movies Archives - Westin Lee https://www.westinlee.com/tag/movies/ Homepage of writer Westin Lee. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:52:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 48931760 ‘AI’ for Professional Writers: Navigating the Circus Part 2 https://www.westinlee.com/2025/02/13/ai-for-writers-2025-part-ii/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:06:52 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=3056 In Part One, we looked at the basic technology underneath modern “artificial intelligence,” along with possible use cases professional writers see across industries. This also lengthy part will explore the business of AI, as well as my favorite developments in the public eye. We’ll finish with some predictions and recommendations, as if my hot takes will be good and valuable.

Again, no one else went to the trouble of writing something like this, so now I have to do it.

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]]> 3056 ‘AI’ for Professional Writers: Navigating the Circus Part 1 https://www.westinlee.com/2025/01/30/ai-for-writers-2025-part-i/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:03:01 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=3032 Here we are in 2025, years into the current generation of AI technology. We’ve been inundated with hype at a scale greater than the last five tech industry hype waves combined. We’ve been told all sorts of great-sounding lines about how revolutionary and inevitable this technology is, especially for creative endeavors like writing.

But is it?

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]]> 3032 Thematic Integrity: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan https://www.westinlee.com/2022/06/07/thematic-integrity-star-trek-ii/ Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:08:00 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=2722 I told a younger friend Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was a good way to jump into the franchise. Then, in a late-night, wine-fueled moment of paranoia, I re-watched the movie to make sure it holds up. Good news: it does. It's a great film. Not as many LED volumes as modern Trek [...]

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]]> 2722 Guardians of the Galaxy: Pop-Culture Han Solos https://www.westinlee.com/2014/08/21/guardians-of-the-galaxy/ Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:41:56 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=1190 Guardians of the Galaxy is good, right? I thought so. Seen it twice. Rocket's my favorite part. So sad and angry and...oddly sweet. Peter Quill reminds me of John Crichton from Farscape, and for good reason: they're both pop-culture spewing, Han Solo types. Crichton isn't a man-child, and Quill isn't as put-upon, but yeah, same [...]

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]]> 1190 Frozen: the Best Line in the Movie https://www.westinlee.com/2014/02/13/frozen-best-line-movie/ Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:06:25 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=938 So, I finally saw Frozen, and I loved it. Disney has had a good run of late. There is a favorite line of mine in Frozen for its ability to explain away magic rules that do not matter in the context of a story. It's a marvelous line that ripples and flares with life the [...]

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]]> 938 Catching Fire and Place https://www.westinlee.com/2013/11/22/catching-fire/ Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:14:31 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=932 I think Catching Fire is really, really good. A marked improvement on the so-so technical execution of movie one. I think it's better than the book on which it is based, even. No, Katniss does not really do anything in this story either, but it's still an entertaining yarn. And this time around she actually [...]

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]]> 932 Return to Elysium and its Big Plot Hole https://www.westinlee.com/2013/10/24/return-to-elysium/ Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:35:11 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=914 I've been getting a lot of comments (for me anyway!) In the Elysium post, I pointed out that in Elysium, rich, smart business people have access to a magical healing technology, and no one is using it on Earth to make money. Or more importantly, that no one sealed this plot hole with a simple [...]

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]]> 914 Batman: Under the Red Hood and getting it wrong https://www.westinlee.com/2013/10/10/batman-red-hood-getting-wrong/ Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:18:11 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=894 First off, I did a quick post on Tumblr about how much I love the Soma teasers. If you like sci-fi, and you like horror...you should go check those videos out. Also, I've revamped the ol' mailing list - if you want exclusive short stories and other goodies from me, stuff not unlike that Soma [...]

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]]> 894 Elysium and That One Plot Hole https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/ https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:23:29 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=825 Man, I love Neill Blomkamp. I am so, so happy he is making movies. Amongst my reasons: when I was working on Companion eight years ago, I imagined a reveal when the characters burst out into the daylight, where the camera flies back to reveal that they are on one roof of a massive grown-together [...]

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]]> https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/feed/ 10 825 The Reasons why Ghostbusters is Popular https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/15/the-reasons-why-ghostbusters-is-popular/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:57:14 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=805 Bill Murray! Post done. Wait, wait. If it's Bill Murray, why are we worshipping Ghostbusters and not Space Jam? I have a two simple theories about maintaining longevity with popular entertainment. This theory encompasses a number of shows, movies and books. That list includes a lot of my favorite entertainment, like Ender's Game, Fight Club, and [...]

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