Curiosity is My Apollo 11 Moment
The view from Gale Crater Late Sunday night, or in the wee hours of Monday morning depending on where you are in the world, NASA’s JPL rover “Curiosity” did what Arnie told us to do back in 1990, it...
View ArticleWeb Comic Review: The Outer Light
Some weeks ago I was having a twitter discussion about the best all time episode of any Star Trek franchise; because why else was the internet created other than as a means of facilitating these sorts...
View ArticleDoctor Horrible’s TV Debut: Interesting, but not a Game Changer.
Last week Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog made its television debut on the CW Network. As I did indeed sing along to Captain Hammer’s (Nathan Fillion) character defining song A Man’s Gotta...
View ArticleMonster Roll Releases the Kraken upon Un-suspecting Sushi Chefs
Written and directed by Dan Blank, Monster Roll is a six minute proof of concept short, channeling the best conceptual elements of classic Japanese monster movies and the fantastic gusto of 80s screen...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 25: Q&A with Jonathan Robbins, creator of the web series Clutch
Two new podcast releases in the same month? Wow, I must really feel guilty for the long months of silence in between episode twenty-three and twenty-four. Topics under discussion include: - What is...
View ArticleFirst Impressions of Out of Time
One week ago the director of Out of Time, Rodney V. Smith, offered me an insider’s glance at his upcoming web series. An experienced hand at online production, Smith’s past work includes the detective...
View ArticleThe Indie Project Grab Bag
One of the benefits of writing this blog is the opportunity to engage with some profoundly talented people working in the creative arts. Over the last month three projects have landed on my radar, all...
View ArticleStar Drunk: A Short Film that Delivers on What It Promises
Sometimes the internet presents something so utterly bizarre that it is impossible to ignore. Thus do I tip my hat to Beverly Bambury for linking me to Star Drunk: Space Alien V. This short film...
View ArticleWhat is Noobcamp and Why Does it Want Your Money?
The creators of Noobcamp have taken an interesting tack in presenting their web series’ kickstarter campaign. Therein, they acknowledge the novelty of web television as an emerging concept. At the same...
View ArticlePodcasting After Dark at Ad Astra
That’s right, another Ad Astra is upon us, and once again yours truly has conned his way into being a panelist. Even though I’ll be speaking on four panels this year, there’s only one that I really...
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