Carl, That's interesting. I pretty much follow the routine of my local googleplex. The only deviation is that I occasionally throw in a classic cartoon, although there are very few quality discs of cartoons around. OT: When are we going to get decent Tom & Jerry a WB toons in ORIGINAL...
Like a few have already pointed out, you can get pretty close to the theater experience with an HTPC with a broadband Internet connection. Here is my movie night routine: Play music from DirecTV before the movie starts. Then fire up your favorite browser and head over to Quicktime.com...
Andrew,
No apologies needed. I hope I didn't come off as a history elitist - snob, I am certainly not. I just happen to be very interested in Texas, Mexican, Spanish colonial history. I grew up right in the middle of this historic area. I have been to the Alamo dozens of times and it is a...
Andrew,
You got it a little wrong. The defenders of the Alamo were not necessarily Americans. Some were settlers from mostly the southeastern U.S., some were native indians that had been converted to catholicism and had been assimilated into the Spanish culture that had conquered the area and...
None of the main characters were interesting. I think they missed a grand opportunity when they didn't include more of Jude Law's character. What's up with Hanks role? It seems very implausable to me that a mob hitman is going to have a stable family and strong feelings for his kids. Not that I...
Steve, Great effort, thanks! I don't always have time to watch a cartoon before the show, so I have been going trough these slowly. Now I can keep track of where I am. Awesome.