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"Please do not be cynical . . . . Nobody in this life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you're kind amazing things will happen."
Labels: TV
(tip o' the hat to @hyams and @jmerriman)
OK, I'm judging entirely by the trailer but this looks like crazy amounts of fun. Fortunately I'd never have enough time to play something like this seriously. However, if ever I were to turn into a cheeto-eating, headset-wearing massive-multiplayer-role-playing-game keyboard monkey, this would be the game at fault. You know, until World of Starcraft came out.
Special-events programming isn't the only change digital technology may be ushering into your local cineplex. It also makes film distribution cheaper and easier, thus potentially opening up more opportunities for independent filmmakers to get their work screened. "It's like a big iPod," explains Cinedigm CEO Bud Mayo. Movies are shipped on hard drives or downloaded from a satellite, without the cost or inconvenience of transporting heavy film canisters, and the theater can cue them up with the click of a mouse. That means theater owners can set up their schedules by "trial and error," says Lauren Goffio, manager of the Pavilion Park Slope theater in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The trend toward digital could also mean a move away from blockbusters. Hollywood has been offering mass-market products while most industries are directing specialized products to smaller groups, says Rashi Glazer, professor of marketing at the University of California, Berkeley: "The one-size-fits-all approach is the past, it's not the future." And digital lowers "the barrier of entry," since distribution is no longer an expense to be reckoned with, says Corcoran.
The traditional theater biz is in a bit of a shakeup right now so it doesn't surprise me to hear that cineplexes are open to anything that might lead them to new customers. I've never heard of Cinedigm but I like the message.
In the meantime, this article makes me glad I live in Austin, home of the world's best theater chain.
From the upcoming S&M Lawn Care by Mark Potts and Cole Seelix. The official web site is here and the production site is here.
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Not like he ever really left in our hearts, but Pee Wee Herman has a new stage show in L.A. starting on January 12th so he's spending the winter doing the talk shows to promote it. (Plus, you can watch the Pee-Wee Christmas Special for free on the Pee-Wee web site.) Visit peewee.com for all the info.
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It's been five years to the day since I moved from St. Petersburg, Florida to Austin, Texas. In that time I started a family, changed careers, wrote a book, and (to my enduring delight) traveled the continent to attend a wide range of film festivals. In the last half-decade I discovered many new favorite films and had the pleasure of meeting some of their creators. Labels: stomp tokyo
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