David Weber posts an insightful essay about what can be gotten away with in fiction. He's right that plenty of bad decisions in real life couldn't be dramatized without the reader losing faith in the story. I'm reminded of Hitler invading Russia. He's determined not to make the same mistakes as Napoleon, who lost so many troops on the retreat from ( Read more... )

I tape movies from Turner Classic Movies and watch them piecemeal during lunch breaks. I just finished watching Thunder Rock, a 1942 drama starring Michael Redgrave. He plays David Charleston, an author who foresaw the rise of fascism, tried in vain to convince people of its evil, and finally retired in defeat to be a lighthouse keeper on the ( Read more... )

Be sure to always travel through time in a washing machine.

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First off, "Nemesis", a student film about a would-be superhero, recommended by pgdf.

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Then, lucius_t mentions there may be a Deep Space 9 movie.

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Here is a dated but thoroughly delightful article about maintaining continuity in sprawling, multiple-creator-written series.

With Robert Downey, Jr., coming in November.

Popdose has posted the soundtrack of a wonderful surreal movie I watched over and over during the 80s, Better Off Dead. It's a farce on coming-of-age flicks about a suicidal teen played by John Cusack who falls for the French transfer student who moves in across the street.

Recycle, (nee Resiklo) the movie.

Katie went off for a sleepover on Saturday, and we noticed in the google movie times that The Golden Compass had one showing at a theatre downtown. The movie's not supposed to be out til tomorrow so this was likely to be a preview and thus only for those who'd gotten passes. But we'd gotten a bit of snow, and Seattlites are notoriously wimpy about ( Read more... )