Dec 152008
 

You know, I get asked all the time, “Sam, bottom line Gurren Lagann for me.” All I have to do is show them one simple video. And yeah, repost is repost, but people were talking about AGP next year and I was reminded of it. That and it’s so good, and I’ve never linked it on the blog.

Manly tears.

Dec 152008
 

I’m not normally one to rage when a show like CSI does some crazy impossible thing like enhance some grainy security tape with stunning high def clarity. Yes it’s not possible, yes it creates unrealistic expectations on the tools, and yes it’s lazy writing. Sure, fine, whatever. It’s part of the form of the genre so no big deal. Except on last week’s CSI — which on the whole was a bit of a jumbled mess. Not only did they find a website with bootlegged video of a concert, but they found a clip with the seats they wanted to look at. On top of that they were again able to apply the magic Photoshop filters and were able to enhance a camera phone video clip on a YouTube stand in to the point where they were able to ID the people sitting in the seats. Like I said before, I get the need to have such shortcuts when you only have ~45 minutes to tell a story, but a guy can only take so much pseudo-science crap.