movie posterMidnight excursions through a jazzy garden of caricatures, in Paris — with Owen Wilson almost a gentile caricature of Woody Allen. (2011)

"There has never been a time in entertainment history when TV has been this much better than movies."
— Dave Pell

Why do we love kittens more than robots?

“No Robots“ by YungHan Chang & Kimberly Knoll

#CoffeeBreak

(Source: io9.com)

"Don’t yell and scream about how you’re losing business to piracy when your stuff isn’t even available in the box I have on top of my TV."
— Jonathan Coulton

Did you ever notice that most of the bad guys on “The Rockford Files” where a suit and tie?

“SOPA and PIPA will die but they’ll be replaced with something just as bad because lawmakers are stupid and producers are afraid of the future — a future that’s coming no matter what the entertainment industry does. For the money they are spending on lobbying, a design team could develop a new system that would make more money by exposing more content, not less, enabling new business models in the process.”

- Robert X. Cringely

"Time-Warner has called, and they want us all back on the couch."
—

Clay Shirky explains the history of media duplication, up to today.

"I have a subterranean charm. Most aren’t able to see it right away."
— La Femme Nikita

movie posterA real time rumpus, with common heroes and uncommonly realistic heroics, in the “Nick of Time”.

poster“House of Cards” mirrors its heartless protagonists too well: sorta interesting, but we just don’t give a shit.

We still think Spielberg’s ”War Horse” is mostly dicking around, but here’s a lifelong horse lover’s illustrated take.

We still think Spielberg’s ”War Horse” is mostly dicking around, but here’s a lifelong horse lover’s illustrated take.

The Intergalactic Nemesis appeals to our love of old time radio drama, and mixed media. Ready for a 15 minute coffee break?

(excerpt from live at Dell Hall, Austin TX; via NPR.)

The Scale of the Universe

Conveying the cosmic scale of Everything is a challenge, when limited to a screen that humans can see. Here’s one interactive attempt, inviting you to ”zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime” on a single web page, by Cary & Michael Huang.

“Man on Wire” recounts Philippe Petit’s highest wire walk, without any footage of the actual event.

a simple animated loop

a simple animated loop

(Source: dvdp)

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