The Joy of Laserdiscs
As we roll into 2012, it looks all but inevitable that video media in general will slowly and irrevocably shift into a fundamentally intangible commodity. The disks and cartridges imprinted with our favorite movies and TV shows, once a necessity, are now walking the line between luxury and liability....
Dispatches From Winter 2011: PART 5 (Level E)
Level E is the kind of show that is surprisingly difficult to explain to people who haven’t seen it. Due to the way things are, a one-paragraph summary would give most people exactly the wrong idea. The flipside is that looking at stills from the show would give you...
Dispatches From Winter 2011: PART 2 (Gosick and Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?)
Ahoy-hoy, kids. Seiya here with a few early (some might say premature) impressions for the Winter 2011 season. But first, a number of disclaimers. Before even getting started, I can tell you with some certainty that no matter how amazed I may be by the first episode of a...