Trailer For A Million Ways to Die in The West Released. You Can't Watch it Here.

Today say the release of the trailer for Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in The West.


It's exactly what you'd expect from the person who gave the world Ted, a raunch-fest filled with infantile sex humor (This time he's decided to add explicit gore to the mix as well.)

The trailer is so bad that it has an R rating.


That's the trailer's rating, not the film's.

The trailer is so bad that it can't possibly be shown on broadcast television, at least no during primetime.  That should give you an idea of what the film is going to be like.

There is No Hope for Hollywood

According to Geekosystem, Hollywood has decided to create a new Power Rangers Movie.


Do I need to add anything to that headline?


It's almost to the point where the Hollywood studios seem determined to get their movies featured on Joel Hodgson's MST3K reboot.  How could he possibly resist something like this?

Now This is How You Capitalize on a Bad Movie

The SyFy Channel has jst found a new way to make money off of bad made for t.v. movies.

Merchandising!

This June,you can purchase your very own Sharknado!


Hat Tip: Geeks are Sexy


P.S.  I just can't wait until the viral videos featuring that thing show up on YouTube.  Maybe a contest for the most creative method used to destroy it?

5th Grade Boy's "Synchonized Swimming" Team

The 5th Grade Talent Show at W.A. Porter Elementary School in Hurst, Texas featured a group of "Synchronized Swimmers".

Just watch the video, no words needed.

Hollywood Remake Craze Hits Rock Bottom

It's official.  The Hollywood remake craze has hit rock bottom. 


There's a plan in the works to make a film version of Green Acres.


Really, Hollywood?

That's the best you can come up with right now?  Green Acres? 

What's next?  My Mother the Car?

Another remake of My Favorite Martian?


Hollywood right now reminds me of an addict that has run out of money and is looking for cheaper and cheaper fixes.  Green Acres is Hollywood's version of Sterno.


Time for an intervention to wean Hollywood off its remake addiction.

Comic Book Adaption Craze Strikes T.V.

Television show comic book adaptations were inevitable given the success of film franchises like Captain America and Spider-man. 

The SyFy Channel has officially been hit with the Comic Book Adaptation mania, announcing three series in the works based on various comic books. 



Pax Romana and Ronin will both be produced as mini-series.

Letter 44 will apparently get a full series.


Let's just hope the results are better than Sharknado.

Google Glass: Just More Proof That There's a Sucker Born Every Minute

Hat Tip: Wall Street Journal, Digits Column

The initial results from the Google Glass teardown are in.

The product that Google is currently charging $1,500 for (when they are actually selling it.) contains under $100 in electronic components.  (The actual number the analysis came up with was $79.78)

That is a shockingly low number given the $1,500 initial price tag.


Granted, there are price factors beyond the electronic components.

Google spend a great deal of money on research and development.  The company will certainly want to recoup those costs.  That increases the cost of the product, at least until those costs are recovered.

The size and shape of the product may also increase manufacturing costs.  Putting those components in a fairly large, rectangular object (like a typical point-and-shoot camera) isn't nearly as difficult as squeezing them into an object small enough to fit on a pair of glasses.

The biggest technological break through seems to be the display.  Google manages to squeeze 640x360 pixel resolution out of a component that fits on a dime.   Google incorporates the technique used by projection t.v.s to make the output seem much larger.

One problem facing Google when it comes to Google Glass is the technological break through that hasn't happened: batteries.  The form factor forces Google to use an underpowered battery leading to short battery life.


To put the Google Glass in perspective, look at the GoPro3.

Same 5MP resolution in a camera mall enough to be used as a helmet cam.  It sells for $200.


That is what Google will have to compete with if it wants Google Glass to succeed.  The form factor that allows Google Glass to be worn on glasses may be worth a premium.  $1,300 is just too much.


And Google really needs to be careful when trying to charge that much.  If they get any interest, other companies will be quick to introduce competing products.  And the fact that Google Glass is made with ordinary components or existing technology means they have little ability to stop other companies from doing so, and those companies will have little difficulty in producing competing products.

 (Work on Google Glass started in 2011.  It won't even take competitors the three years it took Google given an existing product to work with.)

They may even be able to pull off something better.

At a lower price.