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The only excuse I can offer for this exchange between me, my pal Mike Ridgaway (themadhatter26), and his girlfriend Vangie is that Ridgaway and I were watching a marathon of IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. Which might account for the utter, utter awfulness that followed in this conversation on the streets of Baltimore.

( We are horrible, horrible people )

Links of Note

Edgar Wright eulogizes the great Edward Woodward. To be followed up with Simon Pegg's own remembrances. I love how Pegg also notes, just as I do, that THE WICKER MAN* is a quasi-musical.



MGK's alternate-history timeline fic, SCENES FROM AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE THE BEATLES ACCEPTED LORNE MICHAELS' GENEROUS OFFER, is magnificent. I look forward to actually reading this one aloud to Mom later.



Twenty-something critic from the AV Club watches GHOSTBUSTERS for the first time, does not like it. A generation explodes. The quote that inspired the greatest ire:

Here’s the thing about Ghostbusters, though—a thing that seems to come up a lot when revisiting beloved old favorites: It isn’t as good as you remember. And if it is as good as you remember, that’s because you’re viewing it with nostalgic blinders on. And while there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a movie for nostalgic reasons, keep that in mind next time you berate someone for not seeing that one movie you loved when you were 7 years old.

On one hand, she does kind of have a point. Every time I revisit the original STAR WARS trilogy (which I first saw at the ripe age of 5 or 6), I think, "Wow, if I didn't love these movies so much, I might not like them at all." On the other hand, GHOSTBUSTERS! *arm flail*



Magnificent fan art covers for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS comics... as drawn by Jack Kirby.

The last one is my favorite.



Devin at CHUD.com on "The Tyranny of Realism" in film. I'm not sure how much I agree with him, but he raises some good questions. Choice quote:

Sometimes you want to just tell a story and as long story and the emotions behind it feel true, why does anything else matter? How does learning how Batman made his suit improve Batman?







*God, how sad is it that a whole generation knows THE WICKER MAN only as a misogynistic campfest where Nic Cage gets bees poured upon him?