Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Kryptonite?

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Scientists announced that they discovered kryptonite! A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical compositi...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Robin Hood through the ages

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I had the unusual experience of seeing three different interpretations of Robin Hood last week. That inspired me to give a quick overview of...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

TMNT

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A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is out. That gives me a chance to examine their origins. The Turtles have been through so many medi...
Monday, April 09, 2007

The FF at 45

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Around 45 years ago a new comic book appeared on the stands. Labeled "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" it featured a new s...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

How "Lost" is Juliet?

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In last night's Lost, Kate was gassed by the Others. When she woke up, she was some distance away from their village and handcuffed to J...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Jesus in a Cape

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Easter is almost here so I thought I would review Jesus figures in superhero comics. Usually these are tastefully done. The exception was Na...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Father Issues

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Let's see if I can remember all of the characters in Lost with father issues starting with the mildest. Walt - Didn't know his fathe...
Sunday, March 11, 2007

Heroes Equivalents

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The powers that the people in Heroes possess are not that unusual. I saw this questioned in a comic book forum and came up this list: Claire...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

The Flame Goes up in Flames

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Lost blogging: In the March 7th episode a small party set on rescuing Jack comes across a station. Officially it is the communications hub a...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Lost Visions

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[ note - for some reason this post didn't take the first time so I am posting it after the Feb. 21 episode instead of just before. ] It...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Not LOST, just delayed

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Last Fall the producers of Lost said that they would wrap up the second island plot by the end of the mini-season. Instead they ended on a c...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

Sword Blogging

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Normally I don't buy movie tie-ins just because I like the movie. I've made an exception on some of the Lord of the Rings merchandis...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Eragon - What Went Wrong?

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Because of poor reviews, we waited until Eragon hit second run before seeing it. In retrospect, this was a wise choice. The movie has all of...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Lost is coming - who cares?

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It will not be long before Lost returns to ABC for an unbroken string of new episodes. Why don't I feel more excitement? I can think of ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Superheroes without the Tights

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Slate has an article tying in the show Heroes with some newer comic books that feature characters without costumes. I think that they are o...
Monday, January 08, 2007

DRM and Music Players

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First some ancient history. When the Apple II was introduced in the 1970s, it was a totally open system. Everything about it was documented....
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Which Scrooge is the Best?

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I know that Christmas is over but I'm doing this one anyway. I spent Christmas Day watching the George C. Scott version of a Christmas C...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

My New Sansa

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Instead of talking about media, I'm going to review a media player. I got a Sansa media player for my birthday last week. This is not my...
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Monday, December 25, 2006

Fantastic Four II

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I saw the trailer for the new Fantastic Four movie, Fantastic Four, the Rise of the Silver Surfer. It was really good. I was smiling all thr...
Monday, December 18, 2006

LoTR Extended vs Theatrical Releases

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THe cable channel TNT has been showing the Lord of the Rings the last two weekends. As it happens, I've been watching the extended versi...
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