Monthly Archives: September 2010

Is There an Easy Genre of Film to Write?

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Hilary

Although, like any form of writing, easy is purely subjective; it seems like some genres are easier to write than others. I don’t know about most people, but for me relationship-based melodramas and horror stories are the easiest. Continue reading →

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Are the aliens in The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) Intergalactic Eco-Terrorists?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Hilary

The violent invaders in the new Day the Earth Stood Still are certainly a far cry from the essentially pacifistic aliens of the original version, but are they really eco-terrorists from space? Continue reading →

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Announcing The Movie Nerdity Quiz!

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Hilary

What is your movie nerdity quotient? Take the quiz and find out! In addition to the “Home” and “About” pages of this weblog, there is now a new page containing a 100 question quiz that will tell you just how … Continue reading →

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The X-Files and Kolchak: The Night Stalker (part 2)

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Hilary

Now, where was I . Ah, yes. What elements of The X-Files made it more appealing to the more modern viewer of the 1990s? Several things, actually. Continue reading →

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The X-Files and Kolchak: The Night Stalker (part 1)

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Hilary

The X-Files began largely as a modernized take on the 1974 series Kolchak: The Night Stalker – or so it would appear. Both shows focus on a character who is investigating paranormal phenomena (although Kolchak does so only whenever he happens to come upon such situations while Mulder usually seeks them out), but the parallels don’t end there… Continue reading →

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