BOP Daily News
March 14, 2005
The spirit of BOP News lives on in
This is So Last Week,
our pop culture week-in-review,
presented in a pleasing quiz form.
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BOP does not toss around the world hero very often, but Connecticut State Representative Andrew Fleischmann has definitively earned said designation. The man had the foresight to petition the Connecticut state legislature to ask a very simple request of movie theaters. Mr. Fleischmann would like for two show times to be listed. The first is the time the theater chain says will be when the movie starts. The second is the designated point after an endless batch of trailers and commercials (“Chitra, my queen, I’ve used Fandango!”) when the film does start. Needless to say, any number of corporations freaked out at the thought of their advertising budget going down the drain due to a number of people per exhibition staying home until the later time approached. As such, a copious amount of lobbying was done to get the bill killed in committee, saving the greater Connecticut public from accidentally being able to avoid Coke commercials where Nascar drivers race remote-controlled cars. While Fleischmann is a hero, Democracy sucks.
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Here's some good news for BOP. A recent study reveals that children between the age of eight and 18 have been brainwashed by the various media options to the point that they spend six and a half hours a day playing with their toys. That's right, over half the average kid's waking day is spent online, watching TV, listening to MP3s, and playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live. It's getting to the point that the generation gap can only be bridged by parents who speak binary. And, to our younger readers, 10011101010111000.
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After months - nay, years of speculation, a decision has finally been reached as to the identity of the next CEO of Disney. To the surprise of no one, Robert Iger has been named as the successor to the man whose ass he has kissed all these years, Michael Eisner. Despite continued outcries from Walt Disney's heir, Roy, no outside candidates were considered for one of the premiere CEO positions in the corporate world. In a bit of a surprise, Iger will begin his new job earlier than expected, October 1, 2005. This date marks the start of the new Disney fiscal calendar as well as approximately the two year anniversary of their last non-Pixar hit.
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What is the value of an Academy Award win? If you're visual effects guru John Dykstra, it enables you to get a gig with McG instead of that previous hack director he was working with. Way to step up to the big time, sir! Dykstra is leaving behind the world of superheroes imbued with the strength of spiders in order to focus on every boy's childhood fixation, Hot Wheels. Why would a man of Dykstra's talents switch off from a legitimate movie making series like Spider-Man in order to work with a "talent" (?) like McG? Cash. We're talking about a kid who used to be in the A/V club, after all. He needs to map out a career strategy to take advantage of his success. The current plan? First he gets the money, then he gets the power and later the women, some of whom will hopefully say hello to his little friend.
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"Stop the madness. Start the movie."
"Maybe we should try to calm Dad down."
"I prefer to egg him on. Hey, Dad, has the movie started yet?"
"Aieee!"
Previous edition's quote: A Pirate Looks at 40
Box Office Prophets offers quality, reliable news about the entertainment industry. BOP is also entertaining. To that end, please be advised that some content in this column is intended to be humorous and should not be considered factual.
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