Author Archives: Mark
June 8, 2013 Ranking “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D
This is the second in a series of transplanted articles from my other blog. The transplants will run on Saturdays until they’re all over here. They are copied and pasted, but might get slight edits here and there. Al’s second album, released in 1984, which was still earlier than I first heard him. This is […]
Tags: Weird Al
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June 7, 2013 Pan & Scan
Few things rankle me as much as movies being panned and scanned. I don’t remember when it was that I came to understand what exactly it was , but I do know I signed up immediately for the “Widescreen is the way it was meant to be seen!” camp and haven’t ever left. This video […]
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June 6, 2013 How Do They Do It?
So pretty soon we’re getting a Twelfth Doctor. There’s all kinds of speculation as to who it will be or should be and I won’t participate in that because I’ve discovered a weird thing: it doesn’t matter. Furthermore, “it doesn’t matter” is exactly what confuses me about this show. Let me back up. First off, […]
Tags: Doctor Who
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June 5, 2013 Today Is An Extra-Special Day
Do you want to know why? It’s because I am going to do a liveblog of Mortal Kombat tonight! Come back a little after 6p Eastern and join in the fun. I’m having some friends over and we’re watching it on Blu-Ray, the way it was always intended to be seen.