MySpace and Facebook have built giant franchises in the wake of the dotcom crash, and have done so mainly by understanding the web in a way that early busters didn’t. A lot of companies tried to take the internet by storm with products and services that might be useful to people and so on, but none of them had marketing strategies that included, “post drunk pictures of yourself where all the … [Read more...]
10 Great Rentals When There’s Nothing To Rent
September 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
We’re at that time of year when the movie industry basically bows to the new television season. The Women comes out this week, and though the reviews are better than lukewarm, it’s not exactly a sweeping demographic. Burn After Reading is likely to almost live up to Coen Brother status, but the theater doors are not in much danger of collapsing under the strain. Righteous Kill pairs … [Read more...]
Watch Kitchen Nightmares! That Is Seriously A Command. Donkey.
September 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I hate to be in the position of recommending shows people are actually watching. My lot, as I see it, is more along the lines of recommending things no one knows about, and trashing anything with high ratings. But, the season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares (which, to be fair, was a revisit episode) didn’t do as well as last season. Now, it still had over 5 million viewers, but that puts it … [Read more...]
90210 Is Back! Is There No End To The Deja Vu Of This Season?
September 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The new fall season is underway, and it’s a very strange experience for me. I’m not sure how it happened, but I’ve suddenly been transported back to the new fall season just after I graduated high school… with a peppering of shows giving me shivers as even earlier visions drift down like ghosts of seasons past. The cast of Roseanne is on again. I suppose I’ll have to listen as the … [Read more...]
Google Chrome Is Here! How’s It Working?!
September 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Google Chrome, the much anticipated web browser, is here in Beta. I’m not an uber-tech-geek, and I’ve obviously only had so much time with it, but here are some initial impressions. Purely based on layout, I love it. Everything is very simple, and in my effort to simulate a few days worth of online activities in the last few hours, the interface has turned out to be rather handy. It … [Read more...]
Brett Ratner Is Pretty Sure You’re As Lost As He Is.
September 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Brett Ratner is one of those people who stumbles into the industry, and manages some success, largely as a result of blind luck combined with the industry’s general need for people to be involved in spitting out a lot of trash. But, he’s now really gone more than a little goofy, and here’s your head’s up to watch for his name. Ratner got his film start by lucking (I guess) his way into … [Read more...]
Amazon Unbox And Tivo Feeding Your Screening Together
August 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Okay, it’s going to look rather self-serving, because there are surely Amazon ads surrounding you right now, but I’m going to tell you about Unbox and the Tivo combination. It’s not news to anyone that you can now download movies and TV shows on Amazon (this isn’t really a news site. You’ll never hear about anything here before its long-dead as a scoop, especially by internet standards). … [Read more...]
