Cop shows are such a mainstay of television, and have been for so long, that turning on a TV and randomly clicking through four or five channels is guaranteed to lead you to at least one trip down the mean streets with a grizzled detective and a fresh-faced rookie. They're such a part of our…
If modern robots can write your letters, why not poetry, and what richer fodder for auto-verse than CrimeHQ's tweets could there be? Submitting our thread to the genius of Poetweet (meaning Edgar Allan, we'll assume, rather than some merely generically tormented garret-dweller), the following mashed-up sonnet was generated. It's loosely rhymed stanzas are odd enough…
“If you do the job right, Walt, by the time you put down your sheriff’s badge, you’re a wanted man.” —Lucian Connally. “Wanted Man” started strong and remained strong through the very end. A terrific episode written by Tony Tost and directed by Lucian himself (Peter Weller) followed the ongoing plotlines with some interesting twists…
The 2014 World Cup is set to kick off on Thursday, June 12th in Brazil, and fans who are journeying to the tournament might not be prepared for what they will see: PackBots. The Brazilian government has struck a $7.2 million deal with the creators of PackBot for 30 of the robots. Originally created for…
Yesterday, we talked about the Robocops deployed in traffic intersections in the Congo. Today, we're talking about the Robocop reboot that will be hitting theaters tomorrow—just in time for Valentine's Day? Okay, it's probably counter-programming to all of those chick-flicks being sent out, but for some, nothing says romance like a severely injured cop-turned-robot. Plus,…
In Kinchasa, Congo's capitol, engineers have created giant robot cops to help control traffic in the city's busiest intersections. After the Silicon Valley robo-watchers and the automaton prison guards, we're considering giving in to our impending robot overlords. Maybe we'd hate the usual red-light cameras less if they wore jaunty sunglasses?
The original RoboCop was truly a product of its time. A failing, irredeemable, crime ridden major American city, in this instance Detroit (oddly prophetic, that), is apparently saved by a well-intentioned private organization. Promising a police force that never tires, never stops, and won't let you down like normal cops. And it is looking like…
According to TV Guide, there are fifty-seven new shows premiering this fall. Fifty-seven. That’s a lot of shows. Clearly, not all of them will succeed, but there are five new shows with criminal elements (ha) that I am excited about. So, I thought I’d share a bit about each one. Here are my top five,…
The next 80s movie up for remake is Robocop. While I really enjoyed the original, the sequels were…well…awful. And the original (unlike the original Die Hard), hadn’t held up so well over the years. I suspect that’s because we’re all more accustomed to technology than we were in 1987 when the original movie was released.…
