Archives for the 'TV & Movies' Category
Short Post: why “Green Acres” should come back…
A radio journalist on yesterday’s Marketplace Morning Report made a throwaway reference to the old sitcom “Green Acres,” which sparked my imagination. It’s time to return to Green Acres.
In the sitcom, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor starred as a wealthy New York couple who move to the country town of Hooterville to become farmers. Albert, [...]
Dr. Horrible update… finally saw it…
And it’s a lot of fun.
A Firefox update, an Adobe update, and a temporary disabling of Norton AV all finally concluded in 14 minutes of fun… probably should have spent the $3.99 at iTunes, but at least I saw it!
And if this makes no sense to you, click here for deets.
I saw it in a [...]
Denied! Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible.” Score one for conventional TV…
I was a Buffy/Angel fan (although, y’know, not crazy or anything) and so I read with interest that Buffy-creator Joss Whedon was planning to launch a new 3 act online video musical called “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” over the course of three days starting today (July 15, 2008) followed by a forced taking down of [...]
Capsule Review: “Wall-E” is GREAT, but it’s NOT a movie for kids…
Kathi and I saw “Wall-E” last weekend and loved it: typical Pixar brilliance in that it’s utterly atypical.
But it’s SO bleak, so dark, so sad in so many ways… it’s just not appropriate for most children. Certainly not my seven year old daughter and three year old son.
Although I’m confident that they’ll see it on [...]
Has big media found its kryptonite? Superman creators reclaim copyright!
It’s somewhat bad form to let out a loud WHOOP! at an academic conference. Nevertheless, that’s what I did yesterday morning at the AAAs when Jason Hirschorn’s fantastic “Media ReDEFined” daily newsletter informed me, in the words of the New York Times story, that:
A federal judge here on Wednesday ruled that the heirs of Jerome [...]
