Mike Mettler

Blu-ray Movie Reviews
"Life on Mars: Series 1" DVD Review
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 27, 2009

Is he or isn't he? That's the question at the heart of Series 1 (2006-07) of the highly stylized British cop drama Life on Mars (later adapted for a 17-episode U.S. run). Is Detective Sam Tyler (John Simm) mad, bad, or dangerous to know - which is to say, is he delusional, disjointed, or actually in a coma imaging Manchester circa 1973?

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
"Life on Mars: Series 1" DVD Review
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 27, 2009
Movie ••••½Picture ••••½Sound •••• Extras ••••½

Is he or isn't

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Snakes Alive! The S&V Interview with Alex Lifeson of Rush
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 01, 2009

Photo: Andrew MacNaughtan

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Other Tech
Tales of Woodstock Untold in 5.1: The Eddie Kramer Interview
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 01, 2009
As someone once said, "I see that we meet again." Here we are, 40 years after Woodstock, the festival you were recruited to record onsite.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Neil Young: Archives Vol. 1 (1963–1972)
Mike Mettler  |  May 31, 2009
Reprise (10 Blu-ray Discs)
Archives ••••• Picture •••• Sound ••••• Extras •••••
"FUCK THE AUDIENCE." So say
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Music Reviews
The Tragically Hip: We Are the Same
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 19, 2009
Zoë/Rounder
Music •••• Sound ••••
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
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Other Tech
Freakin’ Surround with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 04, 2009

So after 6 or 7 years of work, Christmas on Mars (Warner Bros.) is finally here. And it isn't "just" a holiday film, it's what I'm calling a fable for the sci-fi generation. It's a fable of hope for the sci-fi generation, yes. Is there a sci-fi generation?

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Music Reviews
Steven Wilson: Insurgentes
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 25, 2009
K-Scope
Music ••••½DVD-Audio Mix ••••• Extras ••••½
The once and future king of surround has done it again - or,
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Lost in the Blu
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2008
Buena Vista
Movie ••••½Picture ••••• Sound ••••• Extras ••••½
TV's benchmark for A/V quali
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Other Tech
BackTalk: Jewel
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2008
I have to borrow a line from your song "Intuition" and ask: Are you still "just a simple girl in a high-tech digital world"? A little bit, yeah [chuckles].
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