ROFL! Normally I find G4TV's ATTACK OF THE SHOW useless (and I really, REALLY miss the old TechTV show THE SCREEN SAVERS which AotS replaced), but this was actually kind of funny - and who'd have thought Olivia Munn would make a not-bad Wonder Woman? I also liked that, against all odds given it's G4TV (the basic cable network that makes SpikeTV seem sophisticated!), they didn't put Blair Butler's Cheetah in a fetishy "female cat" outfit.
This is written like it was originally a X-PLAY segment Blair Butler wrote, only they replaced Morgan Webb with Olivia Munn,
I actually didn't get into the G4TV until it was already Attack of the Show. Though I very much agree with you that I think that them turning it into a SpikeTV clone is pretty much the worst way to go. I miss G4TV.com and Diane Mizota's Filter and all of those cool video game and Tech related shows. That said, I do really enjoy Olivia Munn. Even though I don't agree with her views on comics, it's nice seeing Blair Butler out there representing for the comics fans. Oh, Olivia Munn mentioned on her myspace that Blair Butler wrote that sketch.
As a side note, I'm really enjoying White Tiger. I generally like to pick up at least the first issue of any book featuring a Hispanic character because I like to promote Latinos and Latinas in the comic fandom, but this is actually one that I still read past the first issue and I hope Marvel decides to let it keep going!
::I actually didn't get into the G4TV until it was already Attack of the Show.::
As I undersatnd it, HZ, the network was in a constant state of flux from the late Nineties until now - from ZDTV, to TechTV, to G4TechTV, to G4TV. The first two iterations were technology programming on a variety of topics coming out of San Franciso - mostly magazine-show style, with a few entertainment shows like ANIME UNLEASED. The San Francisco vibe might explain the use of Diane Mizota as host of FILTER (there was a lot of multiethnic on-camera talent on ZDTV/TechTV, including former FRESH GEAR HOST/current CNN correspondent Sumi Das, and the late C/Net editor James Kim). When TechTV merged with G4 (an all computer-game network), the emphasis moved to largely computer games (EXTENDED PLAY, TechTV's sole gaming program, became X-PLAY - and rapidly, the flagship of G4TechTV, and currently just about the only show on G4TV with an actual audience!), the network moved to Los Angeles, and the on-air talent got more and more Hollywood. It's only in the last
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This is written like it was originally a X-PLAY segment Blair Butler wrote, only they replaced Morgan Webb with Olivia Munn,
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Tim Liebe
Dreaded Spouse-Creature of Tamora Pierce
- and co-writer of Marvel's White Tiger comic - #3 out now! :)
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As a side note, I'm really enjoying White Tiger. I generally like to pick up at least the first issue of any book featuring a Hispanic character because I like to promote Latinos and Latinas in the comic fandom, but this is actually one that I still read past the first issue and I hope Marvel decides to let it keep going!
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As I undersatnd it, HZ, the network was in a constant state of flux from the late Nineties until now - from ZDTV, to TechTV, to G4TechTV, to G4TV. The first two iterations were technology programming on a variety of topics coming out of San Franciso - mostly magazine-show style, with a few entertainment shows like ANIME UNLEASED. The San Francisco vibe might explain the use of Diane Mizota as host of FILTER (there was a lot of multiethnic on-camera talent on ZDTV/TechTV, including former FRESH GEAR HOST/current CNN correspondent Sumi Das, and the late C/Net editor James Kim). When TechTV merged with G4 (an all computer-game network), the emphasis moved to largely computer games (EXTENDED PLAY, TechTV's sole gaming program, became X-PLAY - and rapidly, the flagship of G4TechTV, and currently just about the only show on G4TV with an actual audience!), the network moved to Los Angeles, and the on-air talent got more and more Hollywood. It's only in the last ( ... )
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