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Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

In Other News... — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:43:19 EDT

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Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

donmiguel — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:25:32 EDT

Video ringtones? Ok. This really is hell. I can't wait till the new Boson inspired web comes online for us proles so we can just cut to the full broadband chase...

donmiguel

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

Aero — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:10:04 EDT

@SW-2: Veiled? Hardly.

Aero

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

SW-2 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:37:20 EDT

What if I'm too distracted looking for veiled homoeroticism in my "Top Gun" ringtone video to actually answer my friend's call?

SW-2

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

LeGagneur — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:35:34 EDT

@misssgolightly: Better than the "most annoying sound in the world" a la Dumb & Dumber ringer that my friend has.

LeGagneur

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

moff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:44:32 EDT

Sometimes can't you just imagine the meeting in the beige-walled room, though, with the fluorescent lights humming and the whiteboard, and the one guy finishes his presentation and looks at everyone else, smiling, and the guy who arranged for him to speak nods and looks around at everyone else, because he just wants to get out of here and go sexually harass the new assistant some more, and he says, "Well, Tim, thanks. I think that sounds like a great opportunity. Anyone else have any thoughts?" And everyone else nods and goes, "Yeah, yeah," and no one ever thinks, "Wait. Would I actually ever use something like this?" because they live in L.A. and the people they want to sell to live in Omaha and they're so totally different, right?

moff

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

Greasy Thumb Guzik — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:27:41 EDT

@misssgolightly:
I once heard a ringtone with a woman's voice screaming: "Will you pick up the phone already!"

Greasy Thumb Guzik

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

Political Party Girl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:03:45 EDT

So you're telling me that for a mere... $120 I could buy every clip and then own the ENTIRE MOVIE? Where do I sign up?

Political Party Girl

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

misssgolightly — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:59:47 EDT

Can't be worse than when I was at the airport a few weeks ago, and the woman in front of me's ringtone was this: *Loud kissing sound* *ringtone in high, squeaky cartoon voice* AHAHAHA I LOVE YOU BABY!!!! over and over and OVER again.

misssgolightly

Why Paramount's New "Dollar Per Clip" Business Will Fail (Hint: YouTube)

In Other News... — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:29:05 EDT

SAL
Hey man, what's that?

PETER
Oh man, dude, it's the last 1:37 of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. (Shows SAL his iPhone.)

SAL
Wow. The video quality is TOTALLY ROCKIN' AWESOME.

PETER
I know. And listen to that muthafuckin' sound.

SAL
Crystal clear! Like those THX trailers in the movie theater with the little stupid robot running around while machine guns, airplanes, jungle animals, creaky swing sets and golf-sized hail are all going off in the background!

PETER
Yeah, it's pretty cool.

SAL
So, how much did you pay?

PETER
One dollar.

SAL (slaps iPhone out of PETER's hand.)
What are you, a fuckin' idiot?

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