A TiVo is much more than just a souped up digital VCR. What separates TiVo from your cable company’s generic DVR (other than the awesome features of TiVo service itself) is the wide range of (mostly free) applications you can use to enhance your TiVo experience. I’ve written about some of these applications here before …
Check out the new trailer for Tron Legacy (aka, Tron 2): Oh yeah! Can’t wait to see that … The 1-2 punch of “TRON” in 1982 and “WarGames” in 1983 is what jump-started my computer hobby that turned into an addiction and eventually a profession. I also pumped a ton of hard-earned quarters into that …
Listening to TWiT episode #204 the other day I heard (at about 40:47 in) Dwight Silverman mention he had written a blog post some time ago about about 15 geek movies to see before you die that keeps resurfacing on Digg. He did say that he took a lot of flack for not including “Blade …
A few months ago my daughter and I watched “Star Wars: A New Hope” together. We had been playing through Lego Star Wars on the Wii and had ridden Star Tours together over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and she was really into the characters. Considering I was younger than her when “ANH” was released (I …
Today on Father’s Day we went and saw the latest Disney Pixar movie, “Up.” It’s an amazing stat: every one of Pixar’s movies have been consecutive hits. “Up” is the 10th and it keeps the streak going. From a technical standpoint, once again the animation quality is incredible. Clouds, fire, sweeping vistas, the physics in …
We wrapped up work a bit early today (Memorial Day) so I decided to walk over to Times Square and catch the new Star Trek movie. I’m a fan of the original series and I have to say I was skeptical of what this “90210” version of Star Trek was going to be like. Well, …
Wow … “The Matrix” was released 10 years ago. Today’s xkcd really sums it up: I still use that DVD as my definitive surround sound test (specifically the bullet time sequence on the roof).
Announced in the current issue of the TiVo newsletter, Netflix integration will be available on the Series3 and THD boxes next month! If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’ll be able to “instantly” stream movies from Netflix to your TiVo … for free. I was a Netflix subscriber back in 1999 when I was still a …
Just in time for the holidays! What timing … just last week I posted about the 20th anniversary of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and the (former) Best Brains’ current endeavor, “Cinematic Titanic.” What should I find in my inbox this morning? An e-mail from CT announcing the release of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians,” a …
I found this New York Times article via slashdot … “Mystery Science Theater 3000” turns 20 this month! MST3k premiered on Thanksgiving Day 1988 on KTMA in Minnesota. It was eventually picked up by Comedy Central where I discovered it as a sophomore in college in 1992 (back when Jon Stewart was still on “Short …