High five!

Will Byers from Stranger reminds me of something. You know how Netflix lets you pick an avatar for your login? The options aren’t that expansive, but among them are headshots of: Will Byers (Stranger Things), Will Smith (Bright) and Will Robinson (Lost in Space).

Will Byers from Stranger reminds me of something. You know how Netflix lets you pick an avatar for your login? The options aren’t that expansive, but among them are headshots of: Will Byers (Stranger Things), Will Smith (Bright) and Will Robinson (Lost in Space).

As a fellow Will, I concur with the choice of Will Riker, who was “cool” in a way that actually holds up quite well (even though his reputation is being something of a Kirk-like womanizer, he was actually very respectful of women, and most of his flings were with mature, consenting adults, who just found his charm…

Leto’s a creep, but this is one behaviour of his that makes sense to me. One of the skills of being an actor is giving yourself up for a role and being shameless about it in the moment. Not wanting to watch it implies a degree a self-consciousness that is very human.

I really, really, really wanna... zigazig ah.

I love the “reveals” of new Porsche designs. A couple years ago Microsoft dramatically unveiled one at E3 in connection with a new Forza. And it looked... the same. As every other other Porsche. Because they all. look. the. same. It’s very slight variations on a theme.

Composites of CGI and real-world elements tend to look more convincing when the color is muted. If you mute the color of both, they seem to exist in the same place. A desaturated, high contrast pallet also hides some of the texture deficiencies of CGI elements.

Addendum: I’ve started in on the new season, and I think it’s stellar.

I haven’t started the new season yet (in Canada for me, it’s a work day - and a very busy one), but remember the adjustment from the first season, getting used to the pace of the jokes.

With PC computers, there are remarkably few fixed variables. There is tremendous variation in the hardware. Windows 10 can be run on computers made 15 years ago, or on computers made yesterday. There is even more variation in the software, the vast majority of which was initially designed for older operating systems…

I’m not also dismissive of a new season of Dexter, but for a different reason. If it comes back and the quality is on par with its last few seasons, then fuck no. The reason I’d be interested is the same reason I watched (most) of those last few seasons: the optimism that it might return to form and be as good as it…

Forcing monopolistic companies to subcontract out to competitors is actually not that unusual. In Canada, it’s particularly common with telcos, a select few of whom have enormous infrastructure advantages with phone/cell/cable networks. There are competition policies that force them to share network access to…

I said a thing that someone else said already, and I can’t delete my comment. Carry on.

***ACTUALLY*** ... NAKED GUN is Christmas movie.

The first Austin Powers is a truly great movie, which mixes perfectly-executed slapstick with brilliantly effective satire of Bond franchise tropes (to the extent that Austin Powers is probably owed some credit for the grittiness of the Casino Royale reboot).

Quite apart from the story, TDK is helped by looking (courtesy of Nolan) and sounding (courtesy of Zimmer) amazing.

It was an enjoyable watch, though it wasn’t as fun to me as it felt like it should have been. Everything is there to make it fun. The actors, the action, the goofy plot, even the dialog is solid. But the delivery of it all was flat. Maybe with better direction, sharper editing, and a more energetic score, this could…

Because, in theory, if the U.S. isn’t in Afghanistan it devolves back into a safe haven for terrorists.

For anyone looking back at these comments for a sense of whether the show is good, let me offer my thoughts now that it’s actually aired a bunch of dozen episodes, rather than just a teaser promo: it’s fantastic.