movies
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Discoveries
Overheard "This TV isn't just HD. It's ADHD." "What does the AD stand for?" "Advanced Digital, I think." How about Water Stain? I still hate Liquid Glass. As a design language it mumbles. I'm especially turned off by semi-transparent type that makes stuff such as the time on my phone semi-readable. Let's give it a better Continue reading
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Not the other thing
Location, Location, Location I'm 30 kilofeet above the Missouri River, westbound from IND to DEN, with (United tells me) eight minutes to get from Gate B24 to Gate…?. It's blank. Doesn't say. I guess we'll find out. Update over Nebraska: We need to get from B45 to B25 in 8 minutes or less. It'll be Continue reading
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Puppet Tree
I guarantee insights and learnings. Great podcast interview with the world's leading authority on the puppets in Star Wars, and author of the book A Galaxy of Things. But… Japan? A leaked FSB email says Russia had a "maniacal desire for war" and that Ukraine was (or may not have been… unclear) its first choice. Continue reading
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Musical Moments
I need to learn French. This is lovely. Who is this girl? Here's one clue. Another. Look for more. Never heard of her before today. Hello, I still love you. The Doors are 60 this year. Or would have been. Good and legendary as they were, I think they are woefully underrated. Manzarek, Densmore, and Krieger Continue reading
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The Matrix 4.0
The original Matrix is my favorite movie. Not because it was the best movie. Rather because it’s the most important, at least for our Digital Age. (It’s also among the most rewatchable. Hear that, Ringer? Rewatch the whole series before Christmas.) And now the fourth Matrix is coming out: The Matrix Resurrections. Here’s the @TheMatrixMovie‘s Continue reading
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Wonder What?
Our Christmas evening of cinematic indulgence was watching Wonder Woman 1984, about which I just posted this, elsewhere on the Interwebs: I mean, okay, all “super” and “enhanced” hero (and villain) archetypes are impossible. Not found in nature. You grant that. After a few thousand episodes in the various franchises, one’s disbelief becomes fully suspended. So Continue reading
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The Great Trivializer
Last night I watched The Great Hack a second time. It’s a fine documentary, maybe even a classic. (A classic in literature, I learned on this Radio Open Source podcast, is a work that “can only be re-read.” If that’s so, then perhaps a classic movie is one that can only be re-watched.*) The movie’s Continue reading