Hollywood

This is not really a foundling, but rather a combination of several things I ran into today.

First, just so that we're on the same page, take a whiff of this:

There's a lot of thoughts in my head about what the future of entertainment will be, I dont know if I can even put them together here, but I'll try:

You know, Jon Brown. Ezequiel's manager. This guy:

http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/pro...

Yup.

Well, GTA IV (thats a videogame, in case anyone still thinks videogames are just for kids) sold 500 million dollars in its first week. Thats comparable (actually superior) to nearly any blockbuster hollywood movie you wanna look at. Videogames are the future, and they shall integrate with movies in ways I can only (feverishly) dream about.

 From Slate.com's ever relevant blog, HOLLYWOODLAND ( http://www.slate.com/id/2189559/ ) comes this very interesting tale of the twilight of an illustrious career, what it takes to be picked up at Cannes, and the wrath of scorned talent agencies, behold:

QUARTERLIFE is a webisodic series about some guys dealing with relationships and stuff. Slate reviewed it once as being "about a bunch of people either crying, starting to cry, or having just cried". I myself talked about it, when I lamented we "missed the boat". 

Sure why not, I'll just publicly post my thoughts about a major motion picture, ranting and raving. This will endear me to Hollywood, and they will come running to hire me. Or I'll piss someone(s) off, and that is it for ever working in Hollywood. Of course, this might never get noticed, but then again, someone will google it, and it will come back to bite me in the ass later.

The day before I flew home to Australia, Dawn took me on a driving tour of her stomping grounds on Hollywood Boulevard. I photographed the passing parade while we reflected on its history, traded wisecracks and reminisced about the good times we'd enjoyed. 

Here's my coverage of the party that followed Pericles' LOOP premiere at the FAIF Festival two weeks ago in Anaheim, California. Which became a happy reunion for several Karmacritters who'd only met on-line.

Everybody knows the talks between writers and producers didnt go well, and tonight Jay Leno and Letterman are going to go dark, a sign of things to come. Slate.com, which I love, created this amazing outline of the TV series about the writer's strike. Original at:

http://www.slate.com/id/2177386/

Enjoy!:

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