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Month: July 2012

question of the day: What does it mean for TV that its pioneers are now mostly gone?

Thu, Jul 05, 2012
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For comparison’s sake, perhaps we could look to film. Did it change dramatically once its pioneers had died and their experiences were no longer accessible to us?

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London photo of the day: crowded tube

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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Cattle car. Northern line. Suck it, commuters.

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the least believable detail in Amazing Spider-Man (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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God Bless America (review)

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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I sympathize with the film’s attitudes about the decline of American civilization, and yet I still cannot get behind this tedious soapbox of a movie…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: fans say Weeping Angels are scariest monster

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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Do you think the fact that the Weeping Angels are new — and hence not as familiar as older monsters like the Daleks — makes them scarier?

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A Few Best Men (trailer)

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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This could be a first (excluding Adam Sandler movies): a trailer for — allegedly — a comedy that features not one single solitary funny moment.

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question of the day: Who should play Higgs Boson in the movie?

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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I see Jeremy Renner as Higgs in an action drama about an elusive man on the run from pursuers who simply will not rest: perhaps they cannot rest, because they’re cyborgs…

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London photo of the day: days of newspapers past

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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Legacy signage in Fleet Street…

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looks like it’s about time Disney made a cartoon feature set in Canada (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Jul 04, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: handmade 3D paper toys

Tue, Jul 03, 2012
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Be careful of paper cuts…

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