Tue 13 May 2008 – 19:06:38
David Mamet’s assertion that “I’m really not interested in making the same movie twice” surprised me. The detailed analysis he gives of Mike Terry’s motivation applies directly to “My Name Ain’t Bobby” Scott and, morally reversed, to Joe “Love of Gold” Moore as well. Granted, they’re all “different worlds”, but come on….
Mon 12 May 2008 – 20:31:35
Jack Williamson on writing science fiction for Harry Bates: Most of the stories he published look pretty crude now, but they were stories. Concise, clearly written, about people solving problems. […] The hero had to be sympathetic, pitted against ugly evil. The conflict had to keep moving, rising steadily from a quick beginning to an [...]
Fri 25 Apr 2008 – 14:28:24
Daniel Myrick, of all people, managed to sound like a condescending marketroid chasing faded trends while promoting his new film, The Objective.
Mon 21 Apr 2008 – 18:34:26
Matt Mullenweg on his new design: I wonder if there’s a way to only allow comments from people with Gravatars? It looks so much better. Boy did that rub me the wrong way. Still, it did inspire me to spend 2 minutes in The GIMP making this protest gravatar: I’ve no idea if it’s original [...]
Mon 21 Apr 2008 – 13:19:49
What started out as a simple bit of digital archaeology has spawned an epic thread touching on journalistic ethics–and common courtesy–involving many of the original Implementors of Infocom. There are also a number of comments from familiar names of the post-Inform era, including Graham Nelson and Emily Short. I’m sure that independent journalist Andy Baio [...]
