This isn't just corporate sponsorship though. This is an actual advertising campaign, You can see the ad right here. http://creativity-online.co…

No. Which is why the bull statue was pulled when it was in its original, illegal location and later moved to a new one with a legal permit.

It's not illegal. It was at one time in an illegal location, then it was removed and relocated to its current location where it has legal permission.

Even before 9/11, the "Love Letter to New York" genre was alive and well. Ghostbusters even has the Orwellian last line of "I love this town!" I saw the 2000 movie Keeping the Faith for some reason, and it had the line "People in other cities must be kidding themselves." delivered with a complete lack of irony.

Makes a better headline. Notaro actually singled out the director of the bit as knowing about her short.

There was a lot of 50s nostalgia in the '80s, but it wasn't as heavy as it was in the '70s, as hard as that may be to believe.

The trailer also only deals with setting up Thor's problems. We don't get any information on how things turn around.

My standard policy is that once I am sold on an entertainment, I don't need any more information on it. If the first trailer hooks me, I am done. That was certainly the case with this.

I could give you the second one. It doesn't have the heart of the first movie, but it is a clever and fast moving.

You probably just missed the window. If you are old enough to be cynical about the idea of finding pirate treasure, you are too old for the movie.

This Sunday, in fact.

I'd recommend just sticking to the first one.

Personally, I think the first movie is great, and am not fond of the sequels, which don't seem to get what made original work so well.

It's tough to get started on those, as you really need to watch all of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for context before you can even start with the movies.

That's a valid excuse. I caught that in 70mm in a theater in the early 90s, and it was absolutely amazing.

"He's a loose cannon, but he gets results" is just baked into the culture. People trying to turn it into something in the current cultural environment are missing that.

Then again, "female boss as overly-emotional and difficult to work with bitch" is a whole ugly trope of its own.

"He's a loose cannon, but he gets results" is a formula older than TV. Trump has just self-consciously sold himself using that narrative, The current batch of asshole genius shows started with House, and The Apprentice was already a hit a season before that.

Thanks for all that solid information. It was the CPD playing damage control that convinced me they were involved.

The novella ends with the survivors driving away, picking up a flicker of a radio signal, so there is room to continue the story. But I still don't think it is the best concept for an ongoing series.