Netflix shipping, for Madison WI - Year 2

• September 29, 2007
• James Skemp

I had previously written on how Netflix shipped and received DVDs, for Madison WI. This article continues that one, by discussing Year 2 with Netflix (first year began September 26, 2006). Plan changes On December 2, 2007, I decided to upgrade to the two at-a-time (unlimited) plan. Since my plan begins on the 10th of each month, that means I had to pay an extra $1.26 to upgrade now, instead of for the next month (I figure this way they'll send a movie out tomorrow morning).

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Paranoia Agent Prophetic Vision Comparisons

• September 23, 2007
• James Skemp

The following is a comparison of the English-spoken and English-subtitled Prophetic Vision segments of Paranoia Agent. An analysis of said segments may will be included in this article, or in a future article. Where differences are present, the text is parenthesized, along with either -s or -e; -s means that the text is present in the subtitles, but not the spoken version, while -e means that the language is present in the spoken version, but not in the subtitles.

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What I can say about New York (City)

• August 19, 2007
• James Skemp

I've never been to New York City, at least, not that I can recall. However, media has, for various reasons, touched upon the city in a number of formats, in a number of ways, for a number of years. Without having ever been to New York City, I can say the following about it. Stay out of New York City. Common wisdom is right, New Yorkers are less human than people in other cities.

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On Love - Thoughts from movies

• August 6, 2007
• James Skemp

The following quotes are from movies. At the moment, it's just the two, but, more shall surely come. Look. The supermodel's a beautiful girl, Will. She can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking Jack all morning. She can make you feel high for the greatest commodity known to man - promise, the promise of a better day, the promise of a greater hope, the promise of a new tomorrow.

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Mini-review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society

• July 21, 2007
• James Skemp

My GitS: 2nd Gig knowledge is a bit rusty, so Solid State Society is definitely going to be one of those 'need to watch it at least twice' movies. It seems the movie takes place after 2nd Gig, and therefore, outside of the realm of the other two movies. For two years the Major has been working outside of Section 9, which seems a bit off, since I was under the understanding (perhaps just from the movies) that if they quit, they forfeit pretty much everything .

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Quick review: Parasite Dolls (2004)

• July 6, 2007
• James Skemp

With over 6 hours left of instant watching time left, all that needs to be used before the 10th of the month, it was time for another movie ... This time it was the 2004 film Parasite Dolls. I knew nothing of the film before I watched it. In this anime adventure, androids with knock-out bodies and personalities have begun to take over every area of society. Known as Boomers, these stellar-looking beings begin to show that some are as un-human as you can get, and when their infiltration becomes too much to take, peacekeeper Branch must step in to make things right.

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Quick review: Dominion Tank Police (1989)

• July 5, 2007
• James Skemp

I watched Dominion Tank Police this evening, from Netflix. It's four acts, each consisting of about 35 to 40 minutes of movie (which includes approximately 1 1/2 minutes of opening and ending credits. What really attracted me to the movie was Masamune Shirow, who created not only this series, but also Appleseed (the newer one is more interesting than the original), Black Magic M-66 (which I haven't yet seen) and Ghost in the Shell (great movies and interesting shows).

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Review for Sin: The Movie (1999)

• June 9, 2007
• James Skemp

Review for Sin: The Movie (1999); given 2 of 5 stars. === These characters were completely new to me (at least, from what I can recall). Needing to burn some ‘Watch Now’ time, I decided to give this a look, and was quite disappointed (even though I wasn’t expecting much). After 15 minutes, I was ready to quit, but I figured it couldn’t get any more confusing and decided to stick with it; I should have stopped.

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Perfect Blue; 4 of 5 stars ... unfortunately

• June 2, 2007
• James Skemp

I just finished watching Perfect Blue online (via Netflix). Believing that they do influence what movies are recommended, in a good way, I had to give it four stars, out of five. In Netflix terms, that's the difference between a "Really Liked It" and a "Loved It." However, I really wanted to give it a five stars ...

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Review of Brian J. Robb's Counterfeit Worlds

• May 26, 2007
• James Skemp

This is the review that I wrote for Amazon.com for the book Counterfeit Worlds by Brian J. Robb.

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