So I’m making my way through the first season of Alias on DVD, and I get to the part about the Rambaldi prophecy and okay, whatever. Then James Bond Roger Moore tricks Arvin Sloane into assassinating someone. Yeah. This, I’m…
Year: 2005
Meanwhile, across the pond…
‘Not posting any of that “Today we’re all Londoners” crap. No. We’re not. We’re not pacing fruitlessly in front of the television, waiting for updates. We’re not trying to reach loved ones on a shut-down cell phone system, not hearing…
I’m H.G. Wells, bitch!
The new War of the Worlds movie opened today. In the spirit of Kung Fu Monkey— for those who loved the voiceover from the trailer, but who’ve never read the original novel— here’s the first paragraph from the book, read…
Filking the night away
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later… Firefly filk. Someone’s taken the theme song from the TV show, used it as a chorus, and written verses around it to produce “Mal’s Song.” Now, maybe it’s just me, but…
The Hunters are the Hunted…
Seems like NBC et al. are having some trouble getting their new reality show, “Treasure Hunters,” off the ground. They originally announced it and began soliciting applications back in March: BURBANK, Calif. — March 17, 2005 — Imagine Television and…
This past weekend was strange, busy, and good. Friday night, we drove up to Walnut Creek to see our own Brian Rosen in Baby. It’s a good show, and is running for one more weekend– go if you can. Saturday…
It’s all about the Lorelais
You are not a viewer, you are a consumer. For proof, see the chart at the bottom of CanWest Media Sales’ Gilmore Girls info page. I guess we all knew that already, but having it powerpointed out like this is…
Does that seem low to you?
The Sci Fi Channel has bought exclusive cable rights to “Firefly” from Twentieth TV for a total license fee of about $450,000 in a deal that includes three episodes Fox never ran. — “‘Firefly’ spreading wings”, Variety On second thought,…
Serenity for the masses?
I hate the peer-pressure psychology of newspaper movie ads. It seems like every film wants to proclaim itself “number one” at something (usually based on opening weekend box office grosses). I’ve seen “the #1 Movie in America,” “#1 Romance,” “#1…
Please do not venture a guess. Think of the children.
“Like anyone is the slightest bit appalled anymore by the breathtaking litany of utter BS oozing forth from the White House these days… “They lie about why a gay male model and former prostitute who ran gay porn Web sites…