20th
May
2008
Ponderings For 2008-05-20
posted in Ponderings |- Man, I’m realizing that Speed Racer is quickly becoming one of those movies I’m gonna spend my life defending. The audience seems to be completely split on this one, either loving or hating it. And I guess I can understand that, cause it’s definitely a movie that you have to get into the right mindset for. It’s not a realistic movie, intentionally so, and many people just have trouble engaging it on the right wavelength. For my part, I completely love it. I’ve seen it 3 times now, in IMAX, DLP and on standard 35mm film. It looks awesome in all three forms, but the IMAX and DLP presentations are truly breathtaking to see. I’m sad that so many people are going to miss the opportunity to see it theatrically, seeing as it’s completely crashing and burning at the box office. It’s my favorite movie of the year so far, though we’ll see how Indy 4 holds up to it tomorrow night.
- WOO HOO! The replacement for Russell T. Davies as show runner/head writer of Doctor Who has been announced. And it’s none other than Steven Moffat. If I were able to chose anyone on the face of the Earth to give that job to, it would be Moffat. I’d been hoping he’d be the one to get the job for a while now. The episodes he’s written for the relaunched series have been some of my favorite episodes. His episode titled “Blink” from last year is my favorite episode of the relaunched show, and a contender for my favorite episode of the entire run of the series. His other episodes, “The Empty Child,” “The Doctor Dances” and “The Girl In The Fireplace” are all right up near the top of the list as well. And he’s somebody that really knows his classic Who. The show couldn’t possibly be put into better hands. As Moffat says in the press release, “My entire career has been a Secret Plan to get this job. I applied before but I got knocked back ‘cos the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven.”
- So how are users of NetFlix’s new streaming system going to get past the retards at Comcast who randomly apply bandwidth rules to their connections?
- A hilarious string of vending machine notes. Actually, that whole site is worth browsing around. Funny stuff. (some of the others come with a language warning)
- “Monkey on a goat on a cup on a tight rope” - a perfect title
- Here’s a pretty cool idea: YouTomb
- Yet more evidence of Sprint’s wonderful customer service.
- Here’s a staggeringly massive forum thread about the also-massive Burj Dubai skyscraper. It’s a thread full of cool photos and info. What an insane city.
- If you liked the HDR wallpaper from InterfaceLIFT.com I linked to in yesterday’s post, you’ll also like this one
