DirecTV had me at "NFL Sunday Ticket" years ago.

I still can't believe the networks, the league, and the owners pulled it off.

Maybe MLB just suffers from a lack of imagination.

Stuck in the 20th century.

Fox deserves special loathing in all this. The blackout rule keeps Saturday "Game of the Week" broadcasts off the Extra Innings package.

You'd think that (39% parent)News Corp would exploit abolishing the blackouts, in lieu of the obvious windfall of new subscribers DirecTV would receive if Extra Innings showcased "MLB Saturday Morning Baseball."

I guess they don't want people thinking corporations are greedy.

We're told that "9/11 changed everything", but what did it really change? Did it change how we see and have our political processes unfold? Did it change our ideas and knowledge of what our military is instructed to do half a world away? Did it change our perceptions and demands of our news media? Or did it just change what we accept as entertainment?

Well, the ones "in charge" who ignored the many warnings of what was once an imminent attack upon our shores and civilian population are still in charge. The precious men & women who make up our military still find themselves living & dying in a horrible quagmire (to put it lightly) based on false, manufactured "intelligence". And our news media...?

As for "9/11... Never Forget", it appears the only thing people can remember is that falling buildings in New York remind them of 9/11. I guess if "Cloverfield" was set in Cleveland, it'd be a tour-de-force. And if it was set in L.A., we'd accuse Hollywood of squirting out another $25m fart.

Its sad that we let so much b.s. slide in reality, but we only express outrage at those who provide entertainment.

I liked the movie. It's an long overdue reinvention of the monster movie genre for the YouTube generation.

End of story.