Category: television
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Star Trek: Continues is Excellent
With most fan-made productions you’re kind of left to go “oh it’s good… for a fan show.” That isn’t the case for Star Trek: Continues’ continuation of Star Trek’s original series. Continues is better than the new reboot movies, it’s also better than many of the shows after Deep Space 9. This show’s cast is excellent,…
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Don’t Let Children Watch “YouTube Kids”
James Bridle has a terrifying and important article, it’s pretty long but the most important point is that people and businesses are systematically generating new videos for YouTube that appear to be tame pirated copies of shows like Peppa Pig but after a few minutes they change to be really awful and the YouTube app…
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This Play Has Everything
Speaking of monkeys, Jesse David Fox has a great interview with some of the people behind the fantastic Planet of the Apes musical episode from way back in the Simpsons’ 7th season. The Simpsons’ musical composer, Alf Clausen, discusses how he tries to bring some seriousness to the show: I hearken back to something that…
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Send the schmo to talk to Letterman!
David Marchese has this fantastic interview with David Letterman. They talk about our Dear Leader and other topics, but this part echoes the considerations of many people after Trump insulted John Lewis: David Marchese: Is it fair to say you’re not interested in revisiting a late-night talk show? David Letterman: My interest has shifted. When I’m…
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New MST3K April 14th
According to an update on their crowdfunding page, the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 series starts up on Netflix on the 14th of April.