With the ubiquitous presence of an internet connection, cheap and common use of laptops, and great TV on many channels, the Slingbox is an obvious invention. This little marvel connects your cable box to your internet connection. No matter where you travel, as long as you have your computer and an internet connection handy, you can watch whatever would play on your home television anywhere, live. What wonders will our world behold next.
Archive for December 5th, 2009
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009Movies for the new year
Saturday, December 5th, 2009One of the more intriguing trailers to come out recently is the teaser for the new Buck Rogers in the 25th Century movie. The trailer features a retro rocket racing across a sunset sky. (How’s that for an awesome sentence!) If the rest of the film has the quality retro design of the 30-second teaser, than the movie could be a fun sci-fi flick with all the fun of Flash Gordon but without all the cheese.
Hopefully they don’t completely fall off the end and go for the Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow route. It was fun but lacked the direction and focus to tell a complete story. Serials were great as serials. Forcing the erratic locations changes of a serial onto a modern feature gave Sky Captain an unfocused feel.
Here’s hoping for a great retro sci-fi.
Oh, and PS. Don’t do retro like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Make it actually good.
Holiday electronics
Saturday, December 5th, 2009With all of the great deals on the internet and in stores across the country this time of year, the accessories that everyone needs are mounts to properly and securely hold on to everything. Your new TV’s, speakers, and other electronics are best utilized by properly mounting them on the wall or on a stylish stand in the proper location in the room. Check it out before Christmas.
Ninja Assassin – Review
Saturday, December 5th, 2009I wasn’t expecting a whole lot going in to see Ninja Assassin, but I was expecting to be entertained by a violent and over-the-top movie. I fell asleep.
What kind of action movie with supernaturally sneaky ninjas and multiple decapitations and dozens of amputations puts the audience to sleep?
The movie begins with a nasty bad guy making fun of ninjas when a wise old man explains how dangerous and deadly they are. Bad idea. Enter dangerous and deadly, super-sneaky ninja who kills everyone with a super sharp flying blade and machine gun ninja stars. Even the old man gets it.
Through very boring flashbacks, we find that the ninja families force children to train in the deadly ninja arts. We EVENTUALLY learn that our main character is on the run from the rest of his ninja family. There’s a woman that’s targeted for learning that ninjas charge 100 pounds of gold to kill someone, and then some multinational company or police organization or newspaper or something, I don’t know, it wasn’t that interesting.
Don’t go see this movie. Don’t rent it or even download it illegally. It wasn’t entertaining, suspenseful, creative, or comprehensible. It makes me reconsider whether the Wachoski brothers (who produced it) have ever made any worthwhile movie.