Archive for the ‘Television’ Category



Ghost Network

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Have you ever seen the show Ghost Hunters on the Sci Fi channel?  It's effectively a weekly argument against the existence of ghosts, but somehow the hosts keep pressing on, and viewers keep tuning in.  Sci Fi is opening up the Ghost Network, a social network where fans of the ...

How to Fix Heroes

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Raoul Mowatt at MSN TV has a list of ten things that writers need to do to make Heroes a good show again. 3. Idiot-Proof All Plots Too often, I find myself asking, "Why would a reasonable person do this?"For instance: Why would Mohinder inject himself with an untested serum when anything could ...

Letterman and McCain

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Remind me to never cancel an appearance on David Letterman's show at the last minute.  He gets really pissed off.

HDVP

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I have no interest in the product, but Woot's write-up of this HD Mini Stick is priceless.

Sarah Palin

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Jon Stewart, turning the mirror on Palin's defenders.

Buffy MMO Announced

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Multiverse, the company behind the now-delayed Firefly MMO, have announced that they're also working on a Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A massively multiplayer online game based on the critically-acclaimed Joss Whedon television series. Currently under development at Multiverse, "Buffy" exemplifies a new era of game design, ...

Stargate Universe

Monday, August 25th, 2008

A new Stargate series, set to debut as a TV movie in early 2009 and continue as a weekly show next summer.  From Wikipedia: When a team of explorers from Earth find an Ancient unmanned ship called the Destiny and are unable to return to Earth, the crew must fend for ...

SCI FI Cancels Atlantis

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Atlantis was never going to be as good as SG-1, but it was a good show.  And you know what SCI FI does to good shows. The show will go on, though, with a 2-hour movie that will air on SCI FI in 2009, and be released on DVD by MGM. The film will ...

Amazon Prime

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Amazon Prime.  Quite possibly the best $79 I've ever spent. As an Amazon affiliate program member, I received an email this morning suggesting that I pimp the Amazon Prime service.  I have belonged to a lot of affiliate programs over the years, and I get these all the time.  Usually they ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

An undeveloped Buffy cartoon is finally getting some attention in the form of a leaked promo on YouTube.  The show would have taken place during season one, and followed the alternate Dawn timeline.  Wikipedia has more details, naturally: Development began on the show in 2001. Whedon and Jeph Loeb were to be Executive Producers ...