4th
October
2007
Ponderings For 2007-10-04
- Today was the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1. Hurrah!
- Ooooh, a new Sony Bravia commercial. I swear, these are the coolest commercials ever. If you didn’t see the first two, they are also fantastic. What makes these commercials truly great is that they are staged in the real world, not some CGI or stage-based production. It gives them a far grander feeling of scale and style.
- The awesome specs for the HD-DVD release of Zodiac are finally announced. I can’t wait. David Fincher’s special edition releases are the only ones that come close to rivaling the likes of Ridley Scott.
- Speaking of which, check out Bill Hunt’s review of Ridley’s mouth-wateringly awesome sounding Final Cut of Blade Runner. I can’t wait to pick up the ultimate brief-case housed HD disc set. If only the film was going to be run in the Chicago area, dang it.
- If you missed Pushing Daisies last night (shame on you), you can catch it when it re-airs tomorrow (Friday), or online, etc. Speaking of which, the debut episode scored big in the ratings. Woo hoo! ABC has been strongly behind the show up to the launch, and this will help keep them there.
- Uh oh. The RIAA just got a leg up. Sadly, it wasn’t from the neighborhood dog.
- Universal takes the step that we all knew was coming with the likes of HD-DVD: in-movie shopping. The whole “interactivity” push of HD-DVD in particular is one of the most useless pieces of studio distraction in all of the HD format features. I wish they’d knock it off and pay more attention to the types of content that are actually interesting. Then again, with my recent Blu-Ray frustrations, the HD-DVD format is looking less annoying with each day.
- 640 GB solid state drives? I want one. Or two. Or three. Or four. Or more.
- As indifferent as I am towards Apple these days, this surely makes me feel sympathy towards the company. The fact that they have to deal with these mouth-breathers is reason enough for sympathy.
- Could ABC really be reviving Rob Thomas’ series Cupid a decade later? If so, they’ve gotta air it after Pushing Daisies. That would be a cool time slot partnership.
- Is McG going to direct Terminator 4? You know, a couple years ago that news would have sent me screaming into the night in fear of the final piece of crap it would have been. But it turns out the guy actually has directing talent, as was displayed recently with We Are Marshall and the brand new TV series Chuck.
- Hmmm, a 100 GB version of the Blu-Ray disc may be in the near future. I may have a bit of a Blu-Ray rant in an upcoming posting, once I get a couple issues sorted out. I swear, these HD formats sure went out of their way to make their own industry a complete mess.
- This cursory article gives some insight into why IE tends to be such a messed up browser.
- Universal sure took their time following through on this, but they have finally announced season 2 of SeaQuest on DVD. While I consider season 2 to be the weakest season, at least there’s hope that they’ll make it to releasing the final third season eventually. That third season was something of an overhaul of the series, and was actually a lot better than it ever got credit for. Then again, Universal has a long and distinguished history of revamping shows and cancelling them that same year, every time.
- Here’s one of those pictures that’s amusing for its stupidity. But when you put it in the context in which it was used, it goes WAY beyond stupidity.
- The late Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. provides some amusing political insights in a new book compiling his journals.
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