Star Trek Into Darkness opened to a four-day domestic weekend of some $80 million. This is a staggering amount of money, yet the movie was characterized as underperforming. Into Darkness did record business overseas (for Star Trek), but its emphasis in fast-moving action after months of hype-through-secrecy left core Trekkies mumbling the Vulcan proverb, “Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining.”

In college I took a film theory class during which I asked the professor if it was true that movies today (circa 1996) had too many close-ups, because directors were familiar with television and music videos. The professor responded with one of the guiding principles of my life: “That may be true, but I try not to beat up on historical change.”

I've posted at the non-film score part of the discussion board, but for those of you who don't know, I have co-written and co-produced a feature film, "Lucky Bastard."

This film features mature subject matter and is not for everyone—it's NSFW but you can view the TRAILER here.

Please check out the new poster at our home page, www.luckybastardmovie.com.

In the meantime, here is a special offer effective today until we say otherwise:

Buy $50 worth of FSM CDs (pre-shipping charges) and get a free gift of one of following 3CD sets:

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That happens to be true. Over the past several years I have written various things (okay, by “things,” I mean screenplays) and tried to go about selling them, making them, building relationships, calling in favors, etc.

As anybody who has tried this can tell you, it is a long, frustrating process, often hopeless, dependent on good luck, an Ed Wood attitude (“My next one will be better!”), and the kindness of strangers.

They are all gone after two weeks.

So we are making more.

I appreciate that many of you might be mad at us for changing our mind. I want to explain very clearly the reason (after the jump).

Or don’t pull a CD out, but take my word for it: they have copyright language with “©[YEAR] Turner Entertainment Co, A Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.” They also have: “Manufactured by Rhino Entertainment Company, 3400 W. Olive Ave, Burbank CA 91505.”

Sorry I didn’t post this sooner but we’re now almost caught up to the present, and some of these titles are so recent that I am still recuperating from their experiences!