Musings of an Idiot

Global Frequency

There was this failed TV pilot titled 'Global Frequency', which Warner Bros. decided not to convert into a TV series and somehow the pilot was leaked onto the internet and it spread rapidly using the P2P network. And because of that the pilot gained more audience and popularity but Warner Bros. still want to dissuade it from being spread around as they own the show. Technically speaking they are absolutely right that they own the copyright, so it would be copyright infringement if anyone downloads it but the thing which makes me think they are not really thinking is that it is a 'FAILED' TV pilot, which they have already written off and if it then becomes popular they have everything to gain from it - even from releasing a DVD version of the pilot just as FOX did with releasing the DVD set of 'Firefly' - which they had cancelled after the 1st season {and the DVD set went onto build such a huge audience base that they later made it into a movie}. Check out the article by WIRED NEWS which lets you get a good idea of what the issue is.

Personally I think Warners did the right thing by passing on the pilot because it has some terrible dialogue and passable acting. The SFX were well achieved and the show loked slick and beautifully shot but just terrible dialogue and too much exposition in the pilot kills any interest or possible excitement to see a whole TV series based on it. I can't see what the fuss is about.

I don't know if I mentioned this before but 'Memories' is getting a DVD release in Australia on 10th July. It is definitely exciting news as that means that it gets one more screening outlet - you don't want to make a movie which no one will ever see. So till now it has been released in NZ, US/Canada, Italy, Thailand and now Australia (not counting the pirated versions on chinese websites available through any P2P network) - not bad for a 'no budget' first feature with everything been done on a 'learn as you go' basis. The DVD cover for Australian DVD is based on the US DVD and I am not particularly a fan of the american DVD cover - I much prefer the NZ DVD cover. Thankfully the DVD itself is the NZ version - which has way better encoding and picture quality and obviously has special features that the american DVD doesn't have - including one audio commentary by Benji and one audio commentary by Lance and me {I hate doing audio commentaries}. You can buy the Australian DVD from HERE.


I also keep forgetting to mention that there is a rat in our house and it is annoying - not because we get to meet it daily or anything but because it keeps scurrying around at night making these random noises. I think Benji tried to bait it by putting a glass of Vodka mixed with some soft drink {the plan was to get the rat drunk, so it wouldn't run around so much} but the rat apparently is a non-alcoholic animal. How do we know it is a rat? Well it bumped into Angelique's leg last weekend when we came back from rock climbing and also there is lots of rat poop in the pantry which Benji and Tim share. We did put some rat poison a month back but the rat seemed to like it and has eaten quite a lot of it - the result - more rat poop. Don't know what to do about it for now.

Went into the city with Benji so we could have a couple of drinks and get away from the house for a while but it turned out to be a really weird experience - the city was really quite - almost as if someone had evacuated most of the city and all we encountered were streetside church groups singing loud songs which just sounded like cacophony. Maybe the church groups drove away anyone wanting to enjoy a good time out in the city with their bad and loud music.


Anyway time to hit bed. My closing thoughts for the day - each day is worth living even if things don't particularly make much sense sometimes.

Till later,
Amit

Labels: Memories of Tomorrow, Party, TV Series

posted by Amit @ 11:02 PM