Sunday, January 21, 2007

I have a crazy new idea

So it seems that the thing all the cool kids are doing these days is multiple contributor blogging.

So I was thinking, I obviously need to jump on this bandwagon. And it seems like the best idea would be to create a blog oriented around movies. I'm open to other suggestions, but I'm going to work off this idea for now.

It would be set up within blogger, and hopefully there would be 5-10 (10 is long-term goal) other contributors. Anyone could go in whenever they felt like it and post about something movie related. It could be a mini/full review of a recent film they watched, a blurb on something in-production that appeals to them, a musing on their favorite director, or whatever - as long as it's somewhat film related.

There would be no obligation to contribute at a high level of frequency or quality. At least a few times a month would be preferable but I'll take what I can get! You don't need to be a big movie buff either; you're allowed to blog about Night at the Museum if you really want to.

So, would anyone be interested? I'm looking at YOU: Dan, Luke, Jack, Peter J., Kimota. And everyone else of course!

Also taking suggestions for a clever blog name.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

An alternative is to use the PlanetPlanet software, which aggregates portions of several related blogs into a single site. (See Planet CBC for an example.) It's not necessarily a better way, just a different one. :)

The main advantage to PlanetPlanet, IMHO, is that it's blog-agnostic: you can keep writing in Blogger, I can keep writing in WordPress, and contributor N can keep writing in BLAZEMONGER (which now supports in-game blogging!). The main disadvantage is that PlanetPlanet doesn't do comments, although they can still be submitted (or not) on the source blogs.

Regardless of software, it sounds like an interesting thing to do... count me in! Howzabout "Five Thumbs Up" or "Moonconga Flickwatchers Carnival"?

Dan said...

I started a blog trend! Amazing.

Anyway, I have very little to say about non-Rocky related films, so I'm not sure I'm the man you're looking for.

Kimota94 aka Matt aka AgileMan said...

I'd probably play along, sure. Although I rarely see movies when they first appear at the theatres (unlike you) so I'd mostly be commenting on movies from months or years ago.