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HTC Hero vs. T-Mobile myTouch 3G... fight! {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 9th 2009 11:52PM Hero FTW!
A second look at Reno 911!, season six {TV Squad}
Jul 9th 2009 11:29PM OMG, no one's mentioned the stuffed-in-her-uniform asian-chick deputy who cameos from time to time. How she doesn't get more screen time is beyond me! More, more of her plz!
Remember the good times we had with (at) Michael Jackson('s expense)? {TV Squad}
Jul 9th 2009 11:23PM It's very interesting to witness the media backlash with MJ's passing. Prolly will make for good case studies in college media communications classes. He'll likely end up like Elvis: the music industry will deify him, while pop-culture will remind us of his tragic flaws that lead to his early demise. And this is probably as it should be.
Warehouse 13: Pilot (series premiere) {TV Squad}
Jul 8th 2009 9:37PM Guys, you don't have to go back as far as the '90s to tag it as an X-Files rip. It's actually more a rip from two Fox shows: Fringe and Bones ! It's as if the creator/writing team chinese-menued these two shows, a little from Fringe, a little from Bones.
I was a little miffed when the warehouse custodian guy stated he thinks of the warehouse as "America's attic". Excuse me but that's a well-earned tagline for the Smithsonian museums in the national capital area.
I'm not impressed or pleased with the pilot. We again have a super-agent chick that is apparently an expert martial arts fighter ala Dark Angel, Dollhouse, Sanctuary, etc etc. Yawn, fast forward...
The SFX seemed to be first-class but did they spend it all in the pilot with nothing left for subsequent episodes ? I'll watch a few more times, though, since every other decent show doesn't re-appear till the freakin Fall. And, by the way, those include Stargate Universe and Sanctuary on SciFi -- yeh, that's right, you can't make me type the new stupid name.
85 percent of the 14 billion videos downloaded last year were illegal {Engadget HD}
Jul 8th 2009 1:19PM My nit is the use of "illegal" when the term should be illicit. illegal implies a crime for which you'll be arrested and that's not the case with illicit downloads. Yes, you could be sued in a civil case by the riaa/mpaa, but not criminally. So, guys, let's try to report on these matters responsibly and with less drama than there needs to be.
Do you want a happy ending for Lost? {TV Squad}
Jul 7th 2009 12:18AM From their comments it's not likely to happen, but I'd like to see it end as a crossover/merge into a current series (eg, Fringe, Eureka, Warehouse 13) or as a spinoff into a follow-on series (eg, X-Files NextGen, Law & Order Dharma).
Harris Poll concerning Blu-ray and HD DVD penetration is way off {Engadget HD}
Jul 1st 2009 1:16PM Going from VHS tape to DVD was a sure bet, going from DVD to Blu-ray, not so much. In fact, I'm not even creating personal-mix music CDs or movie DVDs anymore! All this material either goes straight to high-capacity hard-drives or into flash memory! The Disc is Dead, Gone, Kaput! Seriously, it's ancient tech now.
Curb Your Enthusiasm going HD this season, if you really want to see Larry David in HD {Engadget HD}
Jul 1st 2009 1:06PM Yeh, don't wanna see LD in HD but Cheryl Hines might look good as well as younger eye-candy.
Panasonic Z1 wireless HDTV appearing in US retailers {Engadget HD}
Jul 1st 2009 1:02PM Wireless, good! Plasma, not so good. And $6000!? I wouldn't get this heat-sink for $600! Nope, it's LCD and LED going forward. Plasma and DLP are on the skids.
TV and radio station think Lost plane scene is from Air France {TV Squad}
Jun 23rd 2009 1:41PM Eh, given no one's interpreted the foreign language, I'd like to think the reporter was commenting on what it must've been like to have a plane break apart in mid-air. Seriously, everyone knows the incident happened at night but it's clearly daylight in the video. I call shenanigans.
