Now it feels like the film industry has changed so much that there are only the mega-blockbuster-Marvel-Godzilla-effects films—the tentpoles for the studio. There’s been this complete squeeze-out of the kind of films I grew up on: the two to 10 million dollar films where I was allowed to train. Now, in the digital world, those …

The Book Is Always Better Than The Film (Game of Thrones Edition)

(I guess this contains GoT spoilers, but I do not talk about any plot points that haven’t happened in the HBO series yet, and only about a few plot points from the series.) I recently got megaspoiled about the plot development of George R.R. Martin’s books by a good friend. The series is not spoiled …

in-abaddon: sweaterkittensahoy: starksnark: djlegz: I don’t like sports, but the Bearcats are my new favorite team. I don’t even know what sport this is, but I think I like them. I love how it gets more elaborate each time. These boys are thinking this through. omg they JOUST The University of Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball team …

I speak and talk to the radio and the TV all the time. I say ‘that is not true’ and ‘you are lying through your teeth’ and ‘that cannot be so’. I keep up a running dialogue. Stuart Hall 2006. Reblogging this great Stuart Hall quote that shows who we have lost today.