Archive for April, 2009
Extract Trailer
Oh, Mike Judge, you had me at “…not if you smoke a little…”
Two Things
First, I am making this post from my iPhone. Using the WordPress app. Second, I am uploading this panoramic pic I took with the Pano iPhone app. Oh, and I added a fancy new plugin that makes us more legible on an iPhone browser.
Five Girl Power Movies That Would Horrify Your Parents
Five Across The Eyes – Ignore the poor quality of this movie. Yes, it seems like it was shot with a VHS camera using the on-camera microphone. Yes, if you’re bothered by typical teenage girls the first two acts will annoy you (but you shouldn’t be seeing movies about teenage girls anyway if they bother […]
Building Ships on Earth
There are a few science-minded folks who read on the Backporch. I would like hear your thoughts on a weighty matter that will grow very important over the coming month. Please, give me your considered opinion. Think of the physics, the economics, and the political ramifications; then let me know where you stand. …ahem… The […]
Star Trek (2009)
Tim League duped us again tonight. He sold us on seeing 10 minutes of the new Star Trek with J.J. Abrams’s writers in person, before a classic screening of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Khan started, and the print looked/sounded awful, and scant seconds past the credits the film started glitching, froze, and melted […]