http://www.cinemablend.com/m/new/Here-W … 40760.html

A very interesting, and sad article. I've heard you guys talk about this practice in the past, and it doesn't make sense to me in buisness sense. Why would the studio so clearly screw people like this? After doing this, who would be willing to let you adapt their work ever again? I can't see why anyone would let WB put their work on film.

I'm all about new sci-fi coming to theaters, but Cruise seems to be really cranking these things out one after another these days with Oblivion coming out this year. It looks interesting. They got me curious of where they plan to go with the time travel element.

http://www.thebentbullet.com/#!/home

The subject of using real news footage in fictional movies has been brought up by Trey before, and I think this might be on level terms with that, if not worse. The website shows how Magneto is partially responsible for the assasination of President Kennedy, and later on implies that Oswald was impersonated by Mystique. I guess this is not that different from what Watchmen did, but I just don't think this is right, or necessary. I also find the timing of this rather suspect as well. With all the documentaries about JFK being broadcasted on the History channel, and National Geographic right now, it seems like the movie's marketing people are really taking advantage of the assasination's anniversary.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Andy-Kau … 40294.html

I'm a big fan of stand-up comedy, and this blows my mind. Kaufman sure had his own style, and from what of I've seen of him I would describe him as always a character. He seemed like he was always putting on a persona whether he was on stage or not. If this turns out to be true, I am blown away that we live in a world where the internet is the entity that it is, and this has not been uncovered until now.

Back to the Future II:

Marty: "You're not gonna believe this. We have to go back to 1955"
Doc: "I don't believe it!"
Marty: "That's right, Doc. November 12th, 1955."
Doc: "Unbelievable that Old Biff could've chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance, almost as if it were the temporal junction point of the entire space-time continuum. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence."

During his talk he speaks on the Bechdel test, and gives perspective on showing movies to his daughter and son, especially the Wizard of Oz, and Star Wars.

He gives a criticism of Star Wars that I haven't really thought about before. While Leia is fairly positive female character, she really only serves to send the men off to fight, and then reward them when they return.

The other thing that this talk made me think about is how valuable is the Bechdel test really? A movie could have a strong positive female character, but doesn't interact with any other female characters because it doesn't serve the story, Alien 3 for an example. Now, Sucker Punch, Prometheus, and Thor do pass the test, but they are movies that fail completely in other areas, and could even be misogynistic in places. So what good is this test? It is a little interesting, but in the end I think it really doesn't tell you anything.

I do think the point of his talk still has some validity, but I think its more about what should we be showing our kids, at what age, instead of what is being made in Hollywood, overall.