TV Madness: Bauer vs. Echo
It looks like Fox Mulder finally met his match in a sexy half-human/half-machine hybrid. Now let’s see what Jack Bauer and Echo have in store for us in the latest round of TV Madness.
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It looks like Fox Mulder finally met his match in a sexy half-human/half-machine hybrid. Now let’s see what Jack Bauer and Echo have in store for us in the latest round of TV Madness.
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Now that we’re entering the summer movie season, we’re being allowed some sneak peeks of what to anticipate during the year-end holidays. Two big titles expected to dominate the box office look quite promising thus far.
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A lot happened in this week’s episode of ‘The Killing’, but nothing as big as Tommy Larsen stomping baby birds at recess. Next week, Tommy takes a baseball bat to a group of cuddly kittens.
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After spending two days in San Francisco witnessing the latest products that Dolby Labs wanted to showcase, I next jetted off to the Los Angeles area to visit Dolby’s biggest competitor: DTS, Inc. I’ll be honest that I had no idea what to expect when I walked into the company’s headquarters in Calabasas. My arrival was not scheduled around a specific event or product introduction, but was rather more of a general meet-and-greet and facility tour. Nonetheless, the folks at DTS had some interesting stuff to show me, including one product prototype that really blew me away. I’m not kidding; when this thing is ready, it may be a game-changer in home theater audio. I’ve never experienced anything like it.
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A very surprising article in Wired recently suggested that, when it comes to literature and perhaps movies, most people are not bothered by having plot details spoiled in advance. In fact, knowing the ending or a big secret can make the story more enjoyable. Do our readers agree with this? [Spoiler Alert: We'll have a poll to find out!]
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All right, I’m all caught up on ‘Game of Thrones’. (See, that didn’t take very long at all, did it?) I noticed an interesting theme in this week’s new episode, which seems to be all about people who stand their ground even when they’d probably be safer and smarter to flee.
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Yes, I’m still behind in my TV watching as a result of traveling last week. As I catch up, ‘Game of Thrones’ is of course a show that I’ve prioritized. It’s also a series with so much going on that I feel every episode deserves the benefit of its own recap. So, as I get to work on this week’s latest episode, here’s a look at what happened while I was away.
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Two major releases vie for gamers’ post-’Diablo’ dollars this week, and yet several other titles would also kindly ask you to purchase them as well.
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As part of this year’s Fidelity Forum conference, Dolby Labs invited a group of home theater writers to the company’s headquarters in San Francisco for a tour of the facility and a look at some of its latest and greatest tech. The highlights of this two-day event were demonstrations of two new products. As I described in yesterday’s post, I wasn’t entirely sold on the need for 96k upsampling. However, the unveiling of the new Dolby Atmos theatrical sound format is considerably more exciting and easier to appreciate.
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As a consequence of my hectic travel schedule these past few weeks, I find myself writing yet another of these Blu-ray posts on a plane. Oddly, this one happens to coincide with a week where the biggest new release is all about airplanes – specifically, about a bunch of planes that crash or blow up or get shot out of the sky. This is a little unsettling, honestly. The film in question was also a big box office failure earlier this year, which leaves phrases like “bomb” or “crash and burn” rattling through my head. I’m glad that I don’t have any more trips planned for the immediate future. I’m a nervous enough flier as it is.
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