Feedback from our readers
'Plane' Views
I was amused when I first heard that a movie called Snakes on a Planewas in production. But after months of near-weekly updates and now a
cover story, I'd like to paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson: ''I've had it with
these @#!**%#@! articles about this @#!**%#@! film!'' If Poseidon had
been titled Water in a Cruise Ship, it still would have been incoherent.
Clever titles are fine, but how about some clever scripts?
Adam Richter
New City, N.Y.
I accidentally threw my latest issue in the trash. I thought about
letting it go, but once I peeked inside the bin and saw Samuel L.
Jackson smiling back at me among the banana peels and coffee filters, I
had to go in after it. Just thought you'd like to know that you made an
issue worthy enough for me to spend the rest of my afternoon reeking of
a faint garbage smell.
Annie Whitlock
Zeeland, Mich.
MTV Memories
I came of age with MTV and it makes me sad to realize how irrelevant the
network has become in the age of YouTube, iPods, and other new media
(''MTV Turns 25''). MTV revolutionized the music industry, but it no
longer provides an opportunity for new artists to be discovered, or
established ones to reinvent their music. It is chock-full of
mind-numbing reality programming. I would happily tune in to MTV to
watch ''music television.''
Adam Norris
Los Angeles
Another MTV milestone left off your timeline was the 1985 debut of the
''We Are the World'' video. I remember being in awe of the number of
artists who humbly united for this project. This was a major moment in
which pop music and social awareness came together to change the world.
Tim Sandifer
Godfrey, Ill.
Mr. Pitch Perfect
Fascinating story about Bob Kosberg, the Pitch King (''They Call Him Mr.
Pitch''). Someone should pitch his story, a guy that lives on his own
adrenaline, filled to bursting with concepts and story ideas, a land
shark of creative energy. It would be like The Purple Rose of Cairomeets Glengarry Glen Ross. Are you listening, Charlie Kaufman?
Greg Shepard
Eureka, Calif.
Aging Ungracefully?
Thankfully, I'm not the only one fed up with the witless boy-wonders
passing as comedic actors that are Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, and Owen
Wilson (News & Notes). Now, if you had included Ben Stiller, Rob
Schneider, and Adam Sandler (Click, anyone?) on this list of heinous
crimes against comedy, I would have given you two arms up for a
touchdown.
Kate Yorga
Toronto
Dear Men of Hollywood, especially those named Vaughn, Ferrell, or
Wilson: Once upon a time, Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, and Tom Hanks were
''doofy and juvenile'' too. Now they've grown up into dour, humorless
actors who make ''important films.'' Please, never grow up.
Caroline Kenney
Arlington, Va.
'Sunshine' Bright
I completely disagree with Mr. Gleiberman's review of Little Miss
Sunshine (Movies). EW hasn't been this far off base since Fight Club was
given a D. Of course, years later you named Fight Club No. 1 on your 50
Essential DVDs list and it currently ranks No. 32 among the
highest-rated films as voted by users on IMDb.com. I have no doubt that
Little Miss Sunshine will continue to charm audiences as it opens in
more theaters around the country.
Jennifer Spaulding
New York City
EIGHT
Number of readers who disagreed with the denouncement of juvenile-acting
guys in our Public Service Announcement
ONE
Number of readers who requested a poster-size version of our Snakes on a Plane cover to hang on her wall
OBSESSIVE FANS OF THE WEEK!
Jack Rabbit Slim's. Those three words clinched the championship for Jodi Roth, Alexandra Clark, and Mason Spencer at the first World Series of Pop Culture, from VH1 and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. Their team, El Chupacabra, beat 15 others for the title — and the $250,000 prize. ''My bank account is going to be very happy,'' says Roth. ''I'll no longer have credit card debt!'' FYI, less pop culture-savvy peeps, the winning answer is to the question ''What is the name of the 1950s-themed restaurant where Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace have dinner in Pulp Fiction?''
