Category Archives: Chapter 8

Link Ch. 7 – Girl Walk: Girl Talk’s All Day: The Movie

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

(Updated 2/17/19) For those of you who are fans of mashup artist Girl Talk, there is a now a fascinating dance film out that is essentially a 71-minute long video for Girl Talk’s latest album All Day. There’s a preview … Continue reading →

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Aliens on Ice!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it.  Aliens on Ice! (Yeah, an amateur ice show based on the James Cameron film….)  Thanks to Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing for this.  

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Can a woman express opinions on the Internet without threats of sexual violence? Laurie Penny has her doubts.  Should we be frightened that Harry Potter director David Yates is working on a big screen Dr. Who reboot? Ashamed to say … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Everything Is a Remix looks at The Matrix

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

The folks at Everything is a Remix look at all the cyberpunk quotes in the Matrix movies.  The argument at EIAR is not that The Matrix is ripping off previous movies and books, rather that everything in popular culture is … Continue reading →

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Hitler finds out about the changes to Star Wars on Blu-Ray

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I completely blame my editor @dwainsmith for this.  To quote Han Solo, “It’s not my fault….” (Note: As usual with the “Hitler finds out about memes, NSFW subtitles)

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Was this the source of a Castle plot? Who knew the pizza story from last year had a grain of truth in it?  Of course, @jayrosen_nyu was talking about the NY Times stating flatly in a story that something was … Continue reading →

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What makes a great movie quote great?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

There’s been a discussion going on via my local movie theater’s Facebook page about people’s favorite movie quotes.  I gave a lot of thought to the question before making my post.  I’m not like those folks who cheat and put … Continue reading →

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Movie Images of the Twin Towers

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Before 9/11, the silhouette of the twin towers of the World Trade Center were one of the quickest ways movie makers had of establishing that we were looking at the NYC skyline.  Here’s a beautiful collection of WTC skylines edited by … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Why should we care about 3D movies?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Why do we care about how 3D movies are made? Because movies that are shot in 3D from the beginning can look pretty good.  Beyond the obvious example of Avatar, I would  argue that the TRON remake was a gorgeous (if somewhat empty) 3D … Continue reading →

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‘Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince’ as a Comedy Trailer

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Suppose for a minute that Warner Brothers wanted to promote Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as screwball teen comedy.  The trailer might look something like this: Thanks eBookNewser! And here’s the actual trailer:

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