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...recent spate of 3-D movies on the big screen - G-Force, Monsters vs Aliens and My Bloody Valentine all had 3-D debuts this year - foreshadows a similar spurt on the small screen. Blu-ray discs, which have the storage capacity necessary for high-definition 3-D content, and their players are becoming more affordable, and Panasonic is working with movie studios to release 3-D editions of movies, timed to coincide with the first group of TVs. Broadcast networks are paying close attention too - ESPN broadcast the Sept. 12 USC vs. Ohio State college-football game...
...cost. Sony says it envisions a 3-D TV in every U.S. home by the end of 2010. That's a pipe dream, especially with early models expected to cost as much as several thousand dollars, though no price has been released yet. But with more and more content producers coming on board and with positive early reviews, who knows? This may just be the time 3-D finally finds some staying power...
...work within the film’s internal logic. The Quantrell Bishop storyline is abandoned in order to focus on Paul’s meeting with Philadelphia Phil, but in the scope of the film, this makes sense. Paul never follows through on his commitments or interactions. He is content to simply let things go, so long as he can resume cheering for the team he loves. Siegel, formerly a writer for The Onion, has a knack for crafting characters that aren’t exactly living the dream. This was evident in “The Wrestler?...
According to Bar-Yosef, the discovery was “accidental.” When team member Eliso V. Kvavadze of the Institute of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Georgia analyzed the pollen content in soil samples to determine the change in climate over time, she came upon what appeared to be fiber fragments...
...conversation about Xi and his future underscores both how little is known about the inner workings of the Party and the fact the Party itself is struggling to adapt to the blinding speed at which China's society and economy are changing. That fact was acknowledged in the otherwise content-free and jargon-laden Communiqué issued at the close of the Plenum. According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Communiqué stated that "many problems exist inside the Party that run counter to new circumstances and the Party's character, which 'are severely weakening the Party's creativity...