"Wait… is someone crying out there?" Buckaroo singing "Since I Can't Have You" to Penny in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension. "This is for you, Peggy."

Did these announcements come directly from the Disney movie-making computers, or were there actual humans involved?

Since I missed it during its blink-and-you-missed-it first run here in Grand Rapids, I saw the first showing of Cloud Atlas when it hit our second-run theater on Friday. First time I've seen a movie without digital projection in ages: noticed all the reel-change dots and some Braille-like dots I assume were watermarks.

CGI in a Ferengi head and this is pretty much what you're imagining:

CGI in a Ferengi head and this is pretty much what you're imagining:

I think we agreed back on the TZ threads that there was not a single classic story in the 4th season's hour-longs. Best you can argue in TZ's case is for a handful of the 80's, which had a few good 45-minute segments ("A Message From Charity", IIRC).

I think we agreed back on the TZ threads that there was not a single classic story in the 4th season's hour-longs. Best you can argue in TZ's case is for a handful of the 80's, which had a few good 45-minute segments ("A Message From Charity", IIRC).

All this praise for the current half-hour format without a look back to television's roots, when there were more of these? How about The Twilight Zone — which gets my vote for Best. Show. Ever. — an iconic example of the half-hour drama, though in an anthology format that is antithetical to today's serialized dramas.

All this praise for the current half-hour format without a look back to television's roots, when there were more of these? How about The Twilight Zone — which gets my vote for Best. Show. Ever. — an iconic example of the half-hour drama, though in an anthology format that is antithetical to today's serialized dramas.

I'm only watching a handful of the better US sitcoms (30 Rock, Happy Endings, etc.) and just one of the great dramas (Mad Men) so the only list 2012 list I can competently offer is anime, which I stream on the iPad while waiting for the kids to fall asleep. This is what I saw this year, even though many of the shows…

I'm only watching a handful of the better US sitcoms (30 Rock, Happy Endings, etc.) and just one of the great dramas (Mad Men) so the only list 2012 list I can competently offer is anime, which I stream on the iPad while waiting for the kids to fall asleep. This is what I saw this year, even though many of the shows…

Oh wow, I thought Bewitched came first; that's the only one I have. Thanks for the info. I see I Advance Masked is on iTunes… maybe that's what I use the inevitable Christmas iTunes Gift Card for.

Oh wow, I thought Bewitched came first; that's the only one I have. Thanks for the info. I see I Advance Masked is on iTunes… maybe that's what I use the inevitable Christmas iTunes Gift Card for.

Wish you'd asked him about his albums with Robert Fripp. I discovered "Parade" when Weird Al played its video on one of his occasional takeovers of MTV.

Wish you'd asked him about his albums with Robert Fripp. I discovered "Parade" when Weird Al played its video on one of his occasional takeovers of MTV.

One thing I could never get was a sense of the "fighting" described in Act 2's radio updates. What we hear in the songs is the various speeches and personal dialogues of Mr. Flash and Mr. Black, but is the story that each side literally had organized troops with guns, moving about the countryside, or is it meant to be…

One thing I could never get was a sense of the "fighting" described in Act 2's radio updates. What we hear in the songs is the various speeches and personal dialogues of Mr. Flash and Mr. Black, but is the story that each side literally had organized troops with guns, moving about the countryside, or is it meant to be…

They did: http://www.rockopera.com/20…

They did: http://www.rockopera.com/20…

I actually kind of do like "Preservation", complete overwrought mess that it is across its two "Acts". Did anyone here see the Boston Rock Opera version of it back in the 90's? http://www.rockopera.com/20…