Yep, it can’t happen, not anymore.
Literally, anyway.
Metaphorically – well, “they’ll” always keep trying, won’t they?
Category: Opinion
Making Films by the Numbers
Literally.
Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data
by Brooks Barnes
Forget zombies. The data crunchers are invading Hollywood.
Otter: What TV execs need to hear (but probably won’t listen to)
Yep, I’m one of those “Zero TV’ers”. An unknown black hole that confuses the Nielsen ratings and scares the nice studio executives. We scare them because they don’t know what we want or how to get to us. We scare them because they don’t have control. We terrify them because our appearance is proving that YES, the times they are a‘changing.
So. A few ideas to fatten the wallets of executives and soothe the troubled Nielsen crew.
munchman: The 10 Most Overpaid CEOs in the World
I’m talking media CEOs here, nine of them male, all of them smart enough to create a system whereby they get paid mountains of moolah for doing nothing our 11 year old little sister couldn’t do.
Yeah, I said “create.” They’re constantly redefining their jobs and what doing those jobs is worth, and their boards of directors, all of whom are looking forward to media CEO gigs of their own, go along with them unquestioningly.
I won’t give Zach Braff one dime
And here we have it, Ken Levine’s viral sensation, the hottest rant on the interwebs right now.
Oh, wait, we take it back. Ken’s been replaced by the ENDER’S GAME trailer.
But this is better: