Friday, 29 November 2024

Triple review: The Founder, Worth, and Irena’s Vow

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All three are based on a true story, are well made, and worth a watch... if you’re in the right mood.   Let’s tackle The Founder first: it...
Monday, 18 November 2024

Everyone's a critic

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Normally, people just say to ignore the critics. That's what professionals do, after all. And many people out there are unbothered by cr...
Saturday, 16 November 2024

Tyson on being and nothingness

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  This interview was absolutely hilarious: Tyson's not really wrong, but wow, talk about different kinds of energy. I want to see more o...
Monday, 4 November 2024

Music!

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Illustration for a music poster I did, way back in The Before Time. When they had music festivals. Find more at jtillustration .
Monday, 21 October 2024

Collier's epic review of Star Trek: Picard

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Back in The Before Time, in The Long Long Ago, Red Letter Media made a set of feature length Mr. Plinkett Reviews of the Star Wars Prequel T...
Thursday, 17 October 2024

David Brin on AI (and, sshhh, COVID-19)

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Always interesting to listen to. Competition between AIs sounds like the way to go. That Wallstreet AI could become dominant is truly fright...
Friday, 6 September 2024

Demons of El Dorado - Part 7, er, 11?

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EDIT: Whoops, it's been so long I forgot I already published this on the blog several years ago. I have the remainder in screenplay for...
Thursday, 5 September 2024

R-ratings aren't just for blood, sex, and gore

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James Mangold on making   Logan : "For Mangold, allowing Logan to be R-rated was important, not so much for violent content, but for st...
Tuesday, 3 September 2024

Woman dead at work for 4 days

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Most companies don't take 'work them to death' literally... and then there's Wells Fargo.  This   story has flooded wire fee...
Sunday, 1 September 2024

Eric Schmidt on AI, lawyers, and stealin'... but shh, don't quote him, it's a secret

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S o is the  spy  who stole from Google just following the advice of (former and likely current) Google execs? Eric FFS Schmidt, an ex-Google...
Saturday, 31 August 2024

Retro-review: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

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This is 1970s Austin Powers long before Austin Powers: a deranged Inspector Dreyfuss escapes from the mental institution and creates a terri...
Thursday, 29 August 2024

The Boys season 4 review

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The show's still got it, but the paint job is wearing thin.  Franchises are repetitive by their very nature, but work best when the audi...