Movie Review

The drama packed movie, Mr. Stache, is about a man who decided to grow a mustache. However, the man's friends and family did not feel about his mustache the way he did. When the man finally decides to shave the 'stache to be accepted, he meet the girl of his dreams. The couple get married and head off to their honeymoon but have trouble on the way. After spending a few days in the desert, the man finds out that his wife has a mustache also. This heartfelt movie is short and sweet and is family fun for all ages.

Warner Brothers tour

I thought the Warner Brother's virtual tour was interesting. The way they showed how the company has grown and changed with the times through the few pictures was an cool way to show the public the history. Although the tour was unique in its own way, I wish it had shown more about the company today then the history of it. I think if the company can up with a tour that was a mix of the history pictures, the modern pictures (like the New York Times tour), and an interactive site about the facilities itself (like the Weather Channel tour) the public would have a better understanding of how the company works and what it is.

What's up, Doc?
      ~Bugs Bunny
                                                                                                                      You're deth-picable!
                                                                                                                           ~Daffy Duck

MAH BISCUITS ARE BURNIN'! FIRE IN THE HAT! GREAT HORNY TOADS, THAT SMARTS!!!
     ~Yosemite Sam
                                                  I tawt I taw a puddy tat!
                                                       ~Tweety
                                                                                                            Th-th-th-th-That's all folks!
                                                                                                                 ~Porky Pig

Weather Channel Tour

Personally I liked the Weather Channel Tour better. It was more interactive and gave a little more insight to how the company was run and how the studio was used to enhance the broadcasts that are given out. I found the New York Times tour to be more about the structure of the building and less about the design of the building inner working's and how it is being used to enhance the company and make the product more efficiently. Where the weather channel tour told more about how they have modernized it to fit more than one purpose for a specific room or object, like the swiveling green screen which can be used in two different rooms.

New York Times Tour

I found the tour of the New York Time new building interesting. The fact that the building was designed to keep the focus of those who are working at the paper inside the building and to connect each of the floors with one another made the it made me think about how the company is trying to keep the success of the paper inward to help encourage its employees continue this success. I though it was interesting that the only level of the building that was visually open to the public was the lobby. This makes since to me, however, I would have thought that the company would what to connect to the public on all levels of work not just at the receptionist desk. Over all the tour was intriguing for me to watch.

Recording Studios

The recording industry is a rather intriguing industry. The fact that the industry is able to be ran in both a public and private setting is very interesting to me. I have always thought the way that people have been able to record and mix music has been interesting. Each of the studios links were entertaining to look at. They all had similar yet different settings. Yet each was a successful business. The one business that I found most interesting and intriguing was the Pachyderm Recording Studio. It was a private yet public recording studio. I've been around friends when they were recording on their computers. It was interesting listening to them work on the recordings.

State of the Media

As I was looking through the stats for the media categories, I was not very surprised by most of the number. However, I was surprised when reading the audio article. The fact that Satellite radio has declined in subscribers since 2009 made me really think. I personally don't have satellite radio partly because my car does not have the stereo setup to have it, but my grandma's car does. Last summer I took a road trip with her and all we listened to was the satellite radio. I liked it because there was a limited number of commercials due to regular radio and it was perfect for road trips because you never lose the signal when driving long distances so no more searching for new music when you change cities for example. The other stats did not surprise me all that much. Most of the media is shifting to Internet based access.

The dependence upon corporate advertising of the mass media - newspaper, magazines, radio, and television - make them editorially subservient, without in any way being prompted, to points of view known or thought to be favored by the big property owners ... The willing subservience shows itself most generally, apart from specific acts of omission or commission, in an easy blandness on the part of the mass media toward serious social problems
                           ~Ferdinand Lundberg

Internet Saftey

I thought the games on internet saftey were very interesting. However, I was not a fond of the NetSmart game. I found the website to be slightly confusing and to busy. If it is busy for me, how is it suppose to help younger choldren learn aobut internet saftey. Although I did like the Bad Guy Patrol game. I thought that it did a excellent job of helping children understand some of the dangers of the internet and what to do to advoid them for their saftey. The third game was very good as well. It was made for older children though. Any proactive approach to keep children safe is a good one.