Kudos to the National Film Registry, who just added Terminator to the permanent collection at the Library of Congress. Years from now, when Skynet is defeated, humankind will be able to look to Cameron’s masterpiece and realize, shit, we shoulda known. Other laudable additions include Deliverance and A Face In the Crowd. If you haven’t […]
Rave
Dr. Horrible is pretty damn great
The first episode of Joss Whedon’s three-part web series, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, is available on iTunes, and definitely worth checking out. It’s goofy and specific and huggable.
Lessons of the summer, so far
Let’s look at what we can learn from the first batch of summer movies.
Failed his last saving throw
Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died this morning at age 69. I haven’t played the game in 15 years, but it remains the single biggest influence in my career as a screenwriter. And I’m not alone: a quick poll of my writer friends revealed a huge number of teenage rangers and magic-users. […]