This has been cited pretty frequently in my RSS feeds today. Eric Snider on the demise of Cinematical and the takeover by the Huffington Post.
Note: If you are a fan of Arianna Huffington, it appears that Snider does not share your views.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
le nubian - Apr 15, 2011 11:14:00 am PDT #14089 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon B. - Apr 15, 2011 11:18:20 am PDT #14090 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Scola linked to this in Boxed Set, but the multi-Oscar-winning person linked to American Gods is Robert Richardson, who won twice for cinematography. He'd be co-writing & directing it, probably for HBO. [link]
Anne W. - Apr 15, 2011 11:23:13 am PDT #14091 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, I so hope they don't mess up the casting on this.
Consuela - Apr 15, 2011 11:24:46 am PDT #14092 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
In March, 200 of AOL's full-time employees were laid off in the United States, plus another 400 in India. In other news, apparently AOL used to have 400 employees in India.
Heh.
Thanks for the link, le nubian. Interesting (and very funny) reading.
erikaj - Apr 15, 2011 11:35:15 am PDT #14093 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Pretty awesome, Hecubus...that one is a personal highlight...it's fairly morally complicated.(Not especially representative, though. Although it's admirable how many different forms a Rockford story could take. "Quickie Nirvana" is my favorite, though. If I had to pick an intro ep to that show, it would be that one...it's so Cali-in-the-seventies. Or if you've read a lot of mysteries, the Tom Selleck Lance White episodes are really funny cause they kind of make our man Jim the Zeppo. If you don't know the conventions of mystery fiction(especially before everyone was a dark gritty antihero) they don't make much sense.
le nubian - Apr 15, 2011 11:47:28 am PDT #14094 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Consuela,
I thought it was funny too! I have started to go back and read his movie reviews now.
Tom Scola - Apr 15, 2011 11:47:53 am PDT #14095 of 30000
hwæt
The site's managing editor, the captain of the team -- also quit. AOL had offered him a full-time position under the new structure, but he wouldn't take it. He didn't want to see all his writers get fired while he got a promotion. Plus, he's a movie guy. He knows that when space aliens invade, and a weaselly human swears allegiance to them in exchange for not being killed, the weaselly human always winds up getting killed anyway. Erik Davis is no dummy.
heh heh.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2011 12:22:45 pm PDT #14096 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Erik Davis is no dummy.
I know Erik. He's a good guy. He wrote the Led Zep book for 33 1/3.
DawnK - Apr 15, 2011 1:35:15 pm PDT #14097 of 30000
giraffe mode
multi-Oscar-winning person linked to American Gods is Robert Richardson
Looks like he brought it to Tom Hanks for Playtone - so lots and lots of Oscars between them.
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2011 5:41:46 pm PDT #14098 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A True Bourdain No Reservations would have to be on Showtime.
My brother (who is eerily like Tony Bourdain, only 25 years younger) really liked Kitchen Confidential, but he said that he couldn't really buy the show because there was no constant stream of blistering vulgarity. (If he had a cooking show, it would be called "Who Left Their Fucking Order In My Fucking Window, You Fucks?")