Sizing Up the Oscar Noms

Sizing Up the Oscar Noms

Posted on February 3, 2010 in: Culture, Media

It’s Oscar season, with the first 10-nominee Best Picture category ever. Here’s my take on the competition in all but the technical categories as we leave the starting gate.

Connections: The Blindness of Cultural Arrogance

Connections: The Blindness of Cultural Arrogance

Posted on January 11, 2010 in: Culture

What do these Amazon natives have to do with the length of newspaper articles and white people’s Messiah complex? Connections is my attempt to make sense of some of the seemingly disparate things I learn in a given day of Web surfing.

Groundbreaking ‘Avatar’ Almost Hits the Mark

Groundbreaking ‘Avatar’ Almost Hits the Mark

Posted on December 18, 2009 in: Culture, Media

As I summed it up in my 6,600th tweet: Saw Avatar. If hype is how you judge, you’ll be disappointed. It’s Dances with Wolves in space. But I liked it, and the technology will certainly change the way movies are made.

Blog vs. Blog Update

Blog vs. Blog Update

Posted on December 16, 2009 in: Culture, Media

Blog vs. Blog continues! First a word from one of Junkie1′s fellow “Avatar” haters. Then a lot of words about the crap in her DVD collection. There was some yawning and then some jawing about what crap really is. My take? If it stinks, it’s crap. She yammered on about “criteria” and “redeeming qualities.” ‘Tevs.

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