Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Pendulum Movie Series
It is pretty funny, the pendulum swings from left to right.
For years, Women have made fun of Guys with their interest in such SciFi movie series like Star Trek and Star Wars. It may of taken 35 years for the pendulum to swing in the full opposite direction but I believe it has. I am speaking of the Twilight Franchise and Hunger Games to an extent.
At this point, from my view, not many guys are into the Twilight series. First of all, it is what it appears to me as a Love story with some random fight sequences, and much drama. I admit, I have seen the first two movies, and have not seen the rest. Do I care to see the rest,...No. I've seen enough.
Granted Star Wars episode 4 and Twilight Movie 1 are similar, initial movie, slow story, cheap looking sets/effects. They did improve as time went. The first Hunger Games movie follows this result as well, where in the second movie will get a new director, and perhaps more investment from their filmhouse.
Fast forward to the best scene in Episode 6, I don't want to give the ending away, but things progress and get better.
Just like the stock market is based on a cycle, I think movies are similar, or at least copy-cat tendencies. It doesn't take a genius to realize that you can make more money by stretching a series out to 3 or 4 movies, when it could it could of been hammered out in 2 or 3.
For years, Women have made fun of Guys with their interest in such SciFi movie series like Star Trek and Star Wars. It may of taken 35 years for the pendulum to swing in the full opposite direction but I believe it has. I am speaking of the Twilight Franchise and Hunger Games to an extent.
At this point, from my view, not many guys are into the Twilight series. First of all, it is what it appears to me as a Love story with some random fight sequences, and much drama. I admit, I have seen the first two movies, and have not seen the rest. Do I care to see the rest,...No. I've seen enough.
Granted Star Wars episode 4 and Twilight Movie 1 are similar, initial movie, slow story, cheap looking sets/effects. They did improve as time went. The first Hunger Games movie follows this result as well, where in the second movie will get a new director, and perhaps more investment from their filmhouse.
Fast forward to the best scene in Episode 6, I don't want to give the ending away, but things progress and get better.
Just like the stock market is based on a cycle, I think movies are similar, or at least copy-cat tendencies. It doesn't take a genius to realize that you can make more money by stretching a series out to 3 or 4 movies, when it could it could of been hammered out in 2 or 3.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Life without Cable continues...
Life without Cable...
Certainly one thing has kept me going pretty strong regarding the lack of a DirecTV bill each month, and it is free. Podcasts! Yes, podcasts. They can be downloaded on your computer, or in my case to my cell phone. I then have something to listen to and sometimes watch while on the treadmill.
My weekly downloaded shows are, in no particular order.
-Car Talk from NPR (Comedy/Knowledge)
-The BS Report (Bill Simmons, ESPN/Sports)
-The Adam Carolla Podcast (Comedy)
-Freakeconomics Radio Podcast (Knowledge)
-Mad Money with Jim Cramer (CNBC, Comedy/Knowledge)
The Mad Money podcast is a video podcast, so a cable show for free, how awesome is that. Certainly, it is about investing stocks, but I actually learn a thing or two about industry from this show.
Certainly one thing has kept me going pretty strong regarding the lack of a DirecTV bill each month, and it is free. Podcasts! Yes, podcasts. They can be downloaded on your computer, or in my case to my cell phone. I then have something to listen to and sometimes watch while on the treadmill.
My weekly downloaded shows are, in no particular order.
-Car Talk from NPR (Comedy/Knowledge)
-The BS Report (Bill Simmons, ESPN/Sports)
-The Adam Carolla Podcast (Comedy)
-Freakeconomics Radio Podcast (Knowledge)
-Mad Money with Jim Cramer (CNBC, Comedy/Knowledge)
The Mad Money podcast is a video podcast, so a cable show for free, how awesome is that. Certainly, it is about investing stocks, but I actually learn a thing or two about industry from this show.
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