The Darth Side of the Fans
I certainly have my complaints about the second trilogy of “Star Wars” movies, but some fans are seriously unhappy with what George Lucas did with his lucrative franchise.
Add comment February 12th, 2010
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Amazing Factoid
When “Star Wars” came out in 1977, Carrie Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds — an eclipsed star from the bygone era of classic Hollywood — was 45.
3 comments January 26th, 2010
Ataque de Pánico!
Another slick amateur video with CG effects has hit YouTube and caused a sensation. This one is from Uruguay, and although there are questions about how much it actually cost, the claim that it’s landed the director a movie contract is for real.
Add comment December 19th, 2009
She’s not bionic after all
As my sister Jean will corroborate with sarcastic glee, as a young man a secret shame of mine was “The Bionic Woman.” Today, I had the pleasure of saying hi to Lindsay Wagner.
Lindsay put a lot into making “The Bionic Woman” more than just a spin-off of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” and for her efforts she won an Emmy. Ostensibly a kid’s show, there was plenty in there to keep college boys like me watching, as seen in this video that a Lindsay fan put on YouTube. You’ll see scenes from a beauty pageant, and you’ll find the complete episode below.
Lindsay is an advocate of homeopathic health, and she holds seminars and workshops as part of a program she calls “Quiet the Mind, and Open the Heart.” Here is part of a recent conversation with Lindsay.
Ellie Drake-Bionic Woman of Healing Lindsay Wagner Pt 2
by BraveHeartWomen
There isn’t a DVD set of “The Bionic Woman” in America yet, although Linsday says it’s been released in England and elsewhere in Europe. She was surprised to learn today that some of the shows are available on Hulu. Here’s the beauty pageant episode.
7 comments November 21st, 2009
Who blinked
Whether it’s called Video on Demand, IPTV, streaming video, or whatever, once you’ve seen it you know it’s eventually going to take over television. At our house we take Netflix Watch Instantly for granted, on Eric’s Xbox 360 that’s hooked up to the video projector via component video, and on the Roku HD player that’s in regular composite SD video on my beloved Sony 32XBR100.
Last summer I wrote about a Doctor Who episode called “Love and Monsters” (the YouTube video I’d embedded was pulled). Another memorable installment, one of the most enjoyable hours of TV I have ever watched, is called “Blink”.
Recently, the whole family watched “Blink” on the Xbox 360. It wasn’t in HD, but it wasn’t supposed to be. The quality of the highly compressed widescreen picture was, to borrow a line from The Doctor, a bit “wibbly wobbly,” but it was serviceable.
Funny thing, though, because last night, on a lark I put the Roku player on the projector with an HDMI cable. “Blink” was in HD! There was no doubt about it.
This left me wondering if there’s a setting that needs changing on the Xbox 360’s Netflix software, or if Netflix upgraded the Doctor Who files without adding an HD logo. I’ll see tonight, when I have Eric play a bit of “Blink” on the Xbox again.
This video clip has a few minutes of “Blink” in HD on the Roku player and taken with the Canon digital camera sitting on top of the projector. I add to the suspense of the scene by sticking my fingers into the left of the picture at 1:45, so you can get an idea of the image size.
2 comments October 30th, 2009
To Mars and back — not
Samjay points out a NY Times op-ed piece that says a manned mission to Mars would be a lot more plausible if it were a one-way trip.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/opinion/01krauss.html
Add comment September 4th, 2009