Posts Tagged TV

A Case Against Turning Bad Ideas into Awful Franchises: Three Tips for Xbox Originals

By brian longtin • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: playing

“Masters of Horror Taking on Comedy” betrays its embarrassing boardroom creativity. Here are three ways Microsoft could better serve their audience and build their service.



‘Coraline’ re-envisioned, ‘Daily Show’ re-reported, ‘Nick and Norah’ reminiscent.

By brian longtin • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: side notes

Behind the scenes of Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman, another of many articles on why ‘The Daily Show’ beats real news, and a trailer with some familiar touches.



Ad Men Push ‘Mad Men’

By brian longtin • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: watching

How marketers turned the idea of a target audience back on themselves, creating a unique feedback loop whose reverberations may be partly responsible for the show’s success.



‘Blood’ and ‘Kill’ Fill in at HBO

By brian longtin • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: side notes

True Blood comes to a boil while Generation Kill makes its debut.



Greetings, Screenings, and Animal Feeding

By brian longtin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: side notes

A welcome post with notes on the LA Film Fest (specifically ‘Choke’ and ‘Spaced’), plus the new Girl Talk album.