Saturday, February 27, 2010

Who is the Rulk?

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The Red Hulk (Rulk) has been around since the latest Hulk reboot. A lot of clues have been dropped about his identity but many of them were ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Iron Man and Transistors

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Every comic book featuring Iron Man from the early 1960s has constant references to transistors. Unless you grew up in the 60s, this will go...
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Friday, February 19, 2010

The Evolution of the Avengers

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I've been taking advantage of Marvel's digital comics to reread the early issues of the Avengers. I hadn't read most of these co...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Lost - the final season

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We are three episodes into the final season of Lost. The producers promised no more flashbacks or flashforwards. Instead we get Flashback-an...
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Hero vs Hero

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Back in the 1960s, it was a cliche that any time two Marvel heroes met, they had to fight, first. Digging through some of Marvel's Digit...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Digital Comics

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I recently subscribed to Marvels' digital comic books. I also have a couple of DVDs of collections - one for the X-Men and one for the F...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

FF Blogging - FF Annual #1

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It's been a while since I blogged about old issues of the Fantastic Four. I started reading the Fantastic Four with FF Annual #2. It was...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

iPad Second Impressions

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The iPad got a surprising amount of bad press. This was quickly followed by hard-core Apple defenders rebutting the complaints. Wired lists ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

iPad Impressions

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The Jesus Tablet has finally arrived and it's a big iPhone with a clunky name - the iPad. This is supposed to be the device that saves p...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Human Target

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I never cared for the Human Target back when it was a back-up strip for Superman. The adventures of a regular guy who would disguise himself...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Avatar, Race and Heroes

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Is Avatar racist ? Many think so. The story has been described as one of a series of movies in which a white westerner abandons his culture ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Doctor Parnassus

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Most people know the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Heath Ledger's last film. Forget that. Yes, Ledger is there in an important role...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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We were watching the Grinch (the classic Chuck Jones cartoon, not the overblown Jim Carey movie) last night and marveling at how well it ha...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Story

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I haven't seen anyone mention it but the events in Christmas Story take place 70 years ago this year (1939). The movie was not a big h...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Zune HD Review

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I got a Zune HD for my birthday. It is a fun device. Previously I had been using a Sansa View and a Nokia n800 Internet Tablet for viewing...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Platform wars

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Things are getting interesting in technology. A lot of new players have entered the arena and there will be a lot of shake-out in the next c...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Good by Mr. Monk

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Something over eight years ago Tony Shalhoub came up with an idea for a TV detective. This one would be obsessive-compulsive name Adrian Mon...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

In Defense of the Little Mermaid

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Wired's Geekdad listed  Top 10 bad lessons from good movies movies . Number two was: It's OK to completely change your physical a...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Why Are They Showing This Now? - the game

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It used to be that studios simply advertised movies. Now they market them with other movies. When I watch a movie on TV I tend to wonder, ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

The Original Prisoner

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It came and went forty years ago on American TV as a Summer replacement series. I was syndicated in the 1970s on independent stations. It we...