Found several good clips for Dresden Files, and one for Jericho. They've been added to my previous post.
Go! Watch!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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I Love My TeeVee
I remember when I saw the first promo for Heroes last summer. My immediate reaction was "Please, God, let it not suck," quickly followed by "And let it last at least a season." Imagine my delight when not only did it not suck -- in fact, it's incredible -- but it became the breakout hit of the season. Hiro is reason alone to watch it.
Heroes returned to TV last night, and there was much rejoicing across the land. You just gotta love a show that does an episode called "Six Months Ago" and then later that same season does anther called "Five Years In The Future" (next week's episode.)
If for some bizarre reason you haven't been watching the show -- I'm looking at you, Isabella -- then proceed immediately to this site where you can watch every single episode that's been shown. There are currently 19 of them, and the season will end with #22. If you are a comic book nerd, like science fiction/fantasy, or just enjoy good television, there is no reason for not watching this show.
Fortunately, it seems like most of America agrees with me on this (a fact which slightly disturbs me, truth be told), so I don't need to campaign on behalf of Heroes. However, there are other shows chock-full of geeky goodness that also deserve your attention.
Battlestar Galactica is the single best sci-fi show out there, point blank. If you aren't watching it you are an uncultured ruffian, and I spurn you as I would spurn a rabid dog. Luckily, you have all year to get caught up, as the new season doesn't start until 2008. *sobs quietly*
Included for your viewing pleasure are a series of clips taken from Episode 304. It's a "good parts" compilation of nothing but action, and is as close to sequential as I could find. If this doesn't excite your geeky heart, nothing will.
Hankering for something a bit more modern? Then try Jericho, a story about a small Kansas town cut off from civilization when no less than twenty-three American cities are destroyed by nuclear bombs. It's kind of "Lost" meets "The Day After", except that unlike Lost there is no mystical weirdness going on and there seems to be a payoff every few episodes. In fact, by the end of this season I expect we will know exactly who was responsible for the bombing.
I'm honestly not sure if this show will be renewed for another season or not. I urge you all to please give it a try, as it is one of the most intelligent TV shows out there. I don't have any video clips to show you (sorry about that), but if you go here you can watch, for free, every single episode currently aired. The show is at 8 pm on CBS, and new episodes are uploaded to the website the next day.
Edit: I found a clip. It's not the best in the world, but at least it's not a crappy music video.
Speaking of potentially doomed good shows, there's The Dresden Files. It's a show about Harry Dresden, a wizard, who is sort of a magical Private Investigator who also consults with the Chicago P.D. to help solve occult crimes. The entire show reminds me of a World of Darkness RPG, and I mean that as a compliment.
Now, I don't practice magic, but I am fairly well-read on occultism, and I can tell you that this show goes to great pains to make its magic "feel" believable. It's almost like someone read Isaac Bonewits' Laws of Magic before writing this series. I don't know if it was Jim Butcher, the man who writes the series of novels that Dresden Files is based off, or if it's just a really good team of scriptwriters, but either way, credit is due. The show is just fun to watch, and never talks down to its viewers.
Here are some of the promos which aired for the show in January:
This is the last scene of episode 4. A bit long, and spoileriffic if you haven't seen it already, but if gives you a good look at the methodology of the magic. In this instance, Harry is helping a young man who (sold his soul) to exorcise the demon-taint inside him.
This show is also potentially on the chopping block, so if you enjoy it I implore you to go to the Save Harry Dresden! webpage. Send an email to feedback@scifi.com, if you do nothing else. I mentioned that I would be buying the DVD set of the first season, and would happily buy more if they continue the series. Money talks, you see.
I can't seem to think of a good closing paragraph, so I guess I'll just end with cheese: Tune in tomorrow! Same Lurking time, same Rhythmic channel!
Heroes returned to TV last night, and there was much rejoicing across the land. You just gotta love a show that does an episode called "Six Months Ago" and then later that same season does anther called "Five Years In The Future" (next week's episode.)
If for some bizarre reason you haven't been watching the show -- I'm looking at you, Isabella -- then proceed immediately to this site where you can watch every single episode that's been shown. There are currently 19 of them, and the season will end with #22. If you are a comic book nerd, like science fiction/fantasy, or just enjoy good television, there is no reason for not watching this show.
Fortunately, it seems like most of America agrees with me on this (a fact which slightly disturbs me, truth be told), so I don't need to campaign on behalf of Heroes. However, there are other shows chock-full of geeky goodness that also deserve your attention.
Battlestar Galactica is the single best sci-fi show out there, point blank. If you aren't watching it you are an uncultured ruffian, and I spurn you as I would spurn a rabid dog. Luckily, you have all year to get caught up, as the new season doesn't start until 2008. *sobs quietly*
Included for your viewing pleasure are a series of clips taken from Episode 304. It's a "good parts" compilation of nothing but action, and is as close to sequential as I could find. If this doesn't excite your geeky heart, nothing will.
Hankering for something a bit more modern? Then try Jericho, a story about a small Kansas town cut off from civilization when no less than twenty-three American cities are destroyed by nuclear bombs. It's kind of "Lost" meets "The Day After", except that unlike Lost there is no mystical weirdness going on and there seems to be a payoff every few episodes. In fact, by the end of this season I expect we will know exactly who was responsible for the bombing.
I'm honestly not sure if this show will be renewed for another season or not. I urge you all to please give it a try, as it is one of the most intelligent TV shows out there. I don't have any video clips to show you (sorry about that), but if you go here you can watch, for free, every single episode currently aired. The show is at 8 pm on CBS, and new episodes are uploaded to the website the next day.
Edit: I found a clip. It's not the best in the world, but at least it's not a crappy music video.
Speaking of potentially doomed good shows, there's The Dresden Files. It's a show about Harry Dresden, a wizard, who is sort of a magical Private Investigator who also consults with the Chicago P.D. to help solve occult crimes. The entire show reminds me of a World of Darkness RPG, and I mean that as a compliment.
Now, I don't practice magic, but I am fairly well-read on occultism, and I can tell you that this show goes to great pains to make its magic "feel" believable. It's almost like someone read Isaac Bonewits' Laws of Magic before writing this series. I don't know if it was Jim Butcher, the man who writes the series of novels that Dresden Files is based off, or if it's just a really good team of scriptwriters, but either way, credit is due. The show is just fun to watch, and never talks down to its viewers.
Here are some of the promos which aired for the show in January:
This is the last scene of episode 4. A bit long, and spoileriffic if you haven't seen it already, but if gives you a good look at the methodology of the magic. In this instance, Harry is helping a young man who (sold his soul) to exorcise the demon-taint inside him.
This show is also potentially on the chopping block, so if you enjoy it I implore you to go to the Save Harry Dresden! webpage. Send an email to feedback@scifi.com, if you do nothing else. I mentioned that I would be buying the DVD set of the first season, and would happily buy more if they continue the series. Money talks, you see.
I can't seem to think of a good closing paragraph, so I guess I'll just end with cheese: Tune in tomorrow! Same Lurking time, same Rhythmic channel!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Is it just me...
... or has anyone else noticed that the Green Lantern oath is written in iambic tetrameter?
For those unwilling to follow the link, an iamb is the base unit of Classical Greek poetry. It consists of a short syllable (italic) followed by a long syllable (bold). Tetrameter means that there are four iambs per phrase.
Now I'm tempted to do "Green Lantern, as written in Heroic Verse."
For those unwilling to follow the link, an iamb is the base unit of Classical Greek poetry. It consists of a short syllable (italic) followed by a long syllable (bold). Tetrameter means that there are four iambs per phrase.
In bright -est day, in black -est night,
No e -vil shall es -cape my sight!
Let those who wor -ship e -vil's might
Be -ware my pow'r -- Green Lan -tern's light!
Now I'm tempted to do "Green Lantern, as written in Heroic Verse."
Literary Comics Mash-Up Extravaganza
Since it seems that the LCMUE has come to an end, I've decided to collate all the submissions here for easy linkage, and to ensure that if I lose my sidebar these links won't be lost.
- The Punisher, as written by Bret Easton Ellis (Bridgecrew Report)
- Swamp Thing, as written by H.P. Lovecraft (Seth Lindberg)
- The X-Men, as written by David Cronenburg (My Fucking Sound)
- Jimmy Olsen, as written by.... Jimmy Olsen (Beaucoup Kevin)
- The Punisher, as written by Lemony Snicket (Chris' Invincible Super-Blog)
- New Gods, as written by Henry David Thorough (A Love of Great Trash)
- House of M, as written by Johnathan Swift (A Love of Great Trash)
- Wonder Woman, as written by George Alec Effinger (A Love of Great Trash)
- Metamorpho, as written by Greil Marcus (Armagideon Time)
- Preacher, as written by Cormac McCarthy (Visible Monsters 2)
- Süperman, as written by Friedrich Nietzsche (Fortress of Soliloquy)
- Black Panther, as written by Ernest Hemingway (Selective Continuity)
- Superboy, as written by Stephen King (Sinister Aglets)
- Aquaman, as written by Aaron Sorkin (Political Science [Fiction])
... and we're back!
After the thrice-damned 3-column affair, as I'm calling around these parts, we are finally back online and Lurking in a Rhythmic manner once again. I've managed to reconstruct most of the page -- sadly, I fear my Discordian Time widget may never work again -- but many, many hyperlinks were lost, including the participants in my Literary Comic Mash-Up Extravaganza. I maintain a glimmer of hope that Google has cached an old copy of my blog somewhere.
Sweet Buttery Eris, I certainly dropped many f-bombs earlier, didn't I? Practically a profanity arclight. I apologize for the loss of my composure. Nevertheless they must still all die screaming.
Also, my brother flew in from D.C. to attend a class at the local FAA school in nearby Palm Coast, so he spent the day with us before his classes begin on Monday. Between his visit and my repair of the site, I was unable to update the site as promised.
At this point I feel very much like Sisyphus. I'll never be able to catch up now... the best I can do is draw a line here and say, "Henceforth there shall be fresh posts and no dilly-dallying!"
Unless, you know, you like having your dilly dallied. And who doesn't? But I digress...
Anyway, I will have better blogfodder for you tomorrow.
Kisses!
Sweet Buttery Eris, I certainly dropped many f-bombs earlier, didn't I? Practically a profanity arclight. I apologize for the loss of my composure. Nevertheless they must still all die screaming.
Also, my brother flew in from D.C. to attend a class at the local FAA school in nearby Palm Coast, so he spent the day with us before his classes begin on Monday. Between his visit and my repair of the site, I was unable to update the site as promised.
At this point I feel very much like Sisyphus. I'll never be able to catch up now... the best I can do is draw a line here and say, "Henceforth there shall be fresh posts and no dilly-dallying!"
Unless, you know, you like having your dilly dallied. And who doesn't? But I digress...
Anyway, I will have better blogfodder for you tomorrow.
Kisses!
Sunday, April 22, 2007
TOYS IN THE ATTIC CRAZY (NSFW: Profanity)
Angry rant with lots of foul language. You have been warned.
Dear shitheads who, across multiple webpages, told me to upload your fucking templates:
I FOLLOWED YOUR FUCKING "DIRECTIONS" AND NOW MY LAYOUT IS FUCKED AND I'M UNABLE TO FIX IT. YES, EVEN WHEN I UPLOAD MY SAVED TEMPLATE!
NO, YOU COULDN'T JUST HAVE SAID, "HERE, CUT THIS AND INSERT IT INTO YOUR CODE!" NOOOO, YOU HAD TO GIVE ME BAD DIRECTIONS WHICH RESULTED IS ME LOSING EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN MY SIDEBARS!
... okay, I feel better.
Now, on to the the very fun game of trying to replace everything I lost. *cries*
Dear shitheads who, across multiple webpages, told me to upload your fucking templates:
FUCK YOU!
FUCK YOU!
FUCK YOU!
FUCK YOU!
FUCK YOU!
I FOLLOWED YOUR FUCKING "DIRECTIONS" AND NOW MY LAYOUT IS FUCKED AND I'M UNABLE TO FIX IT. YES, EVEN WHEN I UPLOAD MY SAVED TEMPLATE!
FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKERS!
NO, YOU COULDN'T JUST HAVE SAID, "HERE, CUT THIS AND INSERT IT INTO YOUR CODE!" NOOOO, YOU HAD TO GIVE ME BAD DIRECTIONS WHICH RESULTED IS ME LOSING EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN MY SIDEBARS!
DIE IN SCREAMING AGONY, YOU ELITIST FUCKTARDS!
DIE!
DIE!
DIE!
*STABBY GESTURES*
DIE!
DIE!
DIE!
*STABBY GESTURES*
... okay, I feel better.
Now, on to the the very fun game of trying to replace everything I lost. *cries*
Saturday, April 21, 2007
HTML is kicking my ass
I am not a stupid person.
Can someone please tell me what to put where? I'm about ready to tear my hair out in frustration.
Oh yeah, I use layout templates, not classic.
- I figured out how to replace the stock header with an image.
- I figured out how to make it clickable and not just a static picture.
- Given enough time, I can figure most things out.
Can someone please tell me what to put where? I'm about ready to tear my hair out in frustration.
Oh yeah, I use layout templates, not classic.
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