Recently, horror buffs had one more reason to choke on their steadily mounting rage as NBC released a new spinoff cable network, Chiller. It was thought, at least by some more optimistic horror buffs, that Chiller might well have represented a new and shining era in television, where we could watch horror movies around the clock!
Oh, and before you ask? No, I was NOT one of those poor delusional optimistic horror buffs.
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Yeah, like that’s news.
Ever since the cult classic series Arrested Development was canceled, people have been talking about the possibility of a movie. People always do. They did it with Futurama (and it eventually became real). Same story with Firefly. They did it with Family Guy (and the series returned instead). They did it with The Sopranos (YOU THOUGHT I WOULDN’T MENTION IT? YOU WERE WRONG!), despite the fact that show creator David Chase made it abundantly clear that it would never happen.
Recently, on Countdown with Keith Olberman, said: “it’s in the works. The grown-ups are trying to work out the numbers.”
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Minnesota has become the latest in a long line of states that passed unconstitutional laws restricting video game sales, got the pants beat off them in court by the Entertainment Software Association and had to shell out thousands of dollars to recompense the ESA’s legal fees. The damage this time is $65,000, not including however much the state already paid the lawyers on its own side.
The state passed a law fining minors caught buying games rated M-for-mature and were promptly smacked down. However, 65 grand is low compared to Michigan’s $182,349 in fees or the whopping half million Illinois had to pay out.
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I’ve been throwing up regular bits of evidence for the last few weeks now that, when taken together, provide a pretty big clue that something is going to have to change in the movie theatre industry, or the whole concept is doomed to failure. Let’s take a quick rundown of the salient points:
1. DVD sales are in several cases outselling theatrical sales. Most notable example: Will Ferrell’s Semi-Pro.
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Word comes from the Associated Press that the seminal “Who’s Next” album by The Who won’t be coming to Rock Band after all.
“Who’s Next” was supposed to be one of the first full albums available for direct download purchase when Rock Band was released, but it never materialized. The problem? Many of the master recordings for the album have been lost. Read more
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