More Classic Than Classic

The other day someone asked me what my favorite movie of all time was, without hesitation I answered back “Blade Runner.” While I think Artificial Intelligence is a distant second, Blade Runner will likely continue to hold its first place ranking for the foreseeable future. So why do folks like me still obsess over this movie, after all it is now nearly 30 years old (that’s frightening to admit by the way as 1982 is the year I graduated High School)?For me, this film represents everything that a movie can be – a synergy of art and entertainment,...

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The WWF & Wall Street Villainy

Many years ago as part of short-lived and sometimes bizarre writing career I found myself working for a professional wrestler, one of the stars of the WWF in its heyday. Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the World Wrestling Federation was a billion dollar enterprise and had become very mainstream. While I found myself a bit out of my element (I had never been to a wrestling match or NASCAR race in my life), I had to admit the experience was somewhat exhilarating. Professional Wrestling is the ultimate spectacle, sort of a combination morality...

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Disaster Movie Montage – 2012

I watched 2012 over the holiday weekend and I must say it was a rather exhausting ordeal. I’m not sure how long the movie actually was but it felt as though I had personally experienced the end of the world. This was truly the disaster movie to end all disaster movies, or perhaps the disaster movie that copied all disaster movies?I found myself tracking the various references to previous disaster blockbusters as well as specific examples of generic disaster movie clichés. My unofficial survey found references or allusions to the following films:•...

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