April 2011
4 posts
4/18 Dave Jacoby, Dan Silver (Reality TV, Horror...
5430 “horror movies are the genre where real visual storytelling is done bc you need to frame it right, light it right, sound needs to be there, it’s not about dialogue, that’s why guys like danny boyle, peter jackson, sam raimi, oliver stone, scorsese, polanski - all these guys who are making a gazillion dollars on their movies now - started in horror movies”
scream 1...
4/14 NBA Playoff Preview (J.A. Adande, Henry...
1530 BS: Kobe’s confidence exceeds his talent at this stage in his career. JA: but that’s what you want.
5130 The Heat have the “magic” play, the play all the experts were excited about when they signed the big three, which is the LeBron-Wade high screen. they’ve been saving it for the playoffs. so have Durant-Westbrook. a two-man game.
53 Dwyane Wade has horrible...
4/13 Wright Thompson, Greg Wyshynski (Masters,...
11 the whole sport of cricket has been changing over the last ten years, going from a 5-day defensive chess match to a newer, more aggressive 3-hour form. it’s called Twenty20. certain skillset demands are changed, affecting which players prosper
1330 the india that you think of today was born in 1990, when its economy opened up. the sport of cricket has mirrored that economical and...
4/6 Chuck Klosterman (NCAA Hoops)
22 ck: the NCAA’s token response to the absurdity of not paying men’s football and basketball players is that they’re student-athletes. however, it would be reasonable for them to say “look, if you want funding for all of your collegiate sports, men’s and women’s (title IX), from mainstream to obscure, the money has to come from somewhere.” right now the...