On the Future of CBC and Canadian Movies

Crossposted from welovethecbc.

If I understood the quotes correctly, the implication here is that Sturla Gunnarsson wants CBC to take over Telefilm Canada's work...?

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/movie-guide/have+story+have+country/9422614/story.html

If my interpretation is the correct one - no guarantees on this! - is that an idea that makes sense?

Colourist Appreciation Day 2014

Giving thanks for the part played by that branch of the comic book artists' community today!

Pleasant Surprises: NYPL Labs

The idea that a public library anywhere on this planet has an R & D arm is a Pleasant Surprise.

http://www.nypl.org/collections/labs

Marvel: Agent Carter, Vancouver and Location Shoot Practicalities

I don't know if anyone reading this LJ these days lives in Vancouver, but it would be good if some of you do, as such readers will be able to give an informed answer on this one. Read this link first:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/HulkstaTheatre/news/?a=93351

If that linkage is truth, then there's a concern I have. Can they find enough exterior locations of the right age range of sufficient diversity of purpose - housing, commercial sites, and so on - to make that work? I know that CGI set extension wonders can be worked with an astonishing degree of regularity nowadays, but the cost is still an ongoing concern for any production. And if the series in question is Agent Carter, then this is going to be a "period piece" series, set in the late 1940's...