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24: Show of the Decade

by Mike on 8:09 pm in Movies & TV

Just as “All in the Family” defined the cultural upheaval of the 1970s, “Miami Vice” the glitzy ‘greed is good’ ethos of the 1980s and “Seinfeld” the merry self absorbed nihilism of the 1990s, “24″ captured the paranoia and intensity of the 2000s. Let’s face it.  The 2000s didn’t start on January 1, 2000.  They [...]

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Behold the Roku Player

by Mike on 8:42 pm in Tech

As anyone with one of the newer video game platforms is aware (xbox 360, PS3, etc.), Netflix has most of their collection available to watch instantly through their “watch instantly” feature online. If you’re not a gamer, it doesn’t make much sense to shell out $200+ on a video game system just to watch movies.  [...]

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The Best of the Cheap Burgers

by Mike on 10:50 am in Food, Humor

THE TOP 3 VALUE MENU BURGERS If you don’t like burgers, you’re probably a communist or perhaps a terrorist. There is nothing more American than a delicious, greasy, mouth watering piece of beef in a bun. There’s also nothing more American than a good cheap deal. I decided to compile a list of the best [...]

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Star Trek: Ranking the Movies

by Mike on 7:44 pm in Movies & TV

‘Star Trek’ was a tv show that was canceled after three seasons in 1969.  It was thought that it would become just another canceled show.  However, it ended up doing pretty well in syndication throughout the ’70s.  In 1977, George Lucas made a movie and Paramount Pictures had a meeting where they said “Do we [...]

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Babylon 5: The Best Story Arc to Ever Grace the Small Screen

by Mike on 8:14 pm in Movies & TV

None of the popular shows of the last decade impressed me as much as the story arc of Babylon 5, the labor of love of Joseph Michael Straczynski.

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