TV Finally! Vulcan Productions Does Something Useful
posted by on October 31 at 14:26 PM
I’ve gotten used to seeing Vulcan Productions (the film-production wing of Paul Allen’s axis of weevil) turn out the deeply misguided and the merely mediocre. (OK, fine, you liked Bickford Schmeckler’s Cool Ideas. But the slobbered-over Far From Heaven was a desiccated tribute to melodrama, and I’ll fight anybody who disagrees.)
So I’m intrigued to see Allen fly his nerd flag and back NOVA’s Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial. I like the idea of focusing on the Dover decision—the propagation of intelligent design is, after all, a legitimate topic for legal debate, whereas it’s outside the proper scope of science. The episode will air on PBS on Tuesday, November 13 at 8 pm.
SPELL CHECK, PLEASE.
Thanks, fixed.
Far From Heaven was terrible.
But I lerv me some NOVA! Nice to see some riches put to good use.
I love Far From Heaven!
Annie, go watch your beloved Cruel Intentions.
Poe, go make fun of Annie.
Hard Candy was good. It made me uncomfortable, it made me nervous, it excited me, and it surprised me. That's more than I can say for almost any other movie I've seen this year. Oh, and this is off-topic I guess, but if you haven't seen Deathproof you should. Immediately.
I have been personally told to stop making fun of Annie. By someone I respect. So I will. Stop. For now.
I'm with you, Schmader. Far From Heaven knocked me out. I adore Sirk's All That Heaven Allows, too, but Todd Haynes has his own (post-Stonewall) thing going on, and I'm looking forward to his Dylan extravaganza, I'm Not There.
"Far From Heaven" was depressing as all get-out...
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