Hey Guys, great podcast again; thanks for addressing my comments over the last few weeks! You're awesome! I don't have a comment this week but I wanted to throw out a possibility for a future topic.

I just had my history of film exam and in exploring all those classic masterpieces, I starting thinking.

There seem to be so many highly touted films from the 30's-70's...but many like most great art, were not appreciated at the time.

So I pose the question, what films from the 90's and 00's will be 'masterpieces' in 50 years? Will it be the big films? Ones that nobody suspected would last? Or maybe the age of the masterpiece is over and Hollywood has passed its golden age. And will all those films from the 40's, 50's, 60's be forgotten in time and lost to obscurity?

I would really like to hear your guys spin on that subject. Regardless, can't wait until next weeks podcast.

Cheers, Simon

Wow. Just listened to your trailer podcast. It's nice to know that film journalism (especially that with a veneer of "indie" cred) can drop even lower. Most journalists, even critics, when they have questions about a film, do some homework to find out a little more about their subject to bring to their audience. But why bother when you can just spew completely unconsidered opinions about films you have never seen. And how fascinating to hear why a trailer might (or might not) want to make you personally see a film. Why bother with a film review, when I can get someone to review the trailer. It's wonderful that feigned authority, ignorance and laziness can still fill in for actual thought and research. Bravo.

Hey Guys,

Great podcast this week. Just a quick comment regarding the trailers. When I saw the trailer for Public Enemies, I overheard someone next to me say that it looked weird. I think he literally meant it "looked" weird. Seeing as it's shot on digital and not film, I think it's interesting specifically because it looks so different. I can't think of another period film from that far in the past shot on digital. The look of it, as well as my love of all thing Michael Mann, definitely has me excited to go see it.

Thanks,

Don LaFontaine king of the voiceover. R.I.P. September 1, 2008.

Don LaFontaine website:
http://www.donlafontaine.com/DLF2007/Index.html

Don LaFontaine soundboard:
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Don_LaFontaine_audio.aspx

Some tributes:
"In a world where Don LaFontaine will no longer be doing voiceovers"
http://wizarduniverse.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=25954&st=0&start=0

"In a world of movie trailers, Don LaFontaine was king"
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/09/02/don-lafontaine-obit.html

My favorite of these: an article about Don LaFontaine being snubbed by the Academy during the "In Memorium" portion of the Oscar's:
http://www.cinematical.com/2009/02/24/oscars-biggest-snub-not-honoring-don-lafontaine/

BTW; While I may be in alone in thinking that "In Memorium" is the best part of the Oscar's, you should use at as inspiration for a podcast next season...
"In a world of film-related podcasts..."