2c on The Matrix:
I felt let-down for a different reason:  With the strong 
the-world-isn't-really-real theme, I was very disappointed that the 
waking-up-to-the-real-world part of The Matrix had humans as 
familiar-old-flesh-and-blood-humans and not figments of software (or 
something else) at their core being.  OTOH, I suppose it's not exactly 
fair to say this since that's like asking for a whole different plot to 
go with a theme or two.

Spotting goofs in movies:
I could be wrong but I _think_ I saw one spot in the new Beowolf movie 
where the (older) king was not animated when somewhat obscured by other 
characters.

2c on Digital TV:
14 months to go in the USA before analog over-the-air goes away. :( 
Given that, I'll be looking for digital tuners, but they aren't 
available yet per http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/index.html at least 
if you want the gov. discount.  Where I live I'm not too worried about 
the difference between the analog slope (reception) and the digital 
cliff.  But I'm not too impressed by the artifacts which I witnessed for 
myself in a store.  The thing is I'm not sure what kind of source I was 
watching or what cheap converter it might've gone through etc, so it's 
hard to judge.

Charles

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