Transformers… more than meets the expectation
Just got back from seeing Transformers.
Short answer: I really liked it. Read on for the full review.
July 3, 2007
January 15, 2007
Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn’t about piracy
Link to Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn't about piracy
Ken Fisher has a good little piece over at Ars Technca about DRM. He's basically saying what we've all been saying for a while now. DRM isn't about piracy for Hollywood, it's about profit.
DRM is about nickle and diming away what used to be "fair-use". I won't repeat all of Fisher's arguments, but quite telling is his link to a Business Week article by Ron Grover. Grover quotes an anonymous Hollywood exec complaining that Apples DRM policies are already too lax, because you can authorize up to five devices on one iTunes account. Quoth the exec, "His [Steve Jobs] user rules scare the heck out of us." Why? Because I might lend my authorization to a friend? The way I might lend a DVD?
I've got more to write about DRM, maybe it's time for another long DRM rant, but not today. Lucky you.
December 29, 2006
I hope Thirteen isn’t as lame as Twelve
Link to YouTube - Ocean's 13 Trailer.
June 8, 2007… Clooney's back. So are Pitt, Damon, Cheadle, etc… etc… Look, if I named them all I'd have carpal tunnel by the time I got to the end… either way, Ocean's Thirteen is scheduled for release this June. Watch the trailer after the jump. (more…)
December 28, 2006
I was pondering the immortal words of Socrates who said, "They’re making a sequel?"
Link to Kilmer plans Genius return - Movie news - Movies - Virgin.net
"Something strange happened to me this morning."
"Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"
"No."
"Why am I the only person that has that dream?"
Now… it's just a rumor, but Virgin.net (a British ISP, NOT a news source, mind you) is reporting that Val Kilmer has agreed to appear in a sequel to the 1985 movie "Real Genuis", which was perhaps one of the best movies of that era. Certainly one of the funniest and most quotable.
A sequel after 22 years? I mean, I'm very hopeful, but "This is water, it's what happens to ice when it gets too cold. This is Val Kilmer, this is what happens to actors when they long to return to their glory days."
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