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trinityvixenShould I be worried about this?
We're talking about two mutually exclusive music ventures being brought under one group's control: Harmonix being bought by MTV Networks.
I hate MTV. There hasn't been anything on MTV to redeem that fucking network since they stopped making episodes of Daria (before that there wasn't a whole lot going for it either, but at least they used to play music). I hate everything about what MTV started with regards to the treatment of music. MTV, specifically TRL and shows of that ilk, elevated the pop musician to the level of superstar on the basis of popularity and looks regardless of actual talent. You want to know why Britney Spears' every move is all over your news? Yo, MTV sucks. They "pioneered" the reality television trend, and made space for it by...getting rid of music videos. They put Carson "I am a huge tool" Daly on TV (for which they shall never be forgiven) to supposedly intro music vids with special guests (reality check: they talk about how awesome the guest/s is/are, watch thirty seconds of butts being shaken, and go back to a studio full of screaming idiots).
Now, this network, which has shown continual disdain for the playing of actual music on their station (unless you buy their two other cable networks, and then you might see the odd video), is buying Harmonix, the people who brought you Amplitude, Karaoke Revolution, and Guitar Hero. How is this not going to mean they're going to interfere with a winning formula? I dread the thought of Guitar Hero 3 coming around where you are reduced to playing the pilfered back-beat from one of P Diddy's songs as the closest you'll actually come to any classic guitar riffs. Woo.
It also means that interesting, not necessarily pop-culture-present bands will probably have zero chance of making it onto a Harmonix game in the future. Let's be realistic here: MTV would only be buying this if they thought they could make themselves money off it. How best to do that? Sell the product that you sell through it. Fuck, now I'm pissed off.
We're talking about two mutually exclusive music ventures being brought under one group's control: Harmonix being bought by MTV Networks.
I hate MTV. There hasn't been anything on MTV to redeem that fucking network since they stopped making episodes of Daria (before that there wasn't a whole lot going for it either, but at least they used to play music). I hate everything about what MTV started with regards to the treatment of music. MTV, specifically TRL and shows of that ilk, elevated the pop musician to the level of superstar on the basis of popularity and looks regardless of actual talent. You want to know why Britney Spears' every move is all over your news? Yo, MTV sucks. They "pioneered" the reality television trend, and made space for it by...getting rid of music videos. They put Carson "I am a huge tool" Daly on TV (for which they shall never be forgiven) to supposedly intro music vids with special guests (reality check: they talk about how awesome the guest/s is/are, watch thirty seconds of butts being shaken, and go back to a studio full of screaming idiots).
Now, this network, which has shown continual disdain for the playing of actual music on their station (unless you buy their two other cable networks, and then you might see the odd video), is buying Harmonix, the people who brought you Amplitude, Karaoke Revolution, and Guitar Hero. How is this not going to mean they're going to interfere with a winning formula? I dread the thought of Guitar Hero 3 coming around where you are reduced to playing the pilfered back-beat from one of P Diddy's songs as the closest you'll actually come to any classic guitar riffs. Woo.
It also means that interesting, not necessarily pop-culture-present bands will probably have zero chance of making it onto a Harmonix game in the future. Let's be realistic here: MTV would only be buying this if they thought they could make themselves money off it. How best to do that? Sell the product that you sell through it. Fuck, now I'm pissed off.
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Date: 2006-09-26 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-26 02:09 pm (UTC)I'm praying they don't interfere with Harmonix's style too much, but as you can tell, I'm already prepared for the worst.