comment #1

Balthazar says ...

$500,000 in seed money

holy shit

Are the nostalgic days of the little family-owned mom-and-pop blog on the corner ending?

That said, I agree with Jeffrey, Waxman's sounds like the only interesting one of the this bunch and the only one I might check out. I've liked some of her writing and taste in films.

comment #2

taeo says ...

i'll stick to what i said in the apple store. good, intelligent and entertaining coverage trumps it all. over educated and under experienced journalists can never compete with someone that has an intimate, personal relationship with the films and their makers. i don't always agree with you but i always consider your take. keep your head down and keep up the good work.

comment #3

p.Vice says ...

This is sounding like a lightbulb joke... How many entertainment industry bottom-feeders does it take to tell you shit stinks?

comment #4

DarthCorleone says ...

I'm not really hungering for another site. I'd rather one of them hire me and let me add my voice to the mix. That's part of the problem - there is too much blog proliferation for any single person to ingest, and like so many others I think that I could handle the loudspeaker, though I probably do not deserve it. Of course, I no longer qualify in the under-30 crowd, so the question just misses my demographic.

By the way, "Big Flashy Altogether" is a nice turn of phrase.

comment #5

AndrewOwens says ...

I still hit AICN and Hollywood Elsewhere before anything else - so I saw the new Star Trek posters before finding out Russia invaded Georgia.

And I'm OK with that.

comment #6

C-PhreekII says ...

Front runner for best unintended joke:

Question: given the decreasing literacy levels out there as well as the instant-gratification, downward-swirl of pop culture these days, how many under-30s are hungering for another website with "smart, sophisticated news and analysis"?

Answered:

I still hit AICN and Hollywood Elsewhere before anything else - so I saw the new Star Trek posters before finding out Russia invaded Georgia.

comment #7

Walter Sobchak says ...

I'm looking forward to thoughtful, sharp, incisive political analysis not unlike, say, this -

"Wells to SaveFarris and kidkosmic and all the cynics & pissheads who are clearly aroused and salivating by the possibility of Obama losing: Despite the currents from persons who think like you two do (i.e., chuckling like moustachioed villains in a silent film, snickering, indifferent to the dull horror of a McCain victory), I think Obama is going to just make it in the popular vote, and that his electoral margin will be...well, comfortable. But I'm sick of guys like you and I'm calling you out right now. Are you man enough to put your money where your mouths are? $100 bucks says Obama wins. Put up or shut up, both of you. If you won't bet then tuck your tail between your legs right now and go off to the corner and shut up. Oh, and another thing -- if Obama wins you have to meet me at the Farmer's Market the morning after, get down on your knees, put your arms up like you're a dog raising your paws, yelp like a dog and kiss my ass three times. On your knees . And I get to photograph the smooch and run the photographs on the site. Are you men or mice?"

comment #8

gruver1 says ...

Wells to Sobchak: I wrote that in anger, yes, but all words are meaningless air without the willingness of their speaker to stand behind them with conviction and cojones. I was addressing, in other words, matters of real character. If those two turkeys really think Obama is going to lose, why don't they put up $100 bucks and agree to my Farmer's Market terms? Real men say what they mean and mean what they say. Theodore Roosevelt knew the truth of this. So does John Milius ...and I'm a lefty!

comment #9

AndrewOwens says ...

C-Phreekl, unintended, you thought so?

comment #10

C-PhreekII says ...

all words are meaningless air without the willingness of their speaker to stand behind them with conviction and cojones.

Then why are you offering a sucker bet of $100 against the OTHER person's submission. Where's your act of contrition? If you are going to throw out taunts about physically standing behind one's words (total assbackwards, btw. Words stand on their own and every real writer knows it. Only bullies think otherwise) lets see you agree to something equally difficult.

Say like swearing off the TMZ crap, the National Enquirer stories and non legitimately film related political posts.

Shit, at this point I'd settle for something like instead of the breathless gossip page bullshit over John Edwards, what about the Ron Susskind revelation that could very well finally expose Bush & Cheney to serious legal charges. But then again, isn't this exactly why there is the Edwards story in the first place?

comment #11

quitstaringatme says ...

[Comment deleted, poster banned.]

comment #12

Joe Leydon says ...

Jeff, you forgot the really important info: Where should I send my resume to catch Sharon Waxman's attention?