Yes Yes I know, I know, 12th November 2009 was when i last wrote something & that too was left on a cliffhanger, but loads of things have happened between then & now which prevented me from writing, 99.99% of the time laziness but do not fear i have been cured of that & early symptoms look good for me to make a complete recovery. I did also however fall very sick towards the end of November & had to be hospitalized for a week.
The major news in between all this time is that MovieSum.com is up & running again & we are slowly but surely making all efforts to ensure it does more than just well & you the reader/audience has the best possible information & content.
I hereby swear to write a piece everyday on the MovieSum Diaries page & will keep updating more than once a day at times.
So in a few hours (max the next 24 hours) you'll see the next part of the Genesis of MovieSum article.
Keep Reading,
Over & Out.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thursday, November 12, 2009
A Star is Born.....The Genesis of MovieSum.com Part-1
I was a few days away from turning 24, a few days away from starting work as a script researcher for a movie production house & a few weeks away from starting my 3D animation course plus the Dark Knight was more than a month away. I had a lot of time to kill & i was so engrossed in watching movies & playing on the XBOX that doing something constructive was the last thing on my mind. That was until Tarpin hit me with this idea....
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! Wait!!!
Who's Tarpin?
Like i mentioned in my previous post MovieSum.com was started by two guys, one was me & the other guy who's name i shall not reveal (he has a hideously deformed face & is a wanted necrophiliac in 13 different countries.....just kidding!!!) but in all further posts i'll refer to the great "he-who-shall-not-be-named" as Tarpin. Don't complain about the name, it was just the first thing that popped into my head & i put it down.
So that's settled, now going back to the tale....
As i was saying before it was Tarpin who really gave me the nudge i had needed for a long time. I was seduced by the dark side & before I knew it I was part of something I initially understood little about.
The first brief conversation went something like this;
Tarpin: Hey dudeeeee (he really drags out his dudes) wassup?
Me: Nothing man, the heat's been killing me. (That summer had been unbearably hot)
Tarpin: Dudeeeee you still into movies and all?
Me: Uh, yeah, i mean like the list is at something like 2000+ movies at the moment. (Trying a fake modest demeanor & "The List" shall be expanded upon later too)
Tarpin: Aahh awesome, can you give me a few movies like uh......blah blah blah.
Me: Sure, anytime….. (Normally I hate giving my DVDs to anyone since I’m kind of obsessed about keeping them scratch free, something which most people care little about, but then he made that puppy dog face & I gave in)
Tarpin: Cool dude, by the way have you thought about writing about movies? Maybe online?
Me: Like a blog? (I had just deleted my previous blog a few months back) Naa, not really.
Tarpin: No dude, like on a real website. I can set one up for you & you can start working on it. You know so much about movies & people know you’re ‘THE’ guy to go to for any movie related information. Imagine the number of people you’d be able to reach out to if you started writing online & running your own website you’d be able to pretty much do anything.
*The devil starts to seduce the naïve young man with promises of limitless power & riches*
Me: Hmmm….”in-te-resting” (playing with my goatee & giving that serious-lost-in-deep-thought look) Let me think about it….
*The devil smiles with glee, a wicked laughter rings out in his head*
Tarpin: Anytime dude, you know my number, think about it & gimme a call…..
There wasn’t much really to think about, the Devil/Tarpin had already shown me the path I had always dreamed of & I jumped at without giving much thought to what hurdles lay ahead.
So with the first step been taken MovieSum.com was on its way….
In the next post I’d give you a better idea about Tarpin & Me, do keep reading….
WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! Wait!!!
Who's Tarpin?
Like i mentioned in my previous post MovieSum.com was started by two guys, one was me & the other guy who's name i shall not reveal (he has a hideously deformed face & is a wanted necrophiliac in 13 different countries.....just kidding!!!) but in all further posts i'll refer to the great "he-who-shall-not-be-named" as Tarpin. Don't complain about the name, it was just the first thing that popped into my head & i put it down.
So that's settled, now going back to the tale....
As i was saying before it was Tarpin who really gave me the nudge i had needed for a long time. I was seduced by the dark side & before I knew it I was part of something I initially understood little about.
The first brief conversation went something like this;
Tarpin: Hey dudeeeee (he really drags out his dudes) wassup?
Me: Nothing man, the heat's been killing me. (That summer had been unbearably hot)
Tarpin: Dudeeeee you still into movies and all?
Me: Uh, yeah, i mean like the list is at something like 2000+ movies at the moment. (Trying a fake modest demeanor & "The List" shall be expanded upon later too)
Tarpin: Aahh awesome, can you give me a few movies like uh......blah blah blah.
Me: Sure, anytime….. (Normally I hate giving my DVDs to anyone since I’m kind of obsessed about keeping them scratch free, something which most people care little about, but then he made that puppy dog face & I gave in)
Tarpin: Cool dude, by the way have you thought about writing about movies? Maybe online?
Me: Like a blog? (I had just deleted my previous blog a few months back) Naa, not really.
Tarpin: No dude, like on a real website. I can set one up for you & you can start working on it. You know so much about movies & people know you’re ‘THE’ guy to go to for any movie related information. Imagine the number of people you’d be able to reach out to if you started writing online & running your own website you’d be able to pretty much do anything.
*The devil starts to seduce the naïve young man with promises of limitless power & riches*
Me: Hmmm….”in-te-resting” (playing with my goatee & giving that serious-lost-in-deep-thought look) Let me think about it….
*The devil smiles with glee, a wicked laughter rings out in his head*
Tarpin: Anytime dude, you know my number, think about it & gimme a call…..
There wasn’t much really to think about, the Devil/Tarpin had already shown me the path I had always dreamed of & I jumped at without giving much thought to what hurdles lay ahead.
So with the first step been taken MovieSum.com was on its way….
In the next post I’d give you a better idea about Tarpin & Me, do keep reading….
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
How (not) to ru(i)n a movie website......
Having a great idea is one thing, bringing it to reality is altogether different ball game. This blog is the story of MovieSum.com & the guy who "runs" it.....
You may naturally ask , "What is MovieSum.com?"
Ans. It's a for-the-moment-under-renovation movie content site based in India which has been in this comatose condition for the past 5 months give or take a bit. It started on the 28th of May 2008 by two guys who frankly had nothing better to do. One of them was me who has always treated cinema like some sort of religion & thought he could write pretty well about it. The other fellow...well i can't give out his name simply because he prefers to live incognito in lonely dark corners of the world working on the technical aspects of the site.
Now I'll go into more details about the process of formation of the site & about the site in subsequent posts, but i'm sure you'd be wondering why am i writing this blog & why should you read it?
Well the answer is simple, I'm treating this blog as some sort of creative outlet to put forth my experiences which have been accumulated over the past year and half while simultaneously working on the site which you can treat as some sort of whining, learning, the tirade of a mad man or (sometimes) humorous observations about my work & the site.
& NO, you don't have to read it if you don't want to or don't like it (but you already knew that didn't you! blah!)
So keep a watch out for more posts coming soon.....
You may naturally ask , "What is MovieSum.com?"
Ans. It's a for-the-moment-under-renovation movie content site based in India which has been in this comatose condition for the past 5 months give or take a bit. It started on the 28th of May 2008 by two guys who frankly had nothing better to do. One of them was me who has always treated cinema like some sort of religion & thought he could write pretty well about it. The other fellow...well i can't give out his name simply because he prefers to live incognito in lonely dark corners of the world working on the technical aspects of the site.
Now I'll go into more details about the process of formation of the site & about the site in subsequent posts, but i'm sure you'd be wondering why am i writing this blog & why should you read it?
Well the answer is simple, I'm treating this blog as some sort of creative outlet to put forth my experiences which have been accumulated over the past year and half while simultaneously working on the site which you can treat as some sort of whining, learning, the tirade of a mad man or (sometimes) humorous observations about my work & the site.
& NO, you don't have to read it if you don't want to or don't like it (but you already knew that didn't you! blah!)
So keep a watch out for more posts coming soon.....
