2:48 PM
Movies, media, and television links. The non broadband-enabled should beware, but here we go:

An excellent post on MeFi a couple weeks ago about the history and mystery of the Wilhelm scream (be sure to download the movie) led me to Hollywood Lost and Found, where I came across some great articles from the creation of sound effects for Robocop to great behind the scenes photos from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

On the topic of movies--The Lord of the Rings...as made by Howard Hawks in the 1950s. And from there, if you didn't see Glenn's link last week in the comments, be sure to check out Starship Exeter, quite possibly the most ambitious fanfilm ever made.

Finally, Lisa Rein was kind enough to digitize the Daily Show's terrific bit called "So You're Living in a Police State" and release it to the web. Great stuff. In a time where one constantly suspects that the news is actually propaganda, it's nice to see something that's at least clearly counterprop.