Blog of Much Holding

For anyone out there who, like me, has been waiting to upgrade to blu ray, I have some good news for you. This pundit and others are predicting, since retailers are concerned about the economy and desperately need to get consumers in the stores, we will see some fantastic deals on consumer electronics, including a $149 blu-ray player and lot’s of “hot” blu-ray titles for $10 on “black friday.” So keep an eye out for those sales after turkey day!

Now THIS is cool – CBS/Paramount has started posting full original episodes of some of thier shows on Youtube, including the original (unremastered) Star Trek.

Here’s the playlist. No Doomsday Machine yet (BEST. EPISODE. EVER.) but they have picked some good ones… They have turned off embedding, so check out the videos at the link.

My wife often asks why I don’t watch more television shows with her (she’s a classic couch potato) and I almost always reply that it’s because I’m getting a lot better quality information ad entertainment off of the Internet. Here’s another example:

Apple has announce that they will be holding a special event next Tuesday to roll out new Macbooks/laptops. Supposedly these laptops will be shaped out of a single piece of aluminum that will make it sturdier and sleeker than any laptops on the market. They will also be dropping the entry-level price to $800 (a welcome change, and one that may spur me to upgrade my old Powerbook).

To set up the scene, Dwight has said he NEVER does anything personal on company time, and Jim is using a stop-watch to track any “personal” activities that Dwight does. Dwight is also a fan of Battlestar: Galactica. So, here’s the scene:

Late to this, but last week director Zack Snyder showed 25 minutes to select press (Internet and “professional” types) of the forthcoming movie adaptation of the BEST. COMIC. EVER. which is Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s Watchmen.

Here’s CHUD’s take.

Here’s Moriarty from AICN’s opinion.

Finally, here’s reax from First Showing.net.

Y’know, it’s times like these when I’m TOTALLY FREAKIN’ JEALOUS of the big fishes in the Internet geek community that they get this type of opportunity (I’m not even a zygote of geekdom compared to them). However, I’m incredibly encouraged that everyone likes it and that the dark spirit of the original work appears to shine through. Though this writer thinks that it may be TOO faithful to the original to gain any respectable audience.