William Gibson on Movies, Music, Media

automatic_jack writes "William Gibson gave a talk at the Directors' Guild of America's Digital Day last week. The text of it is up in his 'blog, and in it he says some intriguing things about the nature of the entertainment and media industries. There's a bit of a surprise conclusion at the end!"

Comments

I don't know...

[lingqi]

...The book has been largely unchanged for centuries...

I don't know about you but my stone tablet version of the bible has been getting dusty now that I can read pretty much everything under the sun on the internet.

or, hell, have the computer read it to me. (and if you have a Mac, have the computer SING it to you in various melodies that's - if nothing else - creepy but hilarious at the same time)

'blog

[Anonymous Coward]

'blog?

Reminds me of that time I was on the 'bus, and someone called me on my 'phone.

To sum up this article:

[CaffeineAddict2001]

Meryl Streep in a Kung Fu pose with a dogs head.
We're all doomed.

That's it Slashdot,

[Col. Panic]

seduce me into actually reading the article.

I don't get all the Gibson worship around here

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean, when was the last time that the man did anything that didn't suck? I mean, most people will agree that "Braveheart" and "Lethal Weapon 3" were great, but his career has taken a nose dive since then. Mr. Gibson, I don't claim to know "What A Woman Wants", but I can tell you what this man wants is more action and less chick-flick fluff.

I'm going to disqualify myself from moderating ...

[jabber01]

... but it needs to be said.

Slashdot needs a "-1: Pompous Arse" category.