Gah, I hate when apps allow previews to automatically play by default, and the feeling that you can’t let your selection rest on anything for more than a moment. Of course there should be a standard for stopping that madness. And don’t get me started about Netflix….
Here are some thoughts on The Hollywood Reporter’s take on Supergirl, House of the Dragon’s S3 premiere, and Apple TV’s programming.
I was about to post about this, but Kottke did such a great job of it, I’ll just point you to his.
Fun article by Jeopardy! champion Drew Goins that asserts, “To win on Jeopardy, you don’t need to learn everything. You just need to learn one thing about everything.”
This interview with Charlie Cox is longer and is a more open and insightful conversation, compared to most of the press interviews I’ve seen with him. There was a particularly good section where he discussed Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 and its challenges and rewrites. I also love the idle speculation on the part of host Josh Horowitz about how cool it would be to have a Secret Wars with both Cox and Affleck reprising their respective takes on Daredevil.
Some of the tidbits here about how the movie was being made at the same time at the same studio as Attack of the Clones were interesting, especially given that Ewan McGregor starred in both.
I’m apparently too old for Pop Culture Jeopardy!, because I was absolutely terrible at it the first time around. But I’m generally happy to see Jeopardy! trying new things.
I totally agree that custom players should be made to implement platform standards. The elephant in the room, of course, is: What does Apple do if Netflix calls their bluff and takes their app off of Apple TV? Does Apple need Netflix more than Netflix needs Apple?
Honestly, between the ever-increasing monthly prices and their complete refusal to be a good citizen on Apple platforms, let alone actively making their apps worse, Netflix makes me want to cancel so badly. (Recently my wife got logged out, and her first thought was that I had canceled.)