How neat is this, the A-Team series from the 80’s (1983) will be ‘revieved’ for a movie, sadly not with the original actors (most known is likely Mr. T., but also Dwight Schultz is very well known for his roles in Star Trek) but with a new cast and perhaps with a newer up-to-date finish ala 2010..
I for one found the show very entertaining, it was so quirky and fun – no one ever got hurt in the show, and the ‘punchline’ was always the same – build something out of nothing (a bit like McGyver) and help the underdog..
During Christmas I visited a friend of mine, he had just invested in a “Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player” and ran a quick demo for me.. It actually looks quite nice with a lot of useful features, it streamed perfectly from his NAS even HD ran perfectly and it had YouTube support and whatnot The remote seemed a bit toy-ish but was very responsive and worked much better than how it looked..
I have the XBOX 1 (Classic) with a boot chip and use XBMC on it, so to me there is little need to invest in this new box, that is until I get a HD tv then things might change
Like to know more about this box? Here’s a YouTube review for you;
I have just been at the movies to see the movie Avatar in 3D, WOW, it is as simple as that… this was my first 3D movie in a cinema and both the technical part and the movie itself rocked.. The 3D glasses are a bit annoying but fitted quite fine on top of my own glasses but still they made the experience slightly darkish (I tried removing the glasses a coupple of times and the screen appeared much brighter without)..
Don’t miss out on a great movie, both technically and plotwise (it’s even got romance so you can bring your girlfriend )..
So you upgraded to Windows 7 but are as always having issues with Codec’s (A codec is the ‘decoder/encoder’ for a video or soundfile in a specific format eg. DivX or Xvid).
Under Windows Vista the Vista Codec pack seemed to work perfectly, but I was reluctant to install it on Windows 7 out of fear to create problems for H.264 (H.264 is now native to Windows 7, which was not the case for Windows Vista). However in the end I had to (too many things did not work without these codec’s), anyway it turned out that the Vista Codec Pack would not install on Windows 7, it cleverly detected that it was a new OS and pointed out that a new package was available here.
So all in all, my worries was laid to rest and I downloaded Windows 7 codec pack and everything was back to the old working state.
Do you need this codec pack? Well very likely not, most users can download the VLC player this player has build in most common codec’s and can thus play most video/snd files you get hold of, however if you need to do video conversion etc. then it is a different matter, Windows then need to be able to ‘understand’ the fileformat and this may ofthen require a codec. The rule should be, try VLC player, if its enough dont install anything more if not install the Windows 7 codec pack or Windows Vista Codec pack (also works for Windows XP).
Last night I took the time to go see the Transformers II movie, my expectations was “so so” as a friend of mine had claimed it to be poor, but as I liked the first movie why would I not like the second one..
Conclusion, well true the story line is a bit odd (as some guy wrote “they keep making poor choices” in this movie) and the plot might have been better for a movie with a budget like this.. but that said, rarely have I experienced such a marvel of CGI effects – it was one long show off with excellent action sequences and cool effects.
Don’t bring your girlfriend to watch this one, but for a guy’s night out this is definitely worth a look (if for nothing else then for the HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT Megan Fox).
DoubleTwist will allow you to sync music and video from Itunes to a lot of other devices than Iphone/Ipod (such as PSP, Blackberry, Nokia etc), and whom other than DVD JON to be involved in such an annoyance to Apple.
I was at the Cinema yesterday to see the new Terminator Salvation movie.
I was a bit sceptic as I was very disappointed with the T3 movie, but it actually turned out to be surprisingly good – not above and beyond but really quite decent.
You can expect heavy action from start to end, which is cool for us guys, but not really a chick movie – so leave the girlfriend at home :-), and the plot is fair but nothing extraordinary.
Is it worth a visit to the Cinema? I’d say yes the special effects really come through on the big screen, besides it is a good and well filmed action movie. And yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger is also in the new movie, if only for a brief appearance, and sadly it appear they CGI animated him so that part is a bit of a scam.
Just yesterday heard about the new DivX7 which is interesting enough even though i am not much into that (I think I am using Xvid, but am not sure I just installed the Vista Codec Pack and that seem to cover my needs), however more interesting was the DivX7 showcase where they had HD trailers etc for new movies.
It looks like we sci-fi geeks are going to have a blast this year with;
Star Trek 11 Even though it seem to be missing the real Star Trek heroes like Pickard and Data it may still be worth a look. I am however still a bit pissed at Paramount for canceling Star Trek Enterprise, it was just getting good and I really enjoy the Star Trek universe, hail to Gene Roddenberry.
Terminator Salvation – The last Terminator movie was a bit of a disappointment in my opinion, but I am still likely to give this one a screening even so.
Do you have your friends from oversea come to visit, do they hate to miss just a single episode of their local “wheel of fortune – tv show”, well try this site on for size;
Some weeks ago my daughter and I attended the Musical “Mamma Mia” performed in Horsens Denmark. And to use an Abba phrase “my – my – how can I resist you!”, what a truly excellent show. I would say Mamma Mia ranks at the top of any live performance I have attended for years, if not ever.. Money well spent.
And as a little twist, this summer the show will hit cinemas as a movie/musical with quite a promising cast even, so good things do get even better.. No doubt I’ll be in the THX center of that performance as well once it hits the northern Europe.
How neat is this, the A-Team series from the 80’s (1983) will be ‘revieved’ for a movie, sadly not with the original actors (most known is likely Mr. T., but also Dwight Schultz is very well known for his roles in Star Trek) but with a new cast and perhaps with a newer up-to-date finish ala 2010..
The remote seemed a bit toy-ish but was very responsive and worked much better than how it looked..
I have just been at the movies to see the movie Avatar in 3D, WOW, it is as simple as that… this was my first 3D movie in a cinema and both the technical part and the movie itself rocked.. The 3D glasses are a bit annoying but fitted quite fine on top of my own glasses but still they made the experience slightly darkish (I tried removing the glasses a coupple of times and the screen appeared much brighter without)..
so that part is a bit of a scam.
Star Trek 11
