George Lucas isn’t the only filmmaker guilty of giving audiences alternate versions of his movies. TIME takes a look at other cinematic reintroductions.
Tuned InTuned In
Mad Men Watch: I’d Like to Thank the Academy
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, slip out of those uncomfortable clothes and watch last night’s Mad Men.
As if aware that viewers would be toggling between Mad Men winning Emmys on NBC and Mad Men earning them on AMC, …
Tuned In
Dead Tree Alert: What Detroit 1-8-7 Owes Detroit
While I was on vacation, TIME ran my column on the controversy over ABC’s new cop drama Detroit 1-8-7 and whether it’s exploiting a city that has it rough enough to begin with. It’s a personal issue for me because of where I was born and raised (not Detroit itself, but the Detroit area); I know the effects, not just nationally but even …
Tuned InUncategorized
Surprises? Justice? Entertainment? Could This Really Be the Emmys?
The 2010 Emmy awards broadcast was a night of refreshing twists and unexpected surprises, the biggest of which, perhaps, was the 2010 Emmy awards broadcast. Namely, it was a pretty entertaining night of TV, kicked off by an actually amusing musical number (not even involving Neil Patrick Harris, at that!) featuring the cast of Glee, …
Emmy Drama: What Will Happen If Conan Wins?
It might seem unlikely that Conan O’Brien will walk away with an Emmy Sunday night for his short-lived stint atop The Tonight Show, but surely no more unlikely than the fact that he received a nomination in the first place. And if he were to indeed win and hop up on stage to accept his honor, the Hollywood Reporter Esquire Blog is …
Mystery Science Theater 2010: Riffer Madness!
The other Thursday, as people walked in early to one of the 500 theaters where the RiffTrax demolition of Reefer Madness was scheduled to play, they found one of those pre-show movie trivia games in progress on-screen. “MOVIE MISTAKES,” one card read. “Furry Vengeance was classified as a movie on the Internet Movie Database.” And: “We
…
Tuned InUncategorized
Lost Rewatch Week: Who Got What They Deserved?
Note: I’m on vacation this week. While I’m gone, I’ve set up a week of discussion posts revisiting the Lost finale in time for the Lost series DVD set, out Aug. 24. In other words, this is a recording; you cannot press 0 to speak to a real live person.
Upon learning that Jack was the Candidate who ended up succeeding Jacob, Locke told …
Fine Art, Via YouTube: The Visual Poetry of 'Words'
I’m hardly the first to take notice of this (at least 370,000 others have beat me to the punch), but I promise you I am one of the few to actually listen to the radio show before ever seeing this accompanying video. I will explain it all in a moment, but first behold: Possibly the best short film I have ever seen on YouTube. Its title: …
Guilty Pleasure, 2010: TV Tales of Jaw-Dropping, Terrifying Marriages
Some television shows – hell, entire television networks – are built around the close-up of the jaw-dropping train wreck. Tales of voyeuristic catharsis, where us viewers can take a collective deep breath and thank the heavens that, no matter how bad things get, at least we don’t have it that bad.
I’m talking about the I …
Tuned InUncategorized
Lost Rewatch Week: Answer the Damn Question!
Note: I’m on vacation this week. While I’m gone, I’ve set up a week of discussion posts revisiting the Lost finale in time for the Lost series DVD set, out Aug. 24. In other words, this is a recording; you cannot press 0 to speak to a real live person.
I’ll keep this one simple: now that Lost is all said, done and epilogued, has it …
Top 10 Angry Breakup Songs
Cee-Lo Green’s hit “F___ You” is more pleasant than its name suggests. Still, he isn’t happy about a love gone bad. TIME looks at angry tunes about sour relationships.
TV Tonight: Is 'Hard Knocks' the Summer's Best Reality TV Show?
I know Tuned In is usually a place on Wednesdays to read all about Top Chef – a show that I used to be obsessed with. But in recent weeks, as the cooking competition has skewed more extreme and predictable, another show has risen up to dominate not just the 10 p.m. hour on Wednesdays, but the weekly slate of reality TV contenders. …
While We Weren't Looking: Watch Letterman Kick The Leno Feud Back Into High Gear
Back in January, when the whole Jay Leno Show-Tonight Show controvery was blowing up, David Letterman made something of a short-term fortune in bashing Jay Leno and the suits over at NBC.
Well, I missed this yesterday, but Letterman came back from vacation on Monday night, and seems to have rekindled the anger at his old comedy …