Emma approved

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Karl

I didn’t know how to feel when I heard about the “Where the Wild Things Are” movie adaption or when I saw the trailer, but Emma liked it. A lot. Talk about a hard movie to produce. If they succeed, it will be magical. If they fail, it will be more of the same… unfortunately. Keeping my fingers crossed. It would be great to take Emma to this.

Battlestar Galactica comes to a close – kinda

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Karl

How BSG wrapped up (or didn’t) will be talked about for a good long while. And that’s perfect if you ask me. Unlike The Sopranos, a show that begged for a close that had resolution, Galactica wouldn’t have been served well if every if every question was answered. Like Dave Rogers I feel that the show attempted to hold up a mirror to life itself, which ultimately is a mystery.

Something to think about – while the survivors ultimately reject technology – there is a marriage of man’s creations and forces beyond knowledge that carry the survivors to Earth.

You tell me – didn’t you feel pain watching Galactica, itself, herself, ‘break her back’ in that final jump?

Some related reading:

io9: As Battlestar Ends, God Is In the Details

Seattle PI: Battlestar Galactica’s Ron Moore Answers Our Burning Questions

geekdad: BSG at the UN: Wow, That Actually Worked!

YouTube: BSG at UN

Salon: Goodbye, “Galactica”

guardian.co.uk: Battlestar Galactica: Better than The Wire?

NYTimes: Show About the Universe Raises Questions on Earth

rc3.org: Battlestar Galactica and Mitochondrial Eve

Two amazing acts of creation you have to see (and hear), bookmark, and share

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Karl

“Sita Sings the Blues” and “Thru-You”

Tor.com: Tickled Pink By Sita Sings the Blues

Laughing Squid: Kutiman Remixes YouTube on Thru-You

Shameful

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Karl

rc3.org: Slumdog Millionaire’s child actors

Where social software and desktop role playing meet

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Karl

Obsidian Portal – I have a few friends that would LOVE to dive into this.

Who is the Fifth Cylon == Who is Number One?

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Karl

Ask yourself, who today would argue, “I will not make any deals with you. I’ve resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.”

Not many. Think about this – by participating on the Internet – logging on your client – you’ve already permitted yourself to be identified by a number.

Number Six’s pursuit of freedom and individuality gave fans of the show something to root for. As did finding who was the hidden Number One behind the Village.

When revealed, the answer drove many fans of The Prisoner crazy. I *love* the ending. There’s layers of meaning there. But I wasn’t living in that day and age, waiting, and waiting for the answer, only to be confounded once broadcast (far more shocking than the controversial Soprano’s ending (which was a cop out)).

Like The Prisoner, Battlestar Galactica explores themes about humanity, individuality, community, mob dynamics, fear, surveillance, soulless commercialism, politics, the good and evil within us all. I wonder when we find out who the Fifth Cylon is there will be a collective “meh” or outrage? You’d have to be brave to pull off what The Prisoner did. Very brave in this day and age. The Prisoner challenged us to think about the world we were creating for ourselves – our world as it exists today.

Number 6: Where am I?
Number 2: In the Village.
Number 6: What do you want?
Number 2: We want information.
Number 6: Whose side are you on?
Number 2: That would be telling. We want information… information… information.
Number 6: You won’t get it.
Number 2: By hook or by crook, we will.
Number 6: Who are you?
Number 2: The new Number 2.
Number 6: Who is Number 1?
Number 2: You are Number 6.
Number 6: I am not a number, I am a free man.
Number 2: Laughter.

Wired: R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner’s TV Visionary

AMC is doing a new version of The Prisoner, due later this year. They have a blog where you can follow the production and the main site is well done. Lacking are links to the pre-existing Prisoner community of fan sites and that is criminal if you ask me.

Wired: The Prisoner Reboots the Panopticon for 21st Century