ORIGINALLY AIRED: 3/1/2005
Import Games, Star Trek Protest, TiVoHME
Episode #5035
| The Sensible SUV: Segway announces new models, including the off-roading Cross-Terrain.
Fashion Blow Out: Finally! Inflatable clothing we can take, uh, seriously. Plus, it doubles as a tent! World of Whack-Craft: Now you can hire your own World of Warcraft hitman and order a rub-out. All for free! |
| With the cancellation of any Star Trek series comes the traditional swell of protest from disappointed fans, and that’s certainly the case with Star Trek Enterprise. A global effort to save the show has arisen with Paramount’s announcement last month that the latest Star Trek is getting the axe at the conclusion of its current season. Recently, fans staged a rally at the gates of Paramount Studios in Hollywood, and Brendan Moran was there on the scene to report from the front lines. The tense situation threatened to turn ugly when a group of Star Wars fans in full storm trooper regalia arrived to taunt their Star Trek nemeses, but fortunately violence did not erupt.
If you’d like to help in the endeavor to save Star Trek: Enterprise, log on to SaveEnterprise.com. |
| With every week comes new peddlers of bizarre items on the auction site known as eBay, and Kevin P. is there to record their efforts: Rattlesnake Toilet Seat MC Hammer in Bread Former Playmate’s Breast Implant—Autographed! |
| The one and only Chris Gore, creator of the highly esteemed movie-reviews and news site FilmThreat.com, dropped by to comment on this week’s biggest DVD releases:
Lost in Space Season 3, Vol. 1: “Your memory of Lost in space is better than what Lost in Space actually is,” said Chris, who noted that you can tell how good each episode is according to the costumes. (Silver = serious, velvet = silly.) This set has a lot of silly episodes and not many bonus features. “If you’re a DVD geek like me, you buy DVDs for the extras—but there are virtually none on this disc,” he said. (Four discs, 15 episodes, $29.95) Conclusion: Rental! Incident at Loch Ness: This mockumentary by director Zack Penn follows German director Werner Herzog as he searches for Nessie. “It’s a comedy that’s not funny,” said Chris. “There is one funny part: the director doing his commentary stops because people walk out of the room.” Conclusion: Rental! The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: “This is a movie that I rushed to the theaters and saw on opening day,” Chris said. “It works on two levels—there are jokes for adults, and jokes for kids.” But why the PG rating for a cartoon based on a Nickelodeon character? You can see SpongeBob’s butt, which Chris insists is actually a homage to Walt Disney’s butt-exposing tradition. Conclusion: Buy! You can read superb film reviews at FilmThreat.com, and catch up with Chris’ many activities at ChrisGore.com |
| In tech topics...
Living in Our Star Trek World: Scientists cite episodes of Star Trek in developing an “invisibility shield.” Handheld Madness: Do we need another GameBoy model? Nintendo thinks so. Return of the King: Peter Jackson sues New Line Cinema over its accounting of profits from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. |
| Recently, TiVo released its Home Media Engine, or TiVo HME. All you need is a Series 2 TiVo and the latest software update, version 7.1. Once that's installed you'll have to figure out the super secret activation code (system menu, clear clear, zero zero).
Now you can load all sorts of interesting apps created by users that put info onto your TiVo via your PC, such as an eBay auction viewer, an iTunes controller, and games. Some of Kevin P.’s favorites include GoogleMap Plus and the Flickr Photo Viewer. You can find these and others at hme.pvrblog.com. |
| G4 Senior Games Editor Justin Keeling dropping by with a handful of handheld gaming titles you can only buy in Japan: Namco Museum, Need for Speed: Rivals, and Another Code. You can read his preview here. |
| Get your Windows XP desktop organized with the third-party app ExplorerXP. |
| Peter from Fort Polk, LA wanted to know if those TiVo HME apps will work with his DirectTV TiVo unit.
Nope. TiVo currently does not support HME on either Series 1 or DirectTV TiVo units. Mike of Yakima, WA asked: Can you hack a TiVo to record programs without paying for the feed? Yes, you can record specific times but you can’t schedule recordings. |
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