curated: the future that liberals want (Doctor Who edition)
Basically, sure. Seems awesome.
Wired
QOTD: Is Orson Scott Card the wrong person to write Superman stories?
What was DC thinking when they hired a vocal homophobe… or did they not realize just how big a backlash there would be?
Argo (London Film Festival review)
I was literally in tears for parts of Argo, a purely physical reaction, not an emotional one, to deal with the tension. The only other option would have been to moan out loud, the film is almost that unbearably nerve-wracking.
question of the day: What do the FBI, DHS, and IPR hope to achieve with their new antipiracy warnings on Region 1 DVDs?
Beyond ratcheting up the national fear level and promoting a state of endless, unwinnable war, that is.
question of the day: Do you want to see the short science-fiction film shot at the International Space Station?
Space tourist and ubergeek Richard Garriott de Cayeux shot an eight-minute SF short on the ISS in 2008. Finally, NASA has agreed to make it public…
how FlickFilosopher.com and ‘The New York Times’ are alike (hint: it’s about paywalls, or lack thereof)
If a subscription-of-conscience plan can work for a big corporate entity, how can it not work for me?
BBC iPlayer goes international
Somebody’s been listening to me. Shut up: let me at least pretend as much.
question of the day: Would you pay $50 per month to see unlimited new theatrical releases?
I figure the primary objection most moviegoers might have is that there wouldn’t be enough new theatrical releases each month worth seeing…
question of the day: Is Patton Oswalt right? Does geek culture have to die?
Oswalt is being tongue in cheek, but he’s also being serious: Pop culture has become all self-references, snake-eating-its-tail meta commentary on our own dorkiness. Could the only way to refresh pop culture — as well as the nerd love that worships it — be to destroy it all and start fresh?
