TV: 24: 3/21/2005

Haven't posted in a while - I've been away on biz, vacation, etc. This week's 24 had a couple of great techno-terms: "Satellite parabolas" and "laser aggregators". You know, there are REAL things that do what they're trying to do - they just have to look them up. Instead they just make up high-tech sounding words. Gotta love it.

Of course, there was also more opening of "sockets", this time a "socket" was opened directly into the video feeds from the California transit traffic cameras. From a still from the traffic camera, they managed to "enhance" the blurry, dark picture of the van to get a crystal-clear picture of its license plate. Now this is one of my biggest TV pet peeves. You can't "zoom in" or "enhance" a TV picture - you can't generate a more detailed picture out of a less-detailed one. It's like saying, "here, take this block of four squares and make a picture of a cat." You can't make something out of nothing!

Anyway, enough ranting. I did love how Dina got ganked when she tried to kill Marwan after he ordered her to kill Jack - that was sweet. But did she really think she'd be able to get out of there alive after shooting Marwan? He had like 50 dudes with machine guns there.

Movies: Review: Cursed

Another one I got dragged into... Wes Craven hasn't made anything decent since Scream, and this is no exception. It's a werewolf movie with a mix of digital effects and old-school costumes and makeup, which makes the scenes a bit choppy. It's not really that scary either, with a few minor jolts when something jumps out of nowhere. The movie's only saving grace is comedy - it was actually quite funny in parts, not taking itself too seriously.

Bottom line: Don't waste $9 seeing it in the theater - rent it if there's nothing better available.