Doctor Who thing of the day: DW the top show on U.S. iTunes
Are you watching Doctor Who in the U.S.? Are you watching it after downloading it from iTunes? If so, you’re not alone.
Net buzz
question of the weekend: Do we diminish terrible events when we turn them into funny Internet memes?
Most of the riffs on the UC Davis pepper-spraying are satirical: the cop has been Photoshopped pepper-spraying fallen colonial soldiers of the American Revolution, little children listening to Jesus, and so on. But not all are so pointed…
question of the day: Can a Hollywood insider be a fair film critic?
I was stunned to learn this weekend that VanityFair.com has hired actor and filmmaker Paul Mazurksy to be its new film critic. WTF?
best. spam. ever.
Hired killers turned extortionists should learn how to spell lest they be misunderstood.
must reads: “Warner Bros: we issued takedowns for files we never saw, didn’t own copyright to”
The studios are so worried about piracy, they’re cracking down on it even where it doesn’t exist.
question of the day: Is there any better choice than the Muppets for Oscar hosts?
Spongebob Squarepants? Troy McClure and Rainier Wolfcastle? Who else could we trust with this noble endeavor?
question of the day: Does the world need 96 new channels of YouTube content?
Are our TVs not already chock full of more crap than we could ever watch, even if we wanted to watch it all? Doesn’t the glut of pointless, useless junk on the vast multitude of cable channels prove that there are already too many content streams and not enough good material to fill them?
question of the day: Should an actor keep his or her age a secret?
Does revealing ages work only if everyone reveals his or her age?
church of awesome: the Bloggess’s picture of Wil Wheaton collating paper
I have just recently discovered the Bloggess via her hilarious public response to all the psychiatric cases masquerading as PR people…
question of the day: Is the Internet to blame for the glut of remakes, reboots, and sequels? (John Carpenter says so)
Could the Internet be better harnessed to spread the word of nonfranchise films (and TV)?
