Sunday, September 30, 2012
Quote of the Day
“They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death..."
-A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Posted with BlogsySaturday, September 29, 2012
Quote of the Day
The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination. -Garak (Star Trek: DS9)
Friday, September 28, 2012
Star Trek TNG legacy
“There is not a new hopeful, optimistic vision of the future that I am currently aware of,” veteran Star Trek: The Next Generation writer (and Battlestar Galactica rebooter) Ronald Moore told Wired by phone.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Robopocalypse synopsis
In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy, a childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online and assumes control over the global network of machines that regulate everything from transportation to utilities, defense and communication. In the months leading up to this, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans – a single mother disconcerted by her daughter’s menacing “smart” toys, a lonely Japanese bachelor who is victimized by his domestic robot companion, an isolated U.S. soldier who witnesses a ‘pacification unit’ go haywire – but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is too late.
When the Robot War ignites — at a moment known later as Zero Hour — humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us…and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years.
When the Robot War ignites — at a moment known later as Zero Hour — humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us…and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Women and Money
American women earn on average 23 percent less than men – which adds up to an average loss of $383,000 in income over a working lifetime.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
New shows premiere dates
*"Vegas" premieres Tues., Sept. 25, 10 p.m. ET on CBS.
*"Arrow" premieres Wed., Oct. 10, 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
*"Last Resort" premieres Thurs., Sept. 27, 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
*"Infamous" premieres midseason 2013 on NBC.
*"Arrow" premieres Wed., Oct. 10, 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
*"Last Resort" premieres Thurs., Sept. 27, 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
*"Infamous" premieres midseason 2013 on NBC.
Avengers movies dates
The Avengers 2 assembles May 1, 2015
Iron Man 3 on May 3, 2013
Thor: The Dark World on November 8, 2013
Captain America: Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy movie on August 1, 2014.
Iron Man 3 on May 3, 2013
Thor: The Dark World on November 8, 2013
Captain America: Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy movie on August 1, 2014.
Bill Kristol on 47%
It’s worth recalling that a good chunk of the 47 percent who don’t pay income taxes are Romney supporters — especially of course seniors (who might well “believe they are entitled to heath care,” a position Romney agrees with), as well as many lower-income Americans (including men and women serving in the military) who think conservative policies are better for the country even if they’re not getting a tax cut under the Romney plan. So Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Republican Weakness
Republicans need to win 2/3s of the white working class vote in a pres election to compensate for its weakness in almost every demographic category.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Jor-El's words...
Those are the words, written by Grant Morrison for All Star Superman. And here are the words as spoken in one of the trailers for Man Of Steel....
"You’ll give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you.
They will stumble, they will fall.
But in time, they will join you in the sun.
In time you will help them accomplish wonders."
Favorite Movies
Altered States
A Harvard psychology professor (William Hurt) begins to experiment on himself, at first using sleep deprivation tanks and then moving on to the communal drugs of ancient cultures, in his hellbent quest to find the original “first thought” of our collective consciousness. Unfortunately for him, and fortunately for us, what he finds is that “inside” reality and “outside” reality are not separated by a wall as much as a weak psychological barrier, which, in his quest, he has gleefully trampled. So influential and beloved is this film that FRINGE has recently utilized plot points, props (the sleep tank), and even a cast member (the wonderful Blair Brown, who, in ALTERED STATES, utters my all time favorite line in a movie, to William Hurt: “Even sex is a mystical experience for you… I feel like I’m being harpooned by some raging monk in the act of receiving God.”).
Some of the effects have been accused of being cheesy or dated (I’m looking at you, monkey man scene), but in the context of Ken Russell’s artistic palette of films, they’re masterful and chilling psychedelic visuals which (along with the insanely terrifying score) are so effective in unmaking reality, stripping it all the way back to primordial ooze, you’ll swear you’ve spent some quality time in the tank right there along with Hurt.
Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote the novel and the screenplay, had previously written NETWORK, one of the most prescient explorations of the existential crisis of the individual’s place in a corrupted, corporate run society. In ALTERED STATES, he explores the existential crisis of the individual’s place in the mundane, agreed upon reality of everyday existence. Unlike in the more cynical NETWORK, he offers a valid and moving solution in ALTERED STATES… and it’s simpler than you might think.
A Harvard psychology professor (William Hurt) begins to experiment on himself, at first using sleep deprivation tanks and then moving on to the communal drugs of ancient cultures, in his hellbent quest to find the original “first thought” of our collective consciousness. Unfortunately for him, and fortunately for us, what he finds is that “inside” reality and “outside” reality are not separated by a wall as much as a weak psychological barrier, which, in his quest, he has gleefully trampled. So influential and beloved is this film that FRINGE has recently utilized plot points, props (the sleep tank), and even a cast member (the wonderful Blair Brown, who, in ALTERED STATES, utters my all time favorite line in a movie, to William Hurt: “Even sex is a mystical experience for you… I feel like I’m being harpooned by some raging monk in the act of receiving God.”).
Some of the effects have been accused of being cheesy or dated (I’m looking at you, monkey man scene), but in the context of Ken Russell’s artistic palette of films, they’re masterful and chilling psychedelic visuals which (along with the insanely terrifying score) are so effective in unmaking reality, stripping it all the way back to primordial ooze, you’ll swear you’ve spent some quality time in the tank right there along with Hurt.
Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote the novel and the screenplay, had previously written NETWORK, one of the most prescient explorations of the existential crisis of the individual’s place in a corrupted, corporate run society. In ALTERED STATES, he explores the existential crisis of the individual’s place in the mundane, agreed upon reality of everyday existence. Unlike in the more cynical NETWORK, he offers a valid and moving solution in ALTERED STATES… and it’s simpler than you might think.
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