{"id":361,"date":"2006-08-08T20:09:48","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T03:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/08\/the-dork-report-for-august-8-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:33","slug":"the-dork-report-for-august-8-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-august-8-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for August 8, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some bad news for Doctor Who<\/em> spinoff Torchwood<\/em>: seems hours of footage shot in low-light on hi-def digital cameras (a la Collateral<\/em> and Miami Vice<\/em>) had to be scrapped [no longer online: scifipulse.net\/Dr_Who\/Torchwood_HIDef.html] when the Panasonic cameras didn’t perform as advertised. I’m hardly an expert, but don’t you thnk they would have realized sooner the footage was unusable? (spotted on Outpost Gallifrey<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Criterion Collection<\/a> will release a Janus Films<\/a> boxed set in October, with a book and no less than fifty<\/em> dvds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Settle some bar bets with Hey, It’s That Guy<\/a>. Hey, it’s that Googly-Eyed Guy<\/a>! Hey, it’s That Guy From Most Michael Mann Movies<\/a>! Hey, it’s That Maybe-Clone-Maybe-Not-Clone Guy<\/a> from Lost<\/em>! Hey, it’s That Guy From V<\/em><\/a> and 10 million other movies! This site could double as a Law & Order<\/em> supporting players roster. (guest submission from It’s That Girl Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helvetica<\/em><\/a>, the movie! Tracing the 50-year history of the ubiquitous, evergreen typeface, and probably without being able to help it, of graphic design itself. Coming to a festival near you in early 2007. (spotted on Design Observer<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some bad news for Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood: seems hours of footage shot in low-light on hi-def digital cameras (a la Collateral and Miami Vice) had to be scrapped [no longer online: scifipulse.net\/Dr_Who\/Torchwood_HIDef.html] when the Panasonic cameras didn’t perform as advertised. I’m hardly an expert, but don’t you thnk they would have realized sooner the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-mini","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dork-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9lhB-5P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-november-5-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for November 5, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"November 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The Telegraph interviews Peter Gabriel on freedom from choice, Lithuanian rap music, and passing on the Genesis reunion. 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