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Turtleneck Films: On Advantages.
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Wednesday, April 18, 2012. I used to be mad at Jason Reitman. Now, I don't like the man's films, but that's no reason to be mad at someone you haven't met. No, I was mad at Jason Reitman because he was Ivan Reitman's son; because here Mary and I were, struggling independent filmmakers, without advantages, without connections, without wealth, getting nowhere, and there he was, being nominated for Oscars. Not that I wanted Oscars. But you get what I mean. SON OF A SE...
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Turtleneck Films: Angry Wishlist
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Like everyone else on the planet, I like Angry Birds. But after the first fifty or sixty levels or so, I started to hit a wall where my frustration with the game overwhelmed my desire to play it. Ragequits became quite common. Granted, how many games can you say that about- that the ragequit wall comes after the first fifty or sixty levels? A lot of games- especially physics puzzles- hit that wall a lot sooner. WHO ARE THE RUSSELLS?
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Turtleneck Films: Personal to JD
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Thursday, April 19, 2012. No, seriously, finish reading that book. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). WHO ARE THE RUSSELLS? MARY and TOM RUSSELL are married, self-distributing filmmakers. Joltcity at gmail dot com. 01: THE MAN WHO LOVED (2007). Cat Face, hes got a big cat face. Hes got the face of a cat and the body of a cat. He flies through the air, because he has a cat. Bluth Blogging: The Secret of NIMH. New SON OF A SEAHORSE poster and snake oil. Let me come ...
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Turtleneck Films: Prepotent Kickstarter!
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Saturday, March 15, 2014. In 2010, I began working on a board game about horse-breeding. In 2011, I found a publisher in Numbskull Games. And now, after literally years of waiting, preparing, hair-pulling, and fine-tuning, my publisher is launching a kickstarter campaign. Https:/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/1779083125/prepotent-board-game. Unlike a film, where a billion things can and do go wrong, short of a global apocalypse, if this funds, you will. Cat Face, he...
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Turtleneck Films: On the Popularity of Angry Birds
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. On the Popularity of Angry Birds. I don't think Angry Birds. Is popular because of its gameplay. Physics puzzles are a dime a dozen. I think it is popular because there's a profound and inexorable sadness at the heart of the game. It's not a deep game by any means; it is a bizarre one, though, and one that's very much a product of its time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). WHO ARE THE RUSSELLS? Joltcity at gmail dot com. I have fond b...
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Turtleneck Films: Snyder's Lousy MAN OF STEEL (with spoilers)
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Saturday, July 13, 2013. Snyder's Lousy MAN OF STEEL (with spoilers). But that doesn't make it a good movie, or a good Superman movie. I mean, there were things I liked about Superman IV. Well, okay, just Mariel Hemingway). But I'd rather suffer through that again before I'd submit to another whirl at Man of Steel. And boy, are there explosions. There is devastation and property damage and implied carnage on a scale that I've never before seen in a superhero mo...
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Turtleneck Films: On "Plot Holes" in Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS.
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Sunday, August 05, 2012. On "Plot Holes" in Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS. Mary and I saw Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS during its opening weekend at a matinee showing. I really dug it. Coming out of the theater, I was convinced that it was both a great work of spectacle and authentic science fiction. What a great movie! And, sure, maybe a biologist confronted with a snake-like life-form really shouldn't. Well, it came to the dollar show this weekend, and Mary and I just w...
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Turtleneck Films: My Name On A Box.
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Saturday, July 16, 2011. My Name On A Box. Look, it's my name on a box! I'm proud to announce that my board game Prepotent. Is an anticipated Winter 2011 release from Numbskull Games. It's a really weird feeling, having someone say "Yes." In my twenty-nine years, with one magical exception (hi Mary! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). WHO ARE THE RUSSELLS? MARY and TOM RUSSELL are married, self-distributing filmmakers. Joltcity at gmail dot com. Bluth Blogging: The...
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Turtleneck Films: On Rappaport and Carney
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Movies, gaming, and everything Russell. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. On Rappaport and Carney. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). WHO ARE THE RUSSELLS? MARY and TOM RUSSELL are married, self-distributing filmmakers. Joltcity at gmail dot com. 01: THE MAN WHO LOVED (2007). Cat Face, hes got a big cat face. Hes got the face of a cat and the body of a cat. He flies through the air, because he has a cat. Bluth Blogging: The Secret of NIMH. New SON OF A SEAHORSE poster and snake oil. Let me come right out and say...
