Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
It happens way more often than you think, and I got a gut feel this list is far from exhaustive.
Hat tip to MissC.
Remember: Only nerds & losers look back. Look slightly above the camera. Grumpily. And walk slow.
Boom.
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Dang. I sat through a 31-second commercial for THAT? Just my half-a$$ed opinion, Morgan, but you can do better than that. With one hand tied behind your back. Stick to Clarkson.
- bpenni | 06/04/2009 @ 13:13Yeah, I don’t like that force-fed commercial. But I’m a huge fan of the concept; maybe someone can do a better execution. And there is a LOT of material out there for it.
Something is subtly changing in action/thriller movies, and I’m not bitching about the camera shaking around (although there’s that, too). Back when Hitchcock was making his wonderful films about a hero being put in a position any one of us could see ourselves in, the objective was to make the hero ordinary. That meant he would react the way we would react. An explosion goes off, we would duck, or spin around as if to say “what the f*ck was that??” — and that is precisely what the hero would do. Think Cary Grant in North by Northwest. That’s what I mean.
Nowadays, the effort is to show the hero as some kind of demigod. He slouches off away from explosions with a “what a pain in the ass” or “goddammit you woke me up early” look on his face…because that is precisely the last thing an ordinary mortal would do.
But it’s been done to death. It’s certainly become a joke. And they’re still making ’em that way.
- mkfreeberg | 06/04/2009 @ 22:54[…] I know I already made fun of this highly overused trope back in June…one of our loyal readers in New Mexico thought once was more than enough. But the […]
- House of Eratosthenes | 10/22/2009 @ 05:37