March 2011
14 posts
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“With ‘Inside Job’ we get back to a tradition of telling ourselves...”
– Dave Winer
(2010 Best Documentary, available at Amazon.)
February 2011
12 posts
There’s an opportunity brewing to add editorial components to the algorithm/crowd-sourced paradigm. - @Rand Fishkin http://ping.fm/0mRpl
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“if you only have one shot at getting an audience, you’re doing it wrong.” - Matt Mullenweg http://ping.fm/CQJYO
“Sons of Anarchy” is like “extreme” sour candy with a sugary inside, wanting nice girls to hug its pretty boy star. (2008 first 3 episodes)
Using a remote to navigate many features is slow, confusing, and annoys everyone else watching the TV. - @PeterYared http://ping.fm/jSty8
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“few TV interfaces would qualify as among the best of anything” - @Khoi Vinh http://ping.fm/njc3U design
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Watchif Joseph Stalin had created Cirque du Soleil: “A State of Mind” (2004).
[available from Amazon or on Netflix.]
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“Californication” serves a purpose parallel to that of “Sex In The City”, only for guys, and with sex.
available at:
Amazon
Netflix
iTunes
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“Let’s scare the crap off the wire…. The web won this one, and cable...”
– Dave Winer
the scripts on “Spooks” (aka “MI-5”) vary from too obvious to good enough, tending toward melodrama; but the acting is consistently good.
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“Basic cable seemed / smart until 8th snow day. Now / kids are hooked on soaps” - @momku #TV #haiku
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remakes are rarely worth the bother. rarely...
in almost every case, the time and money of audiences and filmmakers alike would be better spent on something else. True Grit (2010) is the rare exception, a worthy revision, and a couple hours well spent.
Joel and Ethan Coen’s western is thoroughly endearing. it is not outfitted in their usual droll aspect, so much as it rides on traditional story craft. assuming you can abide the gunplay...