http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/ Michael Arnzen's Notebook on the Strange in Everyday Life Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-37 The Popular Uncanny - Celebrities in The Uncanny Valley Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:08:03 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/?p=145#comment-37 [...] Wired chart feel a little too much like the chart Tracy Jordan crafted in an episode of 30 Rock (discussed in depth here back in Oct 2008). The whole chart is an uncanny echo in a way, of both Mori’s theory and that episode of 30 [...] [...] Wired chart feel a little too much like the chart Tracy Jordan crafted in an episode of 30 Rock (discussed in depth here back in Oct 2008). The whole chart is an uncanny echo in a way, of both Mori’s theory and that episode of 30 [...]

]]> http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-35 Sally Bosco Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:30:14 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/?p=145#comment-35 HI Mike: I just came upon this blog post. I noticed that in this week's 30 Rock, Jack met his alternate reality more successful self, then his 1980's self, then his far future self who told him to forget about all that success stuff, it's B.S. In effect, he met his doppelgangers. Talk about the Uncanny... HI Mike: I just came upon this blog post. I noticed that in this week’s 30 Rock, Jack met his alternate reality more successful self, then his 1980′s self, then his far future self who told him to forget about all that success stuff, it’s B.S. In effect, he met his doppelgangers. Talk about the Uncanny…

]]> http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-34 “100th Episode” | Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:31:10 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/?p=145#comment-34 [...] 78. This is actually a really good explanation of the Uncanny Valley. [...] [...] 78. This is actually a really good explanation of the Uncanny Valley. [...]

]]> http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-33 Magic Muscle Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:53:31 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/?p=145#comment-33 It's shocking how readily people will identify something as "intellectual" for just touching on an complex subject. 30 Rock's formula mobilizes tracing-paper light plots, cartoonishly shallow characters, and a high density of reference humor. While it's more wit-heavy than the main offenders, Family Guy or Robot Chicken, it's in the same cultural arena: quantity over quality. To call that "genius," simply because one of it's dozens of jokes per act has inspired some thought, is like saying a kid playing battleship is genius because 'he sunk a Cruiser without even knowing where it is!' It’s shocking how readily people will identify something as “intellectual” for just touching on an complex subject. 30 Rock’s formula mobilizes tracing-paper light plots, cartoonishly shallow characters, and a high density of reference humor. While it’s more wit-heavy than the main offenders, Family Guy or Robot Chicken, it’s in the same cultural arena: quantity over quality. To call that “genius,” simply because one of it’s dozens of jokes per act has inspired some thought, is like saying a kid playing battleship is genius because ‘he sunk a Cruiser without even knowing where it is!’

]]> http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-32 smugsolent Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:07:04 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/?p=145#comment-32 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">30 Rock Frank: using the uncanny valley to explain why you can't make video game porn http://bit.ly/12mNrG</span></span> 30 Rock Frank: using the uncanny valley to explain why you can't make video game porn http://bit.ly/12mNrG

]]> http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-31 Jonathan Youngs Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:11:39 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/?p=145#comment-31 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Lol, The Uncanny Valley: http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/</span></span> Lol, The Uncanny Valley: http://www.gorelets.com/uncanny/theory/30-rock-popularizes-the-uncanny-valley/

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