Monthly Archives: May 2005

TV versus Movies, Story versus Plot

Lee Goldberg’s A Writer’s Life points us to a conveniently-timed follow-up to last night’s discussion about the differences between the storytelling modes of TV and movies, John Rogers has an in-depth dissection of story versus plot that hits on exactly … Continue reading

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Serving The Story

Okay, any of you who haven’t seen Serenity yet — and that’s probably most of you, honestly — stay the hell away from this post if you have any intention of seeing the movie. I mean it. Don’t read any … Continue reading

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Monday Photo: Wishflower

Laurel picking dandelions in Marblehead last weekend. We don’t know for sure what she wished for, but I’d bet it had something to do with food.

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Review: Serenity

I found myself experiencing the same problem trying to decide on an approach for this review that I’d imagine the creators of Serenity faced: how to gear the movie/review so that it pleases both the rabid fanbase of the “Firefly” … Continue reading

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Review: Star Wars, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

So at least we’ve seen the whole story; the ends of the circle finally meet in the middle. We’ve seen how innocence (well, angry and whiny frustrated innocence, anyway) finds itself corrupted by absolute (and a bit melodramatic) evil and … Continue reading

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