Sometimes, I just can't fathom where we are heading as a society... I don't know how many of you know about the movie drones, it was written by two very talented men, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker and it was directed by two equally talented people, Amber Benson and Adam Busch. The movie happens to be low budget but that means nothing when it comes to the entertainment part. All of the parties involved in making the film were very proud to have it shown at the Slamdance film festival and they have been happily promoting the film since it's inception. Now for the upsetting part... The Syfy channel, who gladly ran a trailer for the movie on it's website, has now announced the arrival of a new series on their channel... the problem... it is a complete rip off of the drones movie. This to me is a complete disgrace. I cannot believe that in this day and age, talented people can go out and make a wonderful movie and a big company like Syfy can come in and steal their idea, turn it into a television series and not even ask the original creators permission to do so! How crazy is this? What kind of a message are they sending? I thought that this was a free country and that creative people such as Amber Benson and Adam Busch could go out, do a movie, promote said movie and be happy about it. No, guess I was wrong... what happens in the "real world" is, they shoot the movie, promote it, are happy about it's showing and then get rocked by finding out that someone stole their idea and are about to promote it as their original idea. Well, Amber and Adam, Ben and Ben, we all know who came up with this idea and it was not the Syfy channel. What a crazy world we live in.
This movie is not mine, nor did I have anything to do with it, however, I feel compelled to announce to anyone who will read that I will no longer support a channel and it's affiliates who would promote something as original content when they know full well that it is not original at all. What kind of a company allows a trailer to be played on their site and then turns around and steals the whole concept for themeselves?? If this movie had been on a bigger scale, the people involved would have definitely been informed of this situation and had a say in how things would be handled. If this was a major motion picture the writers would have had a say in the series. It is a shame that an organization such as Syfy has to steal an idea from people just trying to get their ideas and their work out there. I am very diquieted by this news and I just hope to get the word out there. Let's all stand together and fight this injustice....
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Whatever....
You know what I think... sometimes I feel like a dog chasing a car... I will never catch it and if I did I couldn't drive it... yeah that's how my day went! Have you ever had that feeling like anything and everything at all is possible?? Well, today was just the complete opposite of that... guess I am just having a bad day, sorry to share that but sometimes you just gotta' :(
On a brighter note... there is no brighter note, maybe tomorrow...
On a brighter note... there is no brighter note, maybe tomorrow...
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday Just Rocks!!!
I am just going to start off by saying that this Monday, this one right here, sucked!!! That being said, I am now sitting on my butt writing this crazy blog and listening to Romancing the Stone, it's playing on Encore, lol.... In my opinion, this movie is a definite classic. I love movies and books and I could probably talk about certain television shows until I am blue in the face. <--Just trying to give you a little background on me :)
Watching this movie, for like the 30th time, I start to remember back to one of the first times I watched it. I was maybe 7 or 8 and, no lie, I really wanted to be Joan Wilder. I know, that is just hilarious, but it is true, I wanted to be a writer and go on some crazy adventure, maybe not in Columbia, of course back then I wouldn't have been afraid to go to Columbia. I think it is so funny how when you are a kid you just don't think about things like that. Remember being in high school and thinking that you could never grow old and you were pretty much invincible? Well, I was the odd one who thought just the opposite. I worried about dying, alot. I guess it has to do with having a brain tumor when I was 13, an experience like that really changes a person. Anyhow, I don't want to really go into that experience right now. I just can't quit thinking about how different I was even 5 years ago. It's just fascinating to me how much we change as human beings, every experience we have, whether good or bad, changes us somehow. Well, guess that's food for thought for now, it's not like anyone will read this anyway, but if you do, thanks :)
Watching this movie, for like the 30th time, I start to remember back to one of the first times I watched it. I was maybe 7 or 8 and, no lie, I really wanted to be Joan Wilder. I know, that is just hilarious, but it is true, I wanted to be a writer and go on some crazy adventure, maybe not in Columbia, of course back then I wouldn't have been afraid to go to Columbia. I think it is so funny how when you are a kid you just don't think about things like that. Remember being in high school and thinking that you could never grow old and you were pretty much invincible? Well, I was the odd one who thought just the opposite. I worried about dying, alot. I guess it has to do with having a brain tumor when I was 13, an experience like that really changes a person. Anyhow, I don't want to really go into that experience right now. I just can't quit thinking about how different I was even 5 years ago. It's just fascinating to me how much we change as human beings, every experience we have, whether good or bad, changes us somehow. Well, guess that's food for thought for now, it's not like anyone will read this anyway, but if you do, thanks :)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Ok....
I am going to write just a short note telling you what this blog is about... nothing at all!!! That's right, just another blog to get out frustrations, share some insights and just basically blab! So, I am sitting here thinking about life today... it's saturday and I have done absolutely nothing worth mentioning. I start thinking about it and you know, I never do anything worth mentioning!!! (by the way, I don't know why I am using so many !!! guess I am just overly excited!)
Have you ever really wanted something that you absolutely knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that you could never get?? Do you ever wonder what this life is really for anyway?? Do you question whether or not anyone will even remember you after you are gone, or wonder if it really even matters if they do?? I have so many questions that, well, may sound crazy or even negatively based, but I swear, they are just questions...
I have always been a pessimist at heart. That is the one thing I truly could not stand about me, so I have vowed to change that and you know what, I have been doing a dang good job at it. I have really made a huge effort and I think that it is paying off. I have come to realize that if you just be patient, caring and understanding and try your best not to judge people, that you really can be positively influenced and also be a positive influence yourself. Ok, so I guess I should cut this post short, cause I said at the beginning it would be, but I have lots more on my mind and I intend to try to post everyday that I possibly can. Laters :)
Have you ever really wanted something that you absolutely knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that you could never get?? Do you ever wonder what this life is really for anyway?? Do you question whether or not anyone will even remember you after you are gone, or wonder if it really even matters if they do?? I have so many questions that, well, may sound crazy or even negatively based, but I swear, they are just questions...
I have always been a pessimist at heart. That is the one thing I truly could not stand about me, so I have vowed to change that and you know what, I have been doing a dang good job at it. I have really made a huge effort and I think that it is paying off. I have come to realize that if you just be patient, caring and understanding and try your best not to judge people, that you really can be positively influenced and also be a positive influence yourself. Ok, so I guess I should cut this post short, cause I said at the beginning it would be, but I have lots more on my mind and I intend to try to post everyday that I possibly can. Laters :)
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