When you can’t avoid political diatribes.

Stop being reasonable. Start being rational. -- Stefan Molyneux So as some of you may know, I have been following and listening to Slaughterfilm for some time.  Actually, I've been following them since September 2012.  Over 6 years.  That's about as long as I followed and watched WWE (2002-2008).  Well, that's ending.  And, you guessed … Continue reading When you can’t avoid political diatribes.

Region-Free Blu-Ray Frustrations

So a couple months ago I purchased a region-free blu-ray player from eBay.  LG Model BPM25 (hacked by the distributor to be region free).  Advertised to play any region blu-ray, any region DVD, on either NTSC or PAL format, on any television screen.  And I paid close to $100 for it.  Because I'm tired of … Continue reading Region-Free Blu-Ray Frustrations

The War on Film Culture: Part 6: The Star Treatment (1910-1935)

Studio employees had little time or energy for social life except when they were not working, and in those circumstances they stuck as close as they could to other motion-picture people, hoping to find a new assignment. [...] After working together all day, players and directors often dined together, visited together.  For many performers, whose … Continue reading The War on Film Culture: Part 6: The Star Treatment (1910-1935)

The War on Film Culture: Part 5: For the Children (1916-1917)

Utilitarianism (noun): A theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number -- Merriam Webster Paternalism (noun): A policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights … Continue reading The War on Film Culture: Part 5: For the Children (1916-1917)

Repeating History: 1930s Communism vs. 2010s Globalism

There's too many men Too many people Making too many problems And not much love to go round Can't you see This is a land of confusion. This is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given Use them and lets start trying To make it a place worth living in. … Continue reading Repeating History: 1930s Communism vs. 2010s Globalism

The War on Film Culture: Part 0: An Introduction

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 So a while back, listening to the Slaughterfilm podcast (again), Forrest Taylor brought up the subject on how many were bitching about "the death of cinema."  And Forrest basically stated that these complaints are nonsense.  Well, this instigated a multi-step response from me … Continue reading The War on Film Culture: Part 0: An Introduction