A meme on movies

sweinberg provided this meme, a hella long (but fun) one. From the link in the meme, you can go fill it out yourself. Pick your favorite -- not necessarily the "best" film for each director. Remember to pick movies they actually directed -- folks like Albert Brooks, David Mamet, and Harold Ramis all had me almost picking films that weren't eligible.

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Yeah, I know that a few of those might come as surprises. In some cases, it's simpler a matter of which film I can watch over and over (thus the more mainstream Craven and Raimi choices, even though their earlier, edgier stuff was probably better). In others (Bigelow), it came down to a coinflip. And for others, just call me weird. And much as I think Brazil may be the best piece of filmmaking ever, I just can't watch it on a whim -- it's exhausting. And picking my favorite Michael Bay film is a bit like picking my favorite way to have my penis chopped off.

Jerry Goldsmith

Crap -- I post about movies, and Jerry Goldsmith (who composed scores for a bunch of the ones I listed, as well as at least a dozen or two that everyone has seen) passes away. :-(

Links to visit

ash_grey_sky gives us a photo safari of The Wild Coke Can. Hysterical. Oh, and sff_corgi? That safari includes a certain breed of dog.

redcrowstudio was the first to point out that we finally have specs and a release date for Greg The Bunny! Yay for character commentary!

A number of you have mentioned Wonkette, which is quickly becoming one of my new favorite blogs. I'll add my voice to that.

zerbie links to an amazing image (and interesting article) of Saturn's rings.

Hey, wanna see Randolph Carter backscam a Nigerian scammer?