Timewaster's Guide Archive

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=33282

Not a bad way of doing things. It helps that he already has a following.

Okay this article doesn't specifically address any one medium, but I figured that the literature people would have the most to say about it.

http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100108134/site/100000000/

You have an IM conversation like this:

42: and I'm still in the living room
42: listening to the constant scheming of my ferret
buddy: ah yes...and scheme they do :-)
42: she just need more ranks in escape artist;-)
buddy: :-) definitely, and its even a class skill
42: Fortunately, I monitor how often she gets out to adventure
42: I can't have her going up levels too quickly
buddy: no...you defnitely don't want an epic-level ferret on your hands
42: well, fortunately she cross-classed into barbarian which cost her some ranks, but now she frenzies
buddy: i don't know if that's fortunate or not
42: I'm such a geek
42: I'm now probably goign to spend my evening filling out a character sheet for my pet ferret
buddy: heh heh...don't worry...you're not alone in your geekiness...be proud of your geekiness
buddy: :-)
42: so have you already started a character sheet for your kid?
buddy: :-) no, but i probably will now...i have a feeling he's going take rogue levels at the beginning
42: ah yes...too bad you don't get to level him
buddy: yep

First, kudos to the producers of Supernatural in realizing that more people are likely to watch new show if they can watch it online.

http://tv.yahoo.com/feature/supernatural.html

Unfortunately, not everyone can afford TiVo.

So I watched the pilot.

It's not bad. I tend to give pilots a lot of slack because their purpose is just to set the feel for the series and the general guidelines. The real flavor of the show is almost never apparent until several episodes into the series.

It does seem like too much of an X-Files knock-off. Yet, I see the potential for it becoming more of an action-series, which would help set it apart from other horror/supsense/thriller/scifi series (something that will be appearing in droves this TV season).

So my advice to the producers, more first shooter Doom stuff and less X-Files stuff.

Will I keep watching. Probably not, unless they keep putting episodes on yahoo.

Has anyone seen this?

I saw it this morning. It's not nearly as bad as the critics make it out to be. It actually has great visuals and descent plot. It does lack a thesis statement, but as a action/horror flick it works well.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=32138

Enjoy.

Okay, I'm not sure if this is real, but it makes me laugh.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20050803a

Once again, D&D is corrupting youth.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/ice_age_2/

I guess this has been out for a while, but it's still funny.

I love the reference to "A Christmas Story."

Unfortunately, I have little hope the movie will be as funny.