deep thought (re the decline of Syfy)
Haven is the most boring show on television.
Year: 2010
retro trailer: ‘Children of the Damned’
Those darn damned kids: they’ve learned to blend in and look like any ol’ ordinary Earth kids, all the better to zap our brains and stuff.
the end of torture porn?; the end of the Internet?; what TV viewers want more of (and what they’re going to get instead); more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
‘Moon’ and ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars” are 2010 Hugo winners
WorldCon is going on this weekend in Melboure, and the Hugo Awards were announced last night.
about the voting up and down of comments
I hope the voting system will work here as the other community policing here has: not necessarily to agree or disagree with the content of a comment but as a way to approve or disapprove of how a comment is offered. I mean, yes, definitely vote down trolls and those who have nothing significant to … more…
my reads: ‘Death from the Skies!’ by Philip Plait, PhD
Like if Michael Bay remade *Cosmos,* but with Phil along to make sure all the science was right.
Saturday cute: Jack Sparrow playing Magic the Gathering with Greedo
Gotta respect a fan artist who can so blithely combine three geek favorites in one image.
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Waldorf Stories”
Okay, so, herewith the sexism of the 1960s…
question of the weekend: What widely accepted practice, custom, or societal norm do you regard as irrational, absurd, offensive, silly, nonsensical, counterproductive, or morally wrong?
An excellent question that I’m stealing from *The Atlantic*’s Daily Dish…
Friday night fortune cookie: Cameron Mitchell says…
“This is crazy. And not the good kind of crazy.”
