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“Tron: Legacy”

Some brief thoughts on the Tron sequel/reboot, which I watched last night:

Having not been to a movie in a theater in over two years, I was surprised at how obnoxious the pre-movie advertising has become. Gone are the still slideshows with instrumental music, which one could at least chat over, having been replaced with […]

December 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Entertainment | Comments are closed

James Cameron’s 3D Mars Camera

If James Cameron is so passionate about restoring the 3D camera to MSL/Curiosity, then…instead of lobbying, and urging, and taking his concerns to the NASA administrator, why didn’t he just pay for it out of pocket?

I don’t know that he didn’t, or didn’t offer to do so (the article doesn’t say), but it seems […]

April 29th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Economics, Entertainment, Space Commerce, Space Science, Space Technology | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Oops

Despite all the hype about it being the Best Movie Ever Made! and The Ultimate Entertainment Experience! and whatnot, it looks like Avatar lost the Best Picture Oscar to Hurt Locker, a movie I hadn’t even heard of until about two weeks ago.

Heh. I think I just schadenfreuded.

March 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Entertainment, Science Fiction | Comments are closed