→There are some who cringe at the thought of film school, believing that real filmmaking and storytelling can’t be taught in a classroom, only through experience. Some of these people claim they’d rather make their own movies and live on the streets, far away from the cookie-cutter safety of film school. …
Tags: ...Around, Uber-indie, Forces of Geek
Essay→Each summer, a comedy or two come along hoping to carve for themselves a place among the upper echelon of modern comedies, the ones that last, that get quoted, that become a part of popular culture. Anchorman, Zoolander, Napoleon Dynamite, Superbad—these films forcefully grabbed us by the arm, stick a needle in, and injected themselves into our bloodstream.
Tags: Comedy, The Hangover, Forces of Geek
Essay→This morning, I realized that the summer movie season really is upon us. With Up and Drag Me to Hell opening this week, following Terminator Salvation of last week, it hit me:
Tags: The X-Files, TV, Forces of Geek
Essay→Maybe it was the fact that it was 3:00 a.m. and we were all wide awake, but I’ll tell you, I’ve never been in a room with more contagious laughter than that one. For two hours, we nuked cups of ramen in that beaten blue and silver microwave and dished out high-fives like hot cakes. My favorite night in that dorm, and it didn’t require a drop of alcohol.
Tags: Versus, Action, People, Personal, Forces of Geek
Essay→How’s this for an ambitious film class project: videotaping your own suicide. Sure, it presents some logistical snafus, but how can you beat that ending? Or so thinks the “hero” of David Lee Miller’s My Suicide, Archie—a high school video editing and effects geek/virtuoso who has a small studio in his bedroom.
Tags: SXSW, My Suicide, Forces of Geek
Essay→Once you saw it on the schedule, you circled it; to miss this one would be sinful. Set to screen in the middle of the week, only the real cinephiles remained. Reserved tickets: all spoken for. The line out front literally began hours before showtime.
Tags: SXSW, Metropolis, Forces of Geek
Essay→A glove fits tightly onto a hand. Buttons securely hold the vest together. A cloak is draped over broad shoulders, hanging all the way down to a pair of boots. A sword is tucked safely into a belt. A wide shot reveals not a superhero, not a ranger, but a middle-aged overweight man named Scott, standing in a hotel room.
Tags: SXSW, The Dungeon Masters, Documentary, Forces of Geek
EssayRegarding the made-for-web series, Angel of Death:
→The web series concluded its 10-episode run today, so I chose to watch every episode as one entire whole, which to some may seem to go against the point of a web series. But I say it’s about the same as watching an entire season of 24 in one sitting; it’s not for everybody, but it delivers a unique experience.
Tags: Angel of Death, Action, Web Series, Forces of Geek
EssayIn honor of Watchmen Week at Forces of Geek, I debate watching the new film before reading that classic graphic novel:
→I’m the kind of guy that likes to do things in order. I start watching TV shows from the pilot episode—no skipping. I listen to a band’s albums in chronological order. I even listen to informative podcasts from the very beginning.
Tags: Watchmen, Graphic Novels, Forces of Geek
EssayOver at Forces of Geek, I take a look at the expectations for Joss Whedon’s latest TV effort:
→For many Buffy, Angel, and Firefly fans, it’s the best of times and the worst of times. Dollhouse premieres tonight on FOX, marking Joss Whedon’s much-awaited return to television.
Tags: Dollhouse, TV, Joss Whedon, Forces of Geek
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