Category Archives: Pop Culture

TV and the internet

The mainstream media may have trouble catching on to the uses of the internet, but TV networks are figuring it out. Besides NBC utilizing the enormous fanbase and interactivity of the internet (next year we get to choose which new … Continue reading

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Monday night Heroes/Lost thread

Post anything about tonight’s episode but spoilers in the comments. On the subject of TV shows, I caught up on the Lost episode that I missed on Wednesday (taped it, but did not watch, due to creating my Mother’s Day … Continue reading

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Heroes thread

Don’t post any spoilers for tonight’s episode (or later ones) in the comments, but have at it with guesses and discussion.

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New casting for the next Hulk movie

There’s a new Bruce Banner in town, and now there’s a new Betty Ross. The new Banner is Ed Norton, whose name I can never hear without thinking of The Honeymooners. Sorry. I just can’t. And the new Betty is … Continue reading

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Spider-Man 3

Took the afternoon off to go see Spider-Man 3. No spoilers will be included with this post. I liked it, but there were some plot twists I didn’t care for, and totally didn’t expect. Didn’t much like the ending. On … Continue reading

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New Heroes thread

This one is to discuss something from the end of the April 23rd episode.

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Copyright protection

I am, frankly, on the side of the HD-DVD consortium on this. I am a firm believer in copyright protection and have refused numerous times to accept illegal copies of expensive software. Yeah, I’d like to have the software. But … Continue reading

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Heroes discussion, pre-episode, possible spoilers

I think I’ll be putting up Heroes discussion posts for the rest of the season. I had a good email discussion going with a couple of people. And people had some interesting comments last week about Mama Petrelli (super power … Continue reading

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From 9-10 p.m., my world stops

Heroes is back tonight. Anyone trying to contact me between the hours of 9 and 10 p.m. will be unable to get my attention. I will not be answering the phone. The computer will be shut down. All knocks at … Continue reading

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The Prestige

One of the things I like so much about the new Heroes TV show is that the writers are constantly surprising me. But they’re doing it in the right way, not the cheap way that Lost keeps pulling—by leading you … Continue reading

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24 question

So, I have a question about 24. If you haven’t seen last night’s episode, and don’t want to be spoiled, well, too late. How is it the Chinese guy knew exactly, to the secondhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3386040,00.html, when Jack would be done playing … Continue reading

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Hulk smash Conan? No! Conan smash Hulk!

This is wrong on so many levels. No WAY can Conan take on the Hulk.

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LOST: The return of the return of the Lost episode summary

[FLASHBACK TO John Locke, depressed and at the Disability office, being asked stupid questions by an annoying bureaucrat that proves once again that Hollywood script writers have zero connection to real, actual working people] [Meryl says: gee, what an exciting … Continue reading

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Because we haven’t had a good blogwar in a while

If only I could tell you the emails that have been zinging back and forth between Omri and me, but then, it’s so much more fun to just have an all-out blogwar. Okay, bub. Here’s the thing. I never saw … Continue reading

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Pass on “300,” please

When the New York Times leads with this in the film review, I think that, added to the “this movie has really graphic violence” meme going around, will lead me to pass. “300” is about as violent as “Apocalypto” and … Continue reading

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