I’ve been on a bit of a Hulu bender recently, attempting to slog my way through the deluge of queued-up television shows that need to be watched before they expire, like a bad piece of fruit. I’ve probably got roughly 372 videos in my queue. Last night I calculated my total remaining watch-time and it’s […]
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog: Act I is why God invented the internet
Enjoy, not that I actually have to tell you that.
Kung Fu Panda versus Wall-E
Two excellent CGI movies have come out this summer, both from completely different computer animation studios. Kung Fu Panda. From Dreamworks Animation, the studio that brought us Shrek (all three of them), Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, and the Bee Movie. Mostly “meh” movies, some good, some not. Kung Fu Panda featured the voices […]
Weather is great for sitting inside and watching Nova
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this here on the blog before, but all of us in my family are guilty of being Nova-philes. We gather together every Tuesday evening to watch interesting stories about exploding stars, or volcanic eruptions, or Mayan culture, or melting icebergs. It’s fascinating, and what really makes me smile is […]
Guilty pleasure of the weekend
American Gladiators. I’m willing to bet this show earns some pretty substantial viewership ratings tonight. Nostalgia sells, and this show is such sweet, merciless, wonderful nostalgia. Production values are high, cheese factor is through the roof, and the Hulkster is aging well. There is no way this show won’t survive a full season. No way […]
4th of July: food, family, giant robots programmed for war
The fourth of July was pretty much the same as it always is in our sleepy little town. We headed over to our family “compound” and watched the parade in the morning. We call it the “compound” because my aunt (mother’s sister) moved to town a few years ago into the house right next to […]
Hooray for NPR and IPTV!
You gotta love my fellow freedom-loving Iowans: Earlier this year, we announced that Iowa Public Radio and NPR will partner to produce two live national presidential debates in Des Moines on January 9-10, to be offered on public radio and online. Debates are a core part of our public service mission, and our goal is […]
TMNT: 27% on RottenTomatoes.com
I’m taking my nephew and older son to see the new all-CGI TMNT movie tomorrow. Now, I’m beginning to think: is this a good idea? Meh. I’m not expecting 300 here. This is just a movie featuring four mutated amphibians fighting crime as mystical ninjas. It’s purely a popcorn flick. And it will be fun […]
Studio 60
From this point on, Caleb will have to go to bed early every Monday evening. My wife and I actually got the opportunity to watch an actual prime-time television show last night. Luckily, what we ended up catching in this miraculous boon was the premiere episode of Studio 60, the new NBC show written by […]
Michael Moore slams Hollywood
Think what you want about Michael Moore, that man has the right idea: “The continued decrease in attendance (for Hollywood films) is not because of piracy, videogames, or the Internet, it’s because the movies aren’t very good anymore,” Moore says. Thank GOD someone is saying it. Too bad it’s someone that no one in Hollywood […]