Ain't It Uncool News?

June 19, 2000 2:53 PM

Ain't It Uncool News? Seems like all the film scoopers want to start scooping all over Harry Knowles, Austinite poster boy and all-around huge self-promotion machine. And it ain't about money, it's about credit and credentials. Now the AICNers are hacking and slashing other sites...
posted by honkzilla (4 comments total)

Well, Film Threat's been a pain in the ass (and I mean that in a good way) for Hollywood for a good long time. Hardly surprising that the king skeptics are butting heads with the big cheerleader.

What is surprising is how petty this all is. I mean, sure, I'm a jaded film school graduate, but c'mon...we're not talking about the cure for cancer here. AICN and the other "scoopers" are all arguing about who received that carefully leaked bit of guerilla publicity.
posted by solistrato at 5:40 PM on June 19, 2000

Frankly, I couldn't give a shit about this whole issue. :p
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 8:48 PM on June 19, 2000

Harry never claimed to be objective or flawless. From the start he's just reported movie information and reviewed films from his own unique standpoint. It's laughable that people are now expecting him to aspire to some journalistic integrity. What makes him admirable is precisely the opposite. He doesn't pretend to be anything other than himself. It's what brings me back to his site cuz he's cool. Even Roger Ebert likes him. Those who are dissing him are wasting their time.
posted by ZachsMind at 7:09 AM on June 20, 2000

So one fanboy faction claims to be cooler than the other. Bring on the lameness!
posted by Mr. skullhead at 6:31 PM on June 20, 2000