Scott McCloud
Yes! I am very supportive of TED and all of the awesome projects/individuals/ideas that are fostered via this conference. (Admittedly, I am biased) However, I think the committee at TED does a stellar job of picking out individuals that are both entertaining and innovative. The lectures are always accessible, even if you're not a tech-oriented person and I think Scott's lecture was yet another representation of this.
The thing about TED, and the people who lecture, is that regardless of the topic, your interest is held. I don't know anything about comics beyond the illustrated picture-book versions I read to the kids I babysit for and the one graphic novel I read (Fun ) over winter break last year. That's it. Yet Scott's narrative and engagement with the topic allowed me to understand/appreciate it. I seriously have a major crush on all things TED and am always willing to consume more TED lectures. Keep em' coming.
Marshall Mcluhan
To be frank, although I appreciate Mcluhan, his ideas, and his contributions to new media and contemporary mediated contexts, I did not at all like/enjoy the way the first thirty minutes of the documentary was set up. Call me old school, but I honestly perfer hyper-traditional style documentaries and was more interested in Mcluhan, his biographical life story and the contributions he made to the way we understand media.
What I really was interested in that they addressed fairly well was his influence and figure as an academic within the mainstream media. Now within various forms of media, we often see professors/academic figures/theorists used as a source of commentary to interject/interpret various happenings occuring in contemporary culture but it seemed like Mcluhan was one of the first to do so. I mean, you know you've made it when you get a cameo in a Woody Allen film...
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