Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Here's a trivia question: Where does the following URL take you? http://home.mcom.com If you haven't already clicked it, here's the answer: It goes the Netscape home page (now AOL's netscape.aol.com). [Update: Since this post was written, http://home.mcom.com has been restored to its appearance on October 21, 1994. For the details, see the post by former … Continue reading At Least You Can Still Go Home.mcom.com
Jon Fine's "Media Centric" column in the December 13 BusinessWeek describes the launch of Tyler Brûlé's Monocle magazine which, contrary to current publishing trends, focuses on a high-end product that revels in its print origins. Fine writes, "In a manner almost wholly lost at American magazines, [Monocle] cherishes the primacy of a print publication as … Continue reading Avoiding the “Excluded Middle”: Counter Moves in a Down-Market Trend
Despite the annoying packaging (a silly "blade runner" plastic briefcase) and the bundled chotchkies (do I really need a plastic toy version of Gaff's origami unicorn?), I purchased the 5-disc "ultimate collector's edition" of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. I would have preferred to have avoided all the "collectible" junk included in this package, but apparently … Continue reading Multiple Meta-fiction Perspectives and the ‘Blade Runner: Collector’s Edition’
Yahoo! Movies Youtube has the first four minutes of Peter Berg's "The Kingdom" online, which provides a "fly-by" timeline of the U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia. Movie credits have come a long way from simple scrolling lists of creative and production talent. The previous work of graphic designers like Saul Bass and creative agencies like R/GA … Continue reading Great Movie Title Sequence: The First Four Minutes of “The Kingdom”
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