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BlowdenBlog: January 2006
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006. Excessive Voiceover Gives You Cancer. Voiceovers in fiction need to be stopped. We hear voiceovers all the time in media, from an unseen newsreader speaking over video for a story, to Voice of God James Earl Jones pitching CNN and Verizon Wireless, to Daniel Stern going over his life story on. In the memoir subgenre, (. My Name Is Earl. The writer is overexplaining a scene that we probably figured out already. Let the actors act. You don't have to beat the audience ov...For e...
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BlowdenBlog: November 2005
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005. Why I Hate Fox (and I'm not even talking about Fox News). Got cancelled a few weeks ago, and I am still simmering about it. One of the best sitcoms of all time in my opinion, clever on many levels. Each episode was so packed with subtle humor that you could watch it several times over and find new things to laugh at each viewing. S main four characters were all despicable, irresponsible people, yet the audience liked them just fine. The main character is (was? Unlike his sitco...
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BlowdenBlog: May 2006
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Thursday, May 04, 2006. Book Review: The Wisdom Of Crowds. My first review will be James Surowiecki's book. The Wisdom of Crowds. Surowiecki is a regular writer for. As a fan of Surowiecki's work, I eagerly looked forward to reading. The Wisdom of Crowds. He uses other examples, such as the method used to find the missing submarine USS. Surowiecki discusses how groups of independent actors organize themselves in various ways, from betting on sporting events, to negotiating traffic, to participating in gr...
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BlowdenBlog: June 2005
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Monday, June 20, 2005. Weaponized Anthrax or Watching "Rebound"? If you had to choose between getting a handful of powdered anthrax blown in your face or giving up two hours of your life to watch "Rebound" with Martin Lawrence, which would you choose? You probably chose watching the Martin Lawrence shitfest, but I bet you thought about it for a few seconds. Posted by David Bowden at 6/20/2005 05:34:00 PM. Wednesday, June 08, 2005. Radio Twins: The Second Law of Pop Musical Dynamics. Posted by David Bowde...
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BlowdenBlog: February 2007
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007. Some friends and I have been looking at the Top 250 Movies on IMDB.com. And we compared who had seen the most. I tied with several others at 183 (Hitchcock and Kurosawa films helped me a lot). Since this is a dynamic list, the top 250 can change every day, but the list is fairly consistent from week to week. Voting for greatness is an inherently flawed and subjective enterprise, doubly so when Internet voting is concerned (I could make 20,000 IMDB accounts and vote. Will alway...
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BlowdenBlog: December 2005
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Thursday, December 22, 2005. The Simpsons Will Save Us. Science magazine named evolution the 2005. Breakthrough of the Year. But what do those panty-waists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science know? Relying on experiments and empirical data? What happened to good ol' gut instinct? Which reminds me of one of my favorite Simpsons quotes, from the always-agitated Superintendent Chalmers:. That sounded like a prayer. A prayer in a public school! Columbia, South Carolina, United States.
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BlowdenBlog: November 2006
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Thursday, November 30, 2006. I have said many times that lists are a lazy way to fill a magazine (or VH-1). Lists are easy to write, easy to edit down for space considerations, just plain easy. Some magazines seems to be made of nothing but lists (. All of that is a convoluted way for me to say "But I like this list! Premiere magazine had a list. Of the 20 most overrated movies of all time that I thought was provocative. I have not seen all of the movies on the list, but I give a resounding "Hell yes!
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BlowdenBlog: August 2005
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005. Torn Apart By Hooks. NIN is basically one man, Trent Reznor, and I am not making fun of him. I think he is a phenomenal songwriter and lyricist. His latest album. Anyway, I thought I was being too negative in my blog, so I thought I would be positive about something, or as positive as I can be. Trent Reznor is a great American (and so is Johnny Cash). Posted by David Bowden at 8/23/2005 02:12:00 PM. Monday, August 15, 2005. Posted by David Bowden at 8/15/2005 09:50:00 PM. The la...
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BlowdenBlog: July 2005
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Tuesday, July 05, 2005. Does anyone still think Steven Spielberg is a great director? I wager most film critics think he is mediocre, but in the culture at large, there is still a feeling that Spielberg is an auteur, a master director who combines popular appeal with cinematic excellence. This is, of course, utter crap. Most of his films are forgettable, dull, and reliably disappointing. I like to say that Spielberg has made 2 1/2 good movies:. But that is churlish. I loved. Raiders of the Lost Ark.
