trailer break: ‘Season of the Witch’
She’s a witch! Burn ’er!
to give or to keep: Cthulhu playing cards
Here’s a great stocking stuffer for the worshippers of the Great Old Ones on your holiday list: a traditional deck of playing cards that will eat away at your sanity. Try it — it’s fun!
question of the day: What TV channel could you not live without?
Have you cut the cable cord yet? Are you thinking about it? Is losing a certain channel what’s stopping you?
watch it: “Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus – Must See!”
Some genuine holiday cheer in a place where you usually find only the fake manufactured kind.
what does a tall tale in the town of Eureka sound like?
There’s a new special holiday episode airing tonight on Syfy at 9pm Eastern called “O’ Little Town”… and it is a huge hoot. I’ve seen it, thanks to the elves at Syfy and a little DVD in my stocking, and while I’m not going to spoil anything here, I will say that it’s a brilliant little bit of meta cleverness…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Trek Stars Go West’
When Gene Roddenberry tried to explain to NBC execs that his new show Star Trek would be “Wagon Train to the stars,” he had some evidence to back himself up…
trailer break: ‘The Beaver’
Huh. Interesting metaphor. A beaver redeems an apparently irredeemable asshole. Can The Beaver redeem Mel Gibson’s reputation? Will audiences stay away simply because it’s Mel Gibson? Or do we have so short a collective memory that no one will even remember what a jerk Mel Gibson has recently shown himself to be? Or will we remember but not care?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: there *is* a shark in the Christmas special!
I knew I saw a shark in that preview. Now Matt Smith says we should ”expect Jaws with a twist”…
creeping fascism: Wikileaks’ Julian Assange arrested in London
I find it totally fascinating that Interpol — who had Assange on its most-wanted list — has begun to take such an interest in simple rape cases. I look forward, in fact, to all the governments that have been involved in pursuing and prosecuting Assange for rape taking this crime so seriously from now on…
watch it: “Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four”
A fabulous organization of a lot of complex information… and a bit of optimism for the future toward the end, which is very welcome.
