Bumping around the blogs…
Christian Toto goes for the jugular in his review of the recently released My Bloody Valentine 3D:
The first, second and third time something sharp and sinister points directly at you, it’s a blast. After that, not so much.
Danny Stack reaches into the vaults for a post about what makes a good comedy spec:
Well first, the good news. Film companies are desperate for comedy scripts. They can’t get enough of them. There are a couple of reasons for this. Comedy films are good for box office (always popular with audiences), and they are relatively inexpensive to make. Comedy does have healthy subgenres like romantic comedy, comedy crime, comedy action etc but when one of these films work, they’re mainly remembered for their comedic element.
Lee Goldberg reviews two new web pilots: “The Remnants” by John August and “Fusion” by Richard Manning:
Both are slickly produced and well-written. But are they the future of television? It seems to me like the majority of scripted, drama web pilots have a sci-fi slant. Is that a requirement of web shows simply because they are viewed on a computer screen?
Julie Gray at The Rouge Wave writes a letter called “Dear Academy Awards producers”:
I’m asking really, really nicely here if you can please produce a ceremony that brings the Oscars out of the doldrums and back into relevance. You know what I mean. Ratings have dropped for many successive years. But I am your one true fan. I watch every year. And every year I hope for a monumental gaffe, streaker or Native American to collect a statue by proxy. But no. Every year I wind up with leftover warm beer, pretzel and potato chip crumbs all over the couch and a vague sense of having just lost three hours of my life. And zomg, not in a good way, like when I play online Scrabble. See, wasting time is a national pastime. So in a way, you’ve come full circle back into relevance.
And finally Neil Gaiman posts how he found out his book “The Graveyard Book” won The Newberry Award:
You are on a speakerphone with at least 14 teachers and librarians and suchlike great, wise and good people, I thought. Do not start swearing like you did when you got the Hugo. This was a wise thing to think because otherwise huge, mighty and fourletter swears were gathering. I mean, that’s what they’re for. I think I said, You mean it’s Monday?
Blog on!