TV Advertising faces Reality
The common wisdom for advertisers marketing on television has always been: the more popular the show, the more people will watch the ads; the more viewers a show gets, the more people will watch the ads. Oops! According to TiVo, which has the ability to track how many ads their viewers watch, that isn't the case. In fact, the more popular the show, the less likely that ads will be watched. The reverse is true - the less popular a show, the more the ads will be watched. Makes you wonder if you'll see more bland, boring shows being delivered to TV in order to capture more eyes. Not that any of this bothers me, I don't watch much TV. I can see the day though, when your movies will come complete with ads not at the beginning, but scattered throughout the flick. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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