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The Return of the Streaming Canadian Netflix can stream Force Awakens?! Netflix Q3 financials Upcoming Netflix originals - Netflix vs HBO subscribers China’s Tencent to Screen Complete ‘Star Wars’ Series http://variety.com/2015/digital/asia/chinas-tencent-to-screen-complete-star-wars-series-1201592840/ This is just for the first 6 films. "free to existing subscribers, while selling individual films at RMB2.5 (US$0.40) to non-members." In some ways, territory deals might be the biggest challenge facing Netflix. China in particular because they're the largest future market, but it's a one way street: Western firms can't or don't operate there, but there's nothing to stop Chinese firms from expanding once they have a healthy company running in China. Netflix is trying to form a Chinese partnership, but it’s an unknown at this point. YouTube Red?   Articles from Ben:   “At a fairly standard ad rate of $2 per thousand views this optimal, ad-viewing person will generate around 80 ce

Episode 19- Bad Movie Book Club: Road House 1. IMDb Page 2. Road House: It's So Bad It's Good 3. Road House is Patrick Swayze's Finest Hour, and Also America's  4. Roger Ebert's Road House reviews    

Episode 18: First Annual Hanks-Fest (A CineNation Tribute to Tom Hanks)   1. Tom Hanks's Oscar Speeches Philadelphia Forrest Gump 2. "Tom Hanks: Our Generation's Everyman" 3. Kennedy Center Honors Tom Hanks 4. Why Tom Hanks Remains One of Hollywood's Top Actors  5. Tom Hanks and James Corden Act Out of Tom Hanks's Filmography  

Episode 17: Let's Talk Soundtracks 1. Songs More Popular Than The Film They Appeared In 2. Music in the Marvel Cinematic Universe  3. American Film Institute's Greatest Scores 4. Rolling Stone Picks Greatest Soundtracks 5. Empire- The Greatest Movie Soundtracks: A Celebration 6. Billboard- Is The Martian the Next Guardians of the Galaxy? 7. Some of our Favorite Music from Films Thomas- Kenny Loggins "Meet Me Halfway" for Over the Top Homeward Bound: An Incredible Journey Hunter- Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone" for Top Gun Marty McFly "Johnny B. Goode" for Back to the Future Dusty Thomas Newman for The Shawshank Redemption R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly" for Space Jam Brandon The Blues Brothers "Sweet Home Chicago" for The Blues Brothers Smash Mouth "All-Star" for Mystery Men 8. Some Soundtracks We Forgot That Thing You Do! Boogie Nights O Brother, Where Art Thou? High Fidelity Not Fade Away Remember the Titans

Episode 16: The Nostalgia Generation 1. "Summer's Most Unforgettable Character Was Meant to be Forgotten" 2. The X-Files New Series Trailer  3. Nickelodeon's SPLAT Line-Up 4. Malcolm in the Middle Reunion? 5. How Girl Meets World successfully built on the legacy of Boy Meets World 6. The Goonies 2, Sean Astin speaks 7. We Apparently Have to Work Hard for This:  8. If you really want to see Alabama Ghostbusters: A Web Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZ5-4SDMFc&index=2&list=PL48lQ45mWqKMa2s1ieBQE1kflIfKYtMPW    

  EPISODE 15: MATT DAMON AND OTHER THINGS The Cameos of Matt Damon There are no small parts, only small actors Jay and Silent Bob Eurotrip Finding Forrester Jersey Girl Project Greenlight Matt Damon and Diversity controversy Jimmy Kimmel Feud F*@#ing Matt Damon” Matt Damon Takes Over Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel Auditions for Matt Damon Roles The Martian “Damon is a castaway for selfie generation” Variety Review Great Matt Damon Movies Ocean’s Eleven All The Pretty Horses Rounders The Rainmaker Good Will Hunting Top 10 Great Matt Damon Performances' Other Stuff Maximum Overdrive The Happening ROAR Black Mass The Newsroom Steven Soderbergh's HBO Interactive Series Netflix reveals Data  

Episode 14: Shared Universes   Marvel and DC Universes Cinema Blend: Why is Marvel Still Beating DC? Dawn of the Superhero Blockbusters Who is Winning the TV War? What Marvel’s Shared Universe Means for Movies?   Other Shared Universes: 1. "Not All Shared Cinematic Universes are Created Equal"   2. The Sequel is Dead--The Universe is Where it is at -   3. Tarantino's Shared Universe 4. John Hughes   5. Kevin Smith Running Gags in Smith’s films: A Wikipedia Link (Yes, Wikipedia): 6. The Pixar Theory The Original Thesis on The Pixar Theory: The Pixar Theory Website: A Pixar Theory Video:   OTHER STUFF   D23 Expo

Episode 13 - The Auteur Theory and True Detective   Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina, talks about the Auteur Theory The Showrunner Fallacy: TV’s auteurs matter much less than you think The Rise of the TV Auteur The Origins of the Auteur Theory 5 Things We Learned from Season Two David Lynch’s influence on Season Two of True Detective Can Nic Pizzolatto, True Detective’s Uncompromising Auteur, Do It All Again?

EPISODE 12: Chroma Fund Interview   1. Website http://chroma.fund/ 2. Wired Article http://www.wired.com/2015/01/chroma-fund/ 3. Twitter Account https://twitter.com/chromapdx  

CineNation- Episode 11 What we’ve been watching (more of a conversation) Inside Out Ben went to a movie in the theaters! True Detective season 2 Team Cary Fukunaga (-Ben) Ballers Mr. Robot transmedia promotion campaign www.whoismrrobot.com Twitch Panels Oscars: New Audience Henry Jenkins - medium doesn’t disappear Ze Frank - John Lassater - EYEO CLOUDS -

Episode 10: The Death of Movie Theatres? Brandon, Ben, and Bryce talk about the possibility of streaming killing movie theaters.    

Episode 7: Reboots and Remakes   Defending Possible Indiana Jones Reboot: Another Reboot Post Spring Cleaning Why Everybody Should Love Remakes and Reboots In Defense of Reboots: Director James Gunn on Remakes: Reasons Why Movie Reboots Fail Enough with Remakes and Reboots Current State of Hollywood. “The Birdcage”. Upcoming Reboots Lucas and Spielberg: Implosion of Industry List of Reboots Batman Begins Star Trek Casino Royale 21 Jump Street The Amazing Spider-Man The Incredible Hulk Rise of the Planet of the Apes Godzilla (1998) Godzilla (2014) The Mummy Sum of All Fears Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Man of Steel Superman Returns Female Ghostbusters- Upcoming Robocop Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A Nightmare on Elm Street Halloween Friday the 13th X-Men: First Class   Remakes   Cape Fear The Departed Ocean’s Eleven True Grit Arthur Psycho The Italian Job Ben-Hur The Wizard

CineNation Episode 8: SXSW and Music Streaming SXSW Aaron Reed Ice-Bound Mark Duplass talk Going out and doing it Most film school people aren’t competing with other film school people Tangerine - shot entirely on iPhone SXSW Interactive: Gimmicky is this the future?       -Buzzfeed experiments with couples trying to defuse a bomb: Music Streaming   Spotify 100-200x streams vs sales Long tail Taylor Swift is opposed to the free tier of Spotify Lowers the expectations for the cost of music David Bazan Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal $20/month high quality audio Taylor Swift is streaming on it CNN- Taylor Swift goes to Jay-Z’s service: If you don’t appear on spotify you risk not being heard When you think you have a hit, you want everyone to be able to hear the hit Tying streaming music back into Film Students are not buying films Why put your indie movie on a streaming service? Fans, is film creating fans like music does?

CineNation: Episode 6 - Future of Storytelling? Transmedia Examples   The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: “The New Way to Tell Old Stories”: “Transmedia Stories are Winning the Internet” The Complete Playlist of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KisuGP2lcPs&list=PL_ePOdU-b3xcDyyzeR5NjxeLEElsqYzn1 The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch a Transmedia Reference: Marble Hornets The Complete Playist of Marble Hornets     Podcast Storytelling Serial Podcast The Podcast We’ve Been Waiting For: The Serial Podcast:   Other Forms   INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARY WITH STORY ENGINE! Drop everything and watch this! Kickstarter for interactive fiction. iPad app + printed book. Software they built the interactive story on - Amazing installation and app work! One of their best examples Sosolimited: real time video effects for use among groups 17min language / sentiment analysis 21min lighting the London Eye based on twitter Memo Akte

  In Memoriam: Robin Williams Philip Seymour Hoffman One of Ben’s favorite’s scenes: Joan Rivers Mike Nichols Gordon Willis: We completely forgot to talk about one of the greatest cinematographers of all time. Shame on us. Harold Ramis Sid Caesar James Garner Shirley Temple Lauren Bacall Bob Hoskins Ruby Dee Eli Wallach Elaine Stritch Mickey Rooney Anthology/Cinematic Series (True Detective and Fargo)

Episode #5: Year in Review: Part 1   The Interview and Sony Hack Streaming Services Dish Streaming Service “Sling” Base package content: For $20, Sling TV will get you access to live feeds from ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, ABC Family and CNN. Late Night Shake-Up: Leno leaves and Fallon takes over, Letterman to retire and Colbert to take over, Ferguson steps down and James Coburn to step up. Marvel/DC stuff (Who is winning?) Who won 2014?

Episode 4: Movies that Changed the Industry   The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project did, that film nevertheless demonstrated two important points about advertising in the modern age: that it's possible to build up an entire back story around a movie before a it's even screened in a cinema, and that if would-be cinema-goers feel as though they've stumbled on a piece of information for themselves, they'll be more likely to talk about it and share it than if they've seen it loudly paraded through more conventional media. An early example of Viral Marketing. Repeated by the likes of The Dark Knight, The Amazing Spider-Man. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271806_7,00.html Avatar “The most important thing Avatar has done is to force the exhibition industry to get off the fence and to make a decision as whether to install digital projection, and more importantly digital 3D projection.” Batman “Batman was not the first summer blockbuster (that honour goes to Jaws), but it wa

Show Notes for Episode 3: Some Early Oscar Talk   Indiewire Oscar Predictions (as of November 27, 2014): Indiewire’s Top 10 Picks for Best Picture have changed since we first recorded this podcast. Here are a few articles and reviews regarding Birdman: New York Times review: Some talks about Birdman’s Oscar chances: Note from Brandon: “I know when I say Michael Keaton it sounds a little weird. I’m Southern, so I don’t enunciate my words that well sometimes. I’ll work on that” Variety review on Boyhood Early reviews on Selma: Indiewire review: Hollywood Reporter review: Variety review on Whiplash Independent Spirit Award Nominations: Birdman, Boyhood, and Selma get a boost: Brandon’s Current Oscar Predictions (as of November 27th): Boyhood Birdman Selma The Imitation Game Unbroken Foxcatcher Whiplash The Theory of Everything Gone Girl Into the Woods

Show Notes for Episode 2: The Streaming Wars   “Is This the End of TV?”  Article by The Guardian - Deals with the two recent announcements by HBO and CBS regarding their streaming service. Nielsen Ratings for the week of November 10th through 16th CBS takes 10 of the top 25 spots as it continues it’s dominates in the ratings among the networks. We recorded this episode a little while ago, so here is a review on CBS’s streaming service   HBO CEO says they will go after non-HBO cable subscribers for stand-alone service We talked a little bit about the SEC Network and college sports. Here is an article about the deals that the SEC Network and how many subscribers they are gaining. Some background on the deal with Crackle regarding Joe Dirt 2.

CineNation Episode #1 Brandon and Ben discuss how the growth of Netflix continue to change the ways movies and TV are created