Donovan
beer, I want beer
Hollywood is now officially out of ideas. Yesterday I went to see Steve Carell's new epic Dinner For Schmucks. Shoulda been called Movie for Schmucks, because I felt ripped off. Not that good. Fortunately, I had an excuse that my kid was begging to see the stupid thing and let's face it, we tend to waste more money on our kids.
But the capper, the absolute key moment in surreal WTF, was during the trailers. They showed a trailer with that kid from Zombieland in a new movie where he plays a college nerd who invents a new social network with his buddies which becomes super popular, explodes onto the internet and he gets sued for ripping them off.
Facebook: the Movie. No, I am not making this up. [YOUTUBE]Ppamk0iTCQ8[/YOUTUBE]
They're actually making a movie about the invention of facebook and releasing it in the theaters.
To put this in perspective: the birth of Microsoft, which included the battle for computer supremacy between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and was a MUCH more interesting tale, only rated a cable movie with Noah Wylie and Anthony Michael Hall.
So what's the hook for this one? Does every movie goer get a free calf that wandered into the lobby if they pay for a ticket? Does the movie constantly interrupt itself to suggest other friends you have that might want to see it? Does the theater release your personal info to the people seeing other movies in other theaters around the world? Does it demand that you purchase e-credits to continue watching the whole thing, or wait for your energy to rebuild and watch the rest tomorrow? Does it clog up the screen with notifications that while you were watching, some kid in the lobby arcade just hit a new personal best high score and wanted to share the news with you? Will the sequel be called, "Yeah, well at least we're not Myspace."?
But the capper, the absolute key moment in surreal WTF, was during the trailers. They showed a trailer with that kid from Zombieland in a new movie where he plays a college nerd who invents a new social network with his buddies which becomes super popular, explodes onto the internet and he gets sued for ripping them off.
Facebook: the Movie. No, I am not making this up. [YOUTUBE]Ppamk0iTCQ8[/YOUTUBE]
They're actually making a movie about the invention of facebook and releasing it in the theaters.
To put this in perspective: the birth of Microsoft, which included the battle for computer supremacy between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and was a MUCH more interesting tale, only rated a cable movie with Noah Wylie and Anthony Michael Hall.
So what's the hook for this one? Does every movie goer get a free calf that wandered into the lobby if they pay for a ticket? Does the movie constantly interrupt itself to suggest other friends you have that might want to see it? Does the theater release your personal info to the people seeing other movies in other theaters around the world? Does it demand that you purchase e-credits to continue watching the whole thing, or wait for your energy to rebuild and watch the rest tomorrow? Does it clog up the screen with notifications that while you were watching, some kid in the lobby arcade just hit a new personal best high score and wanted to share the news with you? Will the sequel be called, "Yeah, well at least we're not Myspace."?
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