Archives for “history”
Lucas recently spoke out against companies altering old films and colorizing black and white features; he claimed that, as a proponent of history, viewers should be able to appreciate a film as it was originally released. “I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched [...]
We saw Eddie Izzard live last night, and it was awesome. His new set, Stripped, is very similar to Dress to Kill in that it’s mostly jokes about history and religion. He discusses the controversy about Intelligent Design vs Evolution (including Charles Darwin’s famous book Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, You) and the improbability of Noah’s [...]
Imagine a bearded grad student being handed a dozen AT&T executives, all in pin-striped suits and quite a bit older and cooler. And I’m giving them a tour. And when I say a tour, they’re standing behind me while I’m typing on one of these terminals. I’m traveling around the Arpanet showing them: Ooh, look. [...]
“I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug” is the first line of Crooked Little Vein, by Warren Ellis, who may be familiar to you from his work in comics, including Transmetropolitan and The Authority. If you’re anything like me, that’s all you need to hear to know [...]
In 1963, Marvel Comics published what became the first issue in a three-part crossover event that covered three different books and three sets of authors and illustrators over the course of 24 years! It’s remarkable because each successive part of the story added another layer of complexity while respecting the material that came before it. [...]
Totally Good.
(This is a copy of an email I recently sent to a friend.) You know me well enough to know that in general, I’m an optimist, and I want to believe that the government has our best interests at heart. If for no other reason than that college is full of anti-establishment people, and I [...]
Oh man, we just got back from seeing the re-release of Once Upon A Time In China, a film that helped Jet Li hit the big time. I recognized the name of his character in the movie, and Miles helped me remember where I had seen it. Wong Fei Hung is the main character of [...]
“The last time I checked, the Constitution said ‘of the people, by the people, and for the people.’ That’s what the Declaration of Independence says.” – President Clinton (the phrase is from the Gettysburg Address)
Today, for the first time in more than 16 years of school, I experienced the pleasure of taking a class because I wanted to, not because I had to. In high school, I was an atheist with questions. I wasn’t really sure what I believed in, but I was sure as hell that it wasn’t [...]
