Monthly Archives: June 2008
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
So how is it? There’s a lot of griping out there but I liked it better than the prior one: Bender’s Big Score. I think part of the problem is that shows of this sort do better in shorter episodes. What I loved about this was all the political satire there was. We get skewered the afterlife and being one with God, bad episodes of Star Trek, polygamy, bad movies of Star Trek, and a whole lot more.
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Chinese Democracy
OK. So you all heard that Axl Rose’s oft delayed and tweaked upon album was leaked last week via Bit Torrent. Purely as a reporter and so that I could offer a report to all of you I tracked down said leaked tracks and forced myself to listen to them. Could Axl redeem himself after a horribly embarrassing “comeback” on the MTV Video Awards in 2002? It was hard to say what was worse – an award show for a medium no one used on a network that didn’t even show them or an overweight Axl with shaved eyebrows gasping for breath and missing his cues. Fortunately Brittany Spears made a comeback attempt a few years later making everyone thankfully forget about Axl’s weirdness.
But I digress. So here’s the question. How’s the album?
Every Episode: Is it Worth It?
I’m about to embarrass myself by revealing just how much TV I watch.
I wonder if I’m getting more and more obsessive as I grow older, but more and more I find myself in the grip of an irrational need to watch every episode of a TV show. Read the rest of this entry
Photography Tips Part III: Cool Stuff w/Shutter Speed
This is the third in a series of posts I’m doing about photography. I’m approaching this as if I’m speaking to novices with no knowledge beyond pointing and shooting an automatic camera. In previous posts, I’ve covered composition and aperture/depth of field. This post is about shutter speed and the cool stuff you can do with it. If you don’t know what that means, don’t let it scare you. It’s actually very simple.
Part II: Cool Stuff w/Shutter Speed
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Making Adventure the Old Fashion Way
Great story up at Wired on Nolan shunning digital effects for doing it for real. The Dark Knight is sounding better and better each week. Especially after having to deal with Lucas (yet again). (Although truth be told there were only a few places where the CGI bugged me in The Hulk and Iron Man)
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Death Cab for Kiddies
If you were to hang around with my boys (8 and 4) for long enough, chances are you’d hear them sing the following refrain:
You gotta spend some time, love, you gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you’ll find love, I will possess your heart.
The M. Night Career Trajectory Award
Why does M. Night Shyamalan hate me? Why does he hate himself? Read the rest of this entry
The Roku Netflix Player
I’m horribly unqualified to do a tech review, but I have to tell you I love this thing. Read the rest of this entry
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