"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted." - Arthur Miller

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Bionic Cancelled, ABC Schedule, The Munn, Sharper Image, Book Staircase, and Wii Upgrade

Bionic Cancelled - TV Guide is reporting that Bionic Woman has been cancelled. While NBC hasn't made it official, it’s been an ongoing rumor which considering the cost of the show (I read somewhere its millions per ep), it wouldn't surprise me that they just decided to cut their loses. It’s a shame to, the show idea has potential, the problem was the lead casting and the execution. Ho hum storylines, pointless family drama and a blah lead. It is pretty bad when the main villain upstages the lead actress.

ABC Shows Return Dates - Follow the link to determine when several ABC favorites return and number of esp. that will be produced. Essentially new shows begin to return in April with most back for May sweeps. The freshman series from this year, that haven't been cancelled, will return next season.

Olivia Munn on Lohan Nudes - Click the link for a video where the lovely Olivia Munn gives her unvarnished opinion on the recent Lindsay Lohan nudes. I personally saw nothing wrong with the pics.

Another Justice League: New Frontier Review - I am looking forward to this DVD cartoon that is coming out next week. Getting it the day of and watching it that night.

Sharper Image Files Chapter 11 - Apparently the overcharging for tech toys isn't the booming business it use to be. Sharper Image, the king of the pointless expensive tech, has filed for Chapter 11 and plans to close half its store. It appears they are following the CompUSA survival plan of cutting off limbs rather then addressing core problems. As a result it will probably end the same with the remaining stores closing the following year. I would pretend to miss them but I have never bought anything and don't even bother to check them out anymore.

Book Staircase - Often London homes have limited space so when someone remodeled their home, Levitate Architect decided that the staircase to the second level could do more by creating shelves. Not entirely sure how functional it is, I image it could only hold paperbacks, but pretty good idea. Can you image accidentally spilling a drink though going up those steps?

Wii As a Media Center - Using a program from Orb, you can apparently turn your Wii into a media center that can play videos and music streamed from your home computer. Even better, because of Orbs ability to translate video into Flash on the fly, it is format independent. I would have tried it but it turns out my 8 year old computer doesn't mean the minimum specs of the program. The instructions are at the link and below is a demo video.

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