Author: munchman

The Next Time Someone Tells You Your Goals are “Impossible…”

…Show them this:

“Too close for comfort…?”

Astronomers discover binary stars in ‘impossibly’ tight orbits
by George Dvorsky

A team of scientists using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii have found four different pairs of binary systems whose stars are so close to each other that it takes them less than four hours to orbit one another. Previous estimates indicated that stars shouldn’t be allowed to do this — they should consume each other, creating one giant mass.

This observation forces astronomers to throw away previously held notions of what binary star systems might look like. read article

TVWriter™ Posts of the Week

Here they are, the TVWriter™ posts TeamTVWriter likes best for the week ending today, Friday, July 6th:

munchman: The Future of FRINGE read article

munchman: 2013’s Hottest Hit

Remember, boys and girls, you saw it here first:

Did you know there’s an Anime News Network? Now we all do

Sailor Moon Manga Gets New Anime Series in Summer 2013

The idol group Momoiro Clover Z, publisher Kodansha, and creator Naoko Takeuchiannounced on Friday that a new anime adaptation of Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon manga is being produced. The new anime series is aimed for release next summer, andMomoiro Clover Z will perform a theme song.

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Not a Review of The CW’s ARROW

…because, we assume, there’s an embargo on such things for now.

This Is Not a Review: The CW’s Pilot Arrow
by Tim Surette

Alert! This is not a review. I repeat, this is not a review. Throw a “p” on that, please, ’cause this is a preview of the early version of a pilot, a pilot that will almost certainly undergo some form of change before it airs in its final form. Consider this a first impression of a work-in-progress.

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munchman: My Hero

With the right facial hair, no one can see you dribble

What? You don’t recognize Bruce Helford, creator-writer-producer of ANGER MANAGEMENT? I’d know him anywhere because – and this is a big reason for loving on him – look at that, uh, look. The man’s got style written all over his, uh, chin.

And if that’s not enough, look at this interview he gives at Collider.Com. The man’s a mere creator-writer-producer, for crying out loud, but he’s got balls big enough to speak, in public, about Charlie Sheen. And we know what happened the last time a creator-writer-producer tried that. Oh, wait…

Read the Bruce Helford interview ‘cuz it’s cool read article