South Park Imaginationland ~ the ideal of destructive creativity

People who create comedy from the worlds we live in are a good place to start when thinking about our ideas of ideal places.  Enter the "new feature length DVD movie" called "South Park Imaginationland":

There are no weird palm trees, just architectural evidence in which Bavaria meets the Netherlands meets Yemen set in a [...]

Paradise Hotel 2 returns tomorrow ~ even after cast member commits suicide

Brace yourselves.  Paradise Hotel, one of the most ill-conceived irreality television shows of our time, returns on February 4th for a second round.  The show "brings a sexy new cast of singles to a secluded hotel for an adventure-filled experience to win a cash prize," according to E! Online Canada.
Pass.
Not to mention that one of [...]

Forces of Nature ~ Volcanoes: The Exploding Earth

Today I received in the mail a DVD/booklet for the Discovery Channel and IMP DVD subscription series Forces of Nature.  This particular DVD is called "Volcanoes."  This blog writes itself.

Why wouldn’t volcanoes be the most enticing "force of nature" to lure people into buying your whole series?  Volcanoes make us feel like hell is lurking [...]

Lost’s Oceanic Airlines ad campaign ~ viral or vile?

ABC has a viral campaign out featuring Oceanic Airlines, the television fantasy airline from the show Lost.  Here’s one of the ads:

 
I can appreciate a viral campaign, but fake airplane crashes made to seem more real than they should make this one seem a little misplaced.
You can see the "official" Oceanic Airlines site here and [...]

Lost Season Four Trailer

The TV show lost will be reappearing in February on ABC.  Here’s the trailer for the new season:

 
Is it going to be worth watching?

Vizio TV

Okay, so I went off a while back on TV/screen manufacturers who almost invariably choose to recede into the shelves among their competition by using images of paradise on the fake screens printed on their packaging. Here’s the post. If you head to the TV section of your favorite retailer, you’ll see even [...]

YouTube on the Helio Ocean

The Helio Ocean not only supports easier Googling, but now it can interact with YouTube better too according to CrunchGear. We tend to agree with them that “the Ocean, with Helio’s service, is the device to watch, and every time an improvement like this hits the hardware, we’re proven a little bit more correct.” [...]

Deal or No Deal ~ Summer in December

The escape disease continues to spread.  Howie Mandel showed up to work in board shorts.  Did you happen to catch the Deal or No Deal beach night?

It’s probably safe to say that some people did not mind the bikinis, even if they looked away each time they saw Howie’s legs.

HP Mediasmart Home Server

Okay, you spend $2,000 to fly to Tahiti, and you feel so homesick that you have to beam your reruns of Martin and Gilmore Girls to your hotel room:

In other words, you can now escape from your escape by going home whenever you please.  Thanks HP Mediasmart Home Server for making this possible??
God forbid we [...]

Comedy Central’s Real ‘Ving Break ~ Surf and Turk

Comedy Central has been airing a four-day "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend" promotion with the chance to win a Scion xD and a Nintendo.  If you visit their Thanxgiveaway site, you’ll be greeted by this surfing Turkey:

At first glance there doesn’t seem to be any reason behind giving the turkey a surfboard.  None of the prizes that they’re [...]

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