November 2008
“There will be inevitable comparisons to the ending of “The Sopranos,” but I think the ending of “The Shield” was far superior.”
—‘The Shield’s’ last episode: ‘Family Meeting’ | The Watcher
“Until then, maybe Storm isn’t such a bad name for this phone. After all — it’s dark, sodden and unpredictable.”
—State of the Art - BlackBerry Storm Downgraded to a Depression - NYTimes.com
“With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form,”
—Random House Increases Slate Of E-Books, Publisher To Almost Double Availability Of Digitized Titles - CBS News
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PW has learned that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has asked its editors to stop buying books.
Josef Blumenfeld, v-p of communications for HMH, confirmed that the publisher has “temporarily stopped acquiring manuscripts” across its trade and reference divisions. The directive was given verbally to a handful of executives and, according to Blumenfeld, is “not a permanent change.”
” —HMH Places “Temporary” Halt on Acquisitions - 11/24/2008 12:54:00 PM - Publishers Weekly
“4Kids, which had been programming Fox’s Saturday morning line-up will cease at the end of December, as previously reported, and as a result, beginning in January, the network will scuttle its Saturday am kids fare in exchange for two-hours of network controlled infomercials, and two hours of local affiliate programming.”
—Newsarama.com : Fox Gets Out of Saturday Morning Toon Biz
“They are not just fighting over ‘Watchmen,’ ” entertainment attorney Mel Avanzado, who is not involved in the litigation, said of the duel between Fox and Warners. “They are also fighting over sequel rights. Whoever controls the franchise probably controls quite a bit.”
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A super battle over ‘Watchmen’ - Los Angeles Times
WATCHMEN II - man, Hollywood is so awesome - I can’t wait!
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Although I’ve gotten some outraged e-mails from fans, I have to say this isn’t unexpected. Both DC and Marvel are in a weird place right now — are they publishing companies in a dying market or IP companies in a growing one? The answers to these questions demand different strategies, neither of which are necessarily the best circumstances for the creative participants.
Time to go creator-owned, and digitally distributed. Because that’s the only solution that makes sense for our side of the equation.
” —Kung Fu Monkey: BLUE BEETLE: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ FloppiesStar Trek Babies
- Me: you have seen the trek trailer yes?
- Friend: yes.
- Me: a little kid that just wrecked a CAR shouting "My name is James Tiberius Kirk!" is one of the most laughable moments I have seen in quite some time
- Me: not in a good way
- Friend: yeahhh
- Friend: it was bad.
- Me: Plus - I don't know why - but I hate that little kid
- Friend: I'm with you.
- Me: Kirk telling Spock to "buckle up" - WTF?
- Friend: siiigh
- Me: in the 23RD Century ?!?
- Me: that is beyond stupid
- Friend: shhhhh
- Friend: that was an antique car he wrecked, too.
- Friend: so who knows?
- Me: ugh
- Me: UGH
- Friend: hehehe
- Friend: it will be terrible
- Me: The only thing that felt like trek was the McCoy bit - which i thought was really funny
- but at least you're prepared.
- Friend: I could barely hear it.
- Me: it is hard to hear - but it is pretty Dr, McCoy
- Friend: I'll rewatch and keep an ear out.
- Friend: I like Karl Urban.
- Friend: I think he's the best-cast person.
- Me: I predict that guy is the bright spot - yeah
- 5: 00 PM
- Me: Like a little kid just drinks a whole bottle of wine and when the cop catches him he shouts: "My name is jean-Luc Picard!"
- Friend: hahahahaha
- Friend: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- Me: Next generation babies
- Me: why not
- Me: don't go half-ass
- Friend: the beginning of the trailer looks like Brian Singer Superman to me.
- Friend: Simon Pegg looks okay
- Friend: but yeah
- Friend: McCoy
- Friend: very grumpy.
- 5: 05 PM
- Me: a little girl breaks her toy test tubes and when the teacher walks up to her she shouts "My name is katheyn Janeway!"
- Me: do it all
- Me: little Sisco
- Me: little worf
- Friend: prune juice!
- Friend: you need to calm down
- Friend: and just think about how shiny the bridge of the Enterprise is
- Friend: and how their genius bar is probably *totally* awesome
- Friend: and you can get the new Apple iTricorder.
- Me: God
- Me: I had seizures looking at that bridge
- Friend: the kids these days need flashy things!
- Friend: don't hate, appreciate!
- Me: ha ha ha - oh jesus
- Me: poor Star trek
- Me: I'll always remember the cake days
- Me: late original crew and mid-next generation era - we never knew how good we had it...
The new hack class.
Current Hollywood writers/producers/douchebags that are horribly overrated:
1) JJ Abrams
2) Joss Whedon (Please don’t ask me if I have seen Firefly - yes I have)
3) Seth Rogen - NONE OF THIS ASSHOLE’S MOVIES ARE FUNNY - NONE OF THEM!
4) Seth Green - I am not even really sure what this guy does, but Jesus he is unfunny.
Many more soon - but for now that is all.
“For me, the concerns are the script and plot (which, from what I’ve read about so far, seem pretty week) and the casting (which also seems really, really shaky). For me to believe these other people (esp. Pretty Boy Pine) as the beloved characters I’ve watched for much of life, they’ve really gotta nail it. Nothing I’ve seen, thus far, suggests to me that they will. Either they’re horribly miscast, or they’re doing impersonations of the originals. Add the cliched angsty teen (Kirk) and baffling plot points (like the 20th/21st century muscle car, or how all the main characters are apparently the same age or older than Kirk and all at the academy at the same time), and I’m just not interested.”
—Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Star Trek trailer officially debuts
Star Trek | Official Movie Site | In Theaters May 2009 | Star Trek Movie →
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New trailer up in just under 2 hours…
