Archive for the ‘TV’ Category
The Geek Trifecta
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Movies, TV
A recent trip to Blockbuster resulted in my obtaining the above pictured DVDs: Serenity, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, and Battlestar Galactica: Razor. If there were a Geiger-counter-like device that could detect levels of geektitude, the table where I took this photo would break the needle.
I’ve actually seen Serenity a few times before — even more than once when [...]
R.I.P. Tim Russert
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Misc., TV
Tim,
You were one of the last respectable TV journalists. While your passing may let many a politician and CEO breathe a sigh of relief, the rest of us are worse off for your passing. We can only hope that you’re sitting down at a table this Sunday morning, grilling St. Peter about when the Pearly Gates are actually going to get fixed.
In memory of Tim Russert
1950-2008
The problem with niches…
Posted by RandomRage | Filed under Rants, TV
With cable and satellite viewers assaulted with eleventy-billion channels, cable broadcasters have to carve niches for themselves so they can find an audience. This is how we ended up with channels like E! Style, Sleuth, The Food Network, and thirteen different Discovery channels. Within the last five years or so, TBS decided to change [...]