http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2oAsUs2d8A

This is a pretty sweet behind-the-scenes for a stop-motion sequence. I like the use of different measuring devices, like the wooden dowels and the tape on the carpet.

Is there any way we can develop a requirement that every time someone remakes an old movie, they have to go on record saying, "Well X is pretty good, but I think we can make it better?"

No half-assed justifications about making it accessible, or updating it. Just a flat-out claim that they think they can improve the movie.

Or we drop the idea of the "remake" and instead approach this as making a new movie based on the same script. In the theatre, if you put on a play that someone else has done before, you're not remaking it, it's just a new interpretation of the source.

...carrying this 3-in-1 Paranormal Research Instrument you're going to get laughed at. EMF is fine, but a thermometer and a flashlight?

You want to be taken seriously, shell out for an IR thermal imaging camera,
and maybe throw in a bat detector while you're at it.

This is a nice interview that talks a about scene transitions, which is something I've been thinking about.
http://filmsound.org/murch/interview-with-walter-murch.htm

http://www.life.com/image/ugc1023552/in-gallery/37872/inside-the-secret-...

In a series of photos in Life about the American secret service, they show a picture of the Presidential limo.
I'm sort of intrigued by this:
"Today, they [the Secret Service] expect a prolonged attack..."

I'm so used to presidents getting killed by lone gunmen, but now I'm imagining the president under siege within his limo.

http://www.octopuspie.com/
http://gunshowcomic.com/
http://www.scarygoround.com/
http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/

Look at them! Just look!

Grandma's Cheese
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Grandma%27s+Cheese/

I'm fascinated by the liquidy squeeze cheese. It moves in such a liquidy fashion and I have no idea how to pull that off, it's remarkable. I must discern its secrets.

I made an animated short called Sticks to the Wall. It played at the 90 second quickies:
http://vimeo.com/8019775

I'm reading The Visual Story by Bruce Block.

One thing that's really nice is he always uses diagrams and pictures to illustrate his points. In contrast, I've also been reading The Horse Who Drank the Sky lately, and that's been a hard slog, since the author seems very much in love with words, which doesn't appeal to me the same.