================================================================== TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- SHOWBIZ INSIDER NG for sound, there was an airplane. ================================================================== April 26, 2002 The Top 9 Differences If Movies Were Made by Microsoft 9. Spider-Man battles the evil Netscapian. 8. A little microphone-guy keeps appearing in the corner of the screen, offering to explain the plot. 7. Anthony Michael Hall and Charles Martin Smith join the $25 Million Club. 6. You only want to see an Adam Sandler comedy, but it comes bundled with a documentary on plankton, a nudist western, three Ronald Reagan movies and a musical starring cows. 5. If a film opens on more than 99 screens, it crashes. 4. There's lots of exciting hype and advertising, but the movie is never as impressive as the previews make it out to be. Wait a minute... differences? 3. Sure, Microsoft makes the big blockbusters, but the indie flicks by Linux are better. 2. If the movie breaks -- which it will at its most critical moment -- the screen goes blue and everyone has to watch it again from the beginning. and the Number 1 Difference if Movies Were Made by Microsoft... 1. The film is in the "new standard" 35.4mm format, but the projectors still only show 35. [ Copyright 2002 by Chris White ] [ www.topfive.com ] ================================================================== BIG HITS Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft Making Movies on Your Own: Practical Talk from Indie Filmmakers ==================================================================
================================================================== Selected from 22 submissions from 6 contributors. Today's Top 5 List authors are: ------------------------------------------------------------------ William C. Martell, Screenwriter -- 1, 5, 6, 7, 9 (Flush! 9th #1) Marko Peric, Civilian -- 2, 3, 4 (Hat trick!) Kenn McCracken, Comics Editor -- 2, 7 Wade Kwon, Civilian -- 2 Beth Kujawski, Voice Talent -- 7 Jeff Scherer, Art Director -- 8 Kristian Idol, Director/Mac Nut -- Moderator ================================================================== [ Copyright 2002 by Chris White All rights reserved. ] [ Do not forward, publish, broadcast, or use ] [ in any manner without crediting "TopFive.com" ] ==================================================================
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