A brand new Android Wear companion app makes it easier to browse, download and swap out these new watchfaces, and of course the Watchface API is now available for developers to tinker with, so they can be sure they're giving users the best software optimized for display dimming, power saving and more.
But none of the bustle and distraction — part of a day of celebration for the Statue of Liberty's 125th birthday — could dim the power of the ceremony.
And even a low-wattage cast (Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, France Nuyen, Ray Walston) can't dim the power of the drama, with its yearning for escape and forceful antiracist themes.
The choir has backed U2, performed at a charity event with Paul Newman as host and worked with MTV, so a few dozen tourists praising the Lord and passing the chicken while it performs shouldn't dim the power of its sound.
The regular season's final evening had dimmed star power among the top teams, as coaches employed a safety-first strategy with an eye toward the playoffs.
Pleasantly Perfect had the dimmest star power of Mandella's horses, especially in the Classic, where so many had accomplished so much.
Through magic or mysticism, she has sorted out her roles as writer and interpretive artist, without dimming the power of the first, and somehow informing the second with dimension and compassion.
"We haven't seen Helen Mirren give a theatrical performance since 2003," he says, "but the years before the cameras haven't dimmed her power to fill a large stage or rivet a first-night audience … Nicholas Hytner's modern-dress revival is almost unerringly fine".
The cost of allowing for reasoned inquiry is the tolerance of intellectual disagreement, which in turn provokes scepticism and dims the power of fanaticism.
To dim the force of his power as a co-star would have been patronising to Connelly.
