True, and I shold have concluded my rant with this point: Just wait, and soon the streaming content will be imbedded with advertising. "Big Content" cannot stand to have any pipeline without such pollution, even when subscriber-paid.
That's too bad for me, as I just cancelled my subscription last night.
Having rented Inception on DVD, the wife and I sat down for our Friday Pizza-and-a-Movie ritual. As is common, the actual movie was prefaced by previews...plus advertisings for movie-related computer games...plus other horn-blowing movie preservation spew. I lost count after six, but what really blew my fuse was that NONE of these adverts could be skipped, NOR could I access the Top or Main navigational menus. By the time the movie could finally be started, I had finishing my meal which was thoroughly poisoned by the force-feeding of Warner Brothers (a subsidiary of Time Warner) promotional material. When I pay (or rent) content, I expect quick gratification...especially when the technology was designed for such.
Quick Movie Review of Inception: The beginning made no sense for nearly 30 minutes, with too little information being revealed about the plot. The characters were shallow. Leonardo's performance was forced and fell flat. The SFX were good, but overplayed. Overall, I felt that this movie was an exercise in recycling The Matrix(es) mind-fsck and bullet-time memes. The musical score had its moments...and moments...and way too many moments, to the point of being so overbearing as to detract from the scenes being presented. I feel generous in giving it one Star.
I will be making a conscious effort to avoid Warner Brothers (a subsidiary of Time Warner lest you forget) content. Sorry Netflix, you lost a customer too.
I didn't watch Firefly when it aired on Fox. I just wasn't hooked by their commercials, and it didn't come on with regular frequency.
Based on fanboy comments and movie reviews, I purchased the series on DVD a few months ago. I now like the series very much. And even though someone thoughlessly revealed spoilous (sp?) info, I've just purchase Serenity from http://dvdempire.com/. I look forward to watching it.
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So many orphans.
...and a Christina Hendricks analogue for the character "Yo-Saff-Bridge".
...Spacecraft!
True, and I shold have concluded my rant with this point: Just wait, and soon the streaming content will be imbedded with advertising. "Big Content" cannot stand to have any pipeline without such pollution, even when subscriber-paid.
That's too bad for me, as I just cancelled my subscription last night. Having rented Inception on DVD, the wife and I sat down for our Friday Pizza-and-a-Movie ritual. As is common, the actual movie was prefaced by previews...plus advertisings for movie-related computer games...plus other horn-blowing movie preservation spew. I lost count after six, but what really blew my fuse was that NONE of these adverts could be skipped, NOR could I access the Top or Main navigational menus. By the time the movie could finally be started, I had finishing my meal which was thoroughly poisoned by the force-feeding of Warner Brothers (a subsidiary of Time Warner) promotional material. When I pay (or rent) content, I expect quick gratification...especially when the technology was designed for such. Quick Movie Review of Inception: The beginning made no sense for nearly 30 minutes, with too little information being revealed about the plot. The characters were shallow. Leonardo's performance was forced and fell flat. The SFX were good, but overplayed. Overall, I felt that this movie was an exercise in recycling The Matrix(es) mind-fsck and bullet-time memes. The musical score had its moments...and moments...and way too many moments, to the point of being so overbearing as to detract from the scenes being presented. I feel generous in giving it one Star. I will be making a conscious effort to avoid Warner Brothers (a subsidiary of Time Warner lest you forget) content. Sorry Netflix, you lost a customer too.
As much as I don't like to see NASA die, what is Bad News for NASA is probably Good News for the private launch industry. Go go SpaceX and Armadillo!
I didn't watch Firefly when it aired on Fox. I just wasn't hooked by their commercials, and it didn't come on with regular frequency.
Based on fanboy comments and movie reviews, I purchased the series on DVD a few months ago. I now like the series very much. And even though someone thoughlessly revealed spoilous (sp?) info, I've just purchase Serenity from http://dvdempire.com/. I look forward to watching it.
Long Live Wash!