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Required Daily Viewing
First off, a love song, sung by geeks, gone horribly, horribly awry: Next up, one of the absolute high points in Western action cinema, the car chase sequence from Bullitt: From Web 0 to Web 2.0 in five minutes’ time:…
Ahhh, Memories
It takes a while to get to the good part, but “Sweep The Legs” definitely brings back the whole Karate Kid memory experience full-force. Heh.
USS Python And The Trek For The Holy Grail
Heh. Total geek overload.
In The Wake Of The Colts’ Historic Win This Evening Which May Well Have Been History-Making As Well As Historically Historic, I Have But One Question
Why did the NFL hand out the Lombardi trophy on Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge? FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: What was with Prince’s rendition of Robin Hood: Men In Tights‘ Robin Hood/Marian of Loxley “love song behind a backlit sheet”? And how…
Movie Trailerage
I was already ridiculously excited for 300 prior to viewing Yahoo!’s exclusive trailer, but I have to say that my excitement has just gone up a notch or five. It’s far more action-packed than the previous one I mentioned and,…
A Geek… Errr, GReek Tragedy
Take one part myth (various and sundry tales of the Spartans), one part history (the Battle of Thermopylae), one part geekage (300, Frank Miller’s miniseries depicting the battle) and one part Hollywood magic (see above trailer or the high-res version…
I’ve Got A One Word Answer To Nielsen: “Eyephones”
Nielsen (the TV/web/whatever ratings company) recently conducted a study regarding the use of iPods for video viewing and, well, the results are about what one would expect: less than 16% of iPod owners had ever used their device to watch…
Unreasonable Expectations Of Entertainment?
In honor of the forthcoming Casino Royale (which I’m really, really hoping doesn’t stink – the reviews are calling it “007’s Batman Begins“, which is good), Entertainment Weekly has released their list of 10 Worst Bond Girls as well as…
Bad Dates
It appears that Indiana Jones’ application for tenure at Marshall College has been denied, to the shock of few. McSweeney’s has the straight dirt: The committee concurred that Dr. Jones does seem to possess a nearly superhuman breadth of linguistic…
