Sorry, missed Lancelot Link this week!
From 2007...
So, I’m talking to a friend of mine, guy I’ve known for almost ten years, telling him that I’m on my way out of town for the holidays because there’s Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years and in the middle of it all one of my nieces is getting married - so I might as well stay the whole danged month, and he asks...
“Where you going to stay?” he asks.
“At my parent’s house - in my old room,” I answer.
“Your real parents?”
“Well, yeah.” (?)
“So, you know who they are?”
“I’m not understanding what you’re saying,” is he implying my parents are fake?
“You know who your biological parents are - and you’re going to stay with them. Does that bother your other parents?”
“What other parents?” (One set of parents is enough... sometimes more than enough.)
“You know, the people who raised you.”
“My parents raised me.”
“But not your biological parents...”
“What are you talking about?”
“You know, the people who adopted you...”
“I'm not adopted.”
“Sure you are. You told me you were adopted.”
“Um, I’m not adopted and I don’t ever remember telling you that I was. If I did, I was just joking.”
“No. You were serious. You *are* adopted.”
“Look, I would know if I’m adopted or not, and I’m not.”
“Yes you are.”
“No. I am not adopted.”
“But you told me that you were. You are adopted.”
“Okay, somewhere along the line I must have made some sort of joke and you –“
“No. You weren’t joking. You were serious. And you *are* adopted.”
“But, I’m not.”
“Whatever... I *know* you’re adopted, I don’t know why you’re lying to me about it...”
Okay, I don’t understand conversations like this, because it seems he wants to convince me that I’m adopted. I don’t even remember joking about it. I’m thinking he has me mixed up with somebody else... but once I’ve said I’m not adopted, why doesn’t he believe me? Why would he even consider that he knows me better than I know me? Does he think he can persuade me that he’s right about me and I’m wrong?
People can be strange.
- Bill
Monday, January 29, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018
Lancelot Link Monday: And The Winner Is....
Lancelot Link Monday! There are now more awards shows every year than there are movies. As we lead up to the Oscar *nominations announcement* we have a ton of award shows from critics and guilds, and lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and... When will it end? Soon, everyone will have an awards show for 15 minutes!
While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...
Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Jumanji ........................ $20,040,000
2 12 Strong ....................... $16,500,000
3 Den Of Thieves .................. $15,320,000
4 Post ............................ $12,150,000
5 Showman.......................... $11,000,000
6 Paddington 2 ..................... $8,240,000
7 Commuter ......................... $6,685,000
8 Star Wars TLJ .................... $6,566,000
9 Insidious TLK .................... $5,945,000
10 Forever ......................... $4,703,000
The JUMANJI reboot/remake/rewhatever has now made $317 million domestic... which is amazing. The film only dropped 28% from last weekend, and has made $768m around the world on a $90m budget. When it drops out of the #1 position, it may still hang around the top 5 long enough to crack a billion bucks. So look for a sequel, and maybe an Extended Jumanji Universe. Meanwhile flop GREATEST SHOWMAN dropped only 11.8% and has secretly made $114m domestic and $231m globally on an $84m budget... so it's not a flop afterall.
2) The Screen Actor's Guild Awards!
3) The 63rd FilmFair Awards (India)
4) The Producer's Guild Awards
5) The Writers Guild Award Nominations.
6) The Image Awards.
7) BAFTA Nominations (British Film Awards)
8) AFI Awards.
9) IDA Awards (Documentaries)
10) IDA Awards (Furniture)
11) New York Film Critics Circle Award Winners.
12) Critics Choice Awards.
Oscar Nominations will be announced tomorrow morning while I am sound asleep!
And the Car Chase Of The Week:
Bill
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
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Dinner:
Pages:
Bicycle:
Movie:
Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Jumanji ........................ $20,040,000
2 12 Strong ....................... $16,500,000
3 Den Of Thieves .................. $15,320,000
4 Post ............................ $12,150,000
5 Showman.......................... $11,000,000
6 Paddington 2 ..................... $8,240,000
7 Commuter ......................... $6,685,000
8 Star Wars TLJ .................... $6,566,000
9 Insidious TLK .................... $5,945,000
10 Forever ......................... $4,703,000
The JUMANJI reboot/remake/rewhatever has now made $317 million domestic... which is amazing. The film only dropped 28% from last weekend, and has made $768m around the world on a $90m budget. When it drops out of the #1 position, it may still hang around the top 5 long enough to crack a billion bucks. So look for a sequel, and maybe an Extended Jumanji Universe. Meanwhile flop GREATEST SHOWMAN dropped only 11.8% and has secretly made $114m domestic and $231m globally on an $84m budget... so it's not a flop afterall.
2) The Screen Actor's Guild Awards!
3) The 63rd FilmFair Awards (India)
4) The Producer's Guild Awards
5) The Writers Guild Award Nominations.
6) The Image Awards.
7) BAFTA Nominations (British Film Awards)
8) AFI Awards.
9) IDA Awards (Documentaries)
10) IDA Awards (Furniture)
11) New York Film Critics Circle Award Winners.
12) Critics Choice Awards.
Oscar Nominations will be announced tomorrow morning while I am sound asleep!
And the Car Chase Of The Week:
Bill
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Dinner:
Pages:
Bicycle:
Movie:
Monday, January 08, 2018
Lancelot Link Monday: Top Ten Of 2017
Happy New Year! It's Lancelot Link Monday! This is the time of year where movie critics print their top ten lists, so here are ten random major publications' critics top ten lists! Why don't they all agree? Plus last night's Golden Globe Winners! Why don't they agree with the other critics?
While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...
Here are ten top ten lists plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Jumanji ........................ $37,234,000
2 Insidious 4 ..................... $29,581,000
3 Star Wars LG .................... $23,729,000
4 Showman ......................... $13,771,000
5 PP3 ............................. $10,298,000
6 Ferdinand ....................... $7,698,000
7 Molly ........................... $6,857,000
8 Darkest ......................... $6,050,000
9 Coco ............................ $5,383,000
10 All The Money ................... $3,571,000
Way to go Insidious: The Last Key! Second largest opening weekend for the series, and it beat #3. This low budget Blumhouse series has now made of $400 million worldwide.
2) Ty Burr, Boston Globe.
3) Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times.
4) Pete Hammond, Deadline.
5) Entertainment Weekly Staff.
6) Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter (and rest of critic staff)
7) Anne Thompson, Indiewire.
8) Manohla Dargis, NY Times.
9) People Magazine Staff.
10) Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.
11) Owen Gleiberman, Variety.
11) Golden Globe Winners!
And the Car Chase Of The Week:
From THE SHOW (1922).
Bill
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Know When To Hold 'Em - When To Reveal Information & Christophen Nolan Films
Dinner: Pork Chops at the Buttercup in Oakland - awful. Cold mashed potatoes!
Pages: 0.
Bicycle: 0.
Movie: DISASTER ARTIST for the second time.
Here are ten top ten lists plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Jumanji ........................ $37,234,000
2 Insidious 4 ..................... $29,581,000
3 Star Wars LG .................... $23,729,000
4 Showman ......................... $13,771,000
5 PP3 ............................. $10,298,000
6 Ferdinand ....................... $7,698,000
7 Molly ........................... $6,857,000
8 Darkest ......................... $6,050,000
9 Coco ............................ $5,383,000
10 All The Money ................... $3,571,000
Way to go Insidious: The Last Key! Second largest opening weekend for the series, and it beat #3. This low budget Blumhouse series has now made of $400 million worldwide.
2) Ty Burr, Boston Globe.
3) Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times.
4) Pete Hammond, Deadline.
5) Entertainment Weekly Staff.
6) Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter (and rest of critic staff)
7) Anne Thompson, Indiewire.
8) Manohla Dargis, NY Times.
9) People Magazine Staff.
10) Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.
11) Owen Gleiberman, Variety.
11) Golden Globe Winners!
And the Car Chase Of The Week:
From THE SHOW (1922).
Bill
Know When To Hold 'Em - When To Reveal Information & Christophen Nolan Films
Dinner: Pork Chops at the Buttercup in Oakland - awful. Cold mashed potatoes!
Pages: 0.
Bicycle: 0.
Movie: DISASTER ARTIST for the second time.
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