Ravings of an Intermittent Fool

It's 'creative' and 'fun' to ignore web standards and write to proprietary plugins, apparently.

Animated vector graphics might be justified when there's widespread support for placing them into an actual web page (SVG, for example), but until then the cost outweighs the benefit, IMO. Until then, Flash programmers (I refuse to call them web designers) will continue to make frustrating "websites" that are completely disconnected from the rest of the web's content.

And we'll continue to be annoyed by them.

Exactly...they take the easiest route to a "pretty" website. Plus their customers are to blame as well. I'm sure the brand manager or marketing folks don't care about the zen of the web, just that the web "looks like a tv". Lastly, by shoving everything into the damn Flash animation, they ensure that the programmers (and their design firm) are the only ones that can update the content on the site. I bet they get fat, fat retainers every month to edit a bit of text.

Arrested development is without a doubt the best show that is on the air, even beyond network. the casting is perfect, how lucky they were to get David Cross, one of the funniest people in the business. Will Arnett, who i had never heard of before this show, is hillarious.Bateman plays a good straight man, his character is such a bitch, but a loveable one. Micheal Cera who plays George Micheal shows ral potential as a comedic and improvisational actor (in one of the last scenes of the first episode hes hillarious when he suggests to maybe that they should kiss again and then goes into a ramble about "go fish, uno" and so on" all in all, this show is a must see, the second season is just as good as the first, it hasnt lost any momentum, i hope its on for seasons to go. an instant classic

Anyone who likes arrested development should check out the BBC show "The Office". It's on DVD now. And watch it with the subtitles on so you dont miss anything.

Unique, Intelligent, and Irreverent -- no wonder it didn't last..
by Robert H. Goretsky

Arrested Development was one of those rare television shows that truly broke the mold, and in doing so, created a genre unto itself. Similar to 'The Office', the cinematography led you to believe you were watching hidden cameras showing you people behaving as they normally do -- quite different from the staged look and laugh tracks that usually accompany sitcoms. The dialogue, while sometimes a bit contrived, rewards the intelligent viewer who is paying close attention (similar to 'Scrubs' in this regard). Furthermore, unlike the other programs that were accompanying this show on Fox's Sunday night lineup (Family Guy, Simpsons, etc.), you could not attain the full enjoyment from this show by just sitting down and catching any half-hour episode. I started watching toward the end of the first season, and since going back and catching up, it's amazing how much more of the dialogue takes on new (and hilarious) meaning..

While it's a shame this show didn't survive any longer, I highly recommend grabbing the DVD set, starting from the first episode, and enjoying this great show. Review by Robert H. Goretsky of Hoboken, NJ