Geoffrey Wiseman

Broadchurch is Great TV

I finished watching the first season of Broadchurch (bbc america, wikipedia, imdb, iTunes) tonight.

Daredevil on Netflix

I have been enjoying Marvel's Daredevil TV show on Netflix. I had heard good things, and they're right.

If you haven't seen it, I'm not entirely sure how to describe it. Daredevil is a comic-book character, and certainly some elements of the show are larger than life. Matt Murdock is a lawyer, but it's not a law show. There's a lot of crime and police-work but not really a police procedural. It's a mix of a interpersonal drama, crime and comic-books, but a pleasant mix.

Renaming Looney Tunes

Say you happened to have a whole bunch of classic Looney Tunes episodes, say about 175 of them, but they don't conform to the naming standards that Plex uses to organize them and download metadata.

You'd like to get these files into Plex. The simplest...

Luther - Season 3 (TV)

Season 3 of Britain's Luther (wikipedia, amazon, iTunes, imdb) is riveting, like the previous two seasons. The cast is outstanding, from Idris Elba on down, the stories are gripping (if occasionally violent), they aren't afraid to cut characters when...

Masters of Sex (TV)

It's great.

Batman Animated Television for Children

My son has been interested in comic characters about as far back as I can recall, and he's had a particular attraction to Batman, so, although he's not quite six, he's already seen almost all of the Batman animated television that exists. Along the way, I've had the opportunity to refresh my own memory of some of these television shows and watch others I'd never seen, so it seemed worth summarizing.

How We watch TV and Movies, 2013 Edition

I've been using Plex as the hub for my video consumption for so long that I almost forget what the alternatives are like.

I thought it would be a good idea to share what we're doing these days, both to record a snapshot for future reference and to help others enjoy some of the things that are working well for us.

Justified and Long Hard Times to Come

I'm nearly done watching Season 4 (iTunes, Amazon) of Justified, which I still really enjoy. Although it has clearly amassed enough of a following to make it through four seasons, and pick up some Emmy awards, almost no-one I know watches it, which...

Ultimate Spider-Man

My son has taken a break from Batman to dig into the first season of 'Ultimate Spider-Man' (wikipedia, itunes), so this is as good a time as any to give my impressions: