Fear the power of Twitter users. I saw a rather scary keynote at Microsoft's REMIX conf. this week - with a Twitter using describing the ability of Twitterer's to pool their collective twitterings to bring bad PR for companies/people they don't like. The speaker called it "Instant Karma". Like forums, but faster.
This reminds me of interviews I've seen with Dan O'Bannon of Alien fame. As he puts it, never underestimate the power of something "people have never seen before". Pretty obvious really, but it worked wonders in the late 70s with Alien, and I guess to a similar, but completely different effect, with Star Wars.
In hindsight, despite the success of Star Wars, Alien seems much more ahead of its time. The effects were on a smaller scale, but more doco-style cinematography, sets, lack of space uniforms, and impro-style dialogue, stand the test of time much better.
...how do you know he won't be imagining himself in an Incom X-wing, spoilers locked in attack position, with a trusty R-2 unit as copilot, barreling down a trench as laser bolts fly past? Or....maybe he'll be having visions of KC & Sunshine Band. The potential outcome boggles the mind.
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Fear the power of Twitter users. I saw a rather scary keynote at Microsoft's REMIX conf. this week - with a Twitter using describing the ability of Twitterer's to pool their collective twitterings to bring bad PR for companies/people they don't like. The speaker called it "Instant Karma". Like forums, but faster.
This reminds me of interviews I've seen with Dan O'Bannon of Alien fame. As he puts it, never underestimate the power of something "people have never seen before". Pretty obvious really, but it worked wonders in the late 70s with Alien, and I guess to a similar, but completely different effect, with Star Wars. In hindsight, despite the success of Star Wars, Alien seems much more ahead of its time. The effects were on a smaller scale, but more doco-style cinematography, sets, lack of space uniforms, and impro-style dialogue, stand the test of time much better.