Blu-Ray Review: Prometheus
Published on October 23rd, 2012 in: Blu-Ray, Current Faves, DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews, Movies, Reviews, Science and Technology, Science Fiction |Oh Prometheus. If loving you is wrong I don’t want to be right. I didn’t think a movie could court as much controversy unless it was directed by Christopher Nolan. How naïve I was back then!
Four months after the “Prometheus sucks!” furor died down (just in time for the considerably less hysterical “Cloud Atlas sucks!” and “The Master sucks!’ outrage to begin), those of us who didn’t write petulant, ignorant letters to Damon Lindelof had to have our hearts trampled on all over again in preparation for the “Prometheus still sucks!” onslaught.
If you saw Prometheus and hated it, I would urge you to rewatch it on Blu-Ray. However, we all know how film critics are loath to change our minds on anything and (heaven forbid) admit we might be wrong. I saw Blade Runner in the late ’80s and honestly hated it. I was interested enough, however, to see the Director’s Cut theatrical release in 1992 and immediately changed my mind. Granted, the voiceover was removed in that version, but I also like to think I grew up a little bit.
TV Is Dead, Long Live TV: October 19, 2012
Published on October 19th, 2012 in: Media, Science and Technology, Streaming, The Internets, TV, TV Is Dead Long Live TV |The latest in our ongoing series on the life and death of linear television, a.k.a. old-style appointment television, TV that only moves forward in time. For previous installments, go here.
I had planned to write this week’s article on the topic of fan-produced web series, but The Rumble 2012 and the Presidential debates livestreaming are too critical to the death of linear television and the new life of Internet television to ignore. So let’s spend the next several paragraphs dissecting what has gone right, and what has gone wrong, in Internet TV over the past two weeks.
TV Is Dead, Long Live TV: October 5, 2012
Published on October 5th, 2012 in: Science and Technology, Streaming, The Internets, TV, TV Is Dead Long Live TV |Here is our second installment of our ongoing series on the life and death of linear television, a.k.a. old-style appointment television, TV that only moves forward in time. For previous installments, go here.
Remember that show that you really like that was cancelled by Fox? It doesn’t matter which one. If it had been cancelled today, the creators now have the very profitable option of starting a digital only subscription channel and allowing you to pay for the content you want, instead of letting Fox television executives decide weather your favorite programs live or die.
Assemblog: June 29, 2012
Published on June 29th, 2012 in: Assemblog, Copyright/Piracy, Horror, Movies, Music, Science and Technology, Science Fiction, TV |
Image from The Art Of The Title
New this week on Popshifter: an attempt to answer the question regarding sex, violence, and horror in movies: Are we short-charging the teens?; reviews of new releases by Jesca Hoop, DIIV, Ty Segall Band, and Neneh Cherry & The Thing; in praise of singer/songwriter Gillian Welch; and a look at a 1974 John Lee Hooker concert now on DVD.
Assemblog: June 22, 2012
Published on June 22nd, 2012 in: Assemblog, Books, Canadian Content, Film Festivals, Horror, Media, Movies, Science and Technology, Trailers |
Image from V/H/S, 2012
New this week on Popshifter: Thoughts On: THE BAND, Music From Big Pink; reviews of Silver Jews, Early Times and Harry Howard and The Near Death Experience; new Robyn Hitchcock song “There Goes The Ice;” Theresa Andersson in Cambridge MA; an interview with author A. Jay Lee; and that burning question: Are The Originals The Best?
Assemblog: June 15, 2012
Published on June 15th, 2012 in: Assemblog, Copyright/Piracy, Feminism, Media, Movies, Science and Technology, The Internets |
Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders,
Prometheus Bound
New on Popshifter this week: musings on Rock Of Ages; reviews of Dent May’s Do Things and Unsane’s Wreck; mixtapes and compilations; and Prometheus: A Call For Positivity.
Your SpaceX, Space-y Celebration Mix
Published on June 4th, 2012 in: Music, Science and Technology |By Emily Carney
On May 22, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule became the first commercial space vehicle to be launched and docked with the International Space Station. The footage on NASA TV was gorgeous, epic, and monolitic and reminded me of why spaceflight still remains completely badass and important. The capsule made a successful landing on Friday, May 31.
Sexy cover models:
The crew of Apollo 10 (1969)
Gene Cernan, Tom Stafford, John Young
As everybody who knows me knows, I’m obsessed with spaceflight. So this is what I listened to during the week of SpaceX’s travels in low earth orbit.
SPACE MIX
1. “Apollo 16 Lunar Rover Ride,” by John Young and Charlie Duke, on the Moon, April 1972
2. “Blue Danube (Excerpt),” Johann Strauss
3. “Future,” Cut Copy
4. “Don’t Bring Me Down,” Electric Light Orchestra
5. “Hold Still,” Jarvis Cocker
6. “Time Stands Still,” Cut Copy
7. “National Anthem,” Lana Del Rey
8. “Midnight City,” M83
Check it out here: http://8tracks.com/emilybot/space-mix
Prometheus: More Than A Spectacle
Published on June 1st, 2012 in: Current Faves, Horror, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews, Science and Technology, Science Fiction |By Paul Casey
You will see Prometheus. Of course you will. If you have even a modicum of space knowledge of Ridley Scott, you will. Alien, Blade Runner, Prometheus. Even if this is a space version of Robin Hood, you have to see it. Ridley Scott is as important to science fiction cinema as Stanley Kubrick. We all know this. In spite of the cynicism and waiting Internet doom machine, you have no choice but to see this movie. And when you do, you need to see it in 3D.
Assemblog: May 4, 2012
Published on May 4th, 2012 in: Assemblog, Comics, Movies, Science and Technology, Streaming, Trailers |
“I’m not wearing hockey pads.”
New on Popshifter this week: Part Four of the ongoing hilarity of “so bad they’re good” YouTube videos from around the world; reviews of new releases by Chelle Rose and Portland Cello Project; The Lake Effect’s Expect Delays EP; Dave Martin’s Natural Selection; and whether or not The Avengers is a “chick flick.”
You Are Not Your Browser History
Published on January 30th, 2012 in: Editorial, Issues, Media, Oh No You Didn't, Science and Technology, The Internets |
Visual representation of
the Internet from
the Opte Project
Over the last few weeks, the blogosphere was in an uproar over SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of proposed legislation set to appear before the House and the Senate in January. While the alleged intention of the legislation was to thwart online piracy of movies and other media, opponents expressed concern that the actual effects of the bills would be far more insidious and damaging to the Internet, claiming that it would drastically change not only the structure of the Internet, but the way people use it. Although both SOPA and PIPA are US legislative proposals, there was an overwhelming fear that they would cripple Internet usage on a global scale.