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Back in 1992, I was writing humor for the Clarkson Univerity Knight humor magazine.  A story that was published was a somewhat fictional tale of a trip to Washington, DC mostly based off humorous observations from my trip.

One of the more telling tales I told was of going to the Museum of American History.  One of the displays was of this new technology available in Japan called HDTV that was supposed to be the new thing in television.  The one HDTV in existence in the display was showing exactly two things.  First was a sumo wrestling match, so two 450+ lb guys running into each other.  The other was a rodeo.  They were visually stunning and lifelike, but if that was the only content that was available, it would kinda suck.

Fast forward to last week.  I joined the growing number of people buying a new television, and I broke down and got an HD-ready TV.  Fortunately, I got a progressive scan DVD player and on the advice of a friend, I’m watching the Helm’s Keep battle tat was in The Two Towers as an example of how this can look.  So far it’s nice.  I’ll probably break down and call Comcast to get their HD cable box before Heroes returns.

[rate 3.5]

Went and saw this yesterday with Nelson. I’m working on short and sweet reviews for movies, and his was great: “I don’t feel like I got ripped off.”

As other reviews indicate, the protagonist (V) is a guy in a Guy Fawkes mask who blows up buildings. In the meantime, the police tries to track V down and find out not only his identity, but why he’s doing what he does. There’s a lot more to it than that, and it’s a warning to see what happens when a government no longer respects, trusts, or fears its citizens.

As for the movie itself, I noticed that there was very little special effects going on. There’s some action and stuff blowing up, but you get the sense that until near the end, there’s not much in the way of special effects.

It’s in few theaters now, but it’s definately worth renting or buying when it comes out on DVD.