
I would argue that Jamal’s knowing the right answers falls into my category of a Premise Coincidence, much the same way that in Die Hard, John McClane just happens to be in the building when the villains attack, or in the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker just happens to get bitten by the radioactive spider. In each of these cases, the coincidence is the reason why the story is happening.
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For me, getting in that creative space to start...
WatchThe Making of THE SHINING (by Vivian Kubrick)
WatchThis makes me happy.
Bubblicious on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Inspiration for Benjamin Button
Finished reading the original short story of Benjamin Button and I have to say — the film was far better. Still, these last couple of paragraphs really capture the essence of what I thought was so great about the film - the nature of memories and the assumed linearity that goes with them.
You can see where they were inspired:
There were no troublesome memories in his childish sleep; no...
December 2008
11 posts
Was Mr. Potter Right After All? →
nickdouglas:
Portfolio ruins It’s A Wonderful Life because let’s face it, watching that movie now is awkward.
“Perhaps Mr. Potter, in the absence of sufficient regulatory oversight, was the one voice of sanity keeping the good people of Bedford Falls from over-leveraging themselves.”
WatchOK, now I’ve GOT to find some way to come up with the money for a PS3 - this looks hot! Killzone 2: Storm the Beach
watching Red Dawn on @boxee →