danegeld: AMEN!

Sounds like Cory was fishing for alternatives to his "project" and he got plenty of them. For me, I have a modded XBOX running XBMC and it does everything MythTV does plus more and judging by the screenshots XBMC does it much prettier as well. I have an old PC run WinXP and using an SMB share all my movies, music, and pictures are streamed to the box and viewed on my TV. Even thinking about getting another box for the office and bedroom. Whole lot cheaper in the long-run, for me.

bxrguy-

Thanks for the great idea. I too don't like Steampunk, but when I read these posts I learn about all kinds of new toys like GreaseMonkey.

My gosh what an opinionated group! Burton REVIVED Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by staying true to Dahl's version of the book. Johnny Depp was fantastic and those two have been an incredible duo since the beginning days of Edward Scissorhands. I guess most of you can certainly do much better and are just sitting on multi-million dollar deals waiting for the one that lets you express your true "creative" genius. At least Burton can utilize technology that allows him to tell a great story without appearing over the top. Besides, I am sure Burton is not losing a wink of sleep over some of your "recommendations".

And Gilliam? Those must be the 3 or 4 die-hard fans that think he could rewrite the Bible and make it a better story with a funkier ending.

All this talk is making me hungry. I am going home to get some herbal relief and watch Charlie back to back for the next 6 hours. That'll satisfy my cravings.

NERDS!

#9:

Revolución! Tell me where to sign, where to blog, where to login. Our Constitution used to say "Of the People, By the People, For the People". Now it can be said to say "Of the Corporation For the Corporation".

That'll get me scroogled.

Good thing I, and a lot of people I know, don't have a land line.

Yazoo:

Settle down. This is a humor piece and obviously you have no sense of humor. Perhaps you should try watching more TV, especially sitcoms. You can't be an elitist, because elitists wouldn't bother replying to blogs. Perhaps you are just a miserable old coot that likes to hide behind the Internet to voice completely obtuse comments.

My $.02