Posts by Jack Briggs

Stan: The space shuttle is early 1970s technology. And the orbiters were fitted with glass-cockpit technology early in the 2000s, but they are vehicles based on decades-old technology. Dave: The late Richard S. Lewis, one of the finest...

Chris: I would have. NASA is starved for funds, like all of us -- and it's an easy target for posturing politicians. (In the early and mid seventies, NASA was not even allowed to produce artwork that showed astronauts walking on another...

First, the United States manned space effort is far from over. At worst, it's in a lull while a) SpaceX continues work on both its Falcon 9 launch vehicle and its Dragon spacecraft (which will come in both pressurized and...

Cassy, I certainly didn't intend my post as an insult. As a result, this post is intended as an apology. Sorry about that. JB

Well, Cassy, not only do you crticize Terrence Malick, but you take a shot at David Lynch, as well. Be that as it may, everyone is entitled to an opinion. Here in Los Angeles, the "in-the-know" crowd crowes about Terence Malick, while...

You know, technology always has had its detractors -- or, if not detractors, woeful prognosticators who rue what, say, cell phones and iPads are doing to young people's ability to communicate and interact. Those are attitudes I've...

Mr. Steinberg, you are on a roll (I just read your post about The General). Of all films being discussed at this specific time, Mr. Malick's The Tree of Life has me almost ready to break down and enter a commercial theater again. The...

Josh, this is an excellent post. Too bad it won't draw much comment, since it's not X-men-related and Home Theater Forum is shrinking.   By the way, have you ever screened Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin? Here is a classic...

Stefan: No, Mr. Kubrick did not diffuse the lighting or employ any other trickery in the film's production and presentation. In fact, he emphasized all those X-mas lights on the trees as well as deep-focus shots that were very sharp....

  Quote: ... the over moderation didn't help.   Edwin, that may be true. Certainly to some extent it is. But, remember, earlier in the decade this place had its share of, oh, "wild" elements. There...