Lauren Davis's discussions

It works fine. I'm just trying to figure out if this is his everyday outfit or a battle-ready suit. Most of the artist renderings I've seen of Thranduil tend to use green as the central color, with silver as the trim. Perhaps this is emphasizing his royal status, though. Read more

Were there any special rules about staying in character? Read more

What turned you off about it? Read more

Princess culture — especially of the Disneyfied variety — is part of our fan culture. The expression of the perfect magical girl is a huge, huge component of that, which is why it's so fascinating to see her talk about not being allowed to say "no" to children and making it look like she has stepped fully formed from… Read more

I think the point was to make it clear where the old photos end and the new ones begin. Read more

Everyone around me keeps peeking at the horses. They seem to hit the destruction home in a way inanimate matter can't. Read more

Yes, yes, yes to Wade Watts! I totally forgot he dropped out during the hunt. Read more

True. It is up to each person to define his or her success. Read more

Yes, but he was quite successful in the meantime. Read more

I have this book! All part of my master plan... Read more

That's an excellent thought! I'm sure some private enterprise is already working something up with the insurance companies. Read more

I expected a bit less shiny too, but I have similar feelings about Lee Pace. Read more

I meant critically rather than financially, but discusses of finances for independently produced movies are very useful. Read more

The pioneering spirit is definitely a great, powerful thing. The inspiration behind this post is that some commenters who backed "Iron Sky" complained that they didn't like it. It's understandable that some people would be gun shy about crowdfunding after backing a project they were ultimately disappointed in. I just… Read more

All excellent points. We're certainly entering an era where people can feel "invested" in a movie in a different way. It's helpful to talk about what our goals are as crowdfunders and what we want to see come out of crowdfunded films. There's no way that they're always going to be perfect, but we can take each film as… Read more

That's certainly part of it, but for a lot of us who are interested in crowdfunding, this is new territory. It can help to have an experienced guiding hand. Read more

This isn't about financial failure. It's about consumers backing a movie and then being disappointed in the product they funded. Read more

My point wasn't about the movie's financials. It wasn't that it financially bombed; it's that it critically bombed. We've heard from a lot of commenters who helped fund "Iron Sky" and were disappointed that they didn't enjoy it. The question is, if you funded a movie that wasn't very good (regardless of how it did in… Read more

That's an excellent point. Raising the entire €7.6 budget would have been quite a feat. Many movies, though, ask for crowdfunded dollars for post-production and distribution. The key thing is that the crowdfunding gave a lot of folks a sense of ownership (even if not actual ownership) in "Iron Sky," and it's… Read more

NASA has one that might suffice: