If you remember from last week, the upcoming Mega-Bad Movie Night will be featuring the 1954 sci-fi hit Them! In preparation for the film, we had decided to take a look at a simple powerpoint presentation that gave an overview of what a MBMN entails, and what will be happening in the upcoming months, etc. It was my task, to take this powerpoint and spice it up a bit. In order to do so, last week I had begun to use the program Prezi for the first time in my professional experience. Putting together half of the presentation, this gave Jill the ability to look over the flow of the presentation, and the information I had included. After receiving her feedback, I was able to this week complete the full presentation. What's awesome about Prezi, is that you are doing everything directly connected to the internet, and have the ability to go in and change things at your discretion. Therefore, the template I created for MBMN, can then be updated and changed in a simple and easy process depending on what movies we are screening, and what information we would like to include.
Perhaps one of the best aspects of the MBMN program, is physically having to watch the movies to see if they are appropriate, have enough scientific information to be worth screening, and if it is in fact "bad" enough to fit the criteria. This being said, Jill has done her best to have screenings for Academy staff of any potential and promising movies that may be chosen for a MBMN. This week's film screening, was of Jurassic Park III.
It is pretty awesome that part of a job can consist of watching movies, but the screening of Jurassic Park III is not meant purely for enjoyment, at least on the part of Jill and I. As we screen the films, it is important to look for anything that may be used as commentary, or could benefit the members of the Academy that will be on stage during the actual event. As much as the movie and event is about making people laugh, Jill has always wanted an emphasis on the scientific aspect of the films. Therefore, Jill spends most of the time watching the screenings writing down notes, and trying to find evidence in the films that could be used to prove what is fact and what is fiction, all while incorporating comedy of course.
One final aspect of preparing for a MBMN, is looking up all types of goofs or instances in the movie that people might have proven wrong. For Them! and now Jurassic Park III, this has become a task of mine. For example, "When Grant asks Billy how he would classify the Spinosaurus, Billy says, "It's a super-predator," and immediately suggests Suchomimus. Grant says, "Think bigger," and Billy suggests Baryonyx. In reality, Baryonyx was only about 2/3 the size of Suchomimus, which in turn was only about 2/3 the size of Spinosaurus - not nearly big enough to be a super predator. Regardless of that fact, Billy still got his dinosaur sizes badly out of order."
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