https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNdtqzm-v-w

Our afterparty continues with a satellite remote from Florida:

Movies and TV shows with gay characters could be ineligible for a “family-friendly” tax credit in Florida under a little-noticed provision tucked into a $75 million incentive package that Republican House leaders hope will attract film and entertainment jobs to the state.

The bill would prohibit productions with “nontraditional family values” from receiving a so-called family-friendly tax credit. But it doesn’t define what “nontraditional family values” are, something the bill’s sponsor had a hard time doing, too.

“Think of it as like Mayberry,” state Rep. Stephen Precourt, R-Orlando, said, referring to The Andy Griffith Show. “That’s when I grew up — the ’60s. That’s what life was like. I want Florida to be known for making those kinds of movies: Disney movies for kids and all that stuff. Like it used to be, you know?”

Rep. Precourt, have you seen the Monkees movie?

Florida bill to reward ‘family-friendly’ films is derided as 1950s-style moral censorship [Palm Beach Post, via ThinkProgress]

It just doesn’t get any better than this:

In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.

No, really. It doesn’t. Trust us.

Leviathans may battle in remote depths [LAT]

Dear gawd, there are enough Best Picture nominees this year to fill an Agatha Christie novel, and nine of them are heading straight for the Death Montage. Instead of announcing the winner, could Christoph Waltz pick off the losers one by one? Because that would be cool.

But instead of the Grand Guignolian delights of a Tarantino-produced ceremony, we’re stuck with the one we have, so let’s raise the flaming curtain on our Open Thread/Twist Ending. If you’re not watching in 3-D, you’re not drinking enough.

From: Walt Baker [CEO, Tennessee Hospitality Association]
Date: March 4, 2010 9:18:29 PM CST

Quoting Larry the Cable Guy…I don’t care who you are, this is funny…

I was at the store yesterday, and I ran into Tarzan! I asked him how it was going and if he was into anymore movies.



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No, it’s not what you think it is. I meant to blog on this a while back, but, well, I didn’t.

The Japanese were accused of aping car designs not their own years ago, and now it’s China’s turn to rip off its competitors.  China, however has taken it to a whole new level.  How about this fake Roller?

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[WaPo]

Title: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

Author: Seth Grahame-Smith

Rank: 28

Blurb: “While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years.”

Review: “Forgive me for judging a book by its cover, but this book is ridiculous! Any decent minded American would know that this is an insult to Abe Lincoln and everything he stood for.”

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