well, for one: i love the format and presentation of this web magazine triple canopy. it feels the right size to be read in a browser but it flips from page to page elegantly without load times. the importance of that cannot be understated. (is this the beginning of ipad lust?)
but more importantly: this particular article, an interview with the creator of criterion collection (among other new-media ventures), was mostly fascinating in a semi-nerdy way except for this one incredibly amazing tidbit:
Bob Stein: Yes. It was just of one of those things where—I mean, I like movies, but I’m not a movie buff. I just knew I could do something interesting with them. You have to understand how much of this stuff is accidental. I knew the guy who was the curator of films at the LA County Museum of Art, and I brought him to New York to oversee color correction. He’s telling us all these amazing stories, particularly about King Kong, because it’s his favorite film. Someone said, “Gee, we’ve got this extra sound track on the LaserDisc, why don’t you tell these stories?” He was horrified at the idea, but we promised we’d get him superstoned if he did, and he gave this amazing discussion about the making of King Kong, which we released as the second sound track.
Interviewer: And that was the start of what became DVD extras.
just once, at some point in my life, i hope and i hope and i hope that i’ll make an offhanded comment that leads to something so original and cool as the dvd commentary. damn you, crazy genius nerd.