My favorite Youtube comments so far:
"It's as if DeviantArt became a movie!"
"This is going to make so much sense."

After going through so many of Dorothy L. Sayers' fantastic Lord Peter Wimsey novels, I was in the mood for another mystery novel. For years now, I've been a fan of the show Bones on Fox. I knew that it was based on a book series and had been curious to see if they were any good. A few years back, Martha had checked one of the books out of the library but wasn't really sold on it. She had mentioned in its defense that it might've been because she read the book out of its intended sequence, since she had to choose the book the library had.

I thought I'd give the series a chance, starting at the beginning. I got my hands on the first book in the Temperance Brennan series, Deja Dead, and got to reading.

I have to admit that I wasn't that impressed. Despite the fact that the book was well-written and had great moments in it, it just wasn't very engaging. There were definitely times when I thought to myself that I should pick the book back up and I first went through the mental list of things to do to see if there was something more enjoyable for me to be doing.

Pretty much every review starts off with a disclaimer that the book series is very different than the TV show. Indeed, they only hold a tenuous similarity, but that's not really what my problem was. There was just something with the narrative voice, or perhaps it was with the pacing, that just really kept me distant.

Ultimately, if anyone told me that they loved this book or the series, I wouldn't be surprised. It's got a lot going for it. But I also wouldn't be at all shocked if someone told me that they couldn't make it past the first 20 pages. Personally? I'd rather have spent my time watching Bones.

My man indie filmmaker L. Jeffrey Moore recommends this screening of Bloodwood this Tuesday, April 20 at the Brava Theater in SF.

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this is the story of an astronaut who gets lost in space for so long he forgets who he is. eventually he lands on a familiar planet. did he leave something here, long ago?

FLOATING ISLAND MIX 001 ASTRONAUT by secretlion

You ever tried to find a heroic quest to go on? These days it is a hell of a challenge! You'd think it would be simple enough to hoist a few flagons, pick up a sword, and head off down the road looking for treasure -- but every time you try it, it's no time at all before the cops are dragging you down to county lockup, putting you up on charges of drunken and disorderly conduct, and saying some junk about lewd behavior. Whatever. Cops just do not understand "What Is Best In Life," I tell you.

Aaaaanyways, you may not have heard of the band Wintergreen before, and it is entirely possible that you will never hear about them again, but in the video linked here, they find themselves a heroic quest worthy of the name. And if you didn't know about this before, you'll also learn the legend of the worst video game of all time.

Stargate Studios is the company that brings you computer generated backgrounds in TV and movies that you didn't know where computer generated. Doing shows like Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Heroes, Monk, and many others. Stargate Studios creates three dimensional photographs that they can place and rotate into a scene, giving the illusion of rich, deep backgrounds that really capture a sense of place.

Impressive video clip after the jump.