Movies

During the Tuesday purchase of the new Star Trek DVD it seemed liked a good idea to purchase the edition with a digital copy of the movie. Based on a naïve presumption the DVD with the digital copy was placed into a laptop computer DVD player at which time a series of digital protection...
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Amazon decided to deliver the second season of The Big Bang Theory (TBBT) on digital video disc (DVD) earlier this week. Surprisingly the episodes seem to be flying by throughout the morning hours. TBBT should probably be expanded to an hour long format instead of the exceedingly short thirty minute format. For some reason,...
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Andy from Chicago deserves a hat tip for recommending a complete viewing of season 1 of The Big Ban Theory (TBBT) television show on DVD. After watching the complete first season of TBBT progressively throughout the season the writing seemed to concede some of the physics dialogue for predictable plot devices. Overall, the first...
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Andy from Chicago has asked an interesting question about a show currently broadcast on the CBS network titled, “The Big Bang Theory.” A question exists about when an individual adopts a new television show. Specifically, should the individual viewer start at the current broadcast point or the very beginning of the show. Currently, the...
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A few notes about Michael Bay’s already financially successful feature film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). This sequel to the blockbuster Transformers (2007) has been in theaters for a few days. In terms of a blockbuster feature film premiering during the summer, the new Transformers film delivers a nearly nonstop string of entertaining...
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Only 27 days after the opening, Joni authorized a lunchtime trip to the local movie theater to see the Tom Hanks film Angels & Demons. A review of the movie will be forthcoming later today or maybe tomorrow. Expect to see a few initial reactions about the movie on Twitter. Over the years, Tom...
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Updated: Nels will be attending a Thursday evening showing of the Terminator Salvation theatrical film at the local movie theater. Nels went to see the theatrical release of Star Trek XI (2009) at 7:30 PM MST on Thursday May 7, 2009. Friday nights seem to be rather busy at the local Cinemark movie theater....
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Early today a car ride through Colorado Springs involved a trip to the Home Depot. Joni seems to think the yard would greatly improve with the addition of flowering plants. Instead of thinking about purchasing plants, Nels thinks about dinner. Nels has a gift card from Applebee’s restaurant to purchase dinner. Dinner tonight will...
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Full disclosure, Nels has seen every Star Trek movie and every episode of all the Star Trek television series. Nels went to see the theatrical release of Star Trek XI (2009) during the evening on Thursday May 7, 2009. Twitter allows for very short movie reviews. Perhaps in the case of this particular review...
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Nels has Star Trek XI (2009) tickets for tonight. Amazing statistic: Nels has been caffeine free for twenty hours. Officially, movie theaters throughout the country will be showing the new Star Trek XI movie. Reimaging established franchises seems to be the direction major movie studios are taking. Star Trek has a well established intellectual history....
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The satellite dish in the backyard provides access to a television programming package from DirecTV. As a result, Nels now receives the Science Channel in High Definition. Last week Nels watched the Frederique Darragon directed and produced documentary film “Secret Towers of the Himalayas.” According to the information encoded in the broadcast the documentary...
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Outside the door, foggy horizons cloud everything. Inside the door, the latest James Bond film “Quantum of Solace,” just started playing. Toshiba has successfully developed reasonably high quality digital video upconverting technology that allows video from a standard DVD to play at near HD quality using an HDMI cable. Without question, the video upconverting...
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On May 1, 2009, 20th Centenary Fox will release the theatrical version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine starting Hugh Jackman. Unfortunately, the local Colorado Springs Cinemark movie theater complex will not be showing the film in IMAX. This oversight may have to do with the availability of an IMAX version. At this point, any major...
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Sony should stop underestimating the transformational capacity of internet technology. At some point, the overpriced standalone Blu-ray disc players will have to decrease in price. Theoretically, increases in production over time should realize a certain economy of scale. Technology prices typically decrease over time. Prices on most Blu-ray players have hit a plateau of...
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Nels has decided to test the DirecTV video on demand downloading system. The system allows free video on demand access to various content including the 1981 Ivan Reitman film Stripes. Access to the DirecTV video on demand system requires an active internet connection. Access to the content is completely separate from the satellite system....
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Nels went to see the Watchmen motion picture on the IMAX screen in Colorado Springs. Sometimes the Hollywood industrial complex produces entertaining content. Most of the time movie studies expose viewers to derivative content that produces low quality and poor entertainment value. For the most part the quality of television writing equals or surpasses...
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Nels watched some classic episodes of Highlander on Hulu the free streaming internet video service. File sharing services allowed people to illegally access copyrighted content. Certain online organizations have resolved the copyright problem. Instead of spending ridicules amounts of money to purchase classic television shows on DVD, people can find a large amount of...
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Like many fans of science fiction, Nels will be watching both Stargate the Ark of Truth and Stargate Continuum this evening. Tonight the Science Fiction Channel will be televising the broadcast premier of both Stargate SG-1 movies. The marketing campaign for both 2008 movies involved direct to DVD sales followed by broadcast television. Stargate...
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Today the Science Fiction Channel is broadcasting a classic Highlander television show marathon. Even the SCIFIHD channel broadcasts the classic Highlander episodes in standard definition. At some point in the not so distant future, all broadcast television will be high definition. This change in broadcast quality will reduce the number of syndicated standard definition...
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The Watchmen theatrical motion picture release took twenty one days to reach one hundred million dollars in domestic theater returns. After extensive reflection, the original Watchmen movie review holds: violent, but good. Zach Snyder was able to build a cinematic translation of the graphic novel. Comic books have fallen out of popular favor. Some...
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Relevant interested parties can find a new trailer available online for Stargate Universe. Both the Science Fiction Channel and MGM have made the trailer available to the public.
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This original list of the top ten science fiction television shows derives completely from the thoughts of Nels. Building a list of the best science fiction television series of all time requires significant and careful consideration. Some of the best shows did not have long television runs. Television executives have never really given science...
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The Science Fiction channel will broadcast the last two hours of the Battlestar Galactica series tonight. Since the broadcast of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries in 2003, science fiction fans thought the world have followed the groundbreaking series. Overall, the show has had significant highs and lows. The writers working on the Battlestar Galactica...
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Here is another Watchmen movie review: violent, but good. Zach Snyder was able to build a cinematic translation of the graphic novel. Comic books have fallen out of popular favor. Some graphic novels transcend the world of comic book collectors. Society in general accepts these rare graphic novels as works of art. Reprints of...
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David Duchovny worked on 176 episodes of the X-Files between 1993 and 2002. Several months ago, COSTCO had a significant price break on entire seasons of the X-Files on DVD. Given the nature of the show and the entertainment value of the X-Files, in general it seemed like a good idea to purchase seasons...
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The satellite cable dish provides several hundred channels of television. Most of the channels provide content that is not interesting or inspiring. The satellite dish network provides about two dozen high definition channels. Not only is high definition content available from the satellite dish network, but also high definition broadcast is available from the...
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I recently watched an episode of Inside the Actors Studio. The show is hosted by James Lipton of Pace University. Each show focuses on an extended interview of a famous thespian. Eddie Murphy as a guest defiantly caught my attention. James Lipton asked Eddie Murphy to recite the high school yearbook quotation Murphy had...
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Joni happens to enjoy anything with a strong resemblance to a penguin. I did make an effort to beat the mad rush of penguin fans to see the Happy Feet movie. After researching the Happy Feet movie release information it became apparent that the initial IMAX release would not include three dimensional aspects. I...
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Right now, the evolution of technology driven media content dissemination is beginning to change the way people watch movies. Not only are companies that rent movies combating changes in technology, but also companies are facing a change in the basic business model of renting movies. Part of the momentum for this change is coming...
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Today marks the long awaited, “Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story – DVD,” which is available at the Best Buy for purchase. Normally Tuesdays used to be about the Blockbuster new movie Tuesday movie pass extravaganza, but Blockbuster raised prices and the supply of new movies worth watching dwindled resulting in a...
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