Archive for March, 2006

Boring Catholic theology

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

“It was just too bad they deviated so far from the Invisibles philosophical template in the second and third movies because they blundered helplessly into boring Catholic theology, proving that they hadn’t HAD the ‘contact’ experience that drove The Invisibles, and they wrecked both ‘Reloaded’ and ‘Revolutions’ on the rocks of absolute incomprehension. They should […]

Hitting and jabbing

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

“Did I find the moment? How do I hit them? Where do I jab that they’re not protecting?” Writer/director Joss Whedon, on scripting Serenity

Tags: movies, psychology, tv, writing

Not just looks

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs

Tags: design, simplicity

A variant on the gender war

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

“The Canadian health-care system is a health-care system for women. The American health-care system is a health-care system that is perfectly situated for men. It’s the male health-care system. This whole debate about what is better, the American system or the Canadian system, is essentially a variant on the gender war.” Blink author Malcolm Gladwell, […]