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

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

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.

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

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?

Here is the info that Fox sent out on the plans for its midseason. Premier date, timeslot, regular airing time:

24: Jan 17 & 18th, 8pm – Two night four hour event – Sundays 9pm EST
American Idol: Jan 12 & 13th, 8pm – Two night event – Tuesdays 8pm EST
Fringe: April 1st, TBD – Thursdays TBD
Glee: April 13th, TBD – Tuesdays TBD
Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Jan 29th, TBD – Fridays TBD
Human Target: (NEW!) Jan 17th, TBD – Wednesdays TBD
Our Little Genius: (NEW!) Jan 13th, TBD – Sundays TBD
Past Life: (NEW!) Feb 11th, TBD – Thursdays TBD
Sons of Tuscon: (NEW!) March 14th, 8:30pm – Sundays 8:30pm

Also of note is the fact that ‘Lie to Me’ has had nine more episodes ordered to round out the season. No date or time yet on those.

The book looks good and I am planning on picking it up this weekend. Here is the blurb from the publisher:
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when — or if — it will go away.

Now this is good news to me, I was a big fan of the Warren Ellis comic back in the early 2000′s. There was even a pilot made for the WB back in 2005, but it got dropped before it even officially got released (it was unofficially leaked to the net that year though, not bad if you can find it, I liked it).

The concept is a good one that can be translated easily enough to the small screen. Essentially its a covert agency that uses smart mob techniques to mobilize its 1001 agents. From wikipedia:
The purpose of the organization is to protect and rescue the world from the consequences of the various secret projects that the governments of the world have established, which are unknown to the public at large.

Now, that last part wasn’t in the TV Guide Magazine article, but I don’t think anyone can watch the show and not have that opinion of the Rush character. Anyway, it is good to see that Shanks will be working on a franchinse that he is heavily endebted to. And its got to be better than putting on fake wings and a copper helmet like he is in the show Smallville.