Category Archives: Chapter 8

TV/movie piracy & Hollywood. Who’s to blame? And is it all bad?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

A post in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Are improper movie downloads Hollywood’s own fault? Kinda looks like it.  When you give people easy, reasonably priced ways to download movies, they prefer them over “pirated” downloads. And as … Continue reading →

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The Mako Mori Test – An alternative to the Bechdel Test

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

You all know the Bechdel Test for the role of women in film, right?  Very simple three part test for the importance of women in a film: Are there at least two female characters with names Who talk with each … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 3 – Using Kickstarter to Help Fund Movies

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Kickstarter Page for Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus  Small-town movie theaters theaters threatened by shift to digital cinema Story from the LA Times on how smaller communities are using fundraising and Kickstarter to try to buy digital projectors for drive-ins and … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Why would a big name director like Spike Lee choose to fund a movie using Kickstarter? Well, let’s let him answer that question: If you had a button that would let you turn off all news about the Royal Baby, … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Movie Edition

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

How did Die Hard director John McTiernan end up in prison? It’s not a pretty story. How does the JJ Abrams Star Trek Reboot compare to what Nicholas Meyer did to the original movie series? Smart critique that does just … Continue reading →

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Obsessed fans, Iron Man, Censors, & Rush – Pop Culture Roundup

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

So maybe Stephen King wasn’t completely exaggerating  with his obsessed fan in Misery. True Blood author Charlaine Harris has some really  over-the-top fans who don’t want her to end her Sookie Sackhouse vampire series. Iron Man 3 Gets Odd Changes … Continue reading →

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Remembering Roger Ebert

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

“Roger Ebert loved movies. Except for those he hated” It was hard to get the news last week that Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert had died of cancer.  Just the day before he died, Ebert had announced on … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

And we’re back after a pause for getting fun things like taxes done. Is Nike getting what they want from the Tiger Woods “Winning” ad? (Ad Rants) How does the the 2013 movie box office compare to 2012’s at this … Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Charley – Handicapping the Oscars

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Charley Reed has done enough guest blog posts here that I’m no longer going to consider him a guest poster.  Instead, I’m going to put his great commentaries on pop media culture under the heading Charley’s Pop Culture.  Here are … Continue reading →

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Guest Post – Do the Oscars Really Matter?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Today’s guest post is from Charley Reed, who does public relations work of the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  He’s also the guy I turn to when I need critical analysis of pop culture issues such as censorship and the show South … Continue reading →

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