The List (1)

My recent [reply] post has made me realize something, lists are good. Top 5 lists, top 10 lists, worst 10, middle 10, you get the idea. So here's a little list that I've cooked up. Warning: the number of items on this list is much much greater than 10.

In 2008 I had a New Year's Resolution. That resolution was to watch a movie a day for an entire year. Of course, 2008 was a leap year so that meant 366 movies. Out of those 366 I challenged myself to watch at least 100 movies that I had never seen before. An added challenge was that I would be spending three weeks in Russia over the summer, complicating the movie a day deal, thus I allowed myself to watch more than one movie a day, as long as I met my goal of 366. Since January 1, 2008 I've been keeping a list of every movie I have seen, and here it is:

The Reply (The Dual)

In response to the comments I'm amassing over at [The Dual], I figure I should clear up a few things:

The Dual

So I haven't ventured too much into philosophy as of late, doing my best to keep things rooted in technology and media, but I did promise that there would be some philosophical debates lurking within the digital pages of this blog. Here's a serving for you. Do keep in mind that I am not a philosopher in the strict sense of the profession, and I haven't touched a philosophy textbook in over four years. These are just the thoughts that run through my head that I feel other people might have thought of or might have something to say about.

dualism - (noun) the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided

The Rhythm (4)

A cable company and a cable network align forces to dominate the galaxy media industry, 10% of kids are in danger of the Legend of Zelda, and that girl from the Princess Diaries is Catwoman.

The Rhythm: coming at you in spectacular 4D.

The Review (Buried)

My Background: I'm familiar with a few Ryan Reynolds films, such as Van Wilder and Definitely, Maybe and his role as Deadpool in Wolverine. I've come to realize his acting strengths lie in his wit, and from what I knew about Buried, that was one tool he wouldn't really be able to rely on. Also, I don't have claustrophobia or fears of being buried alive.

Review: True to the title. Different. Jarring. Emotional ending. Quality film.

Verdict: rent it.

Just a word about the verdict scale since I never really explained it:

• Must see - this speaks for itself.
• Worth it - it's worth paying the money to see it in theaters, which means its pretty good and of high quality.
• Rent it - a quality film for sure, just not one you'll need to have in your collection but worth seeing once.
• Avoid it - don't see it, don't rent it, put it out of your mind now.
• Guilty pleasure - not amazing, probably decent, and will probably get a seriously low score by Rotten Tomatos, but you'll probably enjoy it any. Probably.

And a side note about Ryan Reynolds, I sure hope The Green Lantern is awesome.

Dream on.

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The 3DS

The Empire Strikes Back.

In case you weren't aware, this morning Nintendo of America and Nintendo Europe jointly announced a few details about the soon to be released portable gaming platform the 3DS. Are you ready? No really, are you ready for the details because I have them courtesy of [IGN] and [Gizmodo] for you here in this one convenient post. Here we go.

The Pilot

Why do they call it a pilot anyway? Is it because it's the first episode of the show and it's flying the series? That sounds incredibly lame. So I'm not sure why it is called a pilot, but the television pilot is the premiere episode for a new television series, for which the goal is to establish characters, plot, mood, and direction from which an entire series may be spawned. Sounds easy right? I'm sure you've had a good idea for a TV show, I've had a few myself. And I've even gone as far as writing a pilot for one of them and I'm thinking I may begin working on the second soon. The hard part is getting it in the right hands and getting it made, but I'm not here to talk your ear off (or is it write your eyes out) about that part of a pilot, I'm here tell you about what they mean for us, members of the public who watch them for entertainment.