The Teen Movie Pitch Generator might give us some ideas while we slog through the finer points of pitching.

I want to re-do mine, but would like some feedback first, sir, when you have time. Until then, my Teen Movie Pitch is “Tomcats” meets “Ghandi” meets “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” with a little bit of “Erin Brockovich.”

• The Artful Writer: Half-Baked Theory #1: Event Compression
  Really interesting idea about the difference between pacing and compression in a screenplay.
  (tags: urbanShockah inspiration screenplays screenwriting)

• Fake Name Generator
  Make fake names for your characters with lots of other info. Shockah and I have a different method, maybe we'll spill the beans someday.
  (tags: burleyGrymz characters writing reference)

• Slashdot | Deleted Screenplay Fails To Make Money
  It's not every day the story of a screenplay gets slashdotted. This happens to be one of them.
  (tags: Humor screenplays burleyGrymz idiocy)

• The Feast - Updates
  10 Worst jobs to have in the action film universe.
  (tags: film Humor movies burleyGrymz)

• Spitball Krew
  From the not-our-Spitball department, straight outta Ohio.
  (tags: art music hiphop burleyGrymz)

• Tom Bendek
  For those of you who have ever wanted to destroy your work after writing it. (via Boing Boing)
  (tags: art screenwriting burleyGrymz culture)

• I find your lack of faith disturbing
  One of the funniest and best-written blogs about working as a screenwriter on the net.
  (tags: blog favorite film Humor movies screenplays screenwriting urbanShockah)
• The Architecture of Fight Club
  Find the Sequence Method arcane? See if you can wrap your head around this. (I can't.)
  (tags: film urbanShockah lego)

• ScreenGrab
  Filmmaker Bilge Ebiri edits this film blog, one of the funniest (and snarkiest) I've ever read. Much, much better than Cinematical.
  (tags: blog film movies favorite critique culture urbanShockah)

• Creative Department Douchebag
  "Sup dickbags? The name's Trev. I'm 27, totally super fucking hip, and am a copy-writer at a global ad agency in NYC"
  (tags: comics Humor urbanShockah art)

• Momus, critic
  Momus on Art School Confidential (via wdik)
  (tags: film critique burleyGrymz)

• The Do-It-Yourself Giallo Generator
  There's always room for giallo.
  (tags: Humor film inspiration urbanShockah giallo)

Is it okay to say that I usually end up going over to RogerEbert.com for Mr. Emerson's Scanners rather than Mr. Ebert's reviews? (Well, the Answer Man, too.) I mean, he named his column after a David Cronenberg movie! How cool is that?

The new, "real" blog is looking pretty cool, too. Just wished he'd have comments enabled, although I can understand why he'd demur -- it's not a decision taken lightly. (Not everyone can be a Matt Zoller Seitz -- that is, be a journalist, but embrace the instant feedback, as well as give and take, that comments provide. Just ask the Washington Post.)

I really like Roger Ebert. He may be a populist critic, but he's always unpredictable, and I think often has good insights.

So, around here, we were thrilled when the new RogerEbert.com launched, and especially because it was edited by the way-cool Jim Emerson (whom my better half worked with--or in the same building at least--at Microsoft). He wrote a lot of great stuff on the Roger Ebert site, but the page was a bit confusing in the outer shell of RogerEbert.com, and also felt more like a blog than a column, but looked like a column more than a blog--especially since there wasn't even an rss feed.

All that changes today--Jim has a full-on blog at the Chicago Sun Times, now totally separate from the RogerEbert.com domain. I'm thrilled, and immediately added him to my feed reader (the awesome NetNewsWire, created by Seattle man Brent Simmons ).

http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/

Jim has especially big internet street cred right now--even Kottke links to him. Go Jim go!

• Snakes on a Blog
  Snakes! On a motherfucking blog!
  (tags: blog movies Humor film urbanShockah)

• CSPD Comics
  This look interesting -- a look at copyright and fair use in relation to documentary film, expressed as a comic book.
  (tags: urbanShockah art film Humor comics)
• Thank You For Smoking - Trailer
  A funny trailer for what looks like a good movie, and the last bit with Rob Lowe and Aaron Eckhart made me think of this blog.
  (tags: film trailer movies urbanShockah Humor)

Because it had to happen...

and raise you -- The SimpsoShockah!

• DevilDucky - The Simpsomaker
  I see your 5 card Nancy, and raise you the Simsomaker
  (tags: burleyGrymz comics Humor)

• Five-Card Nancy
  I'll see your abstract silent Garfield and raise you 5-Card Nancy.
  (tags: urbanShockah comics Humor games online)

• Truth and Beauty Bombs :: View topic - Garfield
  I see your Garfield randomizer, and raise you abstract silent Garfield.
  (tags: burleyGrymz comics Humor)

• Philip K. Dick is Missing
  Is this connected to the missing Flexcar across the street, I wonder?
  (tags: urbanShockah)

• Ticket to Ride
  Like candy-colored crack.
  (tags: favorite urbanShockah games boardgames online)
• Listology: Board Games: Own/Want
  I've been going through a board game renaissance lately. Here's what I've got and what I want.
  (tags: games boardgames urbanShockah)

• New Scientist Breaking News - Robot moved by a slime mould's fears
  The most AWESOME science news ever. I, for one, etc. etc.
  (tags: burleyGrymz culture)

• maryagnes » bits from brighton and ballard and beyond
  Mary Agnes Krell is awesome.
  (tags: urbanShockah art Seattle favorite)
• Cineblog
  Greg knows his movies, his music, his books, and is also quite the handyman -- check out that pinball table!
  (tags: burleyGrymz art film Seattle music blog)
• Majestic Bay
  The best movie theater in Seattle, bar none.
  (tags: urbanShockah film Seattle)

• Reflections:The Days of Perky Vivienne
  About our PKDickian world.
  (tags: culture burleyGrymz)
• The Eagle_Fire Garfield Randomizer
  Tired of what Jim Davis (or his assistants) gives ya? Let an algorithm do the entertaining for you!
  (tags: urbanShockah humor comics)

• Mighty O - vegan, organic donuts
  Vegan donuts? Sounds awful, doesn't it? Well, in the case of Mighty O, you'd be dead wrong. These are incredibly moist and delicious, and compared to most donuts, relatively healthy (no trans fat!) They're also absolutely gorgeous -- the pictures on the website aint lyin. Cool off-the-wall flavors as well: French Toast, Mocha, and Chocolate Peppermint, to name a few.
  (tags: urbanShockah donuts doughnuts vegan Seattle)

• The Stranger - Slog
  The Slog is one of our favorite blogs, run by the Stranger, one of my favorite papers, edited by Dan Savage, one of my favorite Americans. Here, Brenden Kiley has this great quote: “If an art form is more predictable than a mechanical bull, it’s in bad trouble.”
  (tags: blog burleyGrymz culture)
• Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Whale lifted onto barge
  I find this whole Whale-On-Thames thing fascinating and strange--one of those odd stories that would be a perfect metaphor or base of a fantastical story. Now replete with tragic ending.
  (tags: burleyGrymz culture inspiration)

• The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick
  Fascinating comic on P.K.D.'s religious visions, drawn by R. Crumb and originally published in Weirdo. (via Boing Boing)
  (tags: art burleyGrymz inspiration)
• Spitball - Balls out Rock & Roll
  A totally different Spitball than ours, but heck--spread the love.
  (tags: burleyGrymz music)

• Sony Pictures - Marie Antoinette trailor
  Fucking brilliant marrying New Order's Age of Consent with these images. I hope the film is a quarter as good as this preview suggests.
  (tags: burleyGrymz film)

• ))<>((
  Did you see Me and You and Everyone We Know? Have iTunes? Check out this playlist. It's actually a good mix...
  (tags: burleyGrymz Humor)
• Listology.com: Kent's 2006 Film Log
  This is my film log for 2006, hosted on Jim Biancolo's Listology site. Listology is a free site for people to set up lists of movies, books, TV shows, etc. It's a great site.
  (tags: urbanShockah film favorite)

• NASA to Return Comet Samples to Earth - Yahoo! News
  Quick! Write three different one-sentence story synopsis that start with this event.
  (tags: burleyGrymz inspiration)

• Neave.com -- PHP script that displays the last 30 photos uploaded to Live Journal
  I love this page for inspiration. It's a random collection of images--strange, unpredictable, some hilarious, some inept, some dirty. It's like a peek into the collective unconcious. Be sure to reload often.
  (tags: burleyGrymz culture inspiration)

• Logical Fallacies - The Adam Smith Institute
  I have always found logical fallacies fascinating--and incredibly useful when constructing characters. Make two (or more) characters argue, and give them both a different logical fallacy to follow. The argument practically writes itself!
  (tags: burleyGrymz reference logic)

• Boing Boing: Syriana screenplay online, in entirety, for your reading pleasure
  'nuff said.
  (tags: burleyGrymz screenwriting screenplays)

• The Mystery of Dinner for One - How an obscure British skit has become Germany's most popular New Year's tradition. By Jude Stewart
  How does a mildly funny obscure BBC skit become incredibly popular in Germany without being known in Britain or America? Interesting story in Slate, with a link to the piece in question on Google Video. The same procedure as every year, James...
  (tags: Humor burleyGrymz culture)

• celtx - Scriptwriting Software, Breakdowns, Collaboration.
  Free screenwriting software? Hot damn! Not quite as nice as the pro packages, but looks very promising, and it's amazing that it saves everything in an open format (XML & XHTML).
  (tags: software screenwriting opensource burleyGrymz)
• Hellbox: Damage, Smelt, Recast
  Martin's other blog where he sometimes writes about other stuff.
  (tags: blog burleyGrymz)
• No Matter. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.
  Martin's blog, where he writes about movies.
  (tags: blog burleyGrymz)
• he loved him some movies
  Kent's blog, where he blogs about movies
  (tags: blog urbanShockah)
• Protectionist bedside table
  I have a baseball bat near my bed. I would love it if it was more integrated into my furniture.
  (tags: burleyGrymz art)