The recent release of the complete Star Wars film franchise on blu-ray serves as a good reason to revisit the films. Appropriately, this will actually be a trilogy of reviews, as there’s so much material with this set that trying to cram it all into one piece of content would be too much.
The Star Wars: The Complete Saga set is nine discs in total. That includes one disc for each of the six movies, plus three additional discs just for myriad extras. I’ll review three discs per article. This one will obviously cover the oft-maligned prequel trilogy.
First, the basics: The video and audio on the set are outstanding. Full 6.1 Dolby Surround and 1080p visuals make for an exceptional movie-watching experience from a purely technical standpoint. I did notice that the colors seem to skew a little toward the “red” end of the tint spectrum, but this is a very minor complaint (and one that can be corrected easily if the viewer finds it noticeable). The digital transfer of the movies generally amazing, although there are spots where the human actors look even more unnatural than usual when contrasted with their CGI counterparts, especially in Episode I.
Yet, an individual’s point of view determines so much of the makeup of this nebulous notion. Furthermore, our collective perception of whether justice (again – whatever that may or may not mean) is being “served” generally, or whether the system in question “works,” is often dependent upon a few highlighted examples that garner overwhelming attention from the media and the public. Even when the truth might be that justice prevails in 998 instances out of 1,000, if the two outliers that account for 0.2% of the sample receive 50% of the media attention, human nature compels us to focus on those two and ignore or downplay the other 998.
This was met with many loud 
Armed with a bowl of chili and two remotes, I sat down in front of my giant TV to enjoy NFL Sunday Ticket for the first time ever. Sunday Ticket was a luxury not afforded to me before now because I’m not a Direct TV customer. However, Direct TV has partnered with Sony to provide Sunday Ticket to PS3 users via a streaming option similar to the excellent MLB.TV service (reviewed 
Tonight marks the start of the NFL season, the fantasy football season, and worthwhile network television watching after months of navigating barren landscape with nothing but a lifeless, hopeless horizon in every direction.
Not getting enough technology talk in our previous podcasts? How about some pro wrestling thrown in? Fantasy football references? A discussion on various shades and flavors of clown? Lots and lots of self-satisfied laughter? Well, this podcast is for you. Tom and Mike will not disappoint in the dork department.
The Axis of Ego 
Memo to Red Sox: Fire Everyone
Except her:
I can’t even comment rationally on this debacle yet. I know this much – Remy got it exactly right following the game. “Inexcusable.”
He brought up a great point as well. With somewhat less talent, Boston was hamstrung by injuries last season and still managed to win 89 games with a few no-names logging meaningful innings.
This season, the Red Sox won exactly one more game, 90.
And that proved to be exactly one fewer than they needed to keep playing baseball.
With that, folks, I bid you goodnight. Time for me to have the first in a series of recurring nightmares about wet cardboard boxes.
And, no, I don’t really want them to dump Tito. Just about everyone else can go, though.
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