Remote Dis-Harmony
I’ve used Harmony universal remote controls for years. As much as I greatly appreciate their broad range of device support, sometimes I find the limitations of Harmony’s programming options extremely frustrating.
Tag Archives: Annoyances
Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Fake Accents
I haven’t watched ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ in years and don’t remember it clearly. Was Renée Zellweger’s fake British accent in that one as awful as it sounds in the trailers for this week’...
Amazon vs. Warner Bros. – Customers Lose
Had problems pre-ordering Blu-rays or DVDs from Amazon lately? Perhaps you wanted to book a copy of blockbuster hit ‘The Lego Movie‘ (scheduled for release next week) but were stymied with a “Sign up to be notifi...
WBShop Now a Division of LexCorp, Apparently
I consider myself a collector, but I’m not an obsessive collector. I don’t feel the need to collect everything associated with something that I love. I’m a specific collector. For example, I love SteelBook packag...
One Unexpected 3D Setback
When I wrote about my experience with 3D playback on my new JVC DLA-RS40 projector a couple weeks ago, I forgot to mention one major annoyance that has bothered me ever since: The projector’s 3D sync emitter doesn’t pl...
Alamo Drafthouse Hates Texters as Much as I Do
As a critic, I’ve become accustomed to press screenings where anyone who even opens or turns on a phone during the movie is quickly escorted to the exit. This is done in press screenings for fear that people may be trying to...
Since When Are Movies Known for Their FX Teams?
[Editor’s Note: With this post, The Bonus View is pleased to welcome our newest contributor, Luke Hickman. Luke will be joining us to weigh in on various movie- and TV-related topics. For his first post, he takes a look at t...
Paint ‘The Town’ Teal
I’ve complained previously about Hollywood’s absurd obsession with the colors teal and orange. This stupid fad is truly ruining the art of motion picture photography. Unfortunately, this ugly color scheme is the sort o...
Worst Weekend Ever
No, this post title isn’t referring to anything bad that happened to me over the past weekend. (In fact, it was a perfectly nice three-day break.) Rather, I’m referring to the band Vampire Weekend, whose irritating son...
Problems Like This Aren’t Doing Blu-ray Any Favors
As you read this, I should be attending the Blu-Con conference in Los Angeles, where I’ll be moderating a discussion panel with various home video studio and hardware manufacturing executives on the topic of Blu-ray interact...
Is That What You Want? ‘Cuz This Here Is Teal!
Earlier this year, a very interesting and very enlightening article about Hollywood’s ridiculous obsession with the colors teal and orange made the rounds through the blogosphere. I’ll be damned if every word in it isn...
Hey Networks, Quit Cutting Off the…
Would you like to hear the end of that sentence above? Well, too bad. We’ve programmed it to overrun the allotted space so that the end would get cut off. Why would we do that? No reason, really. We knew that it wouldn’...