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Matthew Bergman
October 21, 2012
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The Blip Generation
A brief look at media commenters and what their rise might mean for culture in general.
Matthew Bergman
October 21, 2012
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Transcript
The Generation
In 1951 Andre Bazin Founded Cahiers Du Cinema
C r e d i t e d W i
t h Reinventing Film Criticism and Theory
Contributors Godard Truffaut Resnais
Jean-Luc Godard Truffaut Resnais Breathless “
Fraçois Truffaut Godard Resnais The 400 Blows “
Godard Truffaut Alain Resnais Hiroshima Mon Amour “
a Lens on Culture They turned
a Lens on Culture They turned Created Culture Reflecting that
Then they
This is happening again!
Like Everything 11 It started with Star Trek
Fan Fiction People want to continue the journey
Slash Fiction Censored
Television Without Pity
Television Without Pity Lets Plays
Television Without Pity Lets Plays TV Tropes
All due to Buffy TV Tropes
And now we have Media Commenters
Nostalgia Critic One of the originators Started 2007
He formed a company
Yes, they have been http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/28/blip-original-content TechCrunched http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06blip.html
It’s a Community Building Connections
Between
Linkara Men Comics
Nostalgia Chick Women Movie Criticism
Film Brain Young Film Review
Jdub Old Video Games
Oancitizen Film Snobs Art House
Welsy Welsh Film Series
Diamand Hagan Super Villains Z Films
Philbuni Possibly Puppets Everything
These people think about Culture pop or otherwise On a
daily basis
These people talk to each other about Culture pop or
otherwise On a daily basis
They coin terms
They make films
People T h e y B r i n g
T ogether
None
Welsy Fanboy Fandom
Nostalgia Chick Feminist Film Theory
Diamand Hagan Lesbian Gender Issues
Philbuni Suffering Depression Drug laws
At the end we are all a product of the
culture we consume
None
Blip thinks there is something here
None
If not these people then people like them
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