Now days, TV shows get cancelled left and right. Some of them are just terrible and you sometimes gotta wonder how that shit got on TV. While others are great shows, but they don't get a chance to shine because of the network or a shitty time slot.
There are different things you can do after you get cancelled. Lets take a look at Jump Cuts. A great show that shows many different segments from independent film makers. I tuned into Comedy Central one night and I was hooked. Yet, only four episodes were produced in it's entire run!! Jump Cuts never had a stable time slot for new or old episodes. What is Jump Cuts doing?? The show is getting re-hashed by the same network that cancelled it, Comedy Central, and put on their Broadband Network called Motherload.
Another show that was cancelled is Stankervision. The show airs on MTV 2 part of their Sic Em' Friday block. The show brought in some very good ratings and helped MTV 2 to recieve their highest third quarter rating ever! It should have been renewed for a second season...but it wasn't. No one knows why but luckly, they had a show before Stankervision called The DAMN! Show. In fact, The DAMN! Show is supposed to be better than Stankervision. The DAMN! Show is being distributed on DVD.
Right now, tv shows on television network is a very dangerous place to be. That's why I think that IPTV is the way to go. What is IPTV?? To put it in simple terms, its TV downloaded from the internet. This is why instead of going to PBS for a time slot, The Triangle is distributing our TV show over the internet. We don't have to worry about ratings, or a fear of being cancelled. All we have to worry about is putting the shit out on time. There is no advertising, so you don't have to worry about fast forwarding or anything. Internet based TV is the way to go now that BitTorrent is getting popular. You could easily distribute your show and not worry about anything. It's simple and hopefully I'll be able to prove that to you when we get our first episode up in 2006.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Making The WWE Better
I used to be the biggest wrestling fan. I watched WWE (formally WWF) Monday Night Raw all the time. Now I can barely find time to watch it. I would watch it more and go out of my way to watch it. Here are some things I've thought of for the WWE to improve on the product...
[1] Have an HD Feed of Wrestling Shows. In 2009, pretty much all TV stations need to be digital. Why not get it out of the way now?? Monday Night Raw could make an attempt (I don't think it'd be hard) on getting a time slot on Universal HD. While with Friday Night Smackdown can easily broadcast in HD. UPN already has an HD channel. Come on, if Nascar can broadcast races in HD, why not wrestling??
[2] For every new wrestler that is made popular, good or bad, a legend needs to start to get a De-push. The WWE needs to understand that old wrestlers will not be around forever. So whenever a wrestler gets heat or pops, the writers need to start thinking about pushing the new star. In order to make room for that wrestler, they need to slowly de-push a legend. Think of it this way, a new superstar named Abu gets popular and starts getting pops. When that happens, a legend that is face named The Big Show will be dropped down to the midcard slowly or get one final great match with the champ. Between 6 to 12 months, the transition needs to happen.
[3] No More Boss vs Wrestler Storylines. Sure it worked plenty of times before, but people are getting sick of that shit. Whats that going to do for a wrestler?? Nothing really. Wrestling should be like a regular show, storylines should not be repeated even though they are with different people.
[4] Advertise the Other Wrestling Show. You may not understand this one. Let me explain, since Raw is more popular than Smackdown, Raw could use time to expose them. Lets put it into a storyline. Bischoff gets a bunch of money from an advertiser to endorse their product live on the show. Since the money is such a large amount, he doesn't even look at the advertiser. They get a 15 minute block on Raw to endorse their product for three months. When Bischoff entroduces the sponser, it turns out to be The GM of Smackdown, Teddy Long. He then explains that he will use the 15 minutes on Raw and have some Smackdown wrestlers duke it out. Then on Friday, Bischoff comes on Smackdown and explains that he talked (complained) to Linda McMahon and he bought advertising space on Smackdown, yet it's a better deal. The deal is for the same amount of money but for 17 minutes of space on Smackdown. Eventually weeks later, after constant fueding, Linda comes out and says that she is going to refund both men's money, and make it a given that both shows get 15 minutes of time on the other show. This way, both brands get the same amount of exposure.
[5] Bring on Legends for only two things, Managing or Honoring. The Legend vs Wrestler fued is another one of those old feuds that sometimes works to boost a wrestler. It always ends up being the Legend losing the fued. Way not instead, bring in a legend to help a wrestler move up in the ranks. An example? Bring in Jimmy Fly Snuka and have him manage RVD or somebody that likes to fly. You can also bring in a legend to honor them. Yet, don't have some retard come in and ruin the whole thing.
Anyways, those are my thoughts on how to make the WWE better. Hopefully some of the shit can happen. There are probably more points that I could make, but there are probably not even worth pointing out. Anyways, I'm out and you can always leave feedback in the comments.
[1] Have an HD Feed of Wrestling Shows. In 2009, pretty much all TV stations need to be digital. Why not get it out of the way now?? Monday Night Raw could make an attempt (I don't think it'd be hard) on getting a time slot on Universal HD. While with Friday Night Smackdown can easily broadcast in HD. UPN already has an HD channel. Come on, if Nascar can broadcast races in HD, why not wrestling??
[2] For every new wrestler that is made popular, good or bad, a legend needs to start to get a De-push. The WWE needs to understand that old wrestlers will not be around forever. So whenever a wrestler gets heat or pops, the writers need to start thinking about pushing the new star. In order to make room for that wrestler, they need to slowly de-push a legend. Think of it this way, a new superstar named Abu gets popular and starts getting pops. When that happens, a legend that is face named The Big Show will be dropped down to the midcard slowly or get one final great match with the champ. Between 6 to 12 months, the transition needs to happen.
[3] No More Boss vs Wrestler Storylines. Sure it worked plenty of times before, but people are getting sick of that shit. Whats that going to do for a wrestler?? Nothing really. Wrestling should be like a regular show, storylines should not be repeated even though they are with different people.
[4] Advertise the Other Wrestling Show. You may not understand this one. Let me explain, since Raw is more popular than Smackdown, Raw could use time to expose them. Lets put it into a storyline. Bischoff gets a bunch of money from an advertiser to endorse their product live on the show. Since the money is such a large amount, he doesn't even look at the advertiser. They get a 15 minute block on Raw to endorse their product for three months. When Bischoff entroduces the sponser, it turns out to be The GM of Smackdown, Teddy Long. He then explains that he will use the 15 minutes on Raw and have some Smackdown wrestlers duke it out. Then on Friday, Bischoff comes on Smackdown and explains that he talked (complained) to Linda McMahon and he bought advertising space on Smackdown, yet it's a better deal. The deal is for the same amount of money but for 17 minutes of space on Smackdown. Eventually weeks later, after constant fueding, Linda comes out and says that she is going to refund both men's money, and make it a given that both shows get 15 minutes of time on the other show. This way, both brands get the same amount of exposure.
[5] Bring on Legends for only two things, Managing or Honoring. The Legend vs Wrestler fued is another one of those old feuds that sometimes works to boost a wrestler. It always ends up being the Legend losing the fued. Way not instead, bring in a legend to help a wrestler move up in the ranks. An example? Bring in Jimmy Fly Snuka and have him manage RVD or somebody that likes to fly. You can also bring in a legend to honor them. Yet, don't have some retard come in and ruin the whole thing.
Anyways, those are my thoughts on how to make the WWE better. Hopefully some of the shit can happen. There are probably more points that I could make, but there are probably not even worth pointing out. Anyways, I'm out and you can always leave feedback in the comments.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Video Game Review: The Warriors
If you haven't heard of The Warriors, its a great movie where a gang heads to a meeting about combining one huge gang to take over the city. Too bad the leader is shotand it is blamed on The Warriors, even though they had nothing to do with it. Now they have to go back to there own turf before they are killed.
Now there is a game based on the cult favorite film. Now before you say it's like every other game based on a movie, its not. In fact, it is possibly better than the film. The Warriors is the best beat-em up game there is out there. If you've played Streets of Rage, then you'll be very familar with how the game is set up. The Game is very easy to pick up.
The Game isn't just the movie storyline, it actually goes back and you learn how The Warriors were formed. The game is looks okay and the sound is awesome. In fact, many of the actors reprise their roles. For a movie that was made around 25 years years ago, the movie is better than ever.
Two things I do have a problem with, I wish there was a better way to control the camera. It sometimes very fustrating when the camera screws up your way of kicking ass. Also, there are very aggervating missions. Especially the ones where you have to mash one button continuously. Otherwise, the game is fricking pimp. This game will make you want you to see the movie if you've haven't seen it yet. This game gets a 9.3 out of 10 in my book.
Now there is a game based on the cult favorite film. Now before you say it's like every other game based on a movie, its not. In fact, it is possibly better than the film. The Warriors is the best beat-em up game there is out there. If you've played Streets of Rage, then you'll be very familar with how the game is set up. The Game is very easy to pick up.
The Game isn't just the movie storyline, it actually goes back and you learn how The Warriors were formed. The game is looks okay and the sound is awesome. In fact, many of the actors reprise their roles. For a movie that was made around 25 years years ago, the movie is better than ever.
Two things I do have a problem with, I wish there was a better way to control the camera. It sometimes very fustrating when the camera screws up your way of kicking ass. Also, there are very aggervating missions. Especially the ones where you have to mash one button continuously. Otherwise, the game is fricking pimp. This game will make you want you to see the movie if you've haven't seen it yet. This game gets a 9.3 out of 10 in my book.
Starting Over...
What's up...I'm starting completely over on my blog. Here you can find some of my thoughts and insight of my life. Now your asking..."Whats going to happen to the old blog?". It'll still be updated, but only once a week. In fact, you can still get all of the stories right away. On the right side you'll be able to find all of the RSS Links to all of the stories posted on the old blog. With blogger, I'll be able to post more and you'll get thoughts about my crazy life. Anyways, I got shit to do...
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