Category Archives: I Like To Watch

“Hitting Zero”

Posted on 5 March, 2012 by Mike

I saw this Darlene Lim short on an Air Canada flight back in 2006 and have spent the last six years looking for a readily-accessible copy to watch. It is just as good as I remember it being at the … Continue reading →

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The view from up here

Posted on 7 September, 2011 by Mike

I saw an interesting thing last night. “Combat Hospital” — a Shaw Media-produced show about life at KAF in the middle part of the decade, with a multinational health care team at its centre — featured the death of a … Continue reading →

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Listen to me very carefully

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Mike

Dear Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, Do not fuck this up. Love, -Mike

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As it turns out

Posted on 29 May, 2010 by Mike

I’m not the only person who has problems with “The Bridge.” This guy goes into some greater length about the background to the series, and its problems, then viciously dissects a particularly egregious example that prompted me to start writing … Continue reading →

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I watched so you didn't have to

Posted on 19 May, 2010 by Mike

The “I Spent More Time Thinking About This Than The Guys Who Made It” Review of “The Bridge” Back in the late 1990s and the early part of 2000s, I had a part time job as a TV critic. It … Continue reading →

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Kara Thrace as "El Capitan"

Posted on 10 March, 2010 by Mike

This is just incredibly awesome: Don’t believe me? Watch it and the original side by side.

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Sneak peaks

Posted on 22 December, 2009 by Mike

I caught Sneakers, Phil Alden Robinson’s 1992 film with Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and President Laura Roslin last night. It was tempting to add the word “classic” in there, but I’m not sure that’s an accurate description. And yet, Sneakers … Continue reading →

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YouTube Wednesday

Posted on 11 November, 2009 by Mike

First: We’ve all seen the pictures, and we probably all understand on some level exactly how hard this was to accomplish, but check this: real time, showing altitude and airspeed, with the various radio calls (be sure to put it … Continue reading →

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Placing bets now

Posted on 15 May, 2009 by Mike

It’s not a DVD of the show, nor is it a Torrent with a whole whack of episodes, but it is better than has been available in this part of the world for a long time: Banzai on YouTube.

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You guys are in big trouble

Posted on 21 November, 2006 by Mike

is going through a discovery of the absolute total brilliance of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. I’m having the same experience. It’s awesome. Part of me wishes I could forget I know about the show so I can experience it again … Continue reading →

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