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		<title>Ridley, Russell, and Robin Hood</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2010/05/ridley-russell-and-robin-hood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The critical reaction to the new movie Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe in the title role, has been decidedly mixed. It averages a mere 45% from critics compiled on RottenTomatoes.com, many of whom seem to have been cribbing from the same notes. They complain of the movie&#8217;s 140-minute length (apparently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two films that do not restore your faith in humanity</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/09/two-films-that-do-not-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Side note for my countless loyal fans (well, I haven&#8217;t counted &#8216;em, anyway):  today marks the one-year anniversary of my launch of this blog, and this is the 173rd post I&#8217;ve published in that time. Total cumulative visits to date are nearing 16,000. Not earth-shaking, but not a bad track record, I hope!&#8230;
&#8212;
Anyway. Today&#8217;s topic. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battlestar Galactica finale</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know that it was broadcast months ago&#8230; but I&#8217;ve been following BSG on DVD, and the second half of season four was just recently released. I watched it over the last week or so, culminating in the extended, nearly three-hour version of the finale just a couple of nights ago.
I discovered my reactions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why am I still a Star Trek fan?</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/05/why-am-i-still-a-star-trek-fan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My reaction to the new Star Trek movie led me to ask myself this unavoidable question. Yes, it&#8217;s certainly received a warm response—96% on the Tomatometer (which is phenomenal, even allowing that they inevitably mis-count some reviews like, e.g., the negative J.R. Jones piece I linked the other day) and a $76 million weekend box office—but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Star Trek XI</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/05/more-on-star-trek-xi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 22:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short version of my previous post:  I really didn&#8217;t like the movie. To me, it not only doesn&#8217;t work as Star Trek, it just doesn&#8217;t work as a movie, period. It has Big Stupid Summer Action Blockbuster in its very cinematic DNA. 
Lots of fans seem to be embracing it, though. Ironically, I could do worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J.J. Abrams&#8217; Star Trek: boldly going nowhere particularly interesting</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/05/jj-abrams-star-trek-boldly-going-nowhere-particularly-interesting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight was the opening of the new Star Trek movie. With IMAX tickets booked well in advance, my girlfriend and I and some friends went out for dinner and conversation, then joined an enthusiastic audience for the long-awaited and much-publicized film. It was a lovely spring evening, and overall we had a good time.
I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolverine: the franchise continues</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/05/wolverine-the-franchise-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s not a film that was really crying out to be made, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is at least a better picture than was 2006&#8217;s muddled and disappointing X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Hugh Jackman returns to his breakout role with evident sincerity, bringing every bit of actorly dedication the story and the character can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the opposite of jumping the shark?</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/whats-the-opposite-of-jumping-the-shark/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/whats-the-opposite-of-jumping-the-shark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joss Whedon&#8217;s new TV series Dollhouse got off to an uneven start, as I wrote shortly after the premiere. The show&#8217;s quixotic concept seemed promising but underdeveloped, and the Fox network had reportedly interfered with the show creatively. The first few episodes seemed like a very slow build, focusing on the kind of &#8220;engagement of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four key ingredients of good fiction</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/four-key-ingredients-of-good-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my personal opinion, naturally. YMMV. If this were in any way authoritative, it would have been carved in stone by a finger of flame.
But I have been pondering, of late, the sort of things I like to read and watch, and I find myself mulling over some commonalities. There seem to be four recurring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The reactions to WATCHMEN: a study in contrasts</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/the-reactions-to-watchmen-a-study-in-contrasts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/the-reactions-to-watchmen-a-study-in-contrasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reviews of the movie Watchmen have been mixed: 65% positive on Rotten Tomatoes, for instance, and 56% positive on Metacritic. That&#8217;s not as uniformly negative as the secondhand buzz might indicate, but this is perhaps because the most prominent &#8220;establishment media&#8221; reviews have leaned toward the negative side:  e.g., Anthony Lane&#8217;s in The New Yorker, [...]]]></description>
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