Ah let’s see here, where to begin…
How about with The Sopranos Finale.
Why.
A LOT of people are quite upset by the ending. Frankly I think I get it, but I still don’t like it. The easiest explanation: they knew no matter what they couldn’t make an ending everyone would like, so they chose to make one people would certainly talk about. I think it sucks, especially as someone who’s reading more about film making and script writing. I just think it’s a terrible let down to people who have invested years in your character’s lives. But on the other hand, they can get away with it. I’m assuming one of two scenarios. One is that they just couldn’t decide on which of the possible endings to use and so Chase just stood up and said fine, you don’t like any of my endings, we won’t have ANY ending. HAPPY? Or possibility two, is that he decided he doesn’t care if we don’t like him anymore (his show’s off the air and he’s rich as can be) and knows that ending this way will just force many people to buy the DVD set with the 3 alternate endings or what not. Oh well, not like it matters now…
Next up, let’s see here…
WWDC? Sure I’m a huge Apple-whore these days and look forward with child-like glee to most keynotes given by “the Steve” so of course I watched yesterday. And while watching something struck me that I’ve noticed but never put a finger on before. So much of what Apple does with its software is to simplify workflows. Unfortunately for me as someone who spends a good chunk of his time still writing code (atleast until one of my screenplays sells…which I suppose means I would have to finish one of them) they’re all useless. Software engineers have largely had automated workflows for years. We press a button, everything gets built and packaged and runs. Boring, but there’s all the workflow automation we need? What it ends up meaning is I see all these cool features Apple shows off and end up saying, much like I do when I see most new gadgets, man I WISH I had a need for that…but I don’t.
And then there’s the iPhone development model…
more on that in another post coming soon.
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