The Android Acting Like An Android

This acticle is about the new Android software Iris

I guess now that Steve Job's is dead, people are even less shameful about their copying of Apple. The Android, hanging onto the coattails of the iPhone tighter than Luigi, now has a "new" software for its phone called, creatively enough, Iris (in case you don't realize, that's Siri spelled backward). The software was created in just eight hours by the development team at Dexetra.com.
 Now, before any of you Apple fanboys get up-in-arms, the devs did announce this new software was directly influenced by Siri. More like completely stolen, by hey, Apple can wipe their tears with their billions of dollars. This is just another example of a great idea being mainstream, and the eventual hyenas coming and tearing at the bloody scraps.

Person of Interest - Summary

After three episodes of the wildly anticipated Person of Interest, I can't seem to get a good grasp of the show. The action is great, but this isn't built as an action show. The dialogue can get a bit preachy at times, and Reese is a one-dimnesional character who isn't very interesting to listen to. Finch is the saving grace of the show, but even he feels stale. The past episode gave me some great hope, though, in the form of M. Elias, who seems like he will be the major antagonist of the series for a while. The show needs to stop holding its viewers hands (it is supposed to be an intellectual drama), and let people figure things out for themselves. I will continue to watch it, as I'm still interested in where the series will go, and it still has great potential overall.

Person of Interest - Mission Creep

The third episode of the best new show on TV premiered, and continued the strong start to the new series. Mission Creep is an episode following Reese as he infiltrates a bank robing gang in order to save one of its members. The gang is a unit of soldiers from Afghanistan, led by a former Marine. The man who's number came up, Joey, is in the gang because he feels guilty of letting one of his fellow soldiers do his partol, which ultimately led to his death. Joey feels guilt, and he is using his share of the money to pay for the soldier's daughter to be put through school. The episode continued the upward trend this show has been producing the past three episodes. It had a great mix of action and drama, and a heartwrenching story of a man who is in over his head, dealing with bad people for a good cause. At the end of the episode, the show gives us a thread that can later be built upon, the name M. Elias, who has a connection to the deaths of the gang.

Blockbuster returns - with a whimper

This article is about the return of Blockbuster

Blockbuster was run out of business for failing to keep up with the changing landscape of movie rentals. Netflix was the primary reason for the fall of the once iconic company, but its own doing may bring them down. When Netflix raised the prices of its services, it lost many of its once loyal fanbase. Now, with those people searching for a new service, Blockbuster rises from its ashes like a sickly phoenix about to keel over again.
Dish recently bought out the name of Blockbuster and is now using its renown to fill their own wallets. They claim Blockbuster's new service plan is the most comprehensive entertainment package ever. And it really would be, if Dish weren't such idiots. With their new plan, customers can get unlimited DVD, Blu-ray and videogame rentals and unlimited streaming, all for under $10 a month. However, the one huge catch is you must be a Dish subscriber to get access. Yes, so in order to get the best entertainment package eve,r you must bear with the worst cable provider of the "Big Three". Nice going, Dish.

Person of Interest: Ghost

The second episode of Person of Interest premiered Thursday. The episode, entitled "Ghost", was a much greater improvement earlier than I expected in the season. The episode started off fast, with Reese protecting a man from two hired assassins in an elevator, and that was only the prologue.
The crime this week was trying to prevent the murder of a girl believed to be killed by her father with the rest of her family two years ago. A land developing company had been trying to get land off of Teresa's father, and in the process hired a man to kill him and his family, and framed it as a murder-suicide. More flashbacks about Finch's past was a great change of pace from the action oriented episode, and introducing an antagonist, albeit only for this one episode, gave Reese someone who he struggled to beat.

How Fast Will He Spend It?

This is an article about Charlie Sheen's lawsuit against Two and a Half Men

Charlie Sheen's lawsuit against Warner Bros. has come to an end. After being fired from the show, he filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. The inital details divulged he will be making $25 million from the lawsuit, and will continue to have money come to him due to syndication of his episodes. After premiering the first episode after Sheen's departure, this can be seen as a move by the show to completely cut ties from Sheen and his antics.
However, they continue to make money off of him from the seasons involving his character, and anything he does will still have (however minor) an effect on the show, as he will continually be associated as the star who made it what it is. However, the real mystery is how long he'll actually have the money to spend on prostitutes, porn stars, and drugs.

Person of Interest: Pilot

The pilot episode of Person of Interest was premiered last Thursday, and it definitely impressed. The premise is a unique spin on the rehashed-to-death crime drama genre, and the writing is a superb compliment to the phenomenal acting of Michael Emerson and Jim Caviezel as Mr. Finch and John Reese respectively.

The episode itself was surprisingly well-paced and interesting enough for the premiere. Well written dialogue and fast-paced action are blended seamlessly that appeals to a wide-variety of people. Most of the supporting acting was well-done, with the exception of the ridiculous corrupt cop and persecutor. The crime itself in the first episode was fairly boring, but that's expected for it's first time. The series looks to bring an intense paranoia that comes in post-9/11 New York, which is instantly engaging. Plus, the surveillance footage is cool to look at.