Archive for June, 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
TED talk with J.J. Abrams
Being fans of both the excellent series of TED talks as well as of J.J. Abrams, the creator of Lost and Alias, we were happy to re-stumble on this inspirational and entertaining 2007 presentation about the concept of the “mystery box.”
No Comments » - Posted in Movies, Oldies But Goodies, Shorts, Television, Video by Barb Dybwad
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
What’s new on the wiki?
Legion of Geek recommendations:
Alias [in the Geek Guide to TV]
Mutant Storm Empire [in Best XBLA Games]
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [in the Film Library]
First time director Kerry Conran spent four years filming against a bluescreen in his living room to produce a black and white teaser trailer for Sky Captain with his Macintosh [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Games, Movies, Television by Barb Dybwad
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Damn, fine coffee! Twin Peaks on Fancast.com.
Twin Peaks is available for your online viewing pleasure over at Fancast.com! The landmark show does a lot right (and also has its share of misses) but above all, it creates the most unique atmosphere I’ve ever encountered in a TV series. From the opening notes and images of the beautifully simple main [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Internetz, Television by John Antonino
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Why did SciFi Channel bitchslap Charlie Jade into the scheduling graveyard?
The other week, parallel-universe jumping Charlie Jade premiered as part of SciFi Channel’s Friday night line up. Paired with a revitalized Doctor Who and ever more engrossing Battlestar Galactica, what could go wrong? Well, let’s see. They didn’t promote it on air. The webpage on the SciFi.com site for the show was a single static [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Television by Dan O'Halloran
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Yub Nub, Babershop Quartet Style!
I referenced the Yub Nub song in a recent BSG post and got this link in return from a friend. It’ll take you back to a simpler, happier time in America as well as to a simpler, happier time in the Star Wars triology (that’s right I consider Yub Nub superior to the world [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Video by John Antonino
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
BSG: “Revelations” - Highlights And Lowlights.
FEATURE
The mid-season finale has come and gone, and BSG fans have a lot to think about until its return in January of ‘09. But first, let’s take a look at what went down in the last episode “Revelations”. As always, this contains SPOILERS as well as some speculation as to what we might [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Features, Television by John Antonino
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Upcoming releases: Wanted
[UPDATED: Moved the embedded trailer after the break to avoid the nasty auto-play on the front page.]
Having been fortunate enough to catch a scene from the forthcoming badass supervillain assassin flick, Wanted, at WonderCon earlier this year, it’s fairly safe to say we’re looking forward to its upcoming June 27 release. Starring James McAvoy, Angelina [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Comics, Movies, Trailers, Video by Barb Dybwad
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Little Johnny Connor has himself a new girlfriend
The second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has begun shooting and the cast additions just keep on coming. First, we heard about Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson had joined the show. Now, word on the street is that John Connor is getting himself a love interest. Actress Leven Rambin, lately of All of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Television by Dan O'Halloran
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Fox, Fringe and videotape
Fox has released a video of J.J. Abrams talking about his new its-not-the-X-Files- dammit series, Fringe, coming this Fall. Mostly he talks about the three lead roles and how each actor is perfect for that role. Let’s go down the list: beautiful and brainy female lead? Check. Brilliant, yet sarcastic male lead? Check. Untrustworthy and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Television, Video by Dan O'Halloran
Monday, June 16th, 2008
AP trying to redefine Fair Use?
The Associated Press has sent 7 DMCA takedown notices to The Drudge Retort, a social news-type portal riffing on The Drudge Report, for alleged copyright violation by the usage of story headlines and short excerpts (including ample linkage back to the original articles). The Drudge Retort works much like digg, Mixx or Reddit in highlighting [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Features, Internetz, Tech by Barb Dybwad
