Peeps, in honor of the first day of March I have wrote this.

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Harrison Ford to Return for ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Directed by Denis Villeneuve

“Prisoners” director Denis Villeneuve is in negotiations to direct Harrison Ford in the “Blade Runner” sequel for Alcon Entertainment.

The announcement was made on Thursday.

Written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, the “Blade Runner” sequel will take place several decades after the 1982 original.

Ford recently said the second installment’s script was the “best thing he’s ever read.” He will reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the film, which originally took place in a dystopian 2019 Los Angeles.

Further plot details are known.

Ridley Scott will produce the sci-fi thriller alongside Alcon’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

“We are honored that Harrison is joining us on this journey with Denis Villeneuve, who is a singular talent, as we experienced personally on ‘Prisoners,’” Kosove and Johnson said in a joint statement. “Hampton and Michael, with Ridley Scott, have crafted a uniquely potent and faithful sequel to one of the most universally celebrated films of all time, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with this amazing, creative team.”

Cool that it’s several decades later so Ford should look the part. And hopefully the plot will be better than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. And pretty cool that Ridley Scott is producing.

I hadn’t heard about Prisoners but might put it on my list now.

#bladerunner #movies

Peeps, I was shoveling some melting ice from the sidewalk this afternoon and realized that today is March 1st. Woo-hoo!

#photos #springiscoming #weather

Peeps, I had been putting something off on the site until I read Matt Gemmell’s Permalinks article last night. It gave me the mental push I needed. After a few hours of work this morning, I removed all the year and month numbers from the article URLs.

Example:

• Old — tcrbang.com/a/2015/02/peace_out_mr_nimoy_spock/
• New — tcrbang.com/a/peace_out_mr_nimoy_spock/

It’s not huge in the grand scheme of things but there may be a broken link here or there. Maybe in an email from the site. Maybe you click a button and something doesn’t look quite right, etc. Don’t worry, it’ll all get sorted out in the next few days.

One item from the Permalinks article though:

But that won’t work if I have duplicate titles!

Like the doctor said: so don’t do that. Challenge yourself to create brief, unique, effective titles. I have over 1,100 posts on this site, and there aren’t any duplicate titles.

(While you’re at it, shorten your titles, too. Make every word earn its place. You’re going for a timeless, headline-like quality - not the waffly, run-on title of a scientific paper.)

tcrbang.com isn’t out to become the New Yorker but good titles count.

However… There are times when I don’t want to craft a title like a dwarf forging a golden hammer. Maybe the content is short and speaks for itself. Maybe I’m lazy. That’s fine, too. Then I just leave the default date/time stamp as the title.

Of course, there’s no judgement so carry on as usual. Just consider your titles as you consider your articles. :-)

#tcr #animatedGIFs

Cinnamon sugar French toast sticks this morning.. If Maggie asks, how can I refuse?

#photos #frenchtoast

Whiplash (2014 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whiplash is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle based on his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band. The film stars Miles Teller as a student jazz drummer who seeks the respect of an abusive teacher played by J. K. Simmons. It also stars Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist.

Anybody seen it? I’ve always had a sweet spot for Mr. Simmons since he played Vernon Schillinger in Oz.

#movies

Peeps, finally new House of Cards episodes on Netflix.

#photos #tv #houseofcards

Peeps, swing for the fences. Nobody took home the gold for getting to first base.

#protip

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.

“I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.”

#rip #startrek #spock

More: Stanley Kubrick Exhibit at The LACMA

#videos #theshining