Susi Rajah

A Cute Movie Critic

It's all been politicians and prostitutes lately, so here is something completely different. That is, it's innocent and amusing rather than sordid and sad. A three-year-old girl's synopsis of StarWars. I especially like the way she refers to CP30 as "the shiny guy". If you can't view it below, see it here.

A World Without Writers

This is a little video in support of the Hollywood writer's strike. As you probably already know, they are striking because they want eight cents from the sale of every DVD of their work (they currently get four cents from a twenty-dollar DVD). The AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) think this an unreasonable request.

What I can't understand is why all other creative people in Hollywood, who interpret the original material, are treated better than the people who create the original material.

I think the fair thing to do would be to let the consumer decide where the money goes when they buy the DVD. I'm guessing that then the writers would get paid for their work and ideas, and the producers would find themselves in a position where they have make do with last year's boobs on their girlfriends.

Watch A World Without Writers.

 

A Nostalgic Animated Moment (Or Two)

These were two of my favorite Warner Brothers cartoons when I was growing up. My brother found them again for me.

This musical version of the three little pigs story is a classic. And it twists the tale so that the big bad wolf is the protagonist. I thought this was very cool as a kid, and you know what, it's still cool.

Three Little Bops:

My brother says that Steven Spielberg calls this cartoon "the Citizen Kane of cartoons". I call it "the one with the singing frog in it". And there you have it, the reason Steven Spielberg is Steven Spielberg and I'm not.

(Unfortunately, the "One Froggy Evening" video is no longer available on YouTube. Sorry about that.)

Darth Vader Reads Your Mind

This is really old but it just helped me procrastinate for three whole minutes. Let Darth Vader read your mind.

SithSense

How to Write a Blockbuster

I'm not sure where this came from or who wrote it. Sorry I can't credit it. It's probably not new (I'm not cool enough to get things new) but it is interesting. Especially as you consider that all six Star Wars films are amongst the highest grossing of all time, and that every tenth book sold is Harry Potter. Maybe there is a formula that works after all.

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

There is no reasonable explanation for this. Did I mention it's performed by Leonard Nimoy?

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

Dance, Yoda, Dance

This is Yoda dancing. There's not really much else to say, except that he moves quite well for a very old and short green guy. Oh, and some animators have too much time on their hands.

See Yoda Dancing