Day 17 of 30 Days of TV Shows
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Day 17 – Favorite mini series Okay, hands-down no brainer on this one. The only mini-series I’ve ever watched as it happened, the only one I own, and the only one (obviously) I’ll rewatch at the drop of a hat: Lonesome Dove. Ha! Just kidding. What I meant to say was Band of Brothers. The [...]
Ghosts of World War II
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Russian photographer Sergei Larenkov has done a rather interesting thing, taking pictures shot from the same angle as photos shot during WWII and photoshopping in elements of the older photos. Soviet troops marching in Germany, a “victory garden” outside a cathedral, and bomb damage, bomb damage, bomb damage. The “huh” moment for me came when [...]
Day 11 of 30 Days of TV Shows
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Day 11 – A show that disappointed you I don’t often get excited about TV shows. See all the business in the previous entries about not being a huge fan of TV in general, but there are a few that I have anticipated eagerly. Star Trek: The Next Generation, for instance. Firefly. Deep Space Nine. [...]
Day 4 of 30 Days of TV Shows
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Day 04 – Your favorite show ever So, I’m not typically a very fannish sort, especially when it comes to TV. I just don’t get deeply invested in shows, even shows that one might say I really, really enjoy. Just not part of my matrix or something. Stargate SG-1, for whatever reason, blew that sensibility [...]
Gunsight Camera
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Without getting into all of it–mostly because I just have too much anger to spread around as regards the event and subsequent discussion of it–one thing stands out to me about the recent revelation of footage from the shooting of the Reuters employees in July 2007. And, this may seem dispassionately technical, but what struck [...]
Avatar, Sigh
Monday, December 14th, 2009This review pretty well sums up my apprehension about Avatar, I think. I’d love to go see it for the 3D eye candy and explosions (which, really, are just a subset of eye candy), but I’m afraid the story would make me froth at the mouth. Although, all elements of plot aside, I think I [...]
Brief SGU Premiere Review
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009So, I just watched Stargate: Universe on Hulu because I was watching children’s programming at the behest of my son while the show was on. I also don’t have a DVR in my office, and I like to watch down there, especially if I’m not sure about what’s going to show up on the screen. [...]
Secret Duty
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Once upon a time, I went to Iraq. Along the way, I did what most reservists end up doing: parlaying civilian expertise into military pseudo-specialties. The first of these, for me, was learning Arabic at an accelerated pace which, while neat, turned out to be mostly useless because we were awash with local nationals and [...]
Military Misconceptions
Friday, September 18th, 2009I guess lately this has been my thing, but it’s becoming a more important thing for me. The kind of ironic thing, I think, is that there are some people with really great intentions in terms of “supporting the troops” who are, nevertheless getting it stupidly, terribly wrong. The most recent example was listening to [...]
Stargate: Universe Casting Wankery
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Here’s the character video for MSgt. Ronald Greer, US Marine, from the upcoming series Stargate: Universe. Q & A with Jamil Walker Smith (Which won’t embed because either MGM or SyFy suck. Sorry.) Let me be clear about one thing, for starters. I like Jamil Walker Smith, from what I see in this video. He [...]