It’s such a great illustration of what the NZ film industry and its relationship with local creators is like that they held a 'Big Screen Symposium' and invited Neil Gaiman to come and talk about developing and adapting IP, and in his well-received talk he name-checked just one (1) piece of local IP that he thought was a good example of something that could be adapted, my graphic novel THE INKBERG ENIGMA, and following that I have had zero (0) approached from producers to even look at it.
Watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. If its racial politics are iffy … its sexual politics are horrific. Spielberg – going through a messy divorce at the time – loads all his rage about dumb, gold-digging dames onto the film’s female lead, making her bits of the film almost unwatchable.
Strong "Festivus – the festival for the rest of us" vibes.
"I never thought device expressly designed to kill or maim people would kill or maim *me*," says person who had device expressly designed to kill or maim.
Narrator: It was not rock bottom for embarrassing American politics.
A week ago: “If Tesla drops below 150 Musk is toast.”
Orca in Lyttelton harbour! Four gamboling for a while, only a few boats and ferries observing.
