Category Archive for: ‘Ponderings’

• Ponderings For 2007-01-09

  Posted Jan 9 2008 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  My 2007 movie retrospective list should be posted within the next couple days. OK, so Gemma Arterton isn’t playing the Bond girl in the upcoming Bond 22 film (as everyone, including me, had mentioned previously). Arterton will be in the movie, just not as the …

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• Ponderings For 2008-01-04

  Posted Jan 4 2008 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  Holy cow. What a day for multimedia (well, within 24 hours or so of each other). First, Sony/BMG are working at dropping DRM from their online music offerings. That makes them the last of the major labels to do so. But that’s not the big …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-31

  Posted Dec 31 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  Happy New Year! Here’s a very cool new teaser promo for season 4 of Battlestar Speaking of Battlestar, there’s finally some actual info (and artwork even) for the delayed release of the season 3 DVD set. Here’s a semi-techie article about the death of high …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-25

  Posted Dec 25 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  Hope y’all had a merry Christmas Aaaack! How did I miss this news? Today’s brand new Christmas special of Doctor Who featured a dedication in memory of Verity Lambert. Somehow, I missed seeing the news of her passing last month. It’s a name most any …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-19

  Posted Dec 19 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  OK, time to do another HD disc rant. This time the target is HD-DVD. More specifically, it’s the HD-DVD/DVD combo format. I got my third defective combo format disc yesterday (Mr. Bean’s Holiday), following up my other recent one (Bourne Ultimatum) and the first one …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-17

  Posted Dec 17 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  Son of a…… So Universal didn’t stop releasing Sliders on DVD after the 3rd season release in 2005 after all. They’ve suddenly announced the pending release of season 4. Excellent. Now, if only Sony would release the second (and last) season of Ned & Stacey, …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-14

  Posted Dec 14 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  I’m listening to the CD for Brian Tyler’s score to Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem as I type this. Holy cow. This may honestly be the most bombastic and aggressive film score I’ve ever heard. I may be underestimating the intensity of this movie. I’m very …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-13

  Posted Dec 13 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  I’m writing this as I sit here listening to the new 3 CD set of the Blade Runner soundtrack. I scrounged up an early copy online to check out. Don’t worry, I’ll be buying the set when it comes out next Tuesday. The Blade Runner/Vangelis/film …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-12

  Posted Dec 12 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  Jeff Bridges continues to show his willingness to do a Tron sequel. He was more game than most people back when the original was made (it was not an easy movie to sell to a studio, let alone actors). Here’s hoping the sequel can finally …

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• Ponderings For 2007-12-10

  Posted Dec 10 2007 in Ponderings with 0 Comments

  In case you haven’t heard already, CompUSA is going bye-bye for good. Can’t say I’m surprised. The poster for Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull has been revealed Check out this crazy video of two trains colliding head-on Speaking of trains, check …

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