Between the recent minor internet war, as Joel Johnson tried to compare geeks and hipsters, and miss lizbt’s comments to me on the weekend, I’ve spent the last few days with a minor identity-crisis. Am I a geek, a hipster, something in between, or just me? And, of course (since it’s constantly on my mind, clearly), the […]
Read more "Hipsters, techno-hipsters, being hip and Gibson’s characters"Being an irregular round-up post featuring quotes from the awesome recent writings from the Top Secret: TechGonzo Official List of Allies. The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point” by Wolven The beauty of this show is in the intricate, subtle interplay of the characters–human and cyborg/machine–and how what they learn, […]
Read more "Awesome shit my friends said"I recently concluded my brief tour of the classic, nay original cyberpunk series Max Headroom. The brevity of which had nothing everything to do with the Digital Archive Project preserving this show in varying degrees of quality, and my media player only being able to handle but a few of them. Of course, it’s just […]
Read more "Depicting the Future: Max Headroom vs Dark Angel"I watched the pilot of Journeyman a while ago. (Short version – it’s an update on Quantum Leap). It’s one of the few new show’s not being “directly streamed from the US” here. And probably for good reason – sadly Kevin McKidd ain’t kicking ass like he was in Rome. However, there’s one scene I […]
Read more "Journeyman shows hands-free phones through time"I recently watched the pilot of the new remake/reboot of The Bionic Woman (thanks to the miracle of the internets.. coughpreaircoughtorrentcough. It’s from the same production team that have done the (mostly) brilliant remake of Battlestar Galactica. It’s very much in the vein of the girls-kicking-ass genre (think Alias and Dark Angel). But if the […]
Read more "The Bionic Woman – an exploration of the sf present?"Bloc Party‘s new album, A Weekend in the City. I believe The Prayer will be the first single, but Uniform is my fave track by far. This is cd is both more sparse and more layered than their debut. newuniversal, a new take on an old series, this time with Warren Ellis at the helm. […]
Read more "3 awesome things that kick off ’07 nicely…"Bloc Party‘s new album, A Weekend in the City. I believe The Prayer will be the first single, but Uniform is my fave track by far. This is cd is both more sparse and more layered than their debut. newuniversal, a new take on an old series, this time with Warren Ellis at the helm. […]
Read more "3 awesome things that kick off '07 nicely…"John Rogers expands from his recent post to elbaborate thusly (from which I’m just gonna pull the highlights, but the whole things really work a read): 4GM: Nobody gets Rich, Everybody Gets Paid … Whedon’s Angel very much died because the WB realized they were just advertising for 20th Century Fox’s box sets. … DVD […]
Read more "..4GM: Nobody gets Rich, Everybody Gets Paid.."A few quick thoughts on new shows for 2007: 24 – I don’t think I’ll ever tire of watching Jack Bauer ran around shouting at people and pointing his gun at civilians. Seriously. This show may be the most honest show on FOX, showing exactly the future Bush seems to be aiming for. **** Ugly […]
Read more "2007 tv season so far…"Cory was telling me about this talk show that was hosted inside Halo. I googled around, and found it.. This Spartan Life: A Talk Show In Game Space About TSL Damian Lacedaemion is not your average talk show host. He lives inside an online game where daily existence is a struggle against overwhelming odds (and […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 