You likely knew Dick Tufeld as the Robot from Lost In Space, but he had a heckuva voice & popped up everywhere in animation, narration, radio, commercials… you name it. What I find most endearing is that he didn’t seem to tire of the “Robot” character and reprised his role in the big-screen remake of Lost In Space, and in countless fan-films, retrospectives and personal appearances. Let’s not forget the line he made classic: “Danger, Will Robinson!”
The new DC Comics logo has been officially revealed to the public, and I am officially offended. It’s a dandy logo & all, if it was for a company that sold photocopies or digital storage devices, but very little about this logo says “DC Comics” to me. The main icon is a “C” peeking out from behind a cleverly designed “peeling ‘D,’” and the logo is underscored with some plain-vanilla font underneath. The icon in itself is well done and attractive – this isn’t a disaster on par with the aborted GAP logo. What bothers me is that it does nothing to carry over what came before – there is nearly zero heritage here. Give me something that would let me know that this is the logo for DC Comics at a glance…. the comics that I’ve read since the 70′s. You won’t cause 8-year-olds to lose control of their bladder if your logo bears some resemblance to what came before. In fact, I beleive that by straying so far from the classic logo, decades of valuable logo recognition and nostalgia is tossed out the window. It is designed to serve as a smartphone icon for the company’s products, obviously, but, doggoneit… it just doesn’t soar. To me, it lands on the ground with a soggy thud.
I just read that the Discovery Channel has plans for a new spin-off show titled Unchained Reaction, a competition series using 
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters. How horrible. I want to watch the Mythbusters gang perform their experiments, not watch a bunch of amateurs squabble, cry and react in shock in yet another reality competition series. I understand the logic – take a show people love, and use that template to prop up a cheapo reality show where the “celebrity host” pops up at the beginning and end and the average Janes and Joes do all the work. Most unsettling, I fear this is a sign that the original Mythbusters will be phased out due to cost in comparison.
This has ruined Food Network, where I used to enjoy watching cooks prepare food and discuss why they do what they do. Now the channel has people running around trying to find their ingredients… burning & dropping food or not preparing it correctly because of the time limits and the OMG TWIST! I want to learn how to cook, not watch people fail because they have to use a “surprise ingredient.”
This is more bad news for television. Why are you driving me to Netflix? I PREFER watching programs “live” as opposed to streaming, DVRing… if presented with quality television, I WILL watch – even the commercials.