http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress Musings on the Film & Entertainment Industry and my career in it. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:07:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lining up for hours, pre-show and post-show parties, dressing up in costume "for the movies"... it would shock these girls to realize it, but they are not different from Trekkies, Star Wars fans and Comic-Con geeks.  There's nothing wrong with that; personally, I find it amusing since I assume many ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/06/03/sex-and-the-city-geeks/ The Hollywood Reporter ran an article last Friday describing the rapidly growing and thriving entertainment scene in Dubai.  The closing paragraph delivered what has to be the quote of the year so far, from Abdullatif al-Sayegh, CEO of Arab Media Group: "[it's] good that Dubai is on the radar screen of ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/06/03/quote-of-the-year/ So for anyone who is interested in seeing what I've been up to at Automatic Pictures, I've been overseeing the development of a 2D Massively Multiplayer Online called Card Soldier Wars (cardsoldierwars.com). The game is now live! I invite you all to visit the site, sign up to ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/02/28/card-soldier-wars/ I've been a bit slow in announcing this... TALES FROM BEYOND won the Bronze Jury Choice Medal of Excellence at the soundtrack-focused 2008 Park City Film Music Festival, which ran concurrently with Sundance. If you would like to buy the soundtrack, please click below: FOR AUDIO SAMPLES OR TO ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/02/07/tales-from-beyond-wins-another-award/ I promised at the beginning of the year to make my blog personal, and looking over my posts from the last week, I really haven't done so far. That's because it's actually been a very personal week for me. My grandmother suffered a heart attack, one of my cats had ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/01/10/cult-of-personal-ity/ I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress today.  Hopefully the transition will be seamless, but if you notice any problems, please let me know.  Thanks!Share This http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/upgrade/ So another college football season has completed, and once again the Bowl Championship Series has failed fans with a dud of a championship game that protects the power conferences' big money interests. LSU (the first ever BCS Championship Game team coming in with two losses, thus belying the argument ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/01/07/bull-crap-series/ Yesterday I posted on how relevant Network remains today and later that same night I hear on the news how Britney Spears is released from the hospital in the company of Dr. Phil. Everybody's always playing for their share of the media, no matter at whose expense. Where ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/01/06/phil-britney/ I watched Network for the first time tonight. Probably a film I should have seen a long time ago, but that's neither here nor there; everybody I know, both inside and outside of the history, has a list of movies they should have already seen.The mark of a truly ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/01/05/network/ Today I was called that most reviled requirement of American citizenship, jury duty. Needless to say, I wasn't looking forward to my "duty", although I did luck out -- not only was I never called in for an interview, I was released in what must have been a ... http://www.natebarlow.com/wordpress/2008/01/04/jury-duty/