'The Daily Show' Airs Controversial Piece

In a recent making of an episode of Comedy Central's, "The Daily Show", Jon Stewart had decided to send out reporter, Jason Jones, to tackle the controversy that is the NFL's Washington Redskins controversial name. Jones met with four big fans of the Redskins and fans of the name. After the interview had taken place, the fans went to the Washington Post and  reported that the have been tricked by having been "ambushed" by Native Americans during the taping of the segment, leaving them feeling "in danger" and "defamed". Jon Stewart, the host of the show claimed that he "learned later that some of the participants who participated in the piece — they didn’t enjoy the experience.” He also said, "We take the complaints seriously…If we find out, in a piece, that someone was intentionally misled or if their comments were intentionally misrepresented. We do not air that piece."

This whole fiasco is honestly a really dumb thing to be having to have controversy about, and I don't mean that the controversy about the name is really dumb because its worth talking about. Native Americans are being offended by the name, as they see it as a racial slur. But the dumb problem that I'm regarding to, is the fact that these four fans are complaining that they were finally confronted by Natives. They feel that they have been "duped", but they failed to understand that whatever Jon Stewart has planned or does for the show is simply for the sake of comedy and that they never intend for anyone to be offended. A word that really got me to think was "ambushed", which means that the people playing the Natives came up without the fans knowing about it. One can argue that the producer of the show should have told the fans before-hand that the Native Americans were coming, but that would pretty much defeat the purpose of the surprise. It's obvious that the producers didn't tell the fans that Natives would appear because it would ruin the authenticity of their surprise, just like you wouldn't tell your friend that you are throwing a surprise birthday party for him or her, because that would ruin the surprise. Again, the fans go to the Washington Post and tell them that they have be attacked and ambushed, in other words offended. But wait, isn't that what many other Natives across the U.S. are feeling? The fans seem pretty hypocritical and aren't seeing that they're making themselves look bad. If anything, this controversy has probably grabbed the attention of some people and made them new viewers, which is a good thing for the show. The one thing I can take from this is that in the event that you hire some people, be prepared for any possible outcome. Now this makes me wonder if any legal action will occur and if  so, who is right?

AMC Theaters Extend Budget for Auditoriums

AMC Theaters go out of their way to make their consumers' movie going experience a better, more comfortable one. They pla to achieve this by adding and additional $38.8 million to their original $200 million budget to speed up the installation of recliner seats, build MacGuffins bars and IMAX screens. Stifel analyst believes that this would enable them to "outperform their domestic peers."

I believe that it was sort of a silly idea to pay an extra $38.8 million to pay for something that was going to happen anyway. They would have saved all that money had they been a bit more patient. Despite the impatience, I believe it was a smart idea to install all the new things. Consumers who buy Premium tickets would reel in more money for AMC as they get a better movie experience. The MacGuffins bars will surely bring in more money it prices are reasonable, considering the fact that movie theaters are notorious for having expensive food and beverages. Also, with all the conveniences of having recliner chairs and IMAX screens, the tickets for those specific auditoriums will be a bit more pricy, giving AMC a little financial boost. Now with a all the money they are making, the question many of us might have in mind is what will they use that money on and will they keep evolving the auditoriums?

4th Dimension Movie Theaters Taken Into Consideration.

For quite some time now, we have had the concept of  "4-D movies." 4-D in the sense that water squirts, wind, chair shaking and leg-tickling play a role and enhance the film watching experience. An example of 4-D is wind machine blowing air at you while a gust of wind brushes the characters on-screen. The purpose of this is to engage the audience and make them feel as if they were really in the movie. The CJ 4DPlex is what makes these 4-D movies happen and are in 112 theaters in 20 countries around the world. 

This is a great idea and 4-D theaters should be more common in the U.S. considering that there is only one which is located in the Regal in Los Angeles. Despite a minor financial set back in buying the CJ 4DPlex, the money will quickly brought back by the many people who want to experience a film in 4-D. For example, Transformers: Age of Extinction has been playing in 4-D in a 4-D theater and has made a whopping $105,016 over 13 days as opposed to $44,054 of showing it in a traditional show in the same amount of time.

More money for the film industry and a better experience for audience members, it's a win-win situation, despite the larger price for the tickets because once you buy it it'll be your money's worth. This has taught me that film is rapidly evolving and we should keep up with all the positive changes, such as this one. 

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'Breaking Bad' Piracy Rate Increases After Emmys

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-breaking-bad-emmys-piracy-rates-20140903-story.html

The hit television show "Breaking Bad"  won a numerous amount of awards last week in the 2014 Emmy Awards. As a result of its popularity, the anti-piracy firm, known as CEG Tek, has analyzed that the piracy rate of the show had increased by 412%. 

What caught my eye about this article is the word "illegal". Piracy in the United States is not only illegal, but it is also a federal crime which can result in a hefty fine. Although many of us already know that "Breaking Bad" has a multitude of pirated versions on the Internet, but what's special about it this time is that after the Emmys aired, more and more people made, watched and shared illegal files (412% more). The question is "why did that happen?" and the answer is recognition.

What I've learned from ,this as a film student, is that recognition may not always be a good thing. Say if you were to make a television series and it was one of the best t.v. shows out there, so big that it was fortunate enough to be the reason that you recieved a number of awards and an enormous amount of recognition. Although this may seem like a great thing to think about, the show is bound to be pirated and illegally shared across the Internet. You're not making any money off of any of that and you are technically being robbed of your show and your money. Th whole point of the recognition is to get people to buy your product and you to make money but nowadays recognition has gotten to the point where it may not even result in money. People will most lieu deprive you of money that you could've earned by illegally sharing it on the Internet. Over all what I have learned is that even though you have such a popular show, even if its "the greatest show of all time", it's great recognition may result in a loss of money.

Now as I have said many times, piracy is a federal crime. The question is though "Will the creators take legal action?"  Personally, I think it would be a waste of time and money to pursue every single person who has ever illegally shared an episode of "Breaking Bad" but it still may be a possibility. Another question would be "How are they going to prevent this?" The creators of the show should definitley  come up with a way of keeping people to access their show in order to keep losing potential money.