tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74702632011-11-27T19:09:49.895-05:00From Jeff Harris, the mad mind behind <a href="http://www.thexbridge.com">The X Bridge™</a> comes a place where thoughts and opinions are expressed about everything worth talking about. All articles © and ™ Jeff Harris/TXB-Behemoth Entertainment.Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-83264618356026691682011-08-01T21:49:00.000-04:002011-08-01T21:49:35.923-04:00

Just wanted to remind those still checking out Classic Thoughtnami that the current incarnation of the site is located here: http://thoughtnami.tumblr.com Thank you for your patronage here, and I hope to see you there.

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Favorite DC villain, and you can't say Joker or Luthor. Answer here

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Since the last post, you probably guessed what this post is all about. With a heavy heart, I'm ending this chapter in Thoughtnami's six-year life. Why? To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure. I mean, I'm still trying to figure out why I needed to make Thoughtnami in the first place. Think about it. I already have a site, The X Bridge. I've had that site since 1998. Nearly 12 years have passed

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It's a deviation of sorts. A new feature showcasing sites I think are pretty damn good. These are sites that you should check out by folks I don't consider friends or online acquaintances (yet). First up, 11 Points. What is 11 Points? It's a site created by Sam Greenspan, one of the masterminds behind Panda Smash. Never been there because I'm one of the nine people on Earth still using

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Let's see. Where do I begin? Happy New Year! It's a couple of weeks late, I know, but I've been busy in the real world. Yes, I've been somewhat neglectful about this page as well as my main site for much of the year, but there's a perfectly good explanation behind that. I've been working. Readers of the sites knew that I spent much of the past three months as a substitute teacher, but lately

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Once upon a time, there were four networks. One was an orphaned network that struggled a bit when they were growing up trying to find an identity. He didn't like his name, Nimby. He spent the sixties trying to find out who he is, started wearing colorful clothes that people didn't get at first, hung out with spacemen, and ended up found in the haze of the hippie counterculture. He felt good,

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As far back as I can remember, I've always seen fantasy threads on message boards. Of course, the places have changed, and message boards became chatrooms and later forums. Of course, if you put a thread on Twitter, you'd probably be laughed out of the way. But fantasy threads involving how you'd program a network have been around for as long as there's been an internet. Well, as long as the

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It wasn't supposed to be this easy.A year ago, they were just kids. Without purpose. Without hope. Looking for answers to questions that plagued their minds. Looking to belong to something bigger than themselves. Five kids who I've helped mold into the best chance this lost land has to offer.For one year, I've trained them to become warriors. I've taught them how to fight without fighting, but I

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I like USA. I do. If the wags get their way and NBC goes cable through its new majority owner Comcast, I shall miss USA because I don't see them keeping a cable-only NBC and USA, unless they become like Time Warner's TBS and TNT networks, but better. But that's not what I'm writing this article about. The tagline of USA for the past four or five years is "Characters Welcome." It's a catchy

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The following would be considered a rambling discussion by critics, so be warned. I use a lot of words that could make your head hurt if you can't handle it. Reader discretion is strongly advised to those that can't handle it.I've been thinking. Is television, as my generation and the generations before mine knew it, coming to an end? I know we're in a new digital era where those without special

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I've been writing on the internet for close to 12 years, either on Usenet, message boards, or my sites (and sites of my friends). You want to know how much money I've made for my articles over these dozen years?$0.00That's zero dollars and no sense. In fact, I'm actually in the red by about $40. That's how much I paid for three years of my domain renewal and ICANN fees. Why am I telling you all

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Fifty-two weeks ago tonight, the final broadcast of Toonami aired on Cartoon Network. While I am a little saddened that the block is no longer on the air, I would like to make the following statement:The world did not end. Sure, there are folks walking around with a dazed look on their faces, wide-eyed, and still convinced that Toonami will return and return sooner rather than later. Never mind

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Previously on Thoughtnami, I talked about how moronic Cartoon Network has become in recent months, especially when it comes to the even more moronic CNReal experiment which has been proven to be a critical failure and the reason the network's ratings have tumbled 29% in primetime, where they're no longer in the top 10, let alone the top 20 in cable networks. This was a few weeks ago. Since that

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Over on my real site, I talked about how individuals could buy 4Kids Entertainment (who very briefly said that a sale of some kind is in the works this week). Obviously, it hit a nerve with some people. Not because I had made a few suggestions of who should buy it, but rather, heaven forbid, I gave an opinion. Not a negative, evil opinion, but an opinion. It's kind of funny really because when I

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To say that I was shocked to hear about yesterday's death of legendary film writer, producer, and director John Hughes would be a massive understatement. Much of my entire childhood was spent watching his movies on cable and that new-fangled thing called VCRs, and the non-conformist, trend-ignoring, path-unfollowing person you see before you (well, the person whose words you're currently reading

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Hypothetically speaking, you own a channel. A channel whose primary focus was to air one particular medium at all hours of the day.Let's call this medium "balloons." The medium also makes up your channel's first name.Now these "balloons" are initially built up of stuff you already have in your possession, and then you begin to make your own stuff. It's mostly "balloons," but you do experiment

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real: adj. 1. not artificial, fraudulent, or illusory: GENUINE. 2. of or relating to practical or everyday activities 3. occurring or existing in actuality. We're hours away from Cartoon Network's umpteenth pandering of Nickelodeon and The Disney Channel's usual audience while ignoring the successes of the past year with the exception of Total Drama Island and Clone Wars. Cartoon Network is still

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In case you've been living in a cave for the past few years, tomorrow (June 12) marks the day the United States enters the digital television age. Television as we have known it since forever will change. If you have cable or satellite, you won't notice the change. If you rely on antennas (antennae?), well, I hope you have either a digital-ready set or a digital converter box to watch the new

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Over the next few weeks, I'm presenting Quick Waves, where I talk about a few spurts of thought that come to mind that I would talk about at length, but since I'm in the middle of totally revamping The X Bridge (it's not just a facelift, cats and kittens), I could only write small bytes. Here comes something:- How come I didn't know that Elmore Leonard wrote a CHILDREN'S book? The guy behind Out

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Have you heard that there's a new host of The Tonight Show on NBC? Like our current president, he served as a head of a prestigious Harvard University group (he was the president of the Harvard Lampoon, one of only three to serve in the role twice). He's a former comedy writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons and a two-time Emmy winner and three-time host. He's freakishly tall like his

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Washington. Lincoln. FDR. Reagan. Franklin. If I had my way, those faces would be on the faces of the banknotes of the United States. The first President. The President who fought to keep the nation together. The President who brought hope to the hopeless. The President who thawed the Cold War. One of the major architects of this great nation. I blame the Dollar ReDeSign Project for inspiring me

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In case you haven't heard, CBS Corporation is not only dropping the Paramount name from their television division name (now they're CBS Television Studios), but they're also launching a new film studio, CBS Films. This isn't CBS's first foray into original film production (they were one of the "stars" in Tri-Star Pictures, with Columbia Pictures and HBO being the other two). The whole purging of

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Aloha, and happy May. It's been a while since I've posted anything on Thoughtnami. I've been kind of busy remodeling my regular site, The X Bridge, but dammit if lightning didn't put the last couple of weeks on lockdown for me. Lightning and my computers don't have a good history together, so instead of taking a chance on working with the elements, I unplug them all. It stormed pretty much every

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In the "Either This Is Really Cool or REALLY Racist" department, MAX-FM, the rock station formerly known as WCMS (the country's first country music station), reformatted itself yesterday as Kung Pao FM, airing what they're dubbing "classic Chinese music," though it's mostly sitar music. You can listen to it right here if you like. I'll admit, the music is soothing and zen like, but the joke's

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About a decade ago, I met my friend Jon over the internet. We're like-minded individuals and worked together on many occasions, essentially molding our combined talents as well as finding other like-minded individuals like Mark, Brady, Ryan, Tyler, and Cody, to create the Toonami Inner Circle Alliance. Jon's contributions to the Circle were the Toonami Directory, Toonami Radio (which transformed

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I'm not fond of cherrypicking nor, as Jon Stewart so eloquently said the other day, turdmining anything. I don't want to snark or get bitter over anything. Everybody that knows me says I'm a pretty good guy. Most days, I'm happy, free to be me, and enjoy life. Other days, I'm a little ticked, and I unleash hell on those that I feel have made it a point to make my day miserable.This is one of

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I never expected my 200th post here at Thoughtnami would be talking about the live-action Dragon Ball movie. I also never expected to have 200 posts here in the first place because, let's face it. I have a web site, The X Bridge. It has been around for over a decade, and as much as I love that domain, I'm a little more comfortable here because it's more freeflowing and less constricted. While

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Previously, I stated that Time-Warner's upcoming TV Everywhere service is a bad idea. It is seemingly a one-sided idea that wants to implement a pay-per-click model on programming usually found on sites owned by the companies that are typically ad-supported. The whole thing with this plan is that you can watch cable programming and you will have to pay for it. Technically, this means that if

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Despite what the media tries to tell you, television isn't afraid of the internet.They're not. The thing is folks who pretty much own television are ABANDONING it at a spiraling rate. They're abandoning over-the-air television, which is why the broadcast networks have no plans for the digital spectrum they're being awarded. The whole TV Everywhere is a moronic one at best. Yeah, they could put

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Whatever happened to entertainment? It's not like the world isn't bombarded by an endless 24-hour news cycle. It is. NBC, Fox, and CNN all dominate the national news scene in this country, and the fact that some digital networks are dedicating themselves to news is kind of irksome. The broadcast networks have really dropped the ball on subchannel development in the new digital order because

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I get it now. Adult Swim is going in a different direction than a lot of fans would want it. Just because they're going into that direction doesn't mean they should be going in the direction headfirst, blindfolded, and falling in the direction of jagged glass shards and rusted nails. I do wish that Adult Swim wasn't the only avenue for the shows "we" want. Despite all their valiant moves to prove

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Now that Wall-E won every animated best picture award it was nominated for (save the Annies), for the love of God, can we please, please, PLEASE stop talking about it? I swear, it's bad enough people treat it like it was the only animated movie that came out last year, but I don't think it deserved to win EVERY animated award out there for film.Still, congratulations Andrew Stanton and PIXAR on

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In this world, you have to know one thing:Always know where your towel is. Why yes, I have become a Douglas Adams fan as of late. Those three and a half months without a real computer helped me catch up on a lot of things offline. Aside from the personal things that still depresses me, I've been reading a lot. The Bible (the KJV and SJV), Crimson, the Hitchhiker Trilogy (which is actually five

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It's fun to watch banking CEOs squirm in their chairs while being bombarded with questions. I'd love to see what would happen if the Big Media types were in the same situation. Here's what I'd ask my "friend" Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner:Where the hell did the $24 billion go in the last quarter? And don't say it all went into a lawsuit, which was largely dismissed and cost $300 million. Where did

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Television is great. You don't know how great it is. I can see the potential in the industry that a lot of individuals who work in the medium still doesn't see. Money blinds a lot of folks, and at times they need an outsider looking in for them to understand how it can be greater without focusing so much on "what's in it for me and my bosses." They have created great cable channels over the last

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Saw this over at Mr. Evanier's site, and I couldn't resist trying it myself: Twenty questions. Start with the same letter as your first name. You're not allowed to repeat an answer and if you're "tagged" by someone whose name starts with the same first letter, you can't repeat any of their answers, either. Here's what I came up with... 1. What is your name: Jeff 2. A four letter word: Joke

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Gu'ils mangent de la brioche.- Marie-Therese 1638-1683. Not Marie AntoinetteI think they're still teaching world history in American schools, so that quote may sound familiar, if not in its French incarnation, then definitely in its English pseudo-translation, "Let them eat cake." Most often, this quote is seen as a sign of ignorance, arrogance, and elitism, a feeling of being above others. I'm

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I wrote this back at the Adult Swim forums many moons ago, but it's something that's stuck in my brain. It's pertaining to something I never understood about the whole Time Warner company infrastructure. Why don't Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment work TOGETHER on projects more often than they do. No, not just on kid-friendly DC Comic adaptations or spinoffs for Cartoon Network. How

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In the light of a recent deal that Lionsgate recently completed to buy TV Guide for $1, I'd like to present an offer to the shumagorath that is Time Warner.I want to buy broadcasting and distribution rights to the non-DC Comics/Cartoon Network-owned animated properties from Warner Bros for $100. Yes, this is a small amount on the onset, but hear me out. I know Time Warner is in dire financial

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I found myself singing the "Charles In Charge" theme song today. Maybe it was because of a recent commercial that had a guy singing part of it in this answer service with a Soviet-sounding name. It just came to me out of the blue, and it kind of scared me. Then, I realized why it scared me. They don't make theme songs like they used to. Nature of the industry, I guess. Everybody wants to just get

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Too bad the No Fun League won't let me tell you about it without their expressed written permission. First of all, to my remaining readers, thank you for your patience. Ever since early September, I have been without a computer. It's moments like this that you know who your true friends are and aren't. My aunt bought me a brand new machine for Christmas, and I'm truly grateful. I've had one more

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In the words of California's governor, I'll be back. Sooner, not later.Here and the main page.Keeping it short. Baby steps, you know.The site's name isn't changing. Just because one nami's gone doesn't mean this one is history as well. But thoughts are perculating around these parts.Oh, and happy new year.

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Wow.Just . . . wow.Too much to process right now. Review at The X Bridge this Monday . . . unless Cristobal forms down in the Carolinas crippling the interweb for yours truly.

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Today, nominations for the 60th annual Primetime Academy Awards were made. The complete list can be found here. Among the notable animated highlights, both Star Wars-themed episodes of fan-favorite shows, Fox/[adult swim]'s Family Guy and [adult swim]'s Robot Chicken (I know Cartoon Network are livid about the main network's name is mentioned in the category instead of the block network, but a

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Today is July 10, 2008.Ten years ago today, I launched The X Bridge.I had uploaded a brand new layout, new articles, new sections, and other newness to the site. BUT, and this is a big but, my site's host, Toon Zone, went down. It's currently undergoing a server move. Still, the principle of Murphy's Law comes into being today. What can go wrong usually does.The only day when it wasn't lightning

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-83591319929572445072008-05-08T13:32:00.004-04:002009-02-03T19:08:22.828-05:00

George Lucas is a hack who ripped off a lot of stories to make him a multibillionaire and has done a lot to piss off the fans he created over the last decade. You know, the folks that made him a multibillionaire?I'm a fan, yes, but I'm not one of those fans that get orgasmic about everything Star Wars, including the upcoming animated retelling of the Clone Wars.Yes, it's a retelling of the Clone

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-53234611597687585202008-05-05T14:25:00.004-04:002008-05-05T15:34:04.330-04:00

You know, people get all over me when I say that Time Warner is THE MOST POORLY RAN ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY IN THE WORLD because, at times, I seem to beat the notion into their heads. While that may be true and the fact that there are a lot of companies with inept executives, no company publicly shows its ineptness more than Time Warner. And no one represents the ineptitude of Time Warner more than

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-1554118671905658722008-04-22T00:24:00.003-04:002008-04-22T00:41:07.298-04:00

Read something stupid today.I tend to do that a lot these days. I read that Viacom, cable masterminds behind the MTV Networks, BET, and Paramount Pictures, are launching a pay-TV network in fall 2009 along with Lion's Gate Films and MGM. Films from these studios (starting with those distributed by Paramount this year and the newer releases from the other studios next year) will be exclusive to

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-1871545770932444272008-03-20T23:16:00.002-04:002008-03-20T23:42:59.733-04:00

Thought I'd try something a little different and a little lighthearted instead of the old gloom and doom ranting I've been doing of late.It's something I talked about on another board, and thought I'd share this theory with you.Everybody knows about The Simpsons' hometown of Springfield, a massive city that's pretty much small town USA. Everybody has their opinions on where Springfield is. Some

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-84696039585712214342008-03-13T16:21:00.003-04:002008-03-13T18:15:39.210-04:00

The weather is fidgety, cold one day, hot the next.Flowers and trees are becoming confused. People are wearing brighter colors and showing a little more skin.That could mean only one thing . . . it's almost upfront season!Okay, I know spring is in a couple of days at the time I'm writing this, but people like me (namely TV geeks) are getting ready to see what the networks are planning to offer in

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-70027822336935507032008-02-28T15:14:00.005-05:002008-03-13T18:20:17.539-04:00

I saw a news link at Newsarama's blog earlier today that my friends at World's Finest confirmed.Teen Titans: The Judas Contract has been put on hold at Warner Bros. Animation.The reason? Marv Wolfman, creator of what many people call the definitive Teen Titans lineup and the fan-favorite story in question, stated that the reason is Warner Bros. told him that not a lot of people know who the Teen

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-64684665543616609162008-02-26T14:43:00.003-05:002008-02-26T15:13:59.933-05:00

Despite the lack of updates at The X Bridge as of late, I haven't forgotten about it. It's not that there are a lack of thoughts. I've just been doing other things. My grandfather's still off and on healthwise, and he's the highest priority for me. A friend of mine needed someone to design wedding invitations and such, so part of my time had been doing that. Been compiling a pair of story bibles

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-20276978581282040322008-02-24T20:57:00.002-05:002008-02-24T21:10:18.642-05:00

Now that Ratatouille won every animated best picture award it was nominated for, for the love of God, can we please, please, PLEASE stop talking about it? I swear, it's bad enough people treat it like it was the only animated movie that came out last year, but I don't think it deserved to win EVERY animated award out there for film.Still, congratulations Brad Bird and PIXAR on making a fine film.

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-79751313712867468302008-02-24T20:10:00.000-05:002008-02-24T20:15:50.347-05:00

Back when I was 13 years old, Ren and Stimpy premiered. One of the first episodes was "Space Madness," a short that's still recognized as one of the greatest shorts ever made. In the climax of the short, Cadet Stimpy was punished for trying to help Commander Hoek get over his space madness by putting the ever curious cat in charge of guarding the History Eraser Button, a device that nobody knows

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-90583606150287866062008-02-23T19:25:00.003-05:002008-02-23T20:32:05.189-05:00

I've been reading Sitcoms Online's news blog for a number of years, and I love it. It's probably one of the most comprehensive news outlets for all things situation-comedy. At times, however, I feel it's catered to an older set at times, and nothing illustrates that more than Solomon's Weekly Rants. Some are enjoyable, but most tend to be rantings of an out-of-touch guy that pretty much hates

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-28040879143002352372008-02-08T21:00:00.001-05:002008-02-26T15:17:38.992-05:00

I know I'm not a media executive, but I want to know if this thesis is even correct.The CW Television Network hands over control of their Saturday morning lineup to a competing company that already controls a low-rated Saturday morning block.The CW moves its modestly-performing urban comedies to a night that has the worst ratings for the network most likely causing their imminent cancellation as

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-69909309995760384952008-01-28T19:00:00.000-05:002008-02-08T21:33:57.072-05:00

Whatever happened to reruns?It’s like we have to be bombarded by new episodes on television every week, and if we don’t get repeats, we don’t see our favorite shows. Yes, I know shows are instantly repurposed on cable because that’s where the old media feels the money is. Of course, as the old media migrates to the new media, they’re placing reruns at your fingertips, either “on-demand” or on

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-80542476622471092952008-01-09T21:36:00.000-05:002008-01-13T22:19:23.847-05:00

I think we're approaching some strange age in the coming months. Over the next 24 months, everything we see and realize as the world will be gone, replaced with something exciting, confusing, and entertaining. Media as the world knows it will be a thing of the past. Television, as we, our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great grandparents knew it, is history in 2009, replaced

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-87777633766890371222008-01-08T18:27:00.000-05:002008-01-08T19:22:52.036-05:00

I'm writing about a sitcom that hasn't seen the light of day in almost two decades in the US for my first real post in 2008?Yup.I noticed that everybody is reporting that Showtime's popular crime drama Dexter is coming to CBS's strike-ridden lineup (go Writers!) in February. Everybody that reported that are saying that Dexter will be the first premimum cable series to air on broadcast

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-45980580817507882872008-01-01T00:01:00.000-05:002007-12-31T23:55:00.320-05:00

According to the currently used calendar in the Western world, it is now 2008.Happy new year, my friends. I'll be back after the Epiphany.

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-82404233976455727662007-12-30T13:00:00.000-05:002008-01-04T12:32:39.869-05:00

The late night shows come back on this week, so, I'm pushing up an article I had a week or so ago up to make it feel a little more "relevant."Jeff Zucker, Fred Silverman, all you high muckity-mucks at NBC Universal, I have single-handedly solved "the Leno situation." It would involve a lot of sacrifices, but, in effect, it will not only keep Leno in the NBC Universal family but will also help

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-5073395827525258402007-12-16T18:25:00.000-05:002007-12-16T18:27:56.987-05:00

Iconic Image of the Centauri by ~nemalki on deviantARTI did that? Hmm . . . perhaps I should take a break from the insanity of the internet more often.

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-86010507480053381012007-12-12T14:42:00.000-05:002007-12-12T14:51:26.195-05:00

To my friends and acquaintances at Toon Zone as well as those that posted here at Thoughtnami. I thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I know I don't deserve that much praise, but I'm thankful for that and for you all for dealing with me in this brief episode of self-doubt. My grandfather isn't 100% by any stretch, but he's better today than he was at Thanksgiving. Life is still frustrating,

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-22452116566691025752007-11-27T00:41:00.000-05:002007-11-27T01:19:33.554-05:00

I'm leaving Thoughtnami, The X Bridge, and the forums for a while.I'll be back, but I need to take some time out for a while. Probably next year or so. It doesn't matter. I don't think I'll be missed around these parts. And if I am, they'll get over it.I've undergoing many emotions now. I'm having problems at home. My grandfather's health has taken a turn for the worse. His already small frame

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-50021518458398672062007-11-06T00:10:00.000-05:002007-11-06T00:13:02.009-05:00

I guess you've heard about the Writers' Strike that is just beginning to affect the entire entertainment industry (don't worry, otaku, you'll still be getting translated dubs on the air; you won't like them, but you'll get them). No, friends, NBC isn't recycling episodes of Leno, Conan, nor Carson as part of their companywide Green is Universal campaign. They're the first of many to be impacted

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-71766665753379542872007-10-18T13:31:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:41:11.531-04:00

A recent thread at the mothership convinced me to write this, so here goes:I'm young (29), but some things make me feel like an old-ass man, especially a lot of shows and movies that have come out as of late.But if I had to choose three movies that defines MY generation . . . that's kind of tough, especially since I have to pick just three. I know it's a magic number, but it's kind of limited,

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-79735198173126340272007-10-17T00:06:00.000-04:002007-10-17T00:43:18.844-04:00

G4 (you know, the channel that killed TechTV a couple of years ago that has nearly zero viewers) has acquired broadcast rights to two of the 21st century's most iconic series so far, ABC's Lost and NBC's Heroes. The Comcast-owned network has rights to strip Heroes and Lost daily in a few years, but Heroes premieres in a few weeks on the channel.Cartoon Network, which is one of the most watched

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-71690215953139299722007-10-09T00:05:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:31:24.783-04:00

I haven't had cable for six months now, but strangely, I'm not missing it. No extra-high bill for limited programming choices. No clatter of talking heads talking about nothing. And best of all, no dents in my walls from the idiotic changes at . . . you know where.However, in the light of tonight's season premiere of The Boondocks on Adult Swim tonight, I feel that I need to talk about the things

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-48453232254206769522007-10-08T22:19:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:29:28.361-04:00

Sprinter.Hurdler.State champion.National champion.Hall of famer.Olympic gold metalist.Until last week, LaTasha Colander was all of these. She won a gold metal in the 4X400 Meter Relay at the Sydney Olympics of 2000. And she was fast. She was always fast as long as I knew her. We weren't friends in the traditional sense. We had common friends at Wilson High, but we rarely came across each other in

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-7867760704859200092007-10-07T21:24:00.000-04:002007-10-07T21:37:28.160-04:00

I'm not really sure.I don't even know what kind of site Thoughtnami is supposed to be. I know it's a freer locale where I could be myself, but I think there needs to be something else here. Maybe not. However, I want to bring something to Thoughtnami, but I don't know what. I'm thinking I could try a monthly podcast or something here, or maybe a comic strip. Maybe I'll just post more updates a

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-92112758038770619062007-10-06T21:41:00.000-04:002007-10-06T22:06:30.426-04:00

It was unbearably hot today. Almost sticky hot. Remainder of the week likely to be just as hot. Today's weather got me to thinking . . . isn't Christmas and the holiday season just a mere two months away? I know it is because, it is October, and stores are already stocking Christmas products in the stores. Lights, stockings, wrapping paper, garland, wreaths. They're in stores right now. Thought

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-52509098576130863272007-10-05T15:08:00.000-04:002007-10-17T00:45:03.621-04:00

Remember that Looney Tunes cartoon with a mouse tormenting this cat throughout it, and the mouse kept on calling the cat "Sucker!"? Well, I'm going to reenact a scene, sort of.Playing the role of the cat, The CW Television Network, who handed over control to their lucrative Saturday morning block to a competitor, 4Kids Entertainment, who is, again for the uninitiated, THE WORST ENTERTAINMENT

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-90295277620618559652007-10-04T12:57:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:44:13.916-04:00

As you've probably heard by now, 4Kids Entertainment, again, The WORST ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY IN THE WORLD, is now going to control 2/5 of Saturday morning programming on broadcast television after The CW handed them control of their Saturday morning block currently housed by Kids' WB. 4Kids is managing all aspects of both The CW and Fox in the 2008-09 season. Now, Bruce Rosenblum, president of

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-52618126804946584252007-10-03T12:48:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:44:13.917-04:00

I'm sure you've heard by now that 4Kids Entertainment, the WORST COMPANY IN THE WORLD (not to be confused with the MOST POORLY RAN ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY IN THE WORLD, which is still Time Warner), has a new knotch in its belt. Starting in the fall of 2008, 4Kids will program the Saturday morning block on The CW. That's right, Kids' WB is about to go the way of Fox Kids, literally. And they're

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-27277633429432632752007-10-01T18:00:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:33:15.826-04:00

Remember what Cartoon Network and Boomerang promos used to look like before they got stupid? I found out where the spirit that guided Cartoon Network for nine of its 15 years went to. It's in Canada. Today, ironically 15 years after ol' checkerboard launched, Teletoon launched their own classic animation station, Teletoon RETRO. Oh, and here's the promo:As you can see, it's very much like Cartoon

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-15508799395952124822007-10-01T00:01:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:44:13.917-04:00

It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since Droopy pushed the Acme dynamite plunger launching the world's first all-animation channel called Cartoon Network. Twenty-four hours of cartoons was a radical concept back in 1992. Fifteen years later, it seems to be an even more radical concept since there are only a handful of all-animation channels on the air worldwide. Cartoon Network isn't one of

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-29337201903099099952007-09-30T22:23:00.000-04:002007-09-30T22:37:31.269-04:00

Still around. Been working for a living. Apparently, I'm on retainer as a web designer for this photography site. I designed the look and feel of the site. Got paid a small amount (which everybody tells me), but on the bright side, I'll get paid for my future services for the forthcoming months. It's four figures per assignment, so needless to say, it's a job.I'm also working on the four IK

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-63318090332762123222007-08-29T01:20:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:31:24.785-04:00

Okay, for starters, I know that this is something that would have been posted at The X Bridge, but, that site resumes normal programming on September 10, 2007. A lot of stuff on that end coming down the pike. I'll reveal it then.Second, I'm kind of interested in this story as someone looking for something different from the normal. Remember KidsCo? Let me refresh your memory if you don't.A

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-80313939419885302572007-08-23T15:00:00.000-04:002007-10-17T00:45:03.622-04:00

Cartoon Network is scheduling a live-action hour-long reality special during Toonami next Saturday. Right?Toon Disney is premiering Superman and Batman on Jetix in October. Right?Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 was the most watched program in the history of cable. Right?Nickelodeon is actually getting a lot of press for next month's upcoming premiere of Avatar. Right?Okay. Dear Cartoon

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-46402110890498003572007-08-08T13:30:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:44:13.917-04:00

Remember a couple of months ago when I wrote about why they haven't considered making a Jonny Quest live-action movie? Well, apparently somebody must've read my thoughts about the subject.Yesterday, Warner Bros. announced that producers Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter are bringing the classic animated series to the big screen. They say they're using "Raiders of the Lost Ark" as the model and the

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-41727387861742876772007-07-15T22:40:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:31:24.785-04:00

I'm a fan of Steven Spielberg. I've seen nearly all of his work, and I feel that he's the epitome of the classic filmmaker (not a modern filmmaker, mind you; as much of a fan I am, I think the directors of A Band Apart are what I'd like to be if I was a director). I know he has been a producer for . . . ever, but some things I wonder if Spielberg just signed on for a paycheck only. On The Lot is

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-13397824056550852342007-07-04T20:00:00.000-04:002007-07-04T20:02:52.145-04:00

First of all, GO SEE TRANSFORMERS!!Action, comedy, romance, intrigue, man, that completely blew away my expectations. Wonder why they couldn't do that kind of a movie back in the 80s? Oh, yeah, technology has advanced. I think you could do a movie like the original Toy Story on a home computer now. I didn't want Transformers to end, and there's going to be a sequel. So, if you haven't, GO SEE

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-58292899891464763392007-07-04T00:42:00.000-04:002007-07-04T01:00:15.397-04:00

To the American readers of this site, happy Independence Day, the day a bunch of rich White slaveowners declared they didn't want to have anything to do with the British monarchy anymore, announced they were no longer British, and considered themselves (but not the slaves they owned) free. Of course, we celebrate this great day with explosions, cookouts, and other activities. As a descendant of

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-73527476682102050282007-07-02T13:55:00.000-04:002007-07-02T14:01:20.252-04:00

Although yesterday was the actual day of celebrating the greatness that is Canada, today is the official observation date.Oh, Canada. A beautiful country filled with creative minds, diverse viewpoints, and talented individuals. The home of YTV and Teletoon, not to mention several of my favorite animation studios like Nelvana, Mainframe, and Nerd Corps. Americans don't really give Canada its due,

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-39735011094986570222007-07-01T22:01:00.000-04:002007-07-02T14:01:20.253-04:00

It's July 1, 2007, so I would like to wish all my Canadian readers a Happy Canada Day. Canada has given the world so much in the world of entertain - - what? It's celebrated tomorrow? Oh! Well, I had a small post to say . . . guess I'll make it tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy this small clip from Class of the Titans, a series Americans have yet to witness, and it's a bloody shame:

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-51139475326738279252007-06-27T13:49:00.000-04:002007-07-02T13:57:24.265-04:00

I haven't had cable in two months, and I have mixed emotions about it.I miss the variety cable has to offer as well as a clearer signal of broadcast television. However, in the absence of cable, I've realized one strange fact.Cable is very toxic.I'm not being metaphotical either. Cable television often made me physically ill, and I didn't realize it until it was gone. Cable news is the worse

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-6631648492055407852007-06-26T14:00:00.000-04:002007-10-09T12:33:15.827-04:00

In light of the sad, tragic events that occurred over the weekend involving one of my favorite wrestlers of all time, I'm just glad to read something good to lighten the mood.Scratch that, not something good. Something GREAT!According to Variety, Fred Seibert (creator of the MTV logo, the architect of the imaging and packaging Nickelodeon uses to this day, former president of Hanna-Barbera,

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-29915546616963878142007-06-07T00:41:00.000-04:002007-06-07T00:50:12.340-04:00

Things I Can Strike Out on a list for Things I Thought I'd Never See:- A professional team originally named after a movie starring Emilio Estévez or inspired an animated series winning a professional championship.Congratulations to the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks, your 2006-07 NHL Stanley Cup Champions!Quack, quack.

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-92018212461025097162007-06-06T22:00:00.000-04:002007-10-17T00:45:03.623-04:00

Finally!I've realized why Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. aren't interested in animation anymore.They're turning them all into live-action movies.Over the past couple of weeks, the following films have been greenlit for production:He-Man and the Masters of the UniverseTeen TitansThunderCatsAdding the Speed Racer movie still in production as well as the Voltron and Johnny Bravo movies still in

Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-4736339891104125592007-06-02T04:00:00.000-04:002007-06-06T21:06:15.352-04:00

Why does My Network TV continue to exist?Seriously, why does Fox continue to prove that they cannot operate a second broadcast network? MNT's a failure. A miserable, tactless failure that needs to go the way of DuMont and PTEN.The telenovella format bombed. The lineup is now filled with old movies, failed reality shows, celebrity news "documentaries," and an MMA league that's not UFC nor Pride.

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Front page is fixed up a little. To my surprise, Blogger added a few new toys to play around with. So, say aloha to the old look and the retirement of the Thoughtnami: Animated Thoughts name/logo, and say aloha to an evolving look and the site's newish name: Jeff Harris' Thoughtnami.Speaking of new arrivals, I've posted links to The American Roadtrip Sessions, Richard Mage's Search, and The

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Dudes and ladies, it's been a while since I've posted here.Read the title?Expect something to happen within the week.Also, expect more than just monthly posts around these parts (really sorry about that; life got hectic these last couple of months working on the main site, articles for the mothership, and working on Frost Bros, Centauri, Zu Helix, Bridget Hex, and DiGB).More details when I'm a

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I've been numb since Monday morning, but the reality of it all didn't really hit me until Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, April 16, 2007, a sad, dangerous madman with his own agenda killed 32 students, instructors, and professors at Virginia Polytechnical Institute within hours before turning the gun on himself. For those that don't know, I live in Virginia. I live in the southeastern end of the

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Yeah, I'm posting articles around here at Thoughtnami, a break of sorts from what I'm doing at The X Bridge. Toonami turns 10 next Saturday, but I needed to take a breather on that. Plus, I hate Cartoon Network, which kind of puts a crimp in my love for the block. Talk about moral dilemma. Anyway, I looked around here and decided to finish up an article I made but never published. New articles

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We know our time is not promised on this world, which is why we live each day like it's our last.We were born under a strange moon in a world that now knows nothing but fear and uncertainty. We learned early in our lives that a world without hope is a world that will not last. Quite frankly, we're pretty used to this world of ours, so we have to reclaim it from those that inspire fear and

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Isn't this kind of illegal? I mean, there are only two subscription-based satellite radio services in the US, and the fact that they're merging may be a boon for the industry or a sign of media consolidation run amok yet again.Oh, I know the Time Warner blokes wish that Levin and Case never embraced with a hug on a public stage.I mean, if XM and Sirius merged, what's next? Will we expect Pepsico

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The world doesn't need people like me anymore. At least, that what it seems like. The world doesn't need guys that care too much nor people who are, to say the least, well-versed. The world looks at guys like me as weak, unimportant, and unnecessary. To care about anything shows weakness, so you have to be coldhearted to survive in this world, and I can't be that way. I walk this world alone. No

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Let me see if I read this news article from Cynopsis Kids right: Genius Products (GNPI), a DVD producer/licensor/distributor, and The Weinstein Company (TWC) have inked a long-term pact with Entertainment Rights and Classic Media for the distribution, co-production and co-financing of a range of home video and videogame productions for the family, kids and teen markets. Under the terms of the

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MySpace is a place where all sorts of characters congregate to talk about themselves. ComicSpace is a place where comic creators, critics, and fans can talk about themselves, comic book fandom, and the independent spirit.I've only been on ComicSpace for about four days, and I enjoy the experience many times more than the months I spent on MySpace. So, my MySpace section may be operational, but I

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