I had mentioned on my Facebook page that I would not be writing a blog untill I had moved and got situated,but I started thinking and I did a little bit of looking and what I found was that today, April, 27, 2011 is the one year anniversary of my blog.
From Paper To Film is one year old today. Yay!!
I will freely admit to this, its nothing to ashamed of, but I remember last year and prior to creating the blog thinking to my self,"what have I got to write about and how important is it for people to read it?"
With some encouragement from a friend, (thanks again T.H.W.) I decided the only way for me to know if I have anything to say and if people are going to like it was to just start writing and thus, here it is one year later.
I have covered some ground with this blog. I feel I have alot more to go and a lot more on my mind and I look for ward to writing it and I pray that you , my reader's are looking forward to reading it as well.
I do, like almost everyone have my share of critics. These people have the hypothesis that I shouldn't have done this blog at all. One person even went as far as to make copys of it because she didn't like what I was writing and thought she would try to get me in trouble. Didn't work. Free speech. I win.
As you have noticed with the topics of 'FPTF' even though some have been controversial, I have never been dirty and never really used harsh language, even though I must admit I was tempted to. If you were reading some of these topics before they were posted, you probably would have gasped over what you read.
The version you did read was alot better than some one who wants to be like everyone else and drop f- bombs in certain titles. There is no excuse for it and I feel a lot better giving you the versions you have read.
So, here it is, like it or not. "From Paper To Film" is one year old and I personally would like to thank you, my reader's for the support and for giving your feedback.
I hope it will continue.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Kennedy's And The Royal Family ( Well, The Wedding Anyway)
Over the weekend I watched a miniseries based upon the Kennedy family. For those of you reading that may not know too much about the Kennedy's basically its the family of former American president, John F Kennedy. There have been many movies based upon them some of which I have not seen because frankly they didn't interest me, but this one, called " The Kennedy's" caught my eye for a couple reasons.
One, because it was supposed to be on a different network, but for what ever the reason it was too controversial for them.
Second were the actors and actress's. Great cast. I am not going to name them, but if you want to see it, I recommend getting the dvd, because the cast alone was suberb.
One of the reasons I guess I have not seen movies based upon either JFK or his family is because you don't whats real. As it happend with politics, so many storys surface about a political figure that you don't know whats real and what isn't. And I think when it comes to JFK and his assination once again you get so many stories that you don't whats real and what isn't.
I have never been one for conspiracy theories mostly because they are way too out landish. You get something that has happend in either American or world history more often than not some one is going to have a hypothesis about it and it might be so far out of no where that you have to tell them to shut up because they're simply talking out of their asse's.
Pardon the language.
I dont have an hypothesis on the JFK assination, but I will say this: It's sad that he didn't get the oppertunity of one: finishing his presidency and two: living out the rest of his life and watching both his children and grandchildren grow up.
Enough said.
The Wedding of Prince William and Cate Middleton is coming in about a week and I personally can not wait.
Till it's over and televison and just about everybody on can stop going overboard with it.
But it is television and they dont know how to leave anything alone till they bleed it dry. Personally, I find it pathedeic.Televison does not have to go to the extremes they are going to when it comes to these two. There are cable channels that are having "specials" on the wedding.
There is even a made for tv movie on how they first met in the works.
All of this is uncalled for. Now, don't me wrong, I have alot of respect for the Royal family, They have their place in both American and world history just like the Kennedy's. I just feel that they are going way too far with this whole wedding thing.
I won't be watching it.
I have always felt that a wedding ceremony should be kept a little private. Invite your family your friends and all that. But don't have it televised. Hate to break it to you but the whole world isn't interested that you're getting married. Half of the world's population don't really care about William & Cate's so they won't care about your's or mine. (when and if it happens.)
Leave your wedding private. Don't plaster it for the whole known universe to see it because it's just damn annoying.
I am going to do something I have not done in a while. I am going to give a suggestion on a film. Hope you get the chance to watch it.
The film is called "JFK" and it was directed by Accademy Award winning director Oliver Stone (Platoon) and star's Kevin Costner amongst other's. Its a great film and with out giving it away, it can get a little slow when it starts to bring up theorys of how who and why they killed him.
But, none the less, a great film.
I also recommend the Kennedy Miniseries I made reference to earlier.
Look for it on dvd. Its really good.
One, because it was supposed to be on a different network, but for what ever the reason it was too controversial for them.
Second were the actors and actress's. Great cast. I am not going to name them, but if you want to see it, I recommend getting the dvd, because the cast alone was suberb.
One of the reasons I guess I have not seen movies based upon either JFK or his family is because you don't whats real. As it happend with politics, so many storys surface about a political figure that you don't know whats real and what isn't. And I think when it comes to JFK and his assination once again you get so many stories that you don't whats real and what isn't.
I have never been one for conspiracy theories mostly because they are way too out landish. You get something that has happend in either American or world history more often than not some one is going to have a hypothesis about it and it might be so far out of no where that you have to tell them to shut up because they're simply talking out of their asse's.
Pardon the language.
I dont have an hypothesis on the JFK assination, but I will say this: It's sad that he didn't get the oppertunity of one: finishing his presidency and two: living out the rest of his life and watching both his children and grandchildren grow up.
Enough said.
The Wedding of Prince William and Cate Middleton is coming in about a week and I personally can not wait.
Till it's over and televison and just about everybody on can stop going overboard with it.
But it is television and they dont know how to leave anything alone till they bleed it dry. Personally, I find it pathedeic.Televison does not have to go to the extremes they are going to when it comes to these two. There are cable channels that are having "specials" on the wedding.
There is even a made for tv movie on how they first met in the works.
All of this is uncalled for. Now, don't me wrong, I have alot of respect for the Royal family, They have their place in both American and world history just like the Kennedy's. I just feel that they are going way too far with this whole wedding thing.
I won't be watching it.
I have always felt that a wedding ceremony should be kept a little private. Invite your family your friends and all that. But don't have it televised. Hate to break it to you but the whole world isn't interested that you're getting married. Half of the world's population don't really care about William & Cate's so they won't care about your's or mine. (when and if it happens.)
Leave your wedding private. Don't plaster it for the whole known universe to see it because it's just damn annoying.
I am going to do something I have not done in a while. I am going to give a suggestion on a film. Hope you get the chance to watch it.
The film is called "JFK" and it was directed by Accademy Award winning director Oliver Stone (Platoon) and star's Kevin Costner amongst other's. Its a great film and with out giving it away, it can get a little slow when it starts to bring up theorys of how who and why they killed him.
But, none the less, a great film.
I also recommend the Kennedy Miniseries I made reference to earlier.
Look for it on dvd. Its really good.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Another Blog.
Hello to you all. I am currently doing research on my next blog topic. I hope to be able to find all the information and to be able to write by Sunday at the lastest.
Be blessed and enjoy the rest of the week
here's a tip for you all.
Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.
Be blessed and enjoy the rest of the week
here's a tip for you all.
Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.
Friday, April 1, 2011
It Was My Idea....... But, Their's Is Better
What I am about to tell you is a secret. I think only one person knows about it. Well, two if you count God. Here goes:
I had the idea for Tvland.
You don know what tvland is? That's fair, I do know that I have reader's that are from other countrys and pehaps their versions of cable television is different from American versions. Tvland is an american television station created by Nickolodeon television, which is actually an Mtv station.
About 15 years ago I think I was watching television and I had this idea for an all classic television station. Nothing on this station would be new, not even comercials.
Cool idea, huh?
Enter tvland.
Only problem between my version and Viacom ( the owner of the Tvland) is that their idea is alot more polished than mine.
They know how to design or create television stations. I don't.
The first year that tvland was on the air they played everything classic, including commercials. My idea would have failed miserably because I don't know about the business end of a tv station.
The owner's of Tvland do and that is why over the past 14 or 15 years they have had a successfull formula for keeping television stations on the air.
They have the money to do it as well.
I have no idea how much money it would take to either start a television station or how much it would cost to keep it going. The only thing I would say I am sure about is that it isn't cheap.
Money also helps keep the station on the air as in commercials.
I am not sure exactly how it works but, television networks can get a hefty price for commercials they air on their stations. For some tv stations, the commrcials or advertisments keep them afloat.
Another important reason why my idea would have never worked. I would have used all classic's (yes, there is such a thing or genre known as classic commercials. People remember them just as much as they would a classic television show)
I didn't know this and I still don't. That is probably one reason why I don't work in television.
A television station of your every own would be a nice thing to have if you had the money for it. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, who recently started her own network.
Another important reason of why my idea would have never got off the ground is programming. What show interest people. I could name you classic television show after television show, some good, some not so good. The thing is, would you like them so much you woud have watched? Who knows. Even classic television get's boring after awhile because you have seen the same episodes ovr and over again
You need something a little fresh.
And lets face it, not everyone likes the same tv shows as lets say you or I do. I wouldn't doubt that almost every tv station gets people to think,'Man, this show stinks. How can people watch it.?'
While on the other hand, there could be people watching the same show that might be thinking this is the best television show they have ever seen
So, to review, did I ever have the idea for tvland? Well no. I had an idea that might have made people say, " that would have been a good idea" but that would have been it. Even the one person I did tell, looked me right in the eye and said" you have just described Tvland"
I'll say it again..... Viacom's idea for a classic television station was and is far better than mine. I consider it to be one my faveorite television stations
I'll leave you with this.... There have been a lot of people that have came up with some really great ideas and it has made them alot of money.
There have also been alot of people that have had the same idea but didn't really do any thing about it. These people some times think they deserve a little bit of the other's pie by taking them to court and say they thought of it first. Perhaps they did. The only thing these people are seeing now is dollar signs because the idea took off and made some one rich.
I know where I stand. For starter's I wouldn't have a case, and second, well to quote the late John Denver, I have never really been one of them money hungry fools.
I had the idea for Tvland.
You don know what tvland is? That's fair, I do know that I have reader's that are from other countrys and pehaps their versions of cable television is different from American versions. Tvland is an american television station created by Nickolodeon television, which is actually an Mtv station.
About 15 years ago I think I was watching television and I had this idea for an all classic television station. Nothing on this station would be new, not even comercials.
Cool idea, huh?
Enter tvland.
Only problem between my version and Viacom ( the owner of the Tvland) is that their idea is alot more polished than mine.
They know how to design or create television stations. I don't.
The first year that tvland was on the air they played everything classic, including commercials. My idea would have failed miserably because I don't know about the business end of a tv station.
The owner's of Tvland do and that is why over the past 14 or 15 years they have had a successfull formula for keeping television stations on the air.
They have the money to do it as well.
I have no idea how much money it would take to either start a television station or how much it would cost to keep it going. The only thing I would say I am sure about is that it isn't cheap.
Money also helps keep the station on the air as in commercials.
I am not sure exactly how it works but, television networks can get a hefty price for commercials they air on their stations. For some tv stations, the commrcials or advertisments keep them afloat.
Another important reason why my idea would have never worked. I would have used all classic's (yes, there is such a thing or genre known as classic commercials. People remember them just as much as they would a classic television show)
I didn't know this and I still don't. That is probably one reason why I don't work in television.
A television station of your every own would be a nice thing to have if you had the money for it. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, who recently started her own network.
Another important reason of why my idea would have never got off the ground is programming. What show interest people. I could name you classic television show after television show, some good, some not so good. The thing is, would you like them so much you woud have watched? Who knows. Even classic television get's boring after awhile because you have seen the same episodes ovr and over again
You need something a little fresh.
And lets face it, not everyone likes the same tv shows as lets say you or I do. I wouldn't doubt that almost every tv station gets people to think,'Man, this show stinks. How can people watch it.?'
While on the other hand, there could be people watching the same show that might be thinking this is the best television show they have ever seen
So, to review, did I ever have the idea for tvland? Well no. I had an idea that might have made people say, " that would have been a good idea" but that would have been it. Even the one person I did tell, looked me right in the eye and said" you have just described Tvland"
I'll say it again..... Viacom's idea for a classic television station was and is far better than mine. I consider it to be one my faveorite television stations
I'll leave you with this.... There have been a lot of people that have came up with some really great ideas and it has made them alot of money.
There have also been alot of people that have had the same idea but didn't really do any thing about it. These people some times think they deserve a little bit of the other's pie by taking them to court and say they thought of it first. Perhaps they did. The only thing these people are seeing now is dollar signs because the idea took off and made some one rich.
I know where I stand. For starter's I wouldn't have a case, and second, well to quote the late John Denver, I have never really been one of them money hungry fools.
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