“Ted Cruz is not eligible to be president”

Fascinating article. While I think that people born abroad to American parents should be considered eligible for the presidency, I think the author makes an interesting case. Of course, IANAL, but it sure would be sweet schadenfreude if the Tea Party darling got knocked out of the running because of this, given all the angst created by the Birthers.

“J.J. Abrams responds to fans who say Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a ‘rip-off’’”

“Abrams mentioned that the original Star Wars films themselves were based on classic storytelling themes that heavily influenced creator George Lucas. "Those simple tenets are, to me, by far the least important aspects of this movie,” Abrams said. “They provide the bones that were well proven long before they were used in Star Wars. What was important to me was introducing a brand new chapter, brand new characters, using relationships that were embracing the history that we know to tell a story that is new.”

Perfect answer, in my opinion.

“8K Televisions Arrive Soon. Here’s What to Know”

I really don’t get this obsession with super-high resolutions in TVs. I mean, our cable and streaming services compress the hell out of 720p and 1080p and murder high-resolution audio to get it to us, and we’re talking about TVs with 32 megapixels per frame at 60 frames per second now? Insane. Give me great 720p or 1080p, with fewer artifacts and less softness, instead of this crap. While we’re at it, how about increasing the bandwidth available to audio?

“Emo Kylo Ren”

Funny Twitter profile. (Avoid if you haven’t seen the new Star Wars movie.)

“How They Put Together Hateful Eight’s 70mm Traveling ‘Roadshow’”

I’m lucky to live close to one (actually more) of the 100 theaters in the US showing this, and have tickets to a showing next week. Should be interesting!

In other 70mm news, I live close to one of only 18 (!) capable of showing a 70mm IMAX showing of The Force Awakens, and am seeing it there next week too. It’s a 70mm week!