Daily Archives: March 17, 2008

Movie sequels that might work

Considering so many movies that aren’t that entertaining get greenlit for sequels, it’d be nice to see something a bit more rare happen: that a movie with a loyal cult following gets a worthy sequel. Clerks II proved that the idea can be done, if not exactly proving that it always works. Here’s a couple …

March 17, 2008 – 2:42 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Moonlight without a show runner

In a professional writing environment, this strike-shortened TV season has shown the importance of developing a succession plan in creative environments. One of my favorite freshmen shows from this season, Moonlight, is a great example of just why. Moonlight, the sudsy CBS drama about a vampire private eye, started off life last spring with veteran …

March 17, 2008 – 2:33 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Some topics are almost too painful to be entertaining

One of the trends in drama that I’m actually glad has gone out of vogue is the focus on people going through their alcohol rehabs. Sure, there have been some intense and emotional movies made on this topic, such as Michael Keaton’s Clean and Sober or Sandra Bullock’s 28 Days, but considering that alcoholism has …

March 17, 2008 – 2:25 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Thoughts on mortality

My wife’s father is someone I never had the chance to meet; he passed from this life years before my wife and I ever met. I’ve been told that his death was due, in large part, to mesothelioma. Another brush I’ve had with cancer is when both my mother and the mother of my next-door …

March 17, 2008 – 2:13 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Published and in print!

If I can turn this into a nice little roll, it could soon be time for me to forget about truck tool boxes and other such concerns and focus a bit more on my writing. For several months now, I’ve been hinting that I had an article published by a Jack the Ripper-centric true crime …

March 17, 2008 – 2:01 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in published | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Reliable network equipment saves headaches

I’ve never used Cisco-based networking equipment, but after the experience my wife and I had using LinkSys for our first home wireless network, I’m beginning to think we’d have been better off. The LinkSys product just wasn’t reliable or speedy and since upgrading to a new brand, only now do we know the difference. Sometimes …

March 17, 2008 – 1:49 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , | Comments (1)