General Discussion

So last week I wrote a blog post asking what we as a community here should do in honor of the Avengers coming out, and I was really impressed with the results. We had wiki task being taken left and right, we had blog post all over the place about the movie, and we proved that even if the old Screened crew is gone this site can continue on thanks to us.

So this week I'm asking, what should we do now? Summer is the biggest time of the year for moviegoers, so what is the next film or next event we should plan things around? Leave your brainstormings below and thanks again to everyone in the community that keeps this site going.

I feel like I'mma contribute, do blogs and write up reviews on shit that be good.

I have a camera, so if I make any videos relating to film that are any good - I'll post them up, but I'm nothing special on that front. If anyone wants to do some kind of screened community summer movie podcast, I am so down.

Here are some of my ideas:

Brave is coming out and everyone loves Pixar movies (the cars franchise is debatable). We could edit the previous Pixar films and fill up the Pixar page.

Tim Burton is releasing Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie. We could also edit his previous movies, especially Frankenweenie for those who did not see the original.

We could also do a 100+ question quiz on movies, with the winner receiving a prize (like a poster or internet fame/spotlight) We could also do the same for fan art, where people submit their drawings on a thread and someone judges the drawings.

So far this is what I have. Hopefully there is more to come.

I feel like Avengers is something of an anomaly in that it's a summer movie that doesn't feel like a giant insulting piece of garbage. Easy to rally around this, but is anyone going to organize concentrated support for a movie like Battleship? God, I hope not.

That's mostly just me being cynical, probably, but it's food for thought. My features are sadly planned out a little too far in advance to shake them up with new things now, but I do still have my look at the Alien movies every other Friday leading up to Prometheus.

@Tylea002: I'm totally down with the podcast idea, I'm already working on something along those lines.

@Acura_Max: I love this idea about doing some kind of a 100 question quiz.

@obscurefan: I just saw that other thread.

COLOUR ME EXCITED.

I think a community podcast is certainly the most feasible idea. If gangly can come through on the video stuff that could be really great as well.

I'll do my best to keep up with the wiki tasks to ensure everyone is involved with every part of Screened.

I'll start it off by putting together a list of all the big releases coming out this summer, let me know which ones you guys want to do something around.

May -

• Dark Shadows
• Battleship
• The Dictator
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Men in Black III

June -

• Piranha 3DD
• Snow White and the Huntsman
• Madagascar 3
• Prometheus
• Rock of Ages
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• Brave
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
• GI Joe: Retaliation
• Tyler Perry's... you know what let's just get to July

July -

• The Amazing Spider-Man
• Ted
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Neighborhood Watch

August -

• The Bourne Legacy
• Total Recall
• The Campaign
• The Expendables 2
• ParaNorman
• Premium Rush
• Lawless

There are other films coming out this summer, but these are the ones that I thought were particularly worth noting because either they looked good, looked like they'd be big and make some news, or looked like they might be disappointing to the point that it was worth noting.

So start picking off any you guys want to do something around or throw in some other ones you think are worth noting.

It's really exciting to see the community of Screened keep things going and continue on the values that makes Screened what it is.