blogs.amctv.com - 9/19/2008
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Let's talk about genre for a moment, shall we? Specifically, what is it that makes a film a genre film? The easy answer here is that something is a genre film if it has particular plot elements, or if it attracts a certain audience. So, for example, a movie is a "Western" if it takes place in ...
A Brand New Short Story by John Scalzi
subterraneanpress.com 9/3/2008 — Here’s a short, but corrupt and funny, tale by SubPress favorite, John Scalzi.
Read on for Denise Jones, Super Booker…
Denise Jones, Super Booker
(TRANSCRIPT BEGINS)
Q: Please state your name and your occupation.
A: My name is Denise ...
A John Scalzi SciFi Thanksgiving
blogs.amctv.com 11/27/2008 — Here in the United States it's Thanksgiving, when we all sit around with family and friends, eat a 48,000-calorie pile of food, and then collapse in front of the television to watch football. It's an American tradition, and I guess somewhere in there ...
Read a John Scalzi Story, Help a Writer in Need
subterraneanpress.com 12/8/2008 — Over at his blog, Whatever , John Scalzi has published the first look at a short story we commissioned by him, “The State of Super Villainy.” Head over to John’s site for all the particulars — you may need to scroll down a bit ...
All John Scalzi Wants for Xmas Is Original SciFi
blogs.amctv.com 12/26/2008 — Hey, did you know it's Christmas? I know! It's like it happens every year or something. It's also one of the days of Hanukkah as well, so today's schedule is just plain packed . I don't know how many of you will be reading this on December 25th, ...
John Scalzi - Things We Learned From the Summer SciFi Box Office
blogs.amctv.com 9/4/2008 — The summer movie season closed up on Monday, breaking box office records (albeit just barely: $4.2 billion compared to last summer's $4.18 billion -- which means that factoring in inflation, slightly fewer tickets were sold this year than last) and ...
John Scalzi Tries 007 and Repo Man in the SciFi Court
blogs.amctv.com 1/22/2009 — I've spent the last week traveling the width and breadth of this great North American continent of ours, and wherever I go people want to get into a debate with me, per my column a few weeks ago , over how I judge what movies count as science ...
For SciFi Sequels, Taking a Chance Makes All the Difference
blogs.amctv.com 10/3/2008 — There's something almost miraculous about a movie sequel that doesn't stink. And for one simple reason: Hollywood doesn't do sequels for anything other than money.
In fact, everyone who produces commercial sequels does it for the money. I'm as ...
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