Yes, we're all agreed the ending is wonky.  Doesn't invalidate what they got right.

I think it was Willem Dafoe, when asked if he preferred playing heroes to villains, said, "Doesn't matter.  Same thing.  Everyone is righteous in their own mind."

I'm  huge fan of City of God.

Scott Pilgrim is going to be a fun discussion.  Do it well guys.

No worries, mate.  I wasn't criticising at all.  Just clarifying.

+1 on Batman Forever.

Spider Man 2.

So so true.

I seriously debated even mentioning it, but tonight I found out someone uploaded my first feature doc, Life in the Cage, onto youtube in 5 parts.  This is a documentary about the lean days of MMA I directed, produced, edited, and (sadly) camera operated waaaay back when I was in college.  Originally a student film, it got a home video distribution and sold in retail stores like Suncoast (remember them?) Borders, and Best Buy, as well as Amazon. 

I self financed this for roughly 1100 bucks, primarily on gas and tapestock, and a little equipment rental at the end there.  I shot for over a year and a half, largely by myself (and man am I bad at camera), and cut the whole thing over four months.  We got released in 2001, where it sold ok, but this was long before MMA was what it is today.  I look back on it (for the first time in almost 7 years) as a huge part of my growth as a filmmaker, but as nothing I would say is representative of my work today.

I'm posting this now for two reasons: 1) nostalgia, and 2) to show those of our listeners who are just starting their film education that the only thing limiting you, is you.  It doesn't matter if you don't have the light rig you want, or the software you think you need.  Find a fucking camera and shoot.  I may not watch LitC that much anymore, but it got me my first job, which led to the next, and so on.

So after much consternation, I grumbly present my cinematic child, Life in the Cage.

So 1 mile = 32 km.  Got it.

I'm gonna go ahead and answer this one here.

I drive a 2005 Mazda 6 that's inching towards 100,000 miles.  Since you're a brit, I think that translates to 4 km.  Check my math, though.  It's a dark metallic blue.  I have no after market skull anythings.  My wife drives a puke green Ford Fusion after a very bad decision.  In our rapid slide into parenthood and domesticity, we are buying a Ford Edge next.  Also, my wife has traded her entire wardrobe in for capri pants, and I now wear several fanny packs over my Dockers (one fanny pack has a chrome skull shifter).

Anywhere in the story conference transcripts does Lucas drop more hints that Indy is actually a replicant?