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.

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Ladies and gentlemen, THE EMMY FINALISTS IN COMEDY AND DRAMA HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! I’m so excited I just got spittle all over my monitor. I’ll tackle comedy first, because comedy is actually enjoyable and I know a lot more about it.

Curb Your Enthusiasm - no surprises here. The industry loves Larry David.
Entourage - again, shocking. No.
Family Guy - if the voters watched the last two seasons, FG is screwed. Except for the pirate episode. That was pure gold.
Flight of the Conchords - OH HECK TO THE YES.
The Office - everyone loves this show, to the point where all the positivity bores me.
Pushing Daises - barely heard of this. Carry on.
30 Rock - everyone loves Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy.
Two and a Half Men - Ugh. Just ugh.
Ugly Betty - UGH.
Weeds - not seen this one, but I’ve heard it’s not as fantastic as they say.

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The word’s come out of Bloody-Disgusting, folks…apparently, there’s a pretty good chance that the American Godzilla maniac fun that was Cloverfield might not be getting a sequel after all.

At least, not any time soon.

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The City of Malibu, in a move that proves  they’re willing to promote the inconveniencing of a handful of stars over the First Amendment, is currently at work modifying city laws to ban photographers from beaches.

Increasingly belligerent celebrities being photographed on the beaches of Malibu–like Matthew McConaughey, whose surfer buddies recently tossed a photographer (I will NOT use the term paparazzi–that’s an insult to journalists, which is what these people are)  into the ocean before beating the hell out of him, and Colin Ferrell, who was recently snapped on the beach with his son and pregnant friend Minnie Driver who decided that this was just too much indignity to stomach and thus smacked up the photographer–are leading the City of Malibu to consider an ordinance against journalists.

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There’s an essay up at GameSetWatch about how there’s just too many dang games out these days.

It seems a little crazy, but I’m starting to agree.

Games aren’t like movies or books. If you pick up a game, it could take between 20 to 100 hours to finish it. Like the essay says, we’re getting old. We’ve got responsibilities. Heck, I write about video games for a living, and even I can’t find enough spare time to get through all the games I want to play. This never used to be a problem when I was a kid.

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Adam Carolla has never really been a media darling. With the exception of a few blogs - like this one, and WWTDD - pretty much everyone is either lukewarm or downright hateful. Reviewers like Tom Shales of The Washington Post have lambasted Adam, saying he has “no showmanship,” whatever that means. I’m not sure who was more angry at the review; me, or Adam himself.

Now, it seems that it’s finally time for Adam to enjoy some praise. His recent starring role as Jerry Ferro in The Hammer was the perfect vehicle for his talents, demonstrating that maybe, just maybe, he’s got that showmanship in spades.

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