Dearborn Homecoming Grand Finale (2011)

Posted on August 7 2011 by Mickey
    I’d only just noticed how long its been since I posted a clip, and along comes time for this year’s fireworks video already.
    Sorry about the smog; sorry about the tree; but I do like the unexpected tribute to Close Encounters at the end…
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Too Long for Twitter

Posted on July 13 2011 by Mickey
    You know what I did when I watched the last five seasons of Doctor Who on Netflix instant streaming? I went back and rented all five seasons on DVD so I could watch all the bonus features. So screw Netflix for thinking streaming is the end-all and be-all for home video delivery.
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Too Long for Twitter

Posted on July 3 2011 by Mickey
    I really don’t like this talk of an iPad 3 in September/October. I only got my first one in May and if Apple revamps the iPad line twice in the same year I’m going to be seriously pissed off.
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Tom Hooper Sucks

Posted on March 4 2011 by Mickey
    Q: What’s wrong with these images?



    A: The idiot who misframed them won an Oscar!
    He had an excellent script, world-class actors–all he had to do was point the camera and shoot…and he couldn’t even handle that.
    He lets his actors get upstaged by a fucking wall!
    Great job! Let’s give him a trophy!
    He fucked up John Adams. He fucked up this movie. Yet somehow the script, the acting, and the story itself were evidently strong enough to survive his ham-handed, “Look at me! I’m directing!” self-conscious self-aggrandizing style to allow him to get an award in their wake.
    But, please God, take the camera away from him before he directs again.

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Fantasia

Posted on December 12 2010 by Mickey
    Disney recently released a gorgeous Blu-ray of Fantasia, which I very much recommend. You might already know there were some racially insensitive parts which were censored from the 1940 film after its release (and thus are not included in any home-video versions). I’ve seen stills but never the actual animation; but, luckily, someone pieced together a video which restores those segments.
    I hope our modern-day, tender sensibilities can handle it.
    Archivist’s Note: the Flash video at Daily Motion.com is unplayable. However, this YouTube video, in very nice quality, has all the relevant material:
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Tin-Tin

Posted on October 10 2010 by Mickey
10/10/10

    Update: I am reminded 101010 is binary for “42” (the answer, of course, to life, the universe, and everything), a very cool coincidence that makes the date even more special and portentous.
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Dearborn Homecoming 2010

Posted on August 8 2010 by Mickey
    The tradition continues. This year’s grand finale, recorded Saturday, August 7.
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Hey, I’m on TV!

Posted on June 27 2010 by Mickey
    I joined other technology fans on Thursday, June 24, to upgrade my iPhone 3G to an iPhone 4. I didn’t go over board; I could’ve lined up at six AM (having reserved a phone the week before), but I didn’t show up till around nine AM. I stayed in line for four hours, getting my new phone right around one PM. As I got close to the store entrance, Fox 2, WJBK, showed up to shoot some video, and I ended up in the background of a couple shots. You can recognize me as the big slumping bulge on the extreme left.

They’ll let anyone on TV nowadays
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My Nephew, The Doctor

Posted on June 11 2010 by Mickey
    My nephew Joe got his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine on Tuesday. Here are some videos I shot, the first one is the “hood ceremony” from Sunday, at Chene Park (and coinciding with, and upstaged by, the air show on the Detroit River); and the second one is the commencement itself, at Fox Theatre in Detroit.


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Newspapers in TV Shows

Posted on June 5 2010 by Mickey
    From Izismile.com (found via Whedonesque.com). Looks like Ed O’Neill really likes this newspaper. Thirteen years on and he’s still reading the same page!


Married with Children 11×24 (1997)


Modern Family 1×16 (2010)
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