After being predictably slashdotted this morning, Act I of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is once again available for your viewing (and listening) pleasure. It’s quite delightful. If you hate streaming video as much as I do–and, more importantly, if you…
Category: TV
It’s Just His Name
I’m sure it’s no reflection of quality. From all indications, next week’s online supervillain musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog will be quite entertaining. But of course, with Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris, and Nathan Fillion involved, how could it be…
“Apartment of Champions” Teaser
I’ve just submitted my entry for the FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest. My synopsis: In a city full of super-heroes, five young people with not-so-great powers and one normal college kid do their best to avoid great responsibility. I don’t actually…
John Grisham on “Foreshadowing”
From The Onion, America’s Finest News Source: Guess what? There is this really neat literary device I just learned about, and it’s called “foreshadowing.” It’s this thing where, in the beginning of the story, you put in all these little…
The Great Experiment
I am nothing if not malleable. Barely three weeks after complaining that I couldn’t buy and download the TV shows I want to watch on my computer, I’m trying out the available options to see if I can live with…
What to Watch
You’ve got one more week to catch live coverage of the STS-124 mission on NASA TV, being transmitted from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station in Earth orbit. Seriously, there is nothing better on television right now. My favorite…
Netflix Living Up to Their Name
Earlier this week, the Netflix Player set-top box launched. The Roku hardware costs $100, and the minimum subscription plan that lets you stream content is $9 a month. This would have been awesome, except for three serious deficiencies: Limited selection…
TV or Not TV?
That’s a rhetorical question. We’ve been on the road for a month now, with poor access to broadcast TV, and I started thinking about ditching cable/satellite altogether when we settle down in Portland and putting the money into faster broadband…
Today In History: One Week Ago
Last Wednesday, for my belated birthday present, D took me on the “Deluxe VIP” Warner Brothers studio tour. (I didn’t want to do it last fall because of the writers strike. I won’t cross a picket line.) The tour was…