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This is the story of Johnny Rotten…

I’m watching Jeopardy right now, and there’s a category on popular music. One of the clues asked for the name of the pistol-themed band formed by former Guns N’Roses members. Now, even if you didn’t know it was Velvet Revolver, even if you didn’t really know much of anything about popular music, would you have guessed the Sex Pistols?

Heather was one of the first supporters of Kaleidotrope, so it seems only fair that I should do a little of the same for her new endeavor, Project Paper Crane. The way it works is pretty simple:

  1. Send an email Project Paper Crane. Name and address, please.
  2. Wait for said crane to arrive (it may take a while).
  3. Email a picture of your crane when it arrives.

I’m going to take part and maybe donate a little folding money — get it? it’s origami, so folding money’s a pun…? It’s…oh, never mind. Just go, get a crane.

A.O. Scott:

What better way for filmmakers and executives to pay sincere tribute to the cartoons they grew up on — and to hold on to a fading vision of the good old days — than to turn memorable television into forgettable cinema? They don’t necessarily set out to do so. They just can’t help themselves.

I just want to say, right off the bat, that I thoroughly enjoyed Grindhouse. It is what it is, an homage to bad ’70s schlock, and it’s genuinely fun, even when it’s genuinely bad. But c’mon, Grindhouse 2? The first is all but dead at the box office.