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Comic-Con, Day 3: Chris Dole vs. Comic-Con
Well, the bloom is off the rose. But, then, that’s to be expected. There’s always going to be the panels you have to miss (having to skip Thursday’s composer panel was very irritating), but the latter half of Saturday was an exercise in frustration. Which is a shame, because it started off so well.
The Road to Inception: Inception
We’ve discussed Insomnia, Memento, The Prestige, and the two Batman films, now the journey is over and we’ve finally seen Inception (twice, in fact!). To borrow a phrase from a popular show…”Anything before is just progress.” I’m once again joined by Chris Dole.
Comic-Con Day 2: Lines…and the Batman!
Today was officially Star Wars Day at Comic-Con, but the real stars today were zombies, vampires, and Batman.
Review: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
“When would it be convenient for you to die?” So the astonishing Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe ended one year ago, as Bryan Lee O’Malley brought his ebullient hero Scott Pilgrim to the depths of despair and beyond, shattering the series’ premise and going far deeper into character than anyone would’ve guessed at the beginning. [...]
The Road to Inception: Batman
I don’t think that this needs much of an introduction; the title pretty much speaks for itself. Chris Dole will once again be joining me for our final discussion before Inception opens on Friday!
The Road to Inception: The Prestige
While The Prestige was chronologically in between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, I’ve decided to place it after The Dark Knight because it appears to have the most in common with Inception and also because I wanted to combine the two Batman films (for obvious reasons). But hey, we already jumbled the order up [...]
The Road to Inception: Memento
One film down (Insomnia), four to go, starting with Memento. If Insomnia feels like Nolan’s least personal film, Memento arguably feels like his most personal one. It’s based on his brother’s short story and it’s his only film made outside of the Hollywood scene which allowed for much more creative freedom. Where else would a [...]
The Road to Inception: Insomnia
In the last decade of film, there have been two directors that have drawn comparisons to, or have outright been called, “The Next Steven Spielberg”. The first is M. Night Shyamalan, and while I was a long time Shyamalan apologist (I loved The Village and Signs and Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense), it’s hard not [...]
Futurama, Season 7, Episode 4: “Proposition Infinity”
Many authors have used science fiction to comment on the events of the day. From communism to the Vietnam War, the classics of the genre have often reflected the times’ major issues. Certainly, Futurama has gone topical before (primarily on environmental issues in numerous episodes and two of the four DVD movies), but this time, [...]
TV’s Top Team Techies
The season two premiere of Syfy’s hit Warehouse 13 is upon us, and with it, awesome Warehouse hacker Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti.) Though she joined the W13 team a few eps into the first season, Claudia has rapidly become indispensible—much like her counterparts on other shows. Pre-internet-age, TV’s tech geeks were few and far between, but these days, any crime-busting [...]
Futurama Season 7, Ep. 3: “Attack of the Killer Apps”
Since its beginning, Futurama has always had fun gently satirizing Apple. Tonight’s episode, “Attack of the Killer Apps,” certainly continued that tradition, as the crew discovered the eyePhone – a videophone that is literally installed in your eye. Of course, it goes without saying that the eyePhone is part of an evil plot, but only [...]
Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man
It’s official: Andrew Garfield will replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in the new Spider-Man reboot. Sony made the official announcement just minutes ago on their Twitter account. While Garfield is not yet a household name, he is an up-and-coming English actor, soon to appear in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and Mark Romanek’s “Never [...]
TV on the Internet, Episode 40: Emmys by the Truckload
The Emmy Award nominations are announced July 8, and that means that Todd and Libby have grudgingly decided to admit that, yes, the Emmys exist for another year (at least). They’re joined by friends of the podcast Erik Dean Anderson of Awards Daily’s forums and this here Media Elites site and Big Ted of Culturish [...]
Futurama Returns
It was always considered Matt Groening’s second-best animated show, an also-ran behind the juggernaut that was The SImpsons. Yet, despite being canceled in 2003, Futurama has become a cult favorite. And, after four financially successful yet not-as-good-as-the-series DVD films, Comedy Central has taken up the reins where Fox failed: last night, Futurama returned. And it [...]
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