On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Second, one reference to pop culture is fine, but multiple references > in the span of a few minutes isn't good. Facebook, TMZ, Perez Hilton, > and others all got a mention in the pilot episode. Dick Wolf's > franchises are designed to be played and replayed over and over again. > While Facebook may have some staying power, I'm not so sure about the > others, which means this episode has a specific shelf life/expiration > date. Also, that much pop culture tells me the show is either written > by teenagers, or written by old farts like me who are desperate to > relate to the younger crowd. >
This was going to go in its own thread, but it's not relevant to TV -- however, Kevin's comment on the short shelf-life for internet $#*! came just moments after I found out XKCD updated its map of internet $#*!. Comparing the new map ( http://xkcd.com/802/) to the old one ( http://xkcd.com/256/ ) makes his point pretty well. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
