hey there Comic Fans
Sep. 21st, 2007 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somedaybitchVariety is reporting this morning that Warner Bros is going ahead with it's big screen adaptation of Justice League of America; George Miller directing. Brandon Routh (sic) and Christian Bale are not expected to appear in their Superman and Batman roles, respectively, and both Bale and Batman director Christopher Nolan have voiced their unhappy with JLA going forward while the Bat's in active production.
feel sorry for the suits that have to sort that legal mess out. but, you know, yayz Justice League. Miller's an interesting choice; eclectic, charming, dark and bleak yet balanced against hope, closet sap. i think i approve.
ahhhhhhh, kerfluffles.
eta:
and in other Tinsel Town news, i say, HOLY SHIT! a class action suit was filed yesterday by an anti-trust lawyer, charging that the US pay tv industry amounts to a cartel, depriving customers of choice. the suit names every major network, broadcast AND cable, AND all cable and satellite operators and argues that the cable industry should be a la carte, thereby ensuring that customers aren't forced to pay inflated prices for channels they don't want, which is what currently happens with the tier system.
if the suit achieves class action status, it could include as much as 80 millions people across the country.
source: mediabistro's FishBowlLA daily podcast Morning Call Time.
and hey, NBC? you lose whatever "goodwill" points you might have garnered with your just announced NBC Direct download platform.
i mean, it's all well and good that you realized you screwed the pooch when you told iTunes to fuck off, but including DRM software that then kills something you've paid for? that's crap.
feel sorry for the suits that have to sort that legal mess out. but, you know, yayz Justice League. Miller's an interesting choice; eclectic, charming, dark and bleak yet balanced against hope, closet sap. i think i approve.
ahhhhhhh, kerfluffles.
eta:
and in other Tinsel Town news, i say, HOLY SHIT! a class action suit was filed yesterday by an anti-trust lawyer, charging that the US pay tv industry amounts to a cartel, depriving customers of choice. the suit names every major network, broadcast AND cable, AND all cable and satellite operators and argues that the cable industry should be a la carte, thereby ensuring that customers aren't forced to pay inflated prices for channels they don't want, which is what currently happens with the tier system.
if the suit achieves class action status, it could include as much as 80 millions people across the country.
source: mediabistro's FishBowlLA daily podcast Morning Call Time.
and hey, NBC? you lose whatever "goodwill" points you might have garnered with your just announced NBC Direct download platform.
The company is going to start testing a new NBC Direct service in October with full, free downloadable episodes which can be stored up to seven days on Windows PCs. The shows will be on offer for a week as soon as they've aired, and will include imbedded, un-skippable ads.[this quote from a blurb somewhere else.]
i mean, it's all well and good that you realized you screwed the pooch when you told iTunes to fuck off, but including DRM software that then kills something you've paid for? that's crap.
Later in the beta launch, users will be provided the free subscription option that will allow them to pre-select their favorite NBC programs they want to watch. Those shows will be automatically delivered to their computers as soon as they are available after the original broadcast. The downloadable player will also have filtering technology, which will prevent it from playing any stolen copyrighted material.
