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DAILY WRITING PROMPT: WHAT MAKES YOU NERVOUS? #loadedquestion #dailyprompt #sociology

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#LoadedQuestion: What movies beyond #MaryPoppins deserve a rethink of their official ratings? (The 1964 film has been reclassified, more restrictively, in the UK due to "discriminatory language.")

Discuss:

https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/02/loaded-question-what-movies-beyond-mary-poppins-deserve-a-rethink-of-their-official-ratings.html

#LoadedQuestion: What location, specific or general, inevitably makes you think of a line of movie dialogue?

Share: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/02/loaded-question-what-location-specific-or-general-inevitably-makes-you-think-of-a-line-of-movie-dialogue.html

#LoadedQuestion: What are your memories of #StarWars #ThePhantomMenace as we approach its 25th anniversary?

Nerd out: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/02/loaded-question-what-are-your-memories-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace-as-we-approach-its-25th-anniversary.html

#LoadedQuestion: What’s an article of clothing from movies/TV that you covet?

And would you actually wear it?

Discuss:

https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/02/loaded-question-whats-an-article-of-clothing-from-movies-tv-that-you-covet.html

#LoadedQuestion: What’s a notion you hold about pop culture (movies, TV, comics, whatev) that you know is unreasonable but can’t shake?

(Click through for mine, which is genuinely absurd.)

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/01/loaded-question-whats-a-notion-you-hold-about-pop-culture-movies-tv-comics-whatev-that-you-know-is-unreasonable-but-cant-shake.html

#LoadedQuestion: Are the #Razzies — or any discussion about the worst films in any given year — worth our time?

https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/01/loaded-question-are-the-razzies-or-any-discussion-about-the-worst-films-in-any-given-year-worth-our-time.html

#LoadedQuestion: What 2023 movie was the worst you saw? https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/01/loaded-question-what-2023-movie-was-the-worst-you-saw.html

#LoadedQuestion: Are American moviegoers getting more comfortable with subtitled films? (#GodzillaMinusOne and #TheBoyAndTheHeron are breaking US box-office records for non-English-language movies, and aren't done yet.)

Discuss:

https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2024/01/loaded-question-are-american-moviegoers-getting-more-comfortable-with-subtitled-films.html

#LoadedQuestion: How could the McAllisters afford that house and that Paris trip in #HomeAlone?

Obviously, Kevin’s dad is either in finance or in the mafia, but those are boring answers to the question.

So: Wrong answers only. Cuz that’s just more fun.

https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/12/loaded-question-how-could-the-mcallisters-afford-that-house-and-that-paris-trip-in-home-alone-wrong-answers-only.html

#LoadedQuestion: Are three-hour-plus movies damaging to the overall entertainment environment?

French filmmaker Céline Sciamma believes so, but it is more complicated than that?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/12/loaded-question-are-three-hour-plus-movies-damaging-to-the-overall-entertainment-environment.html

#LoadedQuestion: What’s a perfect cosy movie for long dark winter evenings?

I love the hygge of this time of year: candles, warm drinks, snuggling under a blanket watching films. But which films to watch?

Give me ideas: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/11/loaded-question-whats-a-perfect-cosy-movie-for-long-dark-winter-evenings.html

#LoadedQuestion: What is your secret pop-culture shame?

Maybe you think the Beatles are overrated. Does your wardrobe consist entirely of 1980s hair-band concert T-shirts? Perhaps you’re addicted to going to breakfast-cereal themed cafés.

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/11/loaded-question-what-is-your-secret-pop-culture-shame.html

Why does my < 1 year old MacBook Air completely lock up and restart multiple times per day? #loadedquestion

#LoadedQuestion: Do you remember how you filled your time before smartphones?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/11/loaded-question-do-you-remember-how-you-filled-your-time-before-smartphones.html

#LoadedQuestion: What are the best movies about resistance to oppression, repression, and colonialism?

Apropos of, oh, nothing at all that might be in the news at the moment (#FreePalestine!).

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/11/loaded-question-what-are-the-best-movies-about-resistance-to-oppression-repression-and-colonialism.html

#LoadedQuestion: What’s the scariest scene ever in a movie that isn’t considered horror?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/10/loaded-question-whats-the-scariest-scene-ever-in-a-movie-that-isnt-considered-horror.html

#LoadedQuestion: What’s a music album that you fear not enough people realize is perfect? (Expanding the entertainment conversation beyond movies, though obviously you can pick a film score or compilation soundtrack if you like.) Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/10/loaded-question-whats-a-music-album-that-you-fear-not-enough-people-realize-is-perfect.html

#LoadedQuestion: What are the all-time great movie endings? (A deceptively simple question, but consider this: what makes a great ending?)

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/10/loaded-question-what-are-the-all-time-great-movie-endings.html

#LoadedQuestion: How do we reinvent cinema in the streaming age? What might reinvented cinema look like? What kinds of stories might cinema tell that it hasn’t been in recent years, or ever? Where do we go from here? (Posed by Martin Scorsese at London Film Festival this weekend.) #LFF2023

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/10/loaded-question-how-to-do-we-reinvent-cinema-in-the-streaming-age.html

#LoadedQuestion: What young actor (of any gender) working today could be the next great action star? (I honestly cannot think of anyone who could carry on the tradition of the 80s stars.)

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/10/loaded-question-what-young-actor-of-any-gender-working-today-could-be-the-next-great-action-star.html

#LoadedQuestion: Who’s your favorite film director, and why?

Spill: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/09/loaded-question-whos-your-favorite-film-director-and-why.html

#LoadedQuestion: What’s your dream actor/director pairing, and what kind of movie would they make?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/09/loaded-question-whats-your-dream-actor-director-pairing-and-what-kind-of-movie-would-they-make.html

#LoadedQuestion: What are some great movies about underappreciated women in history? And why aren’t there more of them? (We know why. 🙄) Do you know of a historical woman most of us have never heard of whom you’d love to see a movie about?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/09/loaded-question-what-are-some-great-movies-about-underappreciated-women-in-history.html

#LoadedQuestion: What are some great movies about unions and the fight for workers’ rights? #LaborDay

Agitate: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/09/loaded-question-what-are-some-great-movies-about-unions-and-the-fight-for-workers-rights.html

#LoadedQuestion: What bit of pop culture (movies, TV, books, comics, games, whatever) best captures the feeling of being disconnected with the larger world? (Cory Doctorow’s 2004 novel #EasternStandardTribe speaks to me, as an American expat.) Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/08/loaded-question-what-bit-of-pop-culture-movies-tv-books-comics-games-whatever-best-captures-the-feeling-of-being-disconnected-with-the-larger-world.html

#LoadedQuestion: What location-specific cultural event would you love to travel to?

I’ll get to @edfringe someday. Maybe you’re burning to attend Burning Man in Nevada, hopped up for Oktoberfest in Germany, or down to boogie at Carnival in Rio?)

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/08/loaded-question-what-location-specific-cultural-event-would-you-love-to-travel-to.html

#LoadedQuestion: What death scene from a movie or TV show haunts you?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/08/loaded-question-what-death-scene-from-a-movie-or-tv-show-haunts-you.html

#LoadedQuestion: What are the greatest one-word catchphrases in pop-culture history?

Discuss: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/08/loaded-question-what-are-the-greatest-one-word-catchphrases-in-pop-culture-history.html

#LoadedQuestion: Is IMAX worth the premium upgrade?

https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/08/loaded-question-is-imax-worth-the-premium-upgrade.html