I signed up for Hulu+ recently. Mostly to get full season access to some shows, and it’s nice to not be on an 8-day delay to watch recent shows. You can catch up to a show before the next live episode is aired, if you care to do that. I noticed that all 9 seasons … Read more
I recall watching the old V (1984-85) [mini series, part 1] with much vigor. The effects were appropriately cheesy for the time, but it was a somewhat interesting story until it derailed after a season. So, it was with anticipation that I awaited the new incarnation. The original subtext of racism and holocaust has been … Read more
The fall television seasons are kicking themselves into life. Hulu makes it much easier to catch the many pilots flying furiously past. The 2002 Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones seems to have it’s hand heavily on a new offering from ABC: The Forgotten. I recently finished watching the two seasons of Dead Like Me … Read more
I almost never turn on my TV anymore. I watch TV shows streamed over the Internet. It’s like having a DVR without needing a DVR. Mostly I watch on Hulu, but sometimes on SyFy (recent rebranding of SciFi) or CBS or Boxee. I’ve been watching The Listener recently. Like most shows, the new episodes show … Read more
I thought this Hulu image for a recent episode of Bones was just server gone bad, but it’s the actual correct image for the episode. Several times during the show Agent Booth hallucinates that Stewie from the Family Guy is talking to him. It’s reasonably humorous, and fits into a longer arc plot line actually. … Read more
The juxtaposition of two videos I saw today is eerily representative of the current state of American affairs. The national hero, Buzz Aldrin, speaking on the future of space travel. It all sounds great, unless you listen to more that five contiguous words and try to make a coherent concept out of them. Obviously Xeni … Read more