Thursday, June 12, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

How ABC and Disney Spoiled "Wall-E" For The Entire World

New on Medialoper: How ABC and Disney Spoiled "Wall-E" For The Entire World

Is your life going so well that you get to hang out as a Celebrity at the 2008 NBA Finals? So now that we know that Wall-E ends up with a better life than all of the rest of us, why go see the movie?

Friday, June 6, 2008

Why ET Deserves to Be Hoaxed

New Medialoper post: Why ET Deserves to Be Hoaxed

The same story goes on to say that ET had every opportunity to fully source the story prior to airing it, but chose not to. And in fact, it’s entirely possible that they were pretty sure that the story was false even prior to airing it. In essence, they were gambling that a single source that they knew was probably wrong was actually right.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Why ABC Should Give Up on "Life on Mars"

New Medialoper Post: Why ABC Should Give Up on "Life on Mars"

One of the things that made the original series so interesting was how it was a meditation on how much the world changes in just our lifetime, and how we automatically assume that things now are how they’ve always been, even when we know that’s not possible.

In other words, it wasn’t just about “ha ha, stupid 1972 cops don’t know what DNA is.” It was much deeper than that: Sam Tyler had to learn all about a world that he assumed he knew from heart.

Friday, May 30, 2008

Why Is Prince Being a Creep About That Radiohead Cover?

On Medialoper: Why Is Prince Being a Creep About That Radiohead Cover?

It’s obviously all about c-o-n control with Prince, which is why he’s done all of that batshit crazy stuff like change his name to that symbol and scrawl “slave” on his face. In his mind, it’s very black-and-white: either he controls it, or he doesn’t. The problem is that this is one of those situations where a smarter worldview might not be black-and-white, but rather a shade of, er, purple.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Gods Save The "Save Dollhouse" Campaign

New Medialoper post: Gods Save The "Save Dollhouse" Campaign

It’s also the combination of two very 21st century things: the instant online TV show fanbase, and the “save our show” campaign. What makes this great is that the instant fanbase is worrying publicly about an event that probably won’t happen for another year, at least.