Which one?

io9 has a really terrific article up on race & SF (specifically Avatar): [link]

See also: I Hated 'Avatar' With The Fire Of A Thousand Suns.

He will also take the “best” woman, the noblest, the highest born, the smartest, whose token resistance will dwindle its sorry way from faux-contempt to near-drooling adoration in a matter of days. Her former man will die, and her father will, too; her whole civilization will lie in ruins. She will pretty much get down on her knees to thank this white man, anyway.

Notice how nobody—not the Marines, not the brilliant scientist, not the wise blue natives—can make a single successful move without this white guy. They are all completely powerless and vulnerable until he comes along with his fake self-deprecation and his blunt, forceful manner and his great big muscles. Pathetic. I can’t believe more people aren’t all grossed out, here.

Which one?

I was trying to recall just that, Jon. I think it was Sandy West. I have a vague memory of her referring to a "Sandy" but dang, it's been decades. And she understandably wanted to make sure that none of us students knew anything about it. I only know because my mom was good friends with many of the teachers, so she was over at our house one day and mentioned it.

I was going to bitch that The Book of Eli had flown entirely under my radar (I just bumped into the trailer doing my periodic Apple TV trailer review), but then I realised I've had pics of Denzel up on one of my sites from it since September. I just never knew where they'd come from.

So I'm back around to bitching. Have I just been skipping the ads on TiVo? The trailer totally looks like something I'd rewind for, Mila Kunis notwithstanding. Or is it flying close to the ground because it's supposed to be a turkey (I haven't seen much analysis of it, bar one site that called it Denzel's version of The Postman, which isn't good--but they sounded very amused with themselves)?

Given that they're releasing it in January, it doesn't seem like a good sign.

If pics from it have been available since September, that's especially not a good sign.

I get the Avatar hate from that article, but if you approach it like it's a pulp story from the 1930s - 1950s, it's actually stunningly fair to women. They have agency, and are not in refrigerators.

French long trailer for Inception.

It occurs to me that Christopher Nolan may supplant Ang Lee for the position of my favourite director. Until he makes a Hulk- shaped misstep.

Intriguing NYT review on Police, Adjective - a Romanian crime procedural with an emphasis on grammar.