Revolution...a "new" show from NBC. It doesn't make much sense, and is trying to put itself forward as something different and "revolutionary". It's just another crappy TV show in the vein of Lost. The world is suddenly deprived of power through some mysterious (i.e. magical) event. Even gasoline engines stop working, and we're expected to accept that fact with a simple explanation of, "...physics just went crazy, it didn't make any sense, and still doesn't!"
Yeah, it just doesn't make sense to viewers either. All I can figure is this show is a mouthpiece for the Republican party, wanting to scare Americans into thinking that something is going to happen soon that's going to take away our civilization, and that we'll be safer if they take care of us. I didn't have too high a hope for this show when I first saw trailers for it, and I doubt that I'll bother with even watching a second episode. If I want to watch a crappy network show with the same old plots we've been watching for decades, I'll just go to Hulu and watch one of the hundreds of others that have come before this one. Why watch a bad copy when I can watch an original bad show!
Additional Review After Seeing The Rest Of The Show...
OMG! I didn't think it could get any worse! I was so wrong. This show was made by someone who has no idea how to put together a coherent plot! And at the end of the show, this chick pulls out another "Magic USB flash drive" like the one the main character has. It magically makes power come back on for her so that she can turn on her computer and chat with some mysterious person over their "secret internet"! I'd go on and on about how bad Revolution is, but my head hurts much too badly to keep this up! I can guarantee you that I will never, ever watch another episode of Revolution, it doesn't deserve my time, and it doesn't deserve yours either!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Long, long ago...and far, far away...
It seems scientists have discovered a spiral-arm galaxy from long, long ago and it's far, far away...sounds like it could be a galaxy full of Jedi's and Storm-troopers!
I doubt there are any X-wing fighters swooping around the stars in this galaxy, but you never know. Apparently this galaxy formed some 10.7 billion years ago, only a short time after the "big bang" that created our Universe. Scientists find it exciting because apparently it shouldn't be possible for a galaxy that old to still look so good, all other galaxies that have been discovered around that age have disintegrated to the point that they, "look like a train-wreck".
Here's a link to the original article on io9
Saturday, September 08, 2012
I WANT...I WANT!!
Amazon Kindle Fire HD
I so want the new 8.9" Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE! OMG! at $499 for the 32Gb version with 4G LTE for just $50 a year and the other specs this tablet has, this really could be the IPAD killer! This tablet has it all, and I thought the Nexus 7 looked good when it debuted just a month or so ago.
It looks sleek and sexy, and looks to have some real horsepower under the hood, with innovative features that I haven't seen in ANY other tablet on the market to date! I don't know how I'll afford one but I'm definitely on the warpath to get one somehow!
I so want the new 8.9" Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE! OMG! at $499 for the 32Gb version with 4G LTE for just $50 a year and the other specs this tablet has, this really could be the IPAD killer! This tablet has it all, and I thought the Nexus 7 looked good when it debuted just a month or so ago.
It looks sleek and sexy, and looks to have some real horsepower under the hood, with innovative features that I haven't seen in ANY other tablet on the market to date! I don't know how I'll afford one but I'm definitely on the warpath to get one somehow!
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
I HAD AN EPIPHANY TODAY...
I've heard of people having epiphanies, but as far as I know, I've never had one, until today that is. I've been unemployed since last December and I've just started my fall term in community college. I'm only 3 weeks in, but of course in this hectic world we live in today, it's already time to start registering for Spring classes. I've declared a major of "Design Technology". Now, there are several career paths available in this major, when I first happened upon it, I was leaning towards the one they termed, "computer graphics". As time went on though and I actually registered for classes I'd talked myself into trying to pursue a degree that would lead me into either mechanical drafting or civil engineering, both a far cry from computer graphics.
So far, I'd been doing fine in my classes but I started seeing a recurring theme when it came to the areas I'd decided I would pursue, they're very math heavy! Now, I'm not that great at math, but more importantly, I don't really enjoy math. Everything I'm hearing about people that go into the engineering/draftsman fields is that they invariably enjoy math. I don't. So I decided that I would go back to pursuing the computer graphics path in my major, so I went in to speak with my adviser about what classes I should sign up for in the Spring semester. She started off by giving me some bad news. My community college was no longer (starting next semester) be offering the computer graphics electives in Design Technology! Then she saved me by telling me that they were splitting that off from Design Technology into it's own major entitled "Visual Communication". So, while a couple of classes that I'm now taking won't count towards a degree in visual communication, I can still switch majors next semester and pursue what I want to. At this point she got up and asked me what it was I wanted to do as she retrieved some paperwork from a shelf. She asked me if I'd rather pursue a field of "Graphic design", "Web development" or "animation".
It was at this point that I had my epiphany, and it only lasted a split second but seemed to last long enough for me have a whole conversation with myself in my head! I thought to myself, "I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, but I know what I enjoy doing and that's what I want to study at school, and someday, I'll get a job of some sort allowing me to do what I love!" And only a half a second after she asked me that I shouted out, "Animation!" Even though the little niggling voice in the back of my head was saying "Graphic design and web development either one are a better choice, there are more and better paying jobs available for either of them!" But I didn't listen to that little voice that has shot me in the foot so many times over the years and stuck with what felt right.
Sometimes, you've just got to let go and do what feels right. I've worked for nearly 30 years at jobs that I've HAD TO DO. It's time now to do what I WANT TO DO!
So far, I'd been doing fine in my classes but I started seeing a recurring theme when it came to the areas I'd decided I would pursue, they're very math heavy! Now, I'm not that great at math, but more importantly, I don't really enjoy math. Everything I'm hearing about people that go into the engineering/draftsman fields is that they invariably enjoy math. I don't. So I decided that I would go back to pursuing the computer graphics path in my major, so I went in to speak with my adviser about what classes I should sign up for in the Spring semester. She started off by giving me some bad news. My community college was no longer (starting next semester) be offering the computer graphics electives in Design Technology! Then she saved me by telling me that they were splitting that off from Design Technology into it's own major entitled "Visual Communication". So, while a couple of classes that I'm now taking won't count towards a degree in visual communication, I can still switch majors next semester and pursue what I want to. At this point she got up and asked me what it was I wanted to do as she retrieved some paperwork from a shelf. She asked me if I'd rather pursue a field of "Graphic design", "Web development" or "animation".
It was at this point that I had my epiphany, and it only lasted a split second but seemed to last long enough for me have a whole conversation with myself in my head! I thought to myself, "I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, but I know what I enjoy doing and that's what I want to study at school, and someday, I'll get a job of some sort allowing me to do what I love!" And only a half a second after she asked me that I shouted out, "Animation!" Even though the little niggling voice in the back of my head was saying "Graphic design and web development either one are a better choice, there are more and better paying jobs available for either of them!" But I didn't listen to that little voice that has shot me in the foot so many times over the years and stuck with what felt right.
Sometimes, you've just got to let go and do what feels right. I've worked for nearly 30 years at jobs that I've HAD TO DO. It's time now to do what I WANT TO DO!
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