Blogging

Skimming around the net looking for something to read, I found this, an exclusive reveal of three interview clips from the forthcoming Dark Knight DVD (I'm a massive Batman geek), which in turn led me to this - a discussion of sorts of the world's most boring film titles. Two very different film blogs: one revealing news (of sorts) and the other voicing opinion.

But interestingly, both home in on the importance of a blog post starting a conversation. With a piece on boring film titles clearly that's going to happen (though closing it with "What are your favourite boring titles?" is so transparent in seeking feedback that it borders on desperate), but the blog showing Dark Knight clips happily wavers off-topic into other areas in order to broaden the scope for debate. And again, it asks questions at the end: "Who[m?] do you think deserves recognition next February? And will they actually get it?" Both blogs provide interest and start a conversation, so fulfil the criteria a good blog should.

However, the one on film titles is crap. It proves a rule on which I was unsure: that the hierarchy of an interesting blog runs, from most to least interesting, like this:
- A link
- A photo
- A video
- Any of the above, with context
- Discussion
- Opinion

Yes, this continues to worry me given the nature of my regular blog, but at least there are links there, I suppose. For this blog on film titles, though, there is no real saving grace. It's just rubbish.