TheWB.com Brings Back Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Are you a die-hard fan of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”? What about “The Gilmore Girls”? Were you one of the millions disappointed when both of these shows reached the end of their respective runs? If so, then you’re in for a pleasant surprise. In August, TheWB.com will launch out of beta with an offering of full episodes of all the old WB programming.
Included in the list of shows scheduled to air on TheWB.com is “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “The Gilmore Girls”, “Veronica Mars”, “One Tree Hill” and “The O.C.” – among a slew of others including original programming that hasn’t hit the beta site yet. While you’re watching episodes of your favorite shows, you can join in games and even do a video mash-up of your favorite scenes. If you like Facebook, they also have a group there and an app you can use on your own website.
I signed up for the beta testing of the site and aside from trouble getting the Flash to work, I found it really exciting. I am one of those die-hard BtVS fans. There are only a few episodes from season one available for now. However, there are plans to expand the selection to include all seven seasons. Most of the shows featured only offer a few episodes from the first season, but that’s ok. Remember the pilot episode of “Friends”? Neither did I, but I was able to watch it recently thanks to this new service.
According to a newsletter sent out by TheWB.com, the network will be producing shows solely for the website. They plan on introducing new episodes once a week starting at their launch on August 27, 2008. Their first series is called “Sorority Girl” which is a thriller set on a college campus where students are dying left and right. TheWB.com is announcing that there are 40 episodes of this series set to go live over 8 weeks- which means that there will be a new episode every single weeknight starting in August.
This could be the future of new television programming. Record numbers of Internet users are connected to high-speed service and are using the web to watch everything from independent production to the daily news to full-length movies. Many users, myself included, log on regularly to watch missed episodes of their favorite shows. CBS, ABC, and NBC all allow viewers to watch their weekly lineup as well as their daytime lineup the day after the episode first airs. TheWB.com is taking advantage of this new trend to relaunch their network- based solely online. So far, their beta site is not disappointing. I look forward to seeing other networks taking this route.
IPhone Madness
I’m thinking some people should give up the caffeine and just have a Phentermine drip placed in their veins. Today tech savvy people are all over themselves because the iphone is back in business!
I’ve been seeing tweet after tweet after tweet of people going mad about their iPhone. And, yes, I did notice that most of the folks tweeting were complaining about their activation (or their iTunes problems).
Some of the first people in the U.S. to purchase the iPhone 3G walked out of an Apple Store in New York disappointed Friday when Apple’s plan to activate the new devices in stores backfired.
Problems with the iTunes server caused some enthusiasts who had waited in line for hours to walk out of the store unable to use their new iPhones, according to the disgruntled customers.
“I’ve got two phones on me and neither of them work,” said Adolfo Peralta, a Brooklyn resident who lined up to purchase the iPhone 3G at 6:30 a.m. local time for the 8:00 a.m. SoHo store opening. “I have to go find a pay phone to make a phone call.”
Yikes!
I’m not overly enamored with the iPhone (or any knock-off thereof). I hate to be that connected to anything. I know if I did have something like that I’d be on it constantly and, well, that just wouldn’t work for me. Still, you’d think after the last batch of iPhones came out and people were having “issues” with them that they’d learn their lesson. Of course, if you thought that you’d be wrong. 
