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Hitchhiker’s Guide to Making Mediocre Movies

May 9, 2005, 4:47 pm

Finally got to see the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie last night, and I was not impressed. It’s as if they couldn’t decide what kind of movie to make, so they attempted to make them all. And it fails the most basic of tests: it just isn’t very funny.

Problem 1: The Script

Everything seems so [...]

Justice League of America: Classified #6

April 22, 2005, 8:24 pm

Ah, another fun issue of JLA: Classified. At the end of the last issue, Booster Gold had wished the team into Hell. This issue, the team gets acquainted with their new surroundings and their new jobs (Hell has a burger joint!), while Guy Gardner and Power Girl mount a rescue.

We get a couple of interesting [...]

Krypto the Superdog

April 11, 2005, 6:10 pm

The Cartoon Network has a new show that I’m pretty excited about: Krypto the Superdog, detailing the adventures of Superman’s dog.

Now, I know I’m not anywhere close to the demographic for the show: it’s primarily aimed at the pre-school set, but I’ve never let that stop me before. Many of the same people responsible [...]

Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1

April 4, 2005, 1:08 pm

DC Comics seems intent on destroying Keith Giffen’s version of the Justice League. First, we have Identity Crisis, which killed Sue Dibny and turned the Elongated Man into a grim and gritty guy. Or whatever. I made it through an issue or so of it before ignoring it.

And now we have Countdown to Infinite Crisis [...]

Justice League of America: Classified #5

April 3, 2005, 9:24 pm

I think Keith Giffen is an overlooked comic book genius. His work on the Legion of Super-Heroes was terrific, his Invasion crossover event actually didn’t suck, and his version of the Justice League was (and is) one of the best ever. The reason for his success is that, unlike probably 90% of the comics out [...]

The Apple iPod Shuffle

March 21, 2005, 9:55 pm

Before I got the Mac Mini (truly a wonderous machine, that), my wife and I splurged on iPods: she was the recipent of the older iPod Mini (and, yes, we bought it a little more than a month before the announcement of the new models, as is my lot in life with electronic purchases) and [...]

Justice League of America: Classified #4

March 3, 2005, 9:57 pm

I freely admit to being a comic book geek. When I was younger, one of my older brothers and I would make the trek to the local store and buy the latest issue of Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, among others.
During the late 1980s, DC Comics published a new series starring the Justice [...]

The Mac Mini: The First 24 Hours

February 24, 2005, 10:32 pm

First, a little background: I normally use Windows PCs at work and at home, with a smattering of UNIX/Linux machines in both spots as well (I won’t mention my Amiga: currently squirrelled away in a closet). At work, there is a smattering of Mac users and machines around: I tend to use a G4 for [...]