There have been a lot of shows this season that are based on movie franchises.

A lot of them, in a word, suck.

They either don’t follow through well with what was set up in the film or they follow through on the weakest aspects of the movie.

Ash vs The Evil Dead is not one of those shows.

If you were a fan of Army of Darkness, you’ll pretty quickly recognize this show’s pedigree.

The only “problem” is: I’m not going to be able to (legally) watch it.

See, it’s on Starz, a cable channel. Since I don’t have cable (for anything other than broadband service… and only then because I really don’t have a choice), so I don’t have Starz. And Starz  doesn’t have a stand alone service like Showtime and HBO do. They also don’t generally put their stuff up on Amazon like AMC does (which is how I watch The Walking Dead). That all means I’m going to have to wait until this show comes out on Netflix in order to see it.

But, from what was in the pilot episode, that’ll be well worth the wait.

And it’s already been picked up for a second season.

Check out my not-quite-fanboy squeeing about it in today’s vlog.

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This show got off to a late season start, but it appears to have been worth the wait.

I don’t watch many shows on CBS. Mostly because I can’t do so easily. But I’d been looking forward to Supergirl, it’s another DC Comics property and I’ve found it very interesting to see how the different ones play out on the various networks they’re on (and in the movies).

This time around, we’ve got a “House of El” family member who feels a lot more like classic Superman than Man of Steel did. That alone makes it worth checking out if you can. I’ll likely make the effort to check out the second episode (which dropped this past Monday) on the CBS website.

Mostly, I’m kind of bummed that we won’t get to see Supergirl interact with Arrow or the Flash… or Superman. It’s pretty obvious that this show isn’t set in the same universe as Man of Steel and cross-network cross-overs really don’t happen often enough to count on it.

Check out my ramblings on the whole thing.

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Comics! Another month another Comic Bento box. This time it’s got a theme of “Masks” so it’s all about people with secret identities.

Of course, I still haven’t finished reading last month’s shipment–October just got too busy with Halloween and the vlog and everything.

Here’s hoping that I’ll be able to tear through this month’s comics, because they’re a pretty awesome bunch that includes a couple that I’ve been meaning to pick up for a while now.

Next month’s theme is “Button Mash,” which means I’m expecting some video game tie-ins. Being as out of the loop as I am, I have no idea what that could include. Exciting.

I also got another thing to unbox today: my Remix Mini. A full-fledged Android-based desktop PC setup. I wasn’t expecting it to show up today… and I had talked myself out of heading out on Sunday to pick up a new monitor and Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. The demo I had planned really didn’t go well with the setup I ended up having to work with. Especially with my Internet connection acting up. It may be another few days before I can really pull that together.

Anyway, check out my vlog to see what’s in the bento box of comics.

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TV is kind of a hobby of mine.

I’ve been watching with great interest as platforms like Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, and Hulu have started producing original content that’s been pretty top-notch… and in some cases at least on par with the best of HBO.

I’ve also been watching as the classic networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and their younger siblings FOX and CW) have struggled to figure out how to make the new platforms work for them. (Vaguely ironic, since it was all of those networks that founded Hulu.)

CBS seems to have the biggest plan of them all, and it involves them more or less going it alone. As part of that, they’ve started their own subscription-based streaming service, CBS All Access. Needless to say, people aren’t exactly beating down their door to throw $6 a month at them.

So it’s not all that surprising that they’re going to try to leverage their Star Trek property to try to get subscribers.

Except, I really don’t see this working. And that’s what I talk about in today’s vlog.

What I don’t mention is the way they really should be doing this: by partnering with Netflix or Amazon or Hulu (or even YouTube) to make this happen. Revenue share, have ads, whatever, people will watch this if it’s on a platform they’re already on. Even better if it’s one like Netflix with a solid reputation of good stuff. Second best would be just keeping it on the regular broadcast distribution like a regular show.

Anyway, check out my opinion and share yours if you have one.

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Whew… that was a heck of an end to October.

In part because of all the fun–and in part because of the ridiculousness of Daylight Savings time–my internal clock and schedule is all sorts of out of whack. So, today is just a quick little vlog and general update here.

November is going to be about as active as October, though we don’t quite have a solid “theme” like October has built in… so it’s going to be more random and mixed. There will still be plenty of weird stuff, though… so if you’ve been digging that, no worries.

November is also NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month.  It’s something I’ve ostensibly participated in for about a decade now, though never with quite the vigor or discipline that would actually produce anything worthwhile. But, if you’re looking for an excuse to get writing, NaNoWriMo is great for that.

So, check out today’s quick vlog, and then we’ll see where the rest of the month takes us.

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