Is Ridley Scott’s Prometheus a half-baked pile of philosophical babble, or is it more seductively an early harbinger of a kind of post-television cinematic narrative—filmmaking in the age of television?
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On Prometheus and post-television cinema
Creating a Spark: Official and Fan-Produced Transmedia for The Hunger Games
With the widespread use of Twitter and Tumblr, official and fan-produced transmedia increasingly share the same media spaces.
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Accessing the Cinematic Cloud
Recent comparisons to the early experience of using an ATM seem to offer quite a bit of potential for describing how we will be buying and watching movies and television shows in the near future.
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SOPA: Just Say NOPA
Whatever you’ve been doing on the internet in the last few weeks, chances are you ran across something about SOPA. And for good reason—SOPA might just be the most dangerous internet legislation the US government has ever considered.
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Film Review: Can Generation P’s Cultural References Play Abroad?
Most scholars of media have at some point stumbled onto something from another country without the proper frame of reference and been utterly bewildered by it. Generation P seems to be consciously playing up this experience as part of its appeal for a niche foreign market.
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Captain America and the Representation of Entertainment
The USO sequence in Captain America: The First Avenger speaks to the influence of a cynical modern eye and a gendered dismissal of historical realism, comic book necessity, and the possibility of media effects.
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Sarah Palin, Anti-Fandom, and the Nature of Political Celebrity
With the release of the new documentary on Sarah Palin, the former governor takes umbrage at the "hate" directed toward her by Hollywood celebrities. She either doesn't understand celebrity culture or understands it all too well.
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Impressions of masculinity in “The Trip”
British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play somewhat fictionalized versions of themselves in The Trip, a six episode comedy series which aired on BBC2 last fall. IFC Films is releasing an edited version of The Trip as a film June 10th, 2011.
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April Fools’ Day and the Ghosts of Media Past
On April 1, 2011, several websites joked around with media history.
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The Gilded Globes: Legitimacy Amidst Controversy
While some may have found Ricky Gervais' pointed remarks as host of this year's Golden Globes tough to swallow, it's hard to argue with his attack on the awards' legitimacy in light of recent controversy.
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Tron’s Legacy
After an extensive pre-release campaign, and whole lot of hype, Tron: Legacy opened to a rather disappointing weekend, only generating $44 million at the box office.
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In Memoriam: The Late, Great Leslie Nielsen
Remembering the man Roger Ebert once called "the Olivier of spoofs."
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Sheesh, What’s It Take to Make a Teenage Heartthrob These Days?
Robert Pattinson, like Brando and Dean before him, doesn't play by the star promotion rules and yet is a heartthrob because he appeals to heartthrob-hungry girls in unexpected ways.
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The Lingering Power of the Domestic Box Office
International audiences seem to dig Jake Gyllenhaal’s abs more than Americans do – but is that enough to save the Prince of Persia film franchise?
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Official Eclipse Trailer: For the Boys
What Summit Entertainment fails to see is that by courting male viewers, they are devaluing Twilight’s devoted female fans and missing an incredible opportunity to develop the terms for future female franchises.
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