MTV Overdrive - Controlling Your Own Entertainment

Do you have a broadband connection? Do you like music videos or some other kind of MTV content? You can stream a lot of their stuff from their Overdrive site. I guess I'm one of the old school types who likes his MTV to be full of music videos and not Newlyweds, Punk'd, etc. (Isn't that what MTV156 is for?) With Overdrive you can create a playlist of music videos and they'll play in order with only an occasional break for a 30-second commercial. I wish the videos were of a bit higher quality - played at full-screen they're very pixelated. Oh well. It's Overdrive 1.0.

Awesome I Shot That! New Beastie Boys Movie

Building on an earlier post about the digital video revolution - I finally looked into the new Beastie Boys feature film I've been hearing a lot about. Here's the blurb:

A formally innovative feature film experience, the Beastie Boys handed out 50 cameras to audience members at their sold-out performance in New York’s famed Madison Square Garden in October 2004. These 50 different passionate perspectives shot from the point-of-view of the audience take the viewer deep inside the world of a live Beastie Boys show.

Additional Infoz:

Beastieboys.com - Main site for the Beastie Boys!

Awesome I F'n Shot That - Feature Film Official Site

Official Trailer - Check out the trailer in Quicktime

You Think That's Good Salsa?

Some commercials that I find eminently funny are the new Axe Keep Your Cool commercials. I like The One Upper, Mother Hen, and Fake British Accent Guy.

Check out the commercials online.

What's your favourite commerical on TV currently? Or since TIVO/DVR have you not seen a commercial since late 1998? Drop comments below.

A House-keeping Note

Links from many of my old posts will not work due to the archiving practices of sites such as Yahoo News and StarTribune.com. In the future I will make sure posts make sense without having to click-thru to ensure readability.

-Joram

Movie Fridays

In Early Development:
I spotted this graph in a Yahoo News story:

A new big-screen movie, apparently featuring the early adventures of Trek forefathers James T. Kirk and Spock, and boasting the handiwork of Lost creator J.J. Abrams, is being primed for a 2008 release.

Very interesting. While I've yet to sit down and watch the DVD seasons of Lost - I've only heard good things about their plotlines and show dynamics. In my opinion - if you nail these two criteria for Trek you'll have a great series. I'll keep an eye on this one. More info at StarTrek.com.


Upcoming Release:

X-Men 3 - The Last Stand. Check out the Official Site for the trailer. Back in the Fandom.com days I was following the release of the new movie very religiously. I'm hoping with a shift of directors (to Brett Ratner of Rush Hour fame) that they can still maintain the feel of the first two movies. It looks like they've at least put the right amount of money into the budget! For additional coverage of the movie I recommend CHUD.com.



This Weekend:

Predictions:


Big Winner: United 93 - Everyone is talking about it - Plus it's first to market after 9/11. I think America is ready for it.
Big Loser: RV - Robin Williams vs. cranky RV. Snore. 10 million tops.
Surprise Performer: Stick It - performs well with MTV crowd and dads volunteering to take kids to it.

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Digital Shorts

I am very excited about the rise of digital short films hitting the mainstream. My friend Josh tackles the hip-hop angle on a couple of SNL's best. (ChronicWHAT?!) I'm into giving the power of entertainment to the masses. Having spent a couple of years in Hollywood - I only got a taste of what's wrong with commercialized productions; i.e. too many sequels, cookie-cutter scripts, etc. The digital revolution will change how we create and consume our entertainment options.

The sun sets on an old blog... and will rise again with a new one

Well it's good to be back online. I'm testing some features for the blog.