Category: Arts & Entertainment
Facebook is rebranding itself as ‘Meta’
Facebook, the social network, will no longer define the future of Facebook, the company that will now be known as Meta. Facebook Inc. is changing the name in order to distinguish its beleaguered social network, which has an increasingly poor reputation around the globe, from the company that is pinning…
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Facebook says it doesn’t want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it
Here's what Facebook's metaverse isn't: It's not an alternative world to help us escape from our dystopian reality, a la Snow Crash. It won't require VR or AR glasses (at least, not at first). And, most importantly, it's not something Facebook wants to keep to itself. Instead, as Mark Zuckerberg…
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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ centers technology by focusing on those who don’t have it
This post contains moderate spoilers for the first episode and slight spoilers for episode two of ‘Star Trek: Prodigy.’ How do you make a series that can draw in newcomers while still appealing to long-time fans? In the case of Star Trek: Prodigy, you set it in a place where…
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‘Dune’ is too big for your TV
The real world just felt too small when I stepped out of Denis Villeneuve's Dune. There weren't any enormous spaceships ready to rocket off to planets in distant galaxies. No Brutalist palaces amid endless desert vistas. No building-sized sandworms roaming about, eager to devour anyone who disturbed them. Just me…
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The ‘Lower Decks’ season two finale is Star Trek at its best
This post contains spoilers for season two, episode 10 of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks.' Last week I posited that seasons one and two of Lower Decks together would make up one story arc of the show. Given this week’s finale, it looks like we’ll be dealing with the consequences of…
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‘Prodigy’ is a kid-friendly Star Trek show taking the right lessons from Star Wars
This post keeps spoilers to the bare minimum since the show will not air until October 28th. While Star Trek certainly has its share of young fans, it’s never been specifically for the kids. Sure, there was the animated show back in the ‘70s, but that was basically a continuation…
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