Pretty excellent.
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 10:27 AM on July 17, 2006

I'm more interested in the lowest seeded team prior to GMU making it to the final four.

I was just reading a thread in a bball forum saying that LSU made it as an 11 seed in '86.
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 7:35 PM on March 26, 2006

From the previews, I thought it was going to be a remake of Logan's Run.

I thought the same thing, loquax. Something about the first half of the earliest trailer seemed suggestive of Logan's Run.
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 5:19 AM on July 26, 2005

Space Invaders should be #1. And if something like Robotron fits their definition of a shooter, then Berzerk should definitely be on there.
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 7:49 PM on September 26, 2004

Wow. 28 questions both times; river and lamp.

And now, 28 for jukebox. Bastard!

Interesting. It took 28 to get a basketball also.
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 8:43 PM on July 20, 2004

I didn't realize there was such a strong demand to send television sattelites into space. I feel guilty that so much energy was expended so I can get HDTV channels.

I was interested to note when I first got satellite tv a couple years back that the progress of various launches is followed fairly closely on some of the satellite tv forums. I have to admit I myself am hoping this will hasten the arrival of availability of local channels on directv in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 5:52 AM on May 5, 2004

The beauty of Law & Order isn't in the original plotlines, it's in the tremendous performances by actors ...

I agree, it's often the execution of the formula that makes any given cop show entertaining, because Cop/Law shows are often formulaic. Much as I like them, the plot of any given episode of L&O, NYPD Blue, CSI, etc. is typically paint-by-numbers -- it's characterization and atmosphere that set them apart from each other, and (usually)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 8:39 AM on March 12, 2004

Although I haven't seen Dr Who since I was a kid watching it on PBS in the early 80's, I've been fascinated by the idea that there are what, apparently more than a hundred lost episodes, ever since I read a blurb about the situation a couple years ago.

A quick google finds this page sumarizing the situation as of a couple years ago. Anybody got other links that cover this?
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 7:39 PM on January 15, 2004

Um.... burning feathers? What?

Burning feathers is one of the worst smells in the world. I used to live in an area that had some chicken farms nearby, and when they'd burn their feathers you could smell it from miles away. Just an awful smell.
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 7:55 AM on June 17, 2003

their reasoning that it'll be removed from the main search like usenet was is rather flawed as usenet isn't part of the web, while blogs are.
posted by fvw at 1:56 AM PST on May 9

And further, aside from the usenet question, as far as I can tell web content that is searchable under Google's other tabs has not been specifically removed from the main index. This is also true of froogle.google.com searches -- search on a title and author and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 7:12 AM on May 9, 2003

skallas - DC has reprinted the Superman portion of the material over the years (and doubtless some or all of the rest of the material from the issue. Action #1 and quite a bit of the rest of the early DC material was available for purchase in microfiche form a few years back, for example. Fabulous stuff.) The Superman portion of the material is currently in print as part of their Archive editions (Action Comics Archives Volume 1).

Yeah, it is interesting what elements... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 9:27 AM on July 22, 2002

Webmutant - Cool info. My knowledge of key events outside of the comics themselves isn't as strong as it ought to be. I'd always heard that many elements of both the Superman and Batman mythos were created in the newspaper strips, radio show, etc. (Supe's flying power originated in the Fleischer cartoon, didn't it?), but I'd never heard that about kryptonite before. Wow, 6 years before the first comic app? It makes you wonder why they waited so long after that to work it into the comics.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 12:59 PM on July 22, 2002

Yeah, this is becoming fairly common on the DVD scene. The transfer technology and what people expect from the package (lots of extras) has apparently changed quite a bit over the past couple years, and as the dvd marketplace has evolved the success of some re-releases has resulted in more experimentation in this area, such as Columbia's Superbit line, and re-releases even on very recent stuff.

On the plus side, a re-release usually results in a significant price drop... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 3:29 PM on November 30, 2001

Thanks, lucien. I've developed a sizeable dvd habit in recent months and these "what version to get / should I wait to see if they release a superedition" issues are something I've had to wring my hands over also. The market forces in the industry are pretty interesting... a combination of geek tech and pop culture.

The new Almost Famous dvd seems to be getting good reviews. I was surprised to see the bootleg director's cut has 35 or so extra minutes.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by markavatar at 8:44 PM on November 30, 2001