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shadowkat1. So sent an email to downstairs neighbor congratulating him on his starred review in this week's Entertainment Weekly, along with his non-fiction novel A VERY RECENT HISTORY making this week's "Must List". (I am admittedly envious...but I haven't pushed to get my book out there and I do need to.)
I don't plan on reading or buying it - not my area of interest, it's about a group of young 20 something gay men who are struggling to make their lives work in NYC.
2. In other news... the BBC's Sherlock is back for a 3rd Season on BBC One - albeit not in the US. But hey, it will be eventually. Benedict Cumberbatch is one incredibly busy actor - he's also doing several movies this year - including Now, the 37-year-old is about to have the busiest fall of his career, playing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate (Oct. 18), a plantation owner in 12 Years a Slave (Oct. 18), the titular dragon in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Dec. 13), and Meryl Streep’s nephew in August: Osage County (Dec. 25). (Go here for interview: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/08/02/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-fifth-estate/). Apparently he's the go to guy for brainy aristocratic types. He's also playing Alan Turning and Stephen Hawking.
3. Attempting to watch Kenneth Branagh's version of As You Like It which is boring. Shakespeare can be quite boring if done poorly. Although I think there's a reason As You Like It isn't done very often. This version takes place in Japan. Rosalind pretends to be a man to go after her love Orlando. Twelth Night had a better plot.
It is well filmed...very bright and a great resolution. Just not holding my attention.
4. Regarding the Time Warner/CBS fight...TWC is sort funny about this. Here's what they suggest cable user's do:
* Time Warner's suggestions and whining about CBS
Except complaining to CBS is a bit like complaining to Random House if their books don't appear on Amazon. OR Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly if it doesn't appear on EBSCO Full Test Databases. It doesn't work that way. I know I'm procurement specialist. You don't complain to the content provider (Who you don't pay), you complain to the distribution channel whose service you are paying for. Surely they get that. They can't be that dumb.
Apparently they are that dumb. I tried this - it doesn't work, you can only complain about tv shows and items that appear on the news. The people who run these sites have nothing to do with distribution negotiations. Again, it would be like calling a book editor and complaining that the book they edited isn't in your library. You complain to the library not the book editor.
Works well if you have a tv that has an antenna...flat screen tv's do not have antennas.
Why do you think people have cable?
I'm beginning to miss the days when we didn't have cable providers and just five channels. Technology has not made life necessarily better, just more complicated.
Not to be outdone...this is CBS response:
What is amusing is the comments thread..to TWC. A lot of the customers didn't know they paid the networks a rate and thought the networks should pay them. Uhm, no. The distributor is paying to carry the content, and we, the customer in turn pay the service provider to obtain access to it.
5) Foot news. I've graduated to being able to wear a sneaker for an hour in my apartment once a day, slowly working up to wearing it for a full day in my apartment, and then one out in the street.
This is turning out to be a long summer. Who knew breaking a small bone in one's foot could be so incapacitating?
I don't plan on reading or buying it - not my area of interest, it's about a group of young 20 something gay men who are struggling to make their lives work in NYC.
2. In other news... the BBC's Sherlock is back for a 3rd Season on BBC One - albeit not in the US. But hey, it will be eventually. Benedict Cumberbatch is one incredibly busy actor - he's also doing several movies this year - including Now, the 37-year-old is about to have the busiest fall of his career, playing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate (Oct. 18), a plantation owner in 12 Years a Slave (Oct. 18), the titular dragon in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Dec. 13), and Meryl Streep’s nephew in August: Osage County (Dec. 25). (Go here for interview: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/08/02/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-fifth-estate/). Apparently he's the go to guy for brainy aristocratic types. He's also playing Alan Turning and Stephen Hawking.
3. Attempting to watch Kenneth Branagh's version of As You Like It which is boring. Shakespeare can be quite boring if done poorly. Although I think there's a reason As You Like It isn't done very often. This version takes place in Japan. Rosalind pretends to be a man to go after her love Orlando. Twelth Night had a better plot.
It is well filmed...very bright and a great resolution. Just not holding my attention.
4. Regarding the Time Warner/CBS fight...TWC is sort funny about this. Here's what they suggest cable user's do:
* Time Warner's suggestions and whining about CBS
Q: Customers are complaining that they can’t access CBS video via cbs.com
A: It appears that CBS may be blocking access to Time Warner Cable internet customers for
content that they otherwise offer free to any other online user. We encourage you to contact CBS and let them know your opinion about denying you access because of your choice of online providers.
Except complaining to CBS is a bit like complaining to Random House if their books don't appear on Amazon. OR Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly if it doesn't appear on EBSCO Full Test Databases. It doesn't work that way. I know I'm procurement specialist. You don't complain to the content provider (Who you don't pay), you complain to the distribution channel whose service you are paying for. Surely they get that. They can't be that dumb.
Q: How can customers contact CBS to complain about CBS actions, including withholding access to cbs.com programming that is provided free of charge to any online user other than a Time Warner Cable internet customer?
A: You can reach CBS nationally and locally at the following:
CBS Corporate: 212-975-4321 or online here
KCBS (Los Angeles): 818-655-2000 or online here
WCBS (NY): 212-975-4321 or online here or here
KTVT (Dallas): 817-451-1111 or online here
SHOWTIME: 212-708-1600 or online here
Apparently they are that dumb. I tried this - it doesn't work, you can only complain about tv shows and items that appear on the news. The people who run these sites have nothing to do with distribution negotiations. Again, it would be like calling a book editor and complaining that the book they edited isn't in your library. You complain to the library not the book editor.
Q: I have an antenna—can I hook it up to receive the free signal from my local broadcast station?
A: For most customers, the answer is yes—you’ll need the right antenna, and a TV set with a digital tuner. Visit here for information on the types of antennas available, and a link to a map to your local area to see what kind of antenna you might need.
And visit here for instructions on how to connect an antenna to your Time Warner Cable service.
Works well if you have a tv that has an antenna...flat screen tv's do not have antennas.
Why do you think people have cable?
I'm beginning to miss the days when we didn't have cable providers and just five channels. Technology has not made life necessarily better, just more complicated.
Not to be outdone...this is CBS response:
Dexter®, Ray Donovan, Homeland—and all the other great programming that has made SHOWTIME one of the most acclaimed and popular networks in America has been dropped by Time Warner Cable.
Showtime Networks gave Time Warner Cable the opportunity to keep SHOWTIME on the air—even if an agreement could not be achieved—so viewers would not have to lose the channels they chose and they paid for. Time Warner Cable declined this offer.
We take pride in the fact that our networks have never gone dark and that our subscribers have never been deprived of their programming. Time Warner Cable, on the other hand, has taken nearly 50 channels off the air in the last five years in disputes like the one we are having right now.
Time Warner Cable's decision to shut SHOWTIME down only serves to hurt the very people they claim they are trying to protect—their own customers.
We will continue to work in good faith to work out a mutually agreeable contract with Time Warner Cable. In the meantime, please call 1-888-TW-CABLE or 1-855-222-0102 for Bright House Networks to ask that they restore your service.
What is amusing is the comments thread..to TWC. A lot of the customers didn't know they paid the networks a rate and thought the networks should pay them. Uhm, no. The distributor is paying to carry the content, and we, the customer in turn pay the service provider to obtain access to it.
5) Foot news. I've graduated to being able to wear a sneaker for an hour in my apartment once a day, slowly working up to wearing it for a full day in my apartment, and then one out in the street.
This is turning out to be a long summer. Who knew breaking a small bone in one's foot could be so incapacitating?
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Date: 2013-08-04 01:47 am (UTC)Yay for working out of the boot. I found that gradual was indeed the best way to go. Some days I could only do the same time as the day before, but eventually I left it completely behind.
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Date: 2013-08-04 02:00 pm (UTC)I may some day rent Whedon's Much Ado. Don't know.
There's a version that intrigues me more on DVD and on Youtube- Shakespeare Redone staring Damien Lewis (of Homeland) and Sarah Parrish, with modern situations and modern language. Also has Billie Piper as Hero. I'll give it points for better casting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx6El4xDQw8&list=PL692F5422C7FCA745
Apparently the BBC decided to do modern interpretations of Shakespeare, without the Shakespearean language. Sort of like the Heath Ledger film - 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Date: 2013-08-04 08:02 pm (UTC)The Brits do it better, Shakespeare just sounds wrong with an American accent. Something about iambic pentameter - it needs to be done at a brisk clip.