Archives for January 2007
NBC “Heroes” Promo Makes Bid for Appointment TV, Fails
On my commute at around 8:15am this morning one of the local radio stations had a teaser for tonight’s new episode of the NBC series, “Heroes.” The tag line of the teaser was: “Don’t wait to watch and don’t watch alone.” Here is NBC attempting to short circuit consumers with TiVo — and I suspect [...]
The Perils of the Pause Button
Note: This is the second of two related posts. #1 was about the brilliant new Alfonso Cuarón film, “Children of Men,” and this one is about the eventness of seeing stories — films, plays, TV shows — with other people. In an earlier post on this blog, I talked about how the infinite plenitude of [...]
Go See “Children of Men” in the Theater
Note: This is the first of two related posts. #1 is about a brilliant film, and #2 is about the eventness of seeing film with other people. Last night, my dad and I went to see a late screening of “Children of Men,” the new Alfonso Cuarón film that has been compared to “Blade Runner.” [...]
Batman Watches Porn: Caped Crusader Caught in the Act!
In the bowels of my computer a few days back, I ran across a piece I’d written and never figured out where to place. It’s a funny (at least I hope so!) close reading of a Batman comic, so if you like Batman, close reading or humor, you might enjoy it. I put it up [...]
Short Post: What is Baja Fresh THINKING?
For Sunday evening family get-togethers, Baja Fresh is takeout of frequent resort. Yesterday, my parents took my five-year-old daughter to a puppet show while my wife and I went out to do some errands with our 19-month-old son. We all had a general plan to converge at our house for an early dinner, and Baja [...]
