Fan Rants

This week we discuss when a spoiler is a spoiler.  There’s talk about how to make a quick, low budget X-Men movie.  We chat about TV shows that are on ”the bubble”.  There’s even discussion about Morena Baccarin’s package.  There’s the usual goofyness and Johnny being squeemish. 

Music this week was provided by JT Bruce from the album Anomalous Material.

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Barely legal… Welcome to Fan Rants Episode 19. This episode was edited rather drunkenly. It was recorded that way too. We talk about some movies. Since there’s not too much happening there, we bust into TV, where we talk about Lost. Due to a quadrennial sporting event, there hasn’t really been much on. Anyway, without further adieu, here is your episode.

Music this week was first from the artist Kudai off the album Shah Mat

The second artist was Fresh Body Shop from the album Make This End

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Fan Rants episode 16 is now ready for your comsumption.  This week there were some very minor technical problems, mostly involving the recording software freezing for a split second and cutting off the ends of words and pauses and things like that.  We talk about the Avengers movie, the Lobo movie, Sherlock Holmes 2, cat f*cking, Chuck, Fringe, Comics, and all the usual stuff that you’ve (hopefully) come to love and expect from us.  heh, “come to love”

Music this week was from the artist Pinkle. The first album was called “Allah-ca-zam“.  The second album was named “The Sound of Music” I listened to both these albums while editing, and I must say, they are very good.

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Fan Rants!

I hope you don’t mind me calling you Dom…

Fan Rants episode 15 just exploded out of my pants and all over… Wait, let me start that over.

Fan Rants episode 15 just made a mess all over… hmm, maybe one more try…

Please offer us is the latest modern day television and movies, as well as comic books and the news conference included several humorous insights enjoy.

Crap, it looks like Google’s nerd to english translator is down again.  Either way, enjoy this weeks episode.  It was a lot of fun for us to record and we hope that translates to it being a lot of fun to listen to.

You may be saying to yourself “why does he keep calling me ‘Dom’?  I’m not calling you Dom… I’m calling Dom Dom.  Not you.  Got it?  Now you might be saying “fine, asshole… Who is Dom?”  Dominick is the first person to donate to the Fan Rants cause!  We’ll always remember our first and don’t worry, the blood is normal.

Thanks!

I went with German electronic industrial this week because I used to have a friend named Dominick who really liked the stuff.  I don’t think it’s the same Dominick, but what the hell.

All the music was by ghostfog.  The first 7 tracks were from the album ghostfest and the rest of the music was from the album ghosts from the past – review 07/08

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So as you have no doubt heard, GE has agreed to sell NBC to Comcast (pops, in case you have not heard).  What does this mean for Hulu?  I think a common (and incorrect) belief is that NBC owns Hulu.  NBC owns 30% of Hulu.  Comcast owns 51% of NBC.  That’s not saying they are powerless.  Far from, actually.  Much like the airlines, as one network goes, the others generally follow.  Everyone is afraid of being left behind.  The good news is that Comcast COO Steve Burke has publicly stated “We [Comcast] think that going forward, you’re going to continue to have free broadcast stuff on Hulu, and cable stuff on TV Everywhere.”, TV Everywhere being Comcasts cable content service, similar to Hulu, that offers it’s subscribers on demand content on the internet.  As for a Hulu pay service, Burke said “That’s certainly not in the cards”.  So it sounds like Comcast plans to leave things as they lie, at least for the time being.  That is if you believe the super mega conglomerate that is Comcast.  In my opinion, big companies make their money by telling us one thing and doing another more often than not.

Then again… What if Hulu did go to some kind of a pay model?  I don’t think that’d be a bad thing if it was done properly.  I’ve heard rumors ranging from “pay for individual shows” to “pay per subscription” to “pay for additional, exclusive content”.  These are all just wild rumors, probably not based on any real information.  Pure speculation on the part of anyone with an active imagination and a blog.  HEY…. I have at least one of those things!  Here’s how I think that Hulu could be successful with a pay model:

1. KEEP BROADCAST SHOWS AD SUPPORTED.  Basically, don’t change what’s currently on Hulu.  It’s a good starting place.  I think that a per show/network subscription would end up not making nearly the same amount that is made from ads.  Also, a broad, all encompasing site fee would drive away more people than it would keep around.

2. Charge for exclusive extras.  This wouldn’t make you all that much money, but the shows are making this content ANYWAY.  Bloopers, gag reels, deleted scenes… Think DVD extras.

3. Charge a show based subscription fee for some cable content.  I’d HAPPILY pay $3-5 per show a month for a subscription to my favorite Showtime/HBO/Cinemax/Encore/etc shows.

If the above model were put into place, I’d watch all my favorite broadcast shows for free, and I’d end up paying around $15 a month in subscription fees.  In other words, Hulu would be making fat bank off my (and many other peoples) lazy ass every month.  They would also probably INCREASE their customer base.  What do YOU think?