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Alex Cranz
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Senior Consumer Tech Editor. Trained her dog to do fist bumps. Once wrote for Lifetime. Tips encouraged via Secure Drop, Proton Mail, or DM for Signal.

I don't think so, three of my four Roku boxes are wireless and everything streams fine (though my server is wired). Heck my brother lives 1600 miles away and regularly streams content from my Plex server to HIS Roku box without a fuss. Read more

On the one hand I would hate mandatory retesting because the DPS here in Texas is already a nightmare and that would make it worse. Read more

I messed around with FreeNAS and Unraid when repurposing an old Hackintosh as a server. FreeNAS didn't have Plex and Unraid was a permissions nightmare that didn't work with any of the trackers I use. Read more

Apparently those cosmic heart attacks are fatal even to a lady serving as the embodiment of the Phoenix force. Read more

Jean Grey is still dead from a cosmic heart attack right? Read more

Man the random town members are such idiots. First they bust out pitchforks and then when the real murderer is revealed they just, like, watch him walk away and mill about. Read more

Yeah the fries were cooked in lard...the portions were also way way way way smaller. Read more

Now a days networks need a healthy mix of reality and narrative television. As reality goes this is one of the best on tv. The drama is kept to a minimum and the cool technical work is amped up and they bring in the absolute best of the best make up artists and creature designers to critique. If you're kooky for movie Read more

Didn't Xena one time get wasted and burn a city of like 75,000 people to the ground in addition to all her warlord victims? Read more

Film Crit Hulk's breakdown of Mulholland Drive continues to be one of my favorite film essays ever. Guy is wordy as all get out but that's not always a bad thing. And kind of fun when compared to most online essayists/bloggers who have trouble hitting 500 words without breaking a sweat. Read more

I was just popping down here to wonder why she isn't mentioned. Very very successful career as a television director. In fact she directed tonight's Scandal and has worked on both The Good Wife and Treme. Read more

"While women from a young age are taught to relate to male protagonists, I don't think men are taught the same about female characters and are likely more actively discouraged from it because omg ew girls" Read more

I like how EVERYTHING was set into motion because September had to be an over eager fanboy. Read more

Journeyman with Kevin McKidd in a blond phase. About a detective slipping through time. Read more

Why are the Scarecrow and Tin Man sending out engagement photos? Read more

And make out with Prince William look-a-likes while Adele giggles. Read more

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Somehow I missed this episode and must go back and watch it IMMEDIATELY.

I love that it is using the exact beach from Little Mermaid. Also the music. It is almost kind of cool to see the sets of Little Mermaid adapted from 2D cel animation Read more

I'd be all, "That day in high school you're wiring lights all afternoon with you legs all akimbo? Bring a tampon." Read more

Touche. So now the question is: why are girls such idiots when they travel through time? Read more