First, the best thing I’ve read on The Chair is Karen Tongson’s piece. Go read it now if you haven’t. We finished The Chair last night and since every academic in my social media feed has a take, here are my hot takes. No spoilers. 1. I still think the most interesting campus drama would …
Category Archives: Television
Locked-Down Reviews: TV
Okay, we’re here for awhile. I’m going to start reviewing stuff. The usual caveats apply. My tastes aren’t yours, they might suck to you and certainly cannot withstand political scrutiny. Today is television shows. There are minor spoilers included but nothing that would ruin it for me if it was the other way around. There …
TV vs. Movies, Part 3000
Steven Rubio has a great post about a review of the new Star Trek movie that criticizes it for aspiring to being a television show (whatever the film’s flaws, I would be surprised if this were its problem). His objection is that the writer still assumes television is a vast wasteland while movies are still …
That’s what happens when I make promises. . .
. . .that I can’t keep. But it’s been quite a couple weeks, as we’ve gone from lizard. . . > (on the grounds of the resort where we were staying)… …to yet another blizzard, this one putting us within 30cm of the all-time record for snowfall. Here’s a pic of where we would have …
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Needed: TV Recommendations
In a couple weeks Carrie and I will be in Mexico for a much needed vacation for a week. We will spend our days in the sun by the pool or listening to the ocean, and our nights watching TV on DVD (or off BitTorrent). Okay, there will also probably be tourism and shopping. What …
Chuck Norris in HD
One other thing. Strange as it may sound to those who don’t own HDTVs, HD sets have a feature that stretches the edges of a regular 4:3 image to fill the entire screen. Most viewers I know leave this on even though it can be shut off. When Chuck Norris was standing next to Mike …
Midweek Update
Allofmp3.com, R.I.P. I think I still had $5 in my account there. Why 1967 wasn’t as awesome as boomers say it was.