This is pretty bizarre, right? (Yes, it’s four years old. It’s news to me.) It just reminds you that the Catholic Church has been around for a loooong time, and that institutional memory is way longer than even societal memory. … Continued
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Non! Nein!: Five Board Games That Would Make Better Movies Than Michael Bay’s “Ouija”
Graphic courtesy of the photoshop-savvy Mr. Lee Michael Bay has been contracted by Hasbro to create a movie version of the Ouija board. I don’t know quite what to expect… a PG-13 horror version of Jumanji only with %100 more … Continued
Poetics of Rap: Lil’ Wayne and, um, kenning
In a recent post on Lil’ Wayne, a fellow OTI blogger claimed that “Thus, Lil Wayne is not great because his metaphors and similies are tight, but because he mixes these metaphors with an avalanche of tropes and techniques including … Continued
I always thought she had heavenly legs. (Cyd Charisse, 1921–2008)
Cyd Charisse died today at Cedars-Sinai in LA. Obviously, I’ve been a fan forever because I love the MGM musicals that brought her international fame — entertainments to which our current popular culture can’t hold a candle — but I … Continued
Some further complaints about Indy IV (most likely the first in a series)
[Though it was originally written before we recorded the Indiana Jones podcast, and though these positions of the author were more or less covered in that discussion, we are presenting here Matthew Belinkie's original musings on Indy 4. They are, … Continued
You read it here first.
Perez Hilton (hey, a guy has got to have a guilty pleasure) is going on about a rejected draft of Indy 4 that has “just” surfaced. Perez Sez: On Wednesday, the first script (titled Indiana Jones nd the City of … Continued
An open letter to Bryan Adams
Dear Bryan, First of all, l’m a big fan. The fact that you spent your evenings down at the drive-in in the summer of ’69, when you were only nine years old, is truly awesome. But I have an issue … Continued
John Philip Sousa, novelist
First of all, if you ever intended to sit down on a beach somewhere and enjoy John Philip Sousa’s 1902 novel The Fifth String, stop reading now. This is going to be a spoiler-heavy review. (If you do want to … Continued
Hillary Clinton As Norma Desmond
I’m a little late to the party on this, and I’m reticent to go too political in this blog, but this piece of overthinking is too good and right up our alley to go unremarked. By the way, this isn’t … Continued
Misreading Mr. Carter: How Lil Wayne’s Carter III avoids the anxiety of Jay-Z’s influence
Comparing Lil Wayne to Jay-Z has become the favorite sport of music writers covering Wayne’s new album, Tha Carter III, starting with its leak on May 31 and continuing through the album’s release earlier this week. Some of these comparisons … Continued