The difference between Charlie Bartlett and Ferris Bueller (other than the lack of a Cameron in the first film) is that Charlie is, ultimately, just a high school kid (albeit one with near-supernatural levels of wealth) and Ferris Bueller is a Trickster-archetype demigod ( Read more... )

Content warning: several of these are NSFW and they all have sexism in them. There's also some homophobia in the next-to-last one.

Professional porn actress Stoya has two posts on harassment at conventions and street harassment at her Twitter. Money quote (so to speak) from the first one: "Let me remind you that in a room of pornography fans, ( Read more... )

I just realized something seriously crappy about Prometheus.

( Spoiler Cut just in case anyone still wanted to see it and hadn't yet )

I actually kinda liked Tron: Legacy (I am a fool for certain types of fanservice; I was chanting along with the instructions when Sam got his disc), but I have to admit that Bob The Angry Flower's suggestion would have been hella badass.

So we saw Prometheus back on Monday, and I gotta say I wasn't impressed:

( Minor spoilers )

Whoohoo, finally saw the Avengers movie! I can read my friendslist again!

( Quicktakes Behind The Cut, with Spoilers )

First, a blog post, in which the composer of "Mind Heist" responds to "It's Our Fight," a section of the score for the third Bey Transformers movie, and the unmistakable similarities between the two songs.

Second, two YouTube videos comparing the two.

Third, a mashup of the two tunes ( Read more... )

You ever had one of those "I'm not the least bit sure whether I want to see this movie, but I think I already know what I ship in it" moments?

Yeah. I'm hoping the trailer for A Dangerous Method (warnings: oversimplified history, bad science, implied parental abuse, and caning) is just cut to appeal to prurient interest (it is a Cronenberg film, ( Read more... )

A recut trailer for My Favorite Movie - set to the Inception score.

( What is it, Ray? )

Saw TRON: Legacy tonight. The film's a little light on plot - if I weren't already invested in these characters, I'd probably be somewhat dismissive, especially since certain things are taken for granted that don't really make a whole lot of sense - it fails Bechdel on Stage Two*, and there's a romantic subplot that doesn't really work, but ( Read more... )