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prillalar ([personal profile] prillalar) wrote2003-08-19 10:31 pm

Scattered thoughts

Having trouble working out a proper Thestral drabble idea. They seem to lend themselves far more to discussion and speculation than fiction. Also someone already used the idea I wanted. Obviously, my brain was hacked! If I were an American, I'd find some way to sue under the DMCA.

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Only one Stargate today.

A Hundred Days
I wasn't too fond of the whole Kirok thing and I felt like the episode didn't adequately deal with all the issues Jack had. But there were two things in this ep that I will forever treasure: one, an intensely slashy convo between Dr Fraiser and Sam and two, the shot of Teal'c in his digging gear and safety glasses, pulling on his black leather gloves. I was not alone in my exclamation at this glorious sight. He's so beautiful.

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One of my co-workers is watching her way through Buffy for the first time and we're going out to lunch tomorrow so we can talk Buffy. It's a beautiful thing to see how involved she's getting with the show, how excited. How upset she was by Surprise. She's turning into a total fangirl and it's very, very fun to watch.

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Interesting article in the Independent about how text messaging is being blamed for summer movie flops.

In Hollywood, 2003 is rapidly becoming known as the year of the failed blockbuster, and the industry now thinks it knows why.

No, the executives are not blaming such bombs as The Hulk, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle or Gigli on poor quality, lack of originality, or general failure to entertain. There's absolutely nothing new about that.

The problem, they say, is teenagers who instant message their friends with their verdict on new films - sometimes while they are still in the cinema watching - and so scuppering carefully crafted marketing campaigns designed to lure audiences out to a big movie on its opening weekend.

Frankly, I think LJ should take some of the blame.

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Last night I didn't have Monday Night TV because I had to go to a barbeque and Star Wars gaming session. We were all sitting around the gaming table and the DM was giving us, through an NPC, some background. Some shipment had gone missing and they suspected pirates.

At the word "pirates" all of us broke out into cries of "Arr!" and "Yo ho!", causing the DM to hold his head in his hands. The pirate theme continued all night, especially after I got to be the captain of our spaceship and made the Jedi swab the deck.

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Sleep now. Must dream of brilliant Thestral drabble idea. Or Teal'c.

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[identity profile] lyricalnights.livejournal.com 2003-08-20 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Damn those pesky teenagers. What do they mean by making informed choices not to see the crap we constantly shovel into their paths? What do they expect us to do, create new and imaginative cinematic experinces?

Next thing you know, they're going to want original music that isn't prepackaged, tied to endorsements and stuffed with fillers. Then I'll have to get a real job. Curses, foiled again!

*In a regular person voice* Yeah! New Buffy fan.=)

[identity profile] lyricalnights.livejournal.com 2003-08-20 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally. I really think that's one reason movie marketing has been shifting importance from the long run to the opening-weekend take over the past few years, and now even that 's not working.

[identity profile] widget285.livejournal.com 2003-08-20 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
*snerk*

Frankly, I think LJ should take some of the blame.

And don't forget telepathy, what with all those teens just beaming their movie reviews into one another's brains. Maybe they should hand out tin hats at the theater to impede the teeny brain waves while theiy're at it.

How inconsiderate of teens to actually warn their friends that a movie sucks like a hoover! Yes! Yes! It's all their fault, no the Studios cranking out the shite in the first place!

Jeez, what a load of shite.

[identity profile] planetalyx.livejournal.com 2003-08-20 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah. Blame the text message. That's what's wrong with movies today.

[identity profile] planetalyx.livejournal.com 2003-08-20 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you're right. To which we can only say Argh! "Make the movies better, zitbrains! Then the text messages will say "Come quick, yum yum fillllm."

[identity profile] iamsab.livejournal.com 2003-08-21 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
You're being punished. For not writing Jeremiah fic. For me. As promised. Harumpfh! *g*