The Movie Blog is Dead, Long Live the Movie Blog
Posted by Rodneyon 16. 12. 2009in News Chat
Yes International Friends, the news of this site’s demise was greatly exaggerated!
After a great chat with my new cohorts in crime we have a vision and a direction for the future of The Movie Blog. The first act my esteemed councillors commited themselves to was to name me Senior Editor of The Movie Blog.
For a while now, the better part of the site was already being written by me, and that will continue. In our chat tonight we addressed a number of topics and shared some ideas for the direction of the site.
1- The Post Images will return!2 – The site will be getting a new look!
3 – The Movie Blog Community will return!
4 – Weekly Movie Reviews will return!
You will love my nuts! Stop having a boring tuna, stop having a boring life!
I know John and I appeared to be dropping our luggage and running for the hills, but after a VERY interesting chat, I have been convinced to step in and run the site, to continue the spirit of The Movie Blog and to support the community and people we have grown to love here no matter how much we disagree.
I promise this will be a whole new ball game, and a whole new adventure. I feel like I have been gone forever, and its good to be back already!
And you will be sharing it with us! If there is anything features you would like to see on the site, let us know and we will see what we can do about it!
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John will be back one day too, don’t we just know that? :)
Along with Doug and Darren and Bruxy and (fill in the blank)…
One bog Uncut podcast in the afterlife….
I don’t think John and Doug are friends any more.
Why did I just get moderated?
Speaking of Uncut podcasts, what are the chances you can fix the old podcasts? Most of them are no longer able to be downloaded, and it’s nice to go back sometimes.
Say Whaaa!?!?!
Do you ever sleep Rodney?
Sleep? I don’t understand the question.
lol
Good luck Rodney. Unleash your new found power.
(power naps help me now that I hit 40… just sayin)
I love you, man.
I’m totally serious, I’ve been very apprehensive and nervous about this whole change. And with John’s new gig being waaaaay too professional like for my taste I’m glad to see that The Movie Blog is in good hands.
The thing I’ve been missing the most has been the podcasts, it’d be nice to have you bring that back. and maybe bring John back for them.
I’m really looking forward to the new look and I really hope that it makes the search results more compact like in the style of the main homepage for this now look. Or maybe even better, who knows?
Regular (reliably on time) Podcasts with John and Doug were the best thing about this site for me. That’s been gone for a long time now, which waned my interest. If you can bring something in that vein back, I might have more interest. They don’t need to be video podcasts, (audio are better for me at work anyway) and they don’t even need to use audience participation like the NowLive shows were. They just need to have one or two (preferably two) regular voices with occasional guests. You’re friends with John, so maybe he could Skype in once in a while. I understand Doug’s not interested in working with the site any more, which is a loss for us. If the podcasts could happen at least once a week, that would be an improvement.
P.S. Whose Brock?
Brock is a guy you will see helping me out around here. Think of him as the new Rodney.
Not that I am old. Ok, I am a little old.
Brock makes up one of the aforementioned “esteemed councillors” and cohort in crime.
Can we know who is running this thing besides you and Brock. Who are the “esteemed councillors” and who owns this site nowadays?
The site is owned 50% by me and the other half is made up of a Pentavirate consisting of The Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, and Colonel Sanders before he went tits up.
;)
Well, it doesn’t seem weird at all that you won’t tell us. (that was sarcasm)
I don’t believe it, I’m pretty sure Brock is a cyborg, he just showed up out of thin air and spewed out a few posts to keep TMB chugging along like nothing was up……. Yeah Brock is a cyborg.
I miss John :-( Are we going to get an update on his movie anytime soon?
Like with any movie, we will talk about it when there is more news.
And I am sure we will be among the first to hear about it!
You know what he should! He should go talk to some Paramount Suits And see if he can get his movie made for a larger audience!
you know cause Paramount is gonna be doing that thing were they will give aspiring directors the chance to have there films shown to more than just your friends and family.
Good luck Rodney.
I cant believe you quoted Shamwow guy. That one made me actually laugh.
‘…Stop having boring life”
lol that was the best thing ever.
Rondey are you gonna do an avatar review? stupid question as I’m sure that will happen.
thank you rod for staying with the movie blog. I do also have a suggestion. What about a weekly feature where a member of the community run their own article or column. What do you think?
The Movie Blog Community is a feature that will enable the International Friends to do just that.
We had the Community a while back and it kind of faded out. We are hoping that we can rebuild it.
We have the technology…
Rodney is not above tossing in a Six Million Dollar Man reference.
However, since this bit involves the Community, let me bring up some of the ‘problems’ if I may.
1- While some (such as myself) knew how to use WordPress, some did not. Either that or they did not always use it correctly or simply ignored the guides. As a result, posts looked unorganized, hogged up a ton of page space (nobody but me and few others ever used the “more” function for a story jump, for example). Sometimes there were multiple posts on the same subject by the same author because they didn’t want to bother ‘editing’ thier own posts. This may not seem like a big of a deal, but regardless of who is writing the posts, folks have to read.
2-Repeated news stories/stories on the main page (TMB). Someone writes a very good post, credits a source, all the above. Then, one day later, or even one hour later, someone else ignores all that and repeats the same story. For some it soon became pointless. For me it was frustrating. I solved my end, though, looking for needles in a haystack, and I found a few gems. (Celebs and iPhones, for example) This lessened the sting. Of course, they were buried an hour later.
3- The few posts that were nothing more than general comments and quick opinions when any one of them could have been a comment on the post that was written by another.
4- The rare occasional post that slammed another person on the community boards. Not me personally, but others.
Combine these and a few other oddities (folks being their own trolls-is that even worth the time?) and Community became one huge headache. I was sad to see John axing it at first, but if it were me, I might have done something to that effect as well.
I would rather come on TMB as a contributor, but the Community ultimately made me feel I was wasting my time, and contributing to meaningless babble. It wasn’t worth it.
There is, however, ONE major advantage in bring Community back. Only one. It could be used as a pool of sorts to find contributors to TMB main page. (Assuming they don’t get buried in the rubble). I’m not just talking about myself here, but the few others who actually wrote or attempted to write posts of substance, encouraged discussion and did not step on one another in the stampede. If there were such people to come around again, you would have yourself some writing samples and/or personalities to fill a volunteer staff.
That’s the only advantage I see to it. The only one. Otherwise, it’s not worth the time.
The proposed TMB Community section will be reborn with many of those concerns in mind Darren.
When we move forward with the section, it will be different.
@ Darren
Haha you are all business my friend. I like that.
Don’t feel sad Darren. I always read your comments and they are well thought out and explained.
Btw congrats Rod,please keep it up.
This site keeps me away from porn and drugs.
That would make a wicked T-Shirt. Maybe this will show up as a new feature? Would you buy a TMB shirt or hat?
I’d buy a TMB shirt or hat.
I would absolutely buy this shirt. I’m so glad to hear that The Movie Blog is sticking around. This has been and I hope will continue to be one of my favorite daily visits.
Very nice. i want one!
If this really where on sale I would SO buy it.
I love shirts that have funny shit written on them (AFK being my all time favorite)
I just bought one that says “Cobra, Alligator, Beaver, Duck….Together we are…PLATYPUS!!!!!!!”
The one you just showed me is pure win though, did you do that?
Yes, I threw that together just after you commented.
I fucking knew it.
Alright Rodney. You’ve convinced me to stay. I had been anticipating John leaving and I thought, the end of the blog. But, it seems like you’re gonna get this site’s act together and restore it to its former glory.
Will you still be writing for Stub?
It will run in paralell for now.
this is a coup, admit it
There may have been tanks and firearms involved.
Or Email.
will there be any podcasts?
If TMB community really is to return, there will be.
I agree. There should be some sort of podcast. The added bonus is that we get to hear Rodney’s voice…
…and since “guests” are common in podcasts? I wonder if Campea could be bribed for such a thing now and then. At least SoulVideo anyway. Or Kris Tapley.
In my blog we do podcasts like everyday. Everyone in our blog visits TMB.
If it happens, podcasts WILL be on
Without John or Doug, this is just the theft of a name.
I challange you to have a new direction with this site by not deleting criticism. Such as this.
Even better, we will let your scathing remarks stand just so we can mock them publicly.
But also keep in mind that I was around long before Doug. I may not have his presence, but this site is more a home to me than it ever was to my dear friend Doug.(Like John, Doug I have known for a long time and even lived with for a while) If you prefer Doug to me, that is your choice. You can check him out at http://www.dougnagy.com/ if you so choose.
There are commenting rules however, and intentional strife will be removed.
This is great news, I’m glad to hear you will be staying on board with The Movie Blog. I can’t wait to see the new look and the return of weekly reviews. Still sad to see John go of course, but glad the site will be alive and kicking.
The Movie Blog hasn’t been the same for awhile now and I’m not talking about the lack of John…
True. The main draw of the site was the podcasts, when Darren, Doug, and John would get together a few times a week and spout off.
After the podcast whittled away, quite frankly, the site became just another news blurb clone. The personality was gone.
A refocus on the podcast could be something to get some spark back, but it will be tough, as Doug was a unique personality all unto himself and got many butts in the seats on his own.
Whatever happens, I wish Rodney and the new regime the best. : )
The balance between John and Doug was what made it work. John was a bit dry on his own, and Doug could get over the top pretty quick if left unchecked. They balanced each other out and made it amazing. And every podcast that added Darren and/or Bruxy to the mix just added a new balance to the mix.
All things change friend. I have been here since before the beginning.
I miss Doug and his foul mouth antics. Man, those were “wicked” days.
Anyhow, I’m eager to hear the new podcasts.
Hey Rodney you think this will get everyone to stop calling you John in the comments of so many posts? Haha
Maybe someday! lol
What? Rodney IS John
Et tu Brute?
Wait wait wait. Is his name Brock, Gary or Brute. Now you’re just confusing me. :)
long live the movie blog and King Rodeny…
Wow, I guess the new approach of the revamped Movie Blog is to suppress any on-point comments which dare to offer objective, fair recommendations and support. Ridiculous.
That has always been welcome here. To think otherwise is naive.
My apologies for the kneejerk reaction Rodney. I checked back throughout the morning to see my comments stuck in the “moderation” queue, while other member comments were going up without fail.
Granted, my first comment (posted just 6 minutes after the article was released) is still in said queue, but my main points have been published all the same.
Sometimes the combination of key words in comments get them randomly bumped.
You would not be the first person to launch a rebellion over a sensitive spam filter. No worries.
Congrats Rodney! Weekly reviews!
It’s great you are doing this man. TMB is not over yet!
The Movie Blog Community. Does that mean Bruxy and Serena and people like that will come back?
The Movie Blog Community was a forum based section of the site that allowed the International Friends the ability to post their own news stories.
You are thinking of The Roundtable Podcasts.
there was a section where you put a picture of a movie and everyone said what they thought the characters where saying o thinking. That should also return!
YAAAYYY!!!!
What the hell John we got all emo and now everything back to mormal?!?!
I am not sure if this is a joke from you, but just to clarify, this post is from Rodney, not John. John is still gone.
I believe he was talking about John’s heartfelt farewell as he left the site earlier this week.
And things are “back to normal” but we will not be on cruise control. There will be changes for the better and more involvement from the International Friends.
To be fair, anyone following TMB on rss also saw your farewell. Removing it from the site didn’t take it off the rss feed. As of yesterday, most of us thought you were gone too.
Congrats and good luck Rodney….
I am glad the site will stay.
Glad TMB is sticking around, I would have missed the old crimson and grey.
Welcome back Rodney.
Good LUCK Rodney! It didnt make sense to give up the domain name since this site probably gets 1000 hits a day and more.
Chuck
Glad to have you back Rodney.
Git that cash money, Rodney!!!
In all seriousness, good luck.
Im happy the site is staying around.
Yay, Congratulations Rodney!
I was feeling a touch melancholy about the announcement earlier this week because The Movie Blog was the first movie site I started visiting regularly so many years ago. I’ll miss John’s presence, but you are just as familiar and – not that you need me to say it – fully capable of running this site.
Here’s hoping things continue to grow and improve for you and the site, Rod. Let me know if there’s anything I can do for you, either here or on The Stub.
Great news! Congrats Rodney! You definitely deserve to be the head guy around here, and I look forward to more posts. Let the wild rumbus begin.
just a quick feature add. can u link the images with the post link so when i click the image it goes straight to the post.
Regarding the new layout… I would suggest it remain a blog styled site. Many sites try to incorporate a lot of bells and whistles and it becomes too busy. What I have always enjoyed about TMB is it has remained a blog.
This site has been a daily stop for me for years. All the best to John and good luck Rodney.
I agree. Keep it simple.
Good for you Rodney! TMB is in good hands!
I’m so glad this site is stayin put!! There are not many blog sites I go to or can put somthing on without subscribing to it. Hip, Hip horaaaay TMB stays! Also can’t wait to see the new look.
Well Rodney it’s nice to see you in the drivers seat.
I will Re-Bookmark this site.
Glad you are staying! I look forward to the continued posts.
Hey Rodney,
Glad to know The Movie Blog will still be alive an well on the good ‘ol interwebs.
Been reading your posts anyway for the last few months so I’m pretty the adjustment’s already been made :)
Keep up the good work!
I’m with ya, Rodney.
Ok I know this is rodenys site pretty much now or in part whatever. My question is this John said that he is still attached till the end of this month. I’ve been dying to see what he thought of avatar, Would it be too much to ask for him to do one last review, or somone here to review Avatar, I mean it’s one of the highly anticipated movies of the year and I have been curious all year long to see johns opinion about the movie. How bout it guys can ya talk him into one last review? Send us out with a bang instead of a fizzle…..
John isn’t dead.
He is no longer a part of this site. He is just working over at AMC Script to Screen now. I imagine he might have something to say about Avatar there.
Are you going to be Watching and reviewing Avatar? It’s probably my most anticipated movie of the year I’d love to see what you guys at TMB think of it. BTW I didn’t mean to come off like I thought john was dead to the movie blogging world and we have noticed his interest towards the site fade for a long time. I think with you as Main contributor now TMB is in good hands.. I tried to start my own Movie type blog and nobody at all visited so I gotta tip my hat to you guys here. I look forward to alot of great things for TMB from here on out.
I am attempting to get my tickets this afternoon for a screening tomorrow.
There will be a review sometime this weekend.
Thats Awsome, I just bought my tickets today for a noon showing tomorrow. I’m stoked. Looking forward to the review. Thanks Rodney….
goodone
Bring the Uncut podcast back! love that the site will stay alive.
That is definitely in the works.