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Ecrofirt

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I want you to torture me. Read on. Do it flapjack.
« on: March 10, 2008, 02:32:01 AM »
Taking a cue from one of guy guys a few years back (TVC, I think. Possibly MAF. Maybe none of you fuckers, or maybe all of you.), I've had this idea rolling around in the back of my head for awhile now, but I haven't had a real way to implement it.

In trying to increase visitors to our radio show site (see the stickied topic) and increase listeners to the actual show / podcast, we've begun implementing some new stuff to the site. I just added a Music Reviews section to the site, and I'm going to add a Movie Reviews section soon.

And since I'm doing that anyway, I thought it'd be awesome to do it in the most excruciatingly fun way possible: by letting people pick the movies I watch and review. As long as I can get my hands on a movie, and assuming it's one I think would make for a fun review, I'll put the review up on the site and talk about the movie on the radio show. It's a win-win for everyone. It'll hopefully increase site traffic and get more people interested in our show.

Before I go ahead and make this a live feature, I wanted to get some input from peeps here. Do you guys think it's a good idea/ I think it could produce some fun results, but if others think it'd be a wash I might not even go live with it.
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MrAngryFace

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2008, 02:36:57 AM »
People like interactive stuff so yeah this probably would go well as long as you take their choices seriously.
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Ecrofirt

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2008, 02:39:44 AM »
People like interactive stuff so yeah this probably would go well as long as you take their choices seriously.

Well, my goal is to make it fun, so the hope would be that people would request shit that would produce interesting reviews. For instance, who the fuck cares what I think about something like The Matrix? However, if given something like a shitty shitty romance film or something, I could probably that into a funny review.
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Ichirou

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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2008, 02:41:37 AM »
You also have to actually watch the movies people recommend, and that might be too much torture. :/
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MrAngryFace

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Re: I want you to torture me. Read on. Do it flapjack.
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2008, 02:41:59 AM »
People like interactive stuff so yeah this probably would go well as long as you take their choices seriously.

Well, my goal is to make it fun, so the hope would be that people would request shit that would produce interesting reviews. For instance, who the fuck cares what I think about something like The Matrix? However, if given something like a shitty shitty romance film or something, I could probably that into a funny review.

just make sure you take your time with the reviews, is what I mean.
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Ecrofirt

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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2008, 02:45:02 AM »
You also have to actually watch the movies people recommend, and that might be too much torture. :/

Well, that's kind of the point Ichi ;)
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Ichirou

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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2008, 02:48:06 AM »
You also have to actually watch the movies people recommend, and that might be too much torture. :/

Well, that's kind of the point Ichi ;)

Well, at first it might be fun, but what if it gains popularity and you have to make it a regular feature?

It will never stop.

Never, ever stop.
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Ichirou

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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2008, 02:56:43 AM »
I saw that one on MST3K once.
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2008, 08:34:07 AM »
Hey Ecro, can you post that little tutorial thing you got that explains to PC noobs what they need to do to get rid of spyware and viruses? I don't know what she did, but my sister's PC is fucked right now.

Ecrofirt

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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2008, 08:59:29 AM »
Hey Ecro, can you post that little tutorial thing you got that explains to PC noobs what they need to do to get rid of spyware and viruses? I don't know what she did, but my sister's PC is fucked right now.
Beezy, sure. I'm on my way into work though, so it'll take a few hours before I have time to get to it.
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Beezy

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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2008, 10:09:43 AM »
Hey Ecro, can you post that little tutorial thing you got that explains to PC noobs what they need to do to get rid of spyware and viruses? I don't know what she did, but my sister's PC is fucked right now.
Beezy, sure. I'm on my way into work though, so it'll take a few hours before I have time to get to it.
Thanks. I won't be home for a few hours either.

Tauntaun

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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2008, 11:41:13 AM »
You also have to actually watch the movies people recommend, and that might be too much torture. :/

Well, that's kind of the point Ichi ;)

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Ecrofirt

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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2008, 04:22:15 PM »
What I'd really like to do is make a bi-weekly feature out of the movie review idea. I'd also like to perhaps even have my cohost and I switch off between the reviews so neither of us goes crazy reviewing shitty movies every other week.

I'm going to speak with him today and see what he thinks about the whole idea.
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