| > | | | | marketing dorks assume that everyone in the world |
| | | | has a cable modem. The truth is that most people |
| All right, I've got a complaint. It goes out directly to all | | | | have dialups and if you have a dialup connect it will |
| you sneaky marketing types who THINK you know | | | | take a good 15 minutes of loading before you can |
| exactly what the public wants. | | | | enter the site. So since the stinking site has taken over |
| Official movie websites...have you tried to look at one | | | | your entire computer screen and you can't do anything, |
| lately? Its torture! After looking at many of them, I have | | | | you get to spend 15 minutes staring at a blank screen. |
| come to the conclusion that the majority of them are | | | | Lovely. |
| designed exclusively for people with DSL connections | | | | At last! The site loads and you enter eagerly to |
| who aren't interested in knowing anything about the | | | | discover that it contains NOTHING! No cast bios, no |
| movie whose website they are looking up except | | | | plot synopsis, no teasers, no movie stills, NOTHING but |
| perhaps to confirm that the movie does indeed exist. | | | | a couple of brief blurbs about the two main characters |
| Case in point: The new Highlander: Endgame official | | | | and a place to download the movie trailer. (2 more |
| website. The first thing you'll notice upon going to the | | | | hours of waiting...I think now!) |
| URL (and I recommend you don't) is that the website | | | | Sadly, this type of official movie site is now the rule |
| takes total control of your computer and decides to | | | | rather than the exception. High tech wonders filled with |
| block out any other windows or toolbars you may | | | | boatloads of jack crap. I mean is it so much to ask |
| have had up. The sheer arrogance of this little | | | | you execs to throw in a picture or two, or an interview, |
| programming "feature" boggles the mind. Evidently the | | | | or a .wav file or SOMETHING? |
| marketing geeks who designed the site are absolutely | | | | Why should I waste any of my time struggling with |
| certain that their website is THE most important thing in | | | | your slow loading futuristic bells and whistles when I |
| your entire life. | | | | can go over to Joe Schmo's low tech, fast loading, fan |
| Next you will notice that the entire website is in flash, | | | | page and get better stuff? |
| with no option to go to a non-flash site. Again, | | | | The point is that I shouldn't. And neither should you. |