Archive for July 12th, 2006

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TagBlitz

by Tom on July 12, 2006 at 12:00 am
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Hey, guys. I want to try something really quick. I found this site called TagBlitz. It's basically a promotion tool for web sites that gathers up links to all the social networking sites out there. I present the Tag Blitz link to you and then you go and catologue Theater Hopper among as many of the social networking sites out there as you please. You don't have to be a member of TagBlitz or sign up for anything to participate. It's free to use. But some of the social networking sites in it's roster require you to have accounts with them before you can tag Theater Hopper in their system. Sites like Technorati, Del.icio.us and Furl are all in the mix.



Anyway, give it a try and see if you can help spread the word about Theater Hopper. I want to give this service a dry run to see how effective it is.






Thanks for your help!

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DEADLIER THAN KRYPTONITE

by Tom on July 12, 2006 at 12:00 am
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DEADLIER THAN KRYPTONITE

I kind of felt like I was shirking my duty not talking about Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest incredible first weekend at the box office. When you stop to think about it, the accomplishment is pretty crazy.



I mean, sure, there's always going to be debate about box office records. What with inflation and the increased number of theaters across the American strip-mall landscape. But when you frame Pirates three day take of $132 million against Superman Returns take of $52 million (ignore the bloated numbers from the extended 4th of July "holiday weekend)... well, to paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction - we're not in the same ballpark, the same league or even the same sport. I mean, Superman Returns had one of the largest domestic releases ever - 4,065 screens. Now Pirates sweeps through and everyone is like "Superman, who?" Just goes to show how fickle we can be, I suppose.



I know Pirates 2 has its detractors, but I'm just glad that the numbers were better than X-Men 3's Memorial Day weekend take of $102 million. Superman Returns was supposed to knock it off it's throne as *the* summer blockbuster. When it didn't, it gave validity to the Brett Ratner's of the world at the expense of what I felt was a sincere and thoughtful adaptation of The Man of Steel. Superman Returns at least had something on it's mind and it was being punished for it. Meanwhile, I disorganized noise-fest like X-Men 3 takes home all the cash? Not fair.



If a balls-out action/adventure movie is going to take the brass ring this summer, I would rather it be Pirates 2 than X-Men 3. That's all I'm saying.

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