Sooo... apparently this is a thing.

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I'm really unsure as to what the purpose of this was... but it looks kinda awesome. A total experiment in terms of film making; scope of story, effects, execution; it's like someone watched Team America and said to themselves, "You know, that's not a bad idea. Let's do that, only not as a joke ( Read more... )

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I just got back from a Flicks on the Bricks showing of The Muppets Take Manhattan, probably the best of the original Muppet trilogy. It's a heart warmer to see some 500+ people gather on uncomfortable brick and cement seating to watch a slightly blurry movie on an inflatible projection screen at eight thirty in the evening in a public square with ( Read more... )

I just got back from a Flicks on the Bricks showing of The Muppets Take Manhattan, probably the best of the original Muppet trilogy. It's a heart warmer to see some 500+ people gather on uncomfortable brick and cement seating to watch a slightly blurry movie on an inflatible projection screen at eight thirty in the evening in a public square with ( Read more... )

Bonus points for those who know what I'm referencing.

The title has little to do with anything, except that in late August Portland does this thing called "Flicks on the Bricks", where they show older movies on a large inflatible screen in the middle of the downtown metro square, appropriately made of brick. Last time I was here, I got to catch ( Read more... )