MTV:

The former MTV.com movie reviewer recently sat down for a chat to promote the book, currently in stores. Though he didn’t change his opinions in the reviews since he wrote them, Loder did admit that his personal opinions of some of the biggest films of the past decade have changed with time. Let’s just say he might regret a thing or two he said about “The Dark Knight” when it was first released.

“I’ve definitely changed my mind about ‘The Dark Knight,’ which I was not really impressed with and now I think is one of the great movies. Just a great, great movie,” he said. 

“The Dark Knight” isn’t the only film he changed his mind about, and some of those reviews he opted to leave out of the book to avoid confusion. Loder said he really loved “Watchmen” when it was first released, but later it came to leave a bad taste in his mouth. In fact, he ended up disliking the film so much that it ended up coloring his opinion of the graphic novel it’s based on, which says a lot because he’s a self-professed Alan Moore fan. So he decided to leave the “Watchmen” review out of his book because his changed opinion would take too long to explain.

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“In fifteen minutes, everyone will be famous.” —Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol also spoke that jewel of wisdom, presumably demonstrating a sense of humor in referring to his most famous quote.  Or was it, perhaps, prescient, albeit unintended foreknowledge?  Pity he’s not around to toy with Twitter.

Bridge as visual metaphor, Media as bridge, Pittsburgh.

Looking back at Part 1, we considered a couple of insights into Andy’s Pop Life with the aim of solving some problems surrounding Mr. Breitbart’s incisive assertion that conservatives must come to terms with popular culture, and more, use it to advantage, or fail catastrophically in countering the negative effects of said culture and restoring public confidence in fundamental ideals.  Narcissism, amorality, and an attitude of entitlement, as examples, speak poorly to the future of democracy, while the virtues of valuing others, the practice of ethical discernment and choice, and the elevating ideas of individual liberty and self-reliance are greatly to be desired in the body politic, and traditionally set America apart from typical “statist” governments around the world.  Evidence abounds of the former set of attitudes in common currency as reflected in pop culture; the latter set, highly prized by conservatives, goes sorely wanting for attention in movies, TV, music, etc. (more…)