A very long essay on what makes Road Runner cartoons funny with some observations about life in general. Late in life creator Chuck Jones composed what were purported to be the rules that the cartoons followed. Articles such as this one I linked to a few years ago explain. The article examines how closely the …
This looks interesting. The third Captain America movie looks like a stealth Avengers movie instead. The comic book run of Civil War was something I hated. Putting a personal relationship at the centre of a division between the characters, and developing themes from the previous Avengers movie seems to make more sense.
This infographic from Vox illustrates the common themes in Pixar movies, and helps explain why they resonate with their all-age audiences. It also demonstrates what makes for good fiction.
Watching SPECTRE, the latest James Bond film yesterday was a diverting way to fill up most of the afternoon. A lushly filmed series of set pieces, the film seeks to advance the narrative begun in Casino Royale. And yet it is not really the movie that has provoked most of my thought in reflection about …
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