Although what else are you going to find here, honestly? For the movie lover & designer, a hangman-esque game identifying objects from famous movies based on a simplified illustration: Famous Objects from Classic Movies. Oh yeah, the url is hard to remember, too. (Hint: it’s not.) (via Coudal Blended Feed). Wolverine-as-Velociraptor/Deinonychus, Thor as Anklyosaurus, etc. […]
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Batman v. Borges
Although, really, it’s not a contest. Collaboration, maybe. Curious, definitely: The thesis pursued in this article is that this strong thematic aspect of The Dark Knight finds its roots in a short story by the labyrinthine Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. (via monochrom)
Posted by Ben on February 26, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/batman-v-borges/
Seen and Heard, 2008
In lieu of a numbered list, here you’ll find a bulleted list — well, several of them — covering my favorite books and movies of 2008. And, because I’m slow, a goodly number of them will be of items released before 2008. But that’s when I saw them. So there. Enjoy! In Theaters: Let The […]
Posted by Ben on January 10, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/seen-and-heard-2008/
So little time…
…so much Ninja Terminator! (via BeaucoupKevin(dot)com)
Posted by Ben on January 8, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/so-little-time/
Plus / Minus
+ Periodic table of awesoments, happy people read, 2008 movie recap preview (it’ll make sense, after you’ve seen it) – Psychopaths pick on underdogs, mad cow disease may come back in style (via io9), people kissing alligators.
Posted by Ben on January 4, 2009
https://www.swordbilled.com/plus-minus/
Zombie Chart
via io9, a graphic showing the steady-ish uptick in the frequency of zombie movies, and “mapping” it (very roughty) to incidences of war (click below for a larger image): Correlation not being correlation, blah blah blah, everything else aside, it’s still a fun chart. (via io9)
Posted by Ben on November 20, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/zombie-chart/
You Know You Want More
Reading: read (most of) Kelly Link’s Magic For Beginners online, for free, legitimately! (And then read an interview with her at Meeting House Mag.) [via Bookslut] Watching: watch Stalker, online. It’s a movie by the guy who did the good Solaris. What’s not to like? [via Warren Ellis] Listening: all about con men. And by […]
Posted by Ben on October 23, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/you-know-you-want-more/
Think you can fend off a zombie invasion?
Try your hand at a choose-your-own-adventure style zombie movie, online. I don’t know how long it actually can go, what with dying after 3 minutes. Eh. (via MeFi)
Posted by Ben on September 27, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/think-you-can-fend-off-a-zombie-invasion/
Versus
(2000) dir. Ryuhei Kitamura – w/ Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303, and a bunch of other folks as random, ominous-sounding figures (e.g., “Motorcycle-riding yakuza with revolver,” and “Yakuza zombie in alligator-skin coat”). But you didn’t watch this for the characters. Yet. Synopsis: Really? Synopsis? Review: Open with a bunch of– Oh, come off it. The […]
Posted by Ben on September 11, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/versus/
Truth in superheroes
How long would Bruce Wayne have to train to become Batman? In some of the timelines you see in the comics, the backstory is he goes away for five years—some it’s three to five years, or eight years, or 12 years. In terms of the physical changes (strength and conditioning), that’s happening fairly quickly. We’re talking […]
Posted by Ben on September 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/truth-in-superheroes/