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Microsoft Gets World's Worst Producer for Xbox Live Shows
gizmodo.com — Microsoft has just inked a deal with Peter Safran, the producer of amazing cinema masterpieces like Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Meet the Spartans, and the all-time-classic RocketMan.
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- wageslaven, on 03/31/2008, -41/+7Actually, Scary Movie and Meet the Spartans are kinda funny. Leave it to gizmodo to start spreading the FUD before we see what he's going to produce.
- badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -2/+23the first scary movie was a classic. the second scary movie was alright (it had its moments). everything after that has been the kind of ***** i wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.
- Bornhuetter, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2Safran was only involved in the first Scary Movie
- fkr3, on 03/31/2008, -10/+4Gizmodo's just trying to make a living. It costs a lot of money to reduce someone's article to a sentence and pray that it hits the front page of digg.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/business/media/3 ...- badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -4/+32 things:
1. I don't check nytimes that much for news- I check gizmodo daily for random stories and wouldn't have seen this if it wasn't there.
2. that nytimes article is way more than i'm prepared to read at this hour and doesn't emphasize quickly enough just the kind of awful producer this dude is.- fkr3, on 03/31/2008, -5/+82 things:
1. I don't care. Gizmodo, all the blogs on their network and every other blog that follows the "summarise someone else, stick ads all around it and submit to digg" model are spam 2.0.
2. You can get medicine for your short attention span. Or reading lessons so you don't fear a couple-hundred word articles.- badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -5/+32 things:
1. James Westfall
2. Doctor Kenneth Noisewater - cesarandreu, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1I don't get your last reply badwithcomputer. Maybe I'm not catching some obscure reference?
- Aitese, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3Why do you use Digg? You don't like a site where news from a third party is summarized with a link to the original story and then that summary is surrounded with adverts?
Strange behavior considering where you are right now. - fkr3, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Gizmodo are a redundant middleman except unlike the traditional middleman role they offer no service and nothing of value. Digg is also a middleman but unlike gizmodo they add value and they prominently link to the actual story instead of pretending a 2-sentence summary is a substitute for it.
Gizmodo are so retarded they can write a story about anything with exactly 0 relevant links to any further information or relevant websites. They don't even link to IMDb in a story about a film director where they also refer to several movies. They could only be more anti-user if they threw an interstitial in front of their "articles", and no doubt the whores have toyed with that idea.
- badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -5/+32 things:
- fkr3, on 03/31/2008, -5/+82 things:
- Aitese, on 03/31/2008, -2/+4Yeah...how DARE Gizmodo show you news from various sources on their website and have the sheer gall to LINK to that source. It's almost as if they assume their readers would be interested in the news. I'm glad Digg doesn't do anything like that...hold on
- badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -4/+32 things:
- MagicSG1, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9Em yeah bud, no no meet the spartans is the worst movie ever
- doshindude, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1followed closely by Epic Movie.
- jebzaki, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1think hard who was starring in scary movie 1 & 2 ..............The Wayans Brothers!
- eyefork, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2I find it hard to respect anyone who thinks Meet the Spartans (also superhero movie, date movie, epic movie, and all the other "movies" with the exception of the first Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie) is actually a good movie. Its just a film full of pop-culture references made to make the zombie-like movie goers guffaw because they remember when Britney Spears actually shaved her head, or when Sanjaya was on American Idol (I get the sneaking suspicion that anyone who likes Meet the Spartans is a fan of American Idol as well). For the most part it's unoriginal humor and cheap laughs, nothing genuinely clever that will make me remember the movie as a good one.
- WhereAmI, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1He doesn't truly think that. He's the biggest Microsoft fanboy on Digg is all. Everything and anything Microsoft. And now EA ever since Peter Moore went to EA.
- badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -2/+23the first scary movie was a classic. the second scary movie was alright (it had its moments). everything after that has been the kind of ***** i wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.
- rcblinker, on 03/31/2008, -1/+10What a joke.
- kjcdude, on 03/31/2008, -0/+11http://imdb.com/name/nm0755911/filmorate
His best movie has a 5.99- Wolfbeta, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/meet_the_spartans/
His best movie has a 2%
- Wolfbeta, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/meet_the_spartans/
- bingobongony, on 03/31/2008, -8/+41If anyone knows about being the worst, it is gizmodo.
- deaftly, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2gawker in general is just utter *****
- BluthBoy, on 03/31/2008, -16/+3forget the article, dugg for the mac add on the page.
- saxreturns, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6There are ads on that page? Oh right, only for you...
- DanMiller, on 03/31/2008, -6/+2Because mac users don't have access to firefox..
- saxreturns, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4That wasn't my point at all. Just being smug about having AdBlock, if you don't mind!
As it happens, I'm looking at this page in Firefox, on a Mac. I'm not an idiot. - DanMiller, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1I must have had sarcasm block on, my apologies. :)
- supermanred, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1You also have no clue that there is a Mac version of just about everything.
- DanMiller, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0You are talking to the owner of a mac. I'm pretty aware.
- saxreturns, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4That wasn't my point at all. Just being smug about having AdBlock, if you don't mind!
- DanMiller, on 03/31/2008, -6/+2Because mac users don't have access to firefox..
- saxreturns, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6There are ads on that page? Oh right, only for you...
- mastameezy, on 03/31/2008, -29/+3MICROSOFT BLOWS! DIGG ME DOWN GAYLORDS.
- theaceoffire, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4See, the funny part is that if you had stopped after the first two words, some people might have dugg you up.
You had to actually go out of your way to be jerk enough for everyone to hate ya.- mastameezy, on 03/31/2008, -2/+0i guess there are 21 gaylords on digg because 21 people followed the instruction I gave to gaylords.
- RevoFM, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Fresh from Myspace, are ya?
- mastameezy, on 03/31/2008, -2/+0i guess there are 21 gaylords on digg because 21 people followed the instruction I gave to gaylords.
- theaceoffire, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4See, the funny part is that if you had stopped after the first two words, some people might have dugg you up.
- DarkoKun, on 03/31/2008, -5/+3The worst movies ever!
- thedpshow, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2I happen to like RocketMan.
- bingobongony, on 03/31/2008, -3/+39By the way... a producers job is to find movies that will turn a profit. And as juvenile and stupid as those spoof movies are, they are VERY profitable. Scary Movie had a $19 million budget, and made over a quarter billion worldwide! So in reality, he is a very good producer. He makes movies for peanuts that make tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars.
- rodrigo74, on 03/31/2008, -4/+19Who cares about XBox Live Shows, anyway?
- supermanred, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7Im on Xbox Live almost nightly and I have to ask... What in the good ***** is an Xbox live show?
- vivalagoat, on 03/31/2008, -7/+1sony are gay
- rjc5056, on 03/31/2008, -1/+20I know anyone can join digg, but honestly, if you truly believe Meet The Spartans and its ilk are "funny movies"... why the ever-loving ***** would you come here?
- bigbadgoat, on 03/31/2008, -4/+4because wageslaven is one of two things:
a) The biggest Microsoft fanboy that digg has ever known. or...
b) On microsoft's payroll as a ***** marketer, feebly trying to convince people that microsoft can do no wrong.
either way, he's a ***** douchebag who comes up with the most terrible arguments I've ever seen.
My favorite? On an article discussing how much MS is going to have to pay to extend the warranty of xbox 360's due to the RROD.
(paraphrase, because I suck at remembering quotes)
"Why would you fanboys criticize Microsoft for offering the best warranty in game console history?"
lol. The dude's pretty pathetic. I bet if you look hard enough you'll find some comment that is almost a mirror opposite about that producer or his movies. The guys flip-flops his opinion on different matters depending on MS's stance on the issue.- jun2san, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6damn....stalker.
- bigbadgoat, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2I'm a stalker for reading gaming articles on digg and noticing his asinine comments with his bright green and red icon pop up again and again and again?
Anyone who reads the gaming section notices, and for the most part, despises this guy. Its hard not to notice him. After hearing three or 4 of the most biased and ridiculous ***** you could imagine, you'd start to make a connection too. After a while you read his user name and you can practically guess what his comment says before reading it, he's that bad.
So don't call me a stalker for saying something that's so blatantly obvious its not even funny.- achoi, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1I don't think he's working for MS, he's over-zealous fanboism just ends up giving xbox users a bad rep. Getting paid to troll isn't a secure occupation, and he's been doing it for quite a while.
I don't even think he's necessarily a fan of the xbox, I think he just does it to keep his troll-fu up - without getting banned or blocked. - rjc5056, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Or, let's just be honest, there a just people simple enough out there that find an hour and 20 min of homoerotic jokes to be OMGLOLZRZ! funny. This has nothing to do with MS, just wageslaven trying to defend his pathetic tastes.
- achoi, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1I don't think he's working for MS, he's over-zealous fanboism just ends up giving xbox users a bad rep. Getting paid to troll isn't a secure occupation, and he's been doing it for quite a while.
- bigbadgoat, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2I'm a stalker for reading gaming articles on digg and noticing his asinine comments with his bright green and red icon pop up again and again and again?
- jun2san, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6damn....stalker.
- mCanada, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Probably for this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0&feature ...
- bigbadgoat, on 03/31/2008, -4/+4because wageslaven is one of two things:
- RanchDressing, on 03/31/2008, -6/+5Why didn't they get someone better like Jade Raymond. People would go on Xbox Live just to jackoff to her.
- hotdamn, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1While, true, Jade Raymond is the prettiest lady in the gaming-biz, she is not a movie producer.
Fail.
- hotdamn, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1While, true, Jade Raymond is the prettiest lady in the gaming-biz, she is not a movie producer.
- buddamus, on 03/31/2008, -1/+6I saw Meet The Spartans, what a pile of crap, films like that will never be as good as Airplane
- Hotrox, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4Don't you understand that by having seen Meet The Spartans you've only perpetuated the problem? Even if you pirated it you've still seen it. May god have mercy on your soul.
- JGib, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Surely you cant be serious?
- Holle, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.
- buddamus, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1I had a free ticket
- yunus, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8They could have hired Roosterteeth (makers of Red Vs Blue) and made everyone happy and probably save themselves some money too.
- FIoR1Da, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0True that.
- mal1964, on 03/31/2008, -3/+3I bet it will be cool.
- Ocelot13, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8since they have a producer...they need a director....
im voting Uwe Boll. who's with me?- FIoR1Da, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0Nooooooo!
- dudefather, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2I guess this is why they call this website random XD
- rft3rd, on 03/31/2008, -3/+2Dude, Scary Movie does not even belong in the same category as those other piles. the article has the picture of the movie but does not mention it. Even they knew that was comedic genius!
- Sandurz, on 03/31/2008, -2/+5Hey, I liked Rocketman.
And I wish I why.- Sandurz, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2Damn it, "I wish I knew why"
- AlucardX24, on 03/31/2008, -2/+4Hey. I LIKED Rocketman. >.>;
- WhereAmI, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1I agree.
Liked. Not love.
- WhereAmI, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1I agree.
- UrlorJkron, on 03/31/2008, -4/+13"Apparently, Microsoft and Safran think that Xbox Live video users are retards with short attention span problems."
Halo 3 seems to have done pretty well.- Harbinger67, on 03/31/2008, -1/+6Agreed. Has the author ever PLAYED on xbox live?
- vivalagoat, on 03/31/2008, -8/+4are u jealous that halo isnt on your gay ps3? ... get a life u wank
- theaceoffire, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3O.o he compliments Halo 3 and you call him a gay console owner?
People like you are the reason I mute multiplayer.- falese, on 03/31/2008, -3/+0people like you are the reason sterilization was created.
- FIoR1Da, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0People are you is why they invented abortion, theaceoffire.
- theaceoffire, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3O.o he compliments Halo 3 and you call him a gay console owner?
- joelfernandes19, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1who in the world really cares abt the shows except the team...
- supermanred, on 03/31/2008, -2/+11What? I liked Rocketman.
Could be worse, could have been Uwe Bol? - philhatesyou, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2They should have got David Lynch. I'd buy a 360 if they had.
- ZombieSociety, on 03/31/2008, -3/+8Buried for trashing Rocketman. Rocketman was fantastic.
- lamiaconfitor, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2they get what they deserve.
- NeoMatrixJR, on 03/31/2008, -4/+1EPIC FAIL!
- rowlodge, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1he's cheap ,perfect...
- d3lirium, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Forget the article, did you guys see that banner ad for apple?!? That is, by far, the best and most creative ad I've ever seen.
- Zzone, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1How can one get in touch with Microsoft's Creative dept?
- CollapseControl, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2Not sure how this will play out, nor do I really care much.
I just want MS to keep plugging along with the VIDEO MARKETPLACE and getting more NETWORKS up on there! FOX & ABC are the newest ones, which are cool. I wanna see SCI-FI, TBS, USA, TNT and others as well.
I spent $500+ on MS points in over a year downloading TV shows (games & DLC as well of course).
FUTURAMA just got added to the VM so i'll be getting those seasons downloaded. I'm currently downloading LOST & THE BIG BANG THEORY. I have full seasons of SOUTH PARK, FAMILY GUY, WILD BOYZ, JERICHO and various reality shows because they are funny. Then I got various episodes of other shows like SHOOTOUT & DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
I pretty much watch more TV through my 360 than my cable box. Also the fact that I have over 100 movies in MP4 connected to my 360 also helps with hundreds of hours of entertainment.- leonwehttam, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2just shut the ***** up with your caps man!
- CollapseControl, on 04/01/2008, -2/+1What? Is it too loud for you? Grow up child, get the ***** outta here, douche.
- leonwehttam, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2just shut the ***** up with your caps man!
- turboblake, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1I'm going to agree that this guy puts out some of the biggest crap in Hollywood, but its a smart call for Microsoft. The movies and shows he produces do very well with the demographic of young, stupid and horny teenage boys, and it you haven't noticed yet xbox live is a breeding ground for that demographic. Whatever they produce together with be trash, but sadly it will be trash that cashes in big time.
- highlyhigh, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0good to see that Microsoft is trying hard for that third place in this gen's console war.
- 33PercentGod, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Rocketman was some funny stuff. The rest...not so much.
- HumanRecall, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1April Fool's ?
I ***** HOPE ~!
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