Archive for the ‘TV’ Category

Written by Alyx on Sunday, January 21st, 2007 in TV, culture.
Going at it with The Donald didn’t get nearly enough attention, so now she’s after one of America’s sacred cows:
“It’s terribly sad to me,” O’Donnell said during a harsh six-plus minute Idol attack broadcast on Thursday morning’s The View. “I don’t think America likes to watch people be ridiculed, made fun of, and [...]

Written by OddCulture on Monday, January 15th, 2007 in Movies, TV.
It just dawned on me that the beginning of 24 season six pretty much steals the plot of Die Hard: With A Vengeance.
Terror attacks, check.
Bad guy responsible for attacks wants revenge on the guy who killed his brother, check.
Good guy stops bad guy from setting off a bomb on a subway train, check.
Too [...]

Written by Alyx on Thursday, January 4th, 2007 in TV, culture.
You care. Admit it. No, wait, you don’t. I don’t either.

Written by Bill G on Friday, December 8th, 2006 in Movies, TV.
Inspired by Echospere’s Star Trek Inspirationals, I made my own contribution with Alyx’s help.
Click to get a bigger image size.
By the way, Star Trek: The Motion Picture does not get enough credit. Its only weaknesses are an overlong shuttlepod sequence and the fact that it’s a rehash of an old TOS episode. Otherwise, it’s more [...]

Written by Bill G on Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 in TV, culture.
There’s an article on LewRockwell today that’s the most insightful piece I have read to date on the philosophy of South Park. I particularly like his read of the Underpants Gnomes episode.
The libertarianism of Parker and Stone places them at odds with the intellectual establishment of contemporary America. In the academic world, much of the [...]

Written by Bill G on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 in TV, culture, mature, military.
The 20th century is fascinating, especially the world wars. The level of propaganda during those times - World War 2 for example, is amazing - if the generation in today’s PC age really made comparisons between Fox News culture and what went on back in the 30s and 40s, I think their collective heads would [...]

Written by Bill G on Thursday, November 16th, 2006 in TV, culture.
Larry King admitted to Roseanne Barr that he doesn’t use the internet.
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In this clip are very telling reasons why mainstream media is falling far behind the Internet. This dinosaur called Larry King doesn’t know anything about the Internet, but it’s the one thing that will put him out of a job. Of course, he’s so [...]

Written by Bill G on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 in Religion, TV, Trainwrecks, culture.
I’ll let Vernon Robinson’s ads speak for themselves:
At the time of the 2006 elections, there was Funny Wikipedia entry about him. It started with:
Vernon Robinson (born September 1955) is a bad, bad man. He is for the genocide of all immigrants and homosexuals. What a jerk. He is known for very blunt campaign ads with [...]

Written by dj kali_ma on Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 in TV, culture.
TheStar.com - ‘68 Black Power Olympians bury friend
MELBOURNE, Australia— Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who gave the historic black power salutes at the 1968 Olympics, have reunited for the final time with the third man on the podium that year.
Smith and Carlos attended the funeral yesterday of Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who died last [...]

Written by dj kali_ma on Thursday, September 14th, 2006 in Movies, TV, culture.
Bush to hold talks on Ali G creator after diplomatic row | the Daily Mail
In the video, Borat said, “In response to Mr. Ashykbayev’s comments, I’d like to state I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my Government’s decision to sue this Jew.
“Since the 2003 Tuleyakiv reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as [...]
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