another review or two, and a warning sign

[lagilman]

first, the warning sign: When you turn on the tv and with your back to it, hear the squeal of tires and think "oh, "To Catch a Thief!" without even looking...

you've probably seen the movie a few times too many, yeah.


Anyway. Down in NYC the American Museum of Natural History has a temporary exhibit (through the end of the year) called 'Mythic Creatures.' As you might imagine, it features mythological creatures and their relation (or not) to actual creatures. I found the text was trying too hard to be "these are NOT REAL!" even to the point of overlooking some interesting correlations between culture, myth, and nature, but they had a lot of interesting material, some fascinating taped interviews (including one that referenced myth as being not the opposite of history, but the companion of it [paraphrased]). Also, some very cool exhibits, including this dragon:



That head's about 3/4 suri-sized, for scale.

I think they're charging too much for what is, at best, an hour's worth of browsing, but it's a tax deduction and a good cause. And it's cool stuff. If you're in the area, I'd say it's worth checking out, especially since the exhibit empties out into the dinosaur displays, so you can compare the dragon's forearms (hoobah!)to some actual dinosaur reconstructions...


on the tv front: Bones. Yay! Bones is back! Bones is still cute and fun and totally my guilty pleasure. And then House -- I really enjoyed it, and wish they'd waited longer before bringing back the kids, but will reserve judgement until I actually see next week's episode. And then I watched Cane, which I really really wanted to like because, dude. Jimmy Smits. But it's too much a mellerdrama for my taste, I suspect. Pity. It's so very very pretty.

And on Thursday, CSI returns. I am prepared to once again have my heart eaten with a spoon.

Comments

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I told the hubby that when we go to Jersey for Xmas and NYC for the Rob Zombie concert, we were making a day of it cause I want to go to the Museum of Natural History cause they gots this new exhibit and it's got this really cool dragon.


He said, who says we're gonna make a day of it?

Heh.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the Mythic Creatures exhibit. That Gigantopithecus rocked! But how did you get a picture of the dragon? They told us no photography allowed!

[lagilman]

a) nobody said it to me
b) my camera is small enough that it stays in my bag unless I've decided to take a picture, so guards trained to look for honkin' obvious cameras rarely even notice mine. Sometimes, size really IS important. *grin*

(also, most of what I took photos of really were for research purposes. I r a fantasy writer)

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Surri, but I have lots of pictures of guards and exhibits standing in front of No Photography signs. I never. ever. use flash in a museum tho.

Reaper, which is on at the same time as House (but House repeats later) got rave revies. It is Tivoing as we speak.

[lagilman]

I never. ever. use flash in a museum tho.

I wouldn't take a photo if it explicitly said 'no photos' (assuming there was a copyright or security reason for it) but yeah, IME it ususally says "no flash photography' because that's what causes the problems (the light from repeated flashes can damage photos, textiles, etc, even if you're not taking pictures of those objects themselves).

I suspect the main reason for not wanting to have photos taken in this exhibit was so they could sell their own in the gift shop. But I'm cynical that way.

[anisosynchronic.livejournal.com]

Ironically, I have never seen a "no sketching" sign... there are "no pictures" prohibitions, but people, especially the news media get around that all the time in e.g. courtrooms by having an artist go in and make drawings of defendants. I did some sketching at the Lord of the Rings exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston/Cambridge (I won't say that theuy're good sketches, but given photography bans and such, one does what one can....)

[skidspoppe.livejournal.com]

Just don't go when it's raining outside... because that's when EVERYONE decides to go see that exhibit.

We missed it during the rain storm about 6 weeks ago.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

So! Friggin! Cool! I didn't know about that exhibit. *makes note for December NYC trip*

[lagilman]

The H20=Life exhibit will be starting in November, too. I plan to be down to see that one.

[equesgal.livejournal.com]

Yeah on CSI...is it too much to hope that Sara is alive and totally pissed and just quits her job?

[ianrandalstrock.livejournal.com]

Have to agree that the exhibit is a little thin for the price. But what there is of it (and if you're taking it as a business expense, it's probably worth it) is pretty good. I reviewed it here.

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed "Bones" last night too. It hasn't become "must see" tv for me, but any time I turn it on, I find myself glad I've done so...