Ideas

Revisiting John Candy

This dreary time of year in the the Northern Hemisphere so many are talking about “Blue Monday,” but I’ve been taken by such happy things that this day isn’t even registering for me. I’ve been reading and watching recent projects that highlighted the man and actor John Candy. I read the outstanding hardcover John Candy: […]

Ideas
Keyboard Cat, Acrylic on Canvas

Redefining Viral

But, the viral landscape is changing fast, from movies, to short films, to long-form serial television, to shows released from online services. I’m interested in all types of entertainment, from the more obscure indie, to the blockbuster, to all the amazing science fiction. But, what do we call viral content in the Internet age?

Editorial
Eaton Center Cineplex

We Won’t Even Watch For Free

I’m not yet sure writes on the blog “Stupid is Winning”, but whomever it is – there are a lots of interesting and compelling ideas there. Today, I came across “In 2013 Google, Apple and Valve will kill piracy” and, while I didn’t agree with all of it – there was an amazing passage I hadn’t seen touched on elsewhere…