http://disqus.com/by/mikecs83/enFri, 21 Jan 2022 09:35:45 -0000https://thefwoosh.com/2022/01/official-fwoosh-2022-marvel-legends-top-ten-vote/#comment-5701649620<p>Diablo<br>Swordsman<br>Mantis<br>Calypso<br>Carrion<br>Cardiac<br>Madelyne Pryor<br>Cassandra Nova<br>Servo-Guards<br>Swarm</p><p>BAF Magog</p>Michael SherrinFri, 21 Jan 2022 09:35:45 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/2020/12/official-fwoosh-marvel-legends-top-ten-vote-3/#comment-5210884340<p>Cassandra Nova<br>Kitty Pryde [Excalibur]<br>Blue Marvel<br>Ms. America<br>Mantis [70s]<br>Psylocke [80s]<br>Quasar [Annihilation]<br>Diablo<br>Ronan [Annihilation]<br>Morlun<br>BAF Doombot</p>Michael SherrinSun, 03 Jan 2021 11:19:12 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/2020/01/official-fwoosh-marvel-legends-top-ten-vote-2/#comment-4747791607<p>Kitty Pryde [Excalibur]<br>Quasar [Annihilators]<br>Stilt-Man<br>Cassandra Nova<br>America Chavez<br>Rogue [Uncanny Avengers]<br>Cardiac<br>Morlun<br>Agatha Harkness<br>Mantis [70s]<br>BAF Nimrod</p>Michael SherrinMon, 06 Jan 2020 20:56:10 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/index.php/2018/11/official-fwoosh-marvel-legends-top-ten-vote/#comment-4212075818<p>Quasar<br>Kitty Pryde [Excalibur]<br>Mantis<br>Bug<br>Cassandra Nova<br>Morlun<br>America Chavez<br>Shang Chi<br>Phyla-Vell<br>Moondragon<br>BAF Terminus</p>Michael SherrinSun, 25 Nov 2018 22:30:24 -0000http://www.motherjones.com/node/302341#comment-2633907986<p>Apparently Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson wasn't a popular enough musical (still awesome, though).</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSlBjNhqjY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSlBjNhqjY">https://www.youtube.com/wat...</a></p>Michael SherrinWed, 20 Apr 2016 13:52:32 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/index.php/2015/07/official-fwoosh-2015-marvel-legends-top-ten-poll/#comment-2147967863<p>Sebastian Shaw</p><p>Songbird</p><p>Stilt Man</p><p>Rogue [Jim Lee]</p><p>Thor [Jane Foster]</p><p>Quasar [Thanos Imperative]</p><p>Multiple Man [90s X-Factor]</p><p>Cassandra Nova</p><p>Nico Minoru</p><p>Lilandra</p><p>BAF</p><p>Nimrod [White]</p>Michael SherrinMon, 20 Jul 2015 22:30:27 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/2015/07/sdcc-2015-hasbro-marvel-panel-official-reveals#comment-2131031486<p>The Red Skull Onslaught should be easily modded to a regular Onslaught (we only got the upgraded version and I prefer the classic design).</p><p>Disappointed we didn't get more announcements. Guess they're waiting for NYCC like before.</p>Michael SherrinSat, 11 Jul 2015 21:23:57 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/2015/07/sdcc-15-new-marvel-legends-spider-man-figures-revealed#comment-2126761749<p>Any alternate hands for Absorbing Man?</p><p>Speed Demon - Best accessory ever if that's a remote control Silvermane head (even without the remote control)</p>Michael SherrinThu, 09 Jul 2015 12:17:41 -0000http://thefwoosh.com/index.php/2015/05/marvel-legends-and-the-end-of-the-wish-list/#comment-2023083822<p>Considering Fwoosh's own published wish lists are still not realized, I think we have time before Marvel runs out of new characters. I'm really impressed we're getting Misty Knight and Helcat, two figures not high on many people's list (but super happy about now that we're getting them). We're still waiting on highly demanded figures like Enchantress and Photon.</p><p>The annoying part of Marvel Legends is the anti-Fantastic Four and X-Men licensing happening at Marvel due to the movie rights. Marvel only wants their movies being promoted, which is partially why Days of Future Past had an afterthought of an X-Men wave and Fantastic Four aren't getting any figures (even though we really need better versions of all characters).</p><p>Even just thinking about the Marvel Studios available characters, we still have every years worth of waves, including brand new characters and worth costume redesigns (Female Thor, Falcon Cap).</p><p>I'm certainly feeling poor this year from the flood of Marvel Legends. I hope Hasbro can keep this momentum next year.</p><p>Where is my Stilt-Man and Daredevil wave?</p>Michael SherrinWed, 13 May 2015 16:44:40 -0000http://kastorskorner.com/wp/2012/11/30/play-arts-kai-spike-spiegel-cowboy-bebop-fans-dream-true/#comment-1237355727<p>Where did that playset come from? Does the figure come with it (I can't find any other pictures of it). Thanks.</p>Michael SherrinSun, 09 Feb 2014 16:40:16 -0000http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/05/copyright_is_not_dead.html#comment-206395707<p>That is a good point, government has tried to balance copyright with innovation.  It is that balance, however, that I take issue with as balance is what can hurt, not help.  Like the player piano lasted only a few decades, but we are still stuck with the compulsory license system they created in 1906. Now in order to license music, one must pay the license for the song writer and the song recording - two separate licenses often held by two separate entities.  The reason why the Wonder Years hasn't been released on DVD is because the music license holders won't grant the licenses (or are charging too much).Copyright has, with few exceptions, been about protecting copyright holders more at the expense of consumers.  U.S. Copyright began as a 14 year term with the option to extend another 14 years. Copyright had to be registered for. Now copyright is automatic and lasts 70 years after the author's death or 120 years. Works that would have been put into the public domain we retroactively put back under copyright.  When you realize how much companies like Disney has relied on the public domain, you can understand how stifling copyright can be. Note that the concept of orphan works didn't exist before automatic copyright. Now there are actually works of art that no one can use because no one knows who owns the copyright.Further, the DMCA has had many unintended consequences. In order to have the safe harbor protections of the DMCA, a website must address every single takedown notice regardless of legitimacy.  It is time consuming and costly to try to remedy improper takedowns with little recourse.  This is a massive infringement of the first amendment where speech to censored without any due process.  Even political campaigns using fair use clips of news shows have had their videos taken down from YouTube.</p><p>The media industry has said every time that this innovation would destroy them.  But even today there is no evidence of that.  As I said, more music is being produced and more movies are being made. More books are being written and published and more content is being generated than ever before.  It's cheaper and easier to create, distribute, and find content than ever before.  Let's remember the blockbuster movie has only been around for about 40 years and the music album for about 70 years.  Television, that business model innovator, was only invented less than 100 years ago. The next generation of media may look vastly different from today.</p><p>This is not a government or public policy issue. It is a business model issue.  There are hundreds of musicians, authors, and content creators making money outside of the traditional models set by "Big Content."  More are innovating new business models that embrace file-sharing recognizing it as a resource to connect with fans rather than sue them.  Explain to me how anyone is helped when the new head of the MPAA says his top priority is fighting piracy. Shouldn't his top priority be helping make movie companies make more money?  No those are not the same thing. One makes criminals of your fans, the other finds ways to actually make money off those fans.  Stopping piracy or encouraging respect for copyright do not mean people will actually buy your products.</p><p>After that long spiel, I wanted to say Anthony, that I'm very interested in your position at Disney Research. I'm applying to business school now looking to do similar work to yours (though with a differing opinion).  I messaged you on Twitter (I'm @prodigeek) and would appreciate the chance to pick your brain about your job and how you got here.  Plus I of course love debating this subject and would enjoy to hear your thoughts more fully. I hope to hear from you.</p>Michael SherrinWed, 18 May 2011 17:32:12 -0000http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/05/copyright_is_not_dead.html#comment-206222753<p>Why is it technology's job to accommodate the content industry?  Media companies have opposed almost every technological innovation as a sign of the end of their existence.  Music publishers opposed the player piano, even lobbying Congress at the beginning of the 20th century, claiming the player piano would end the demand for musicians and live performance.</p><p>Movie companies opposed television.  Television companies opposed cable.  In the 1980s, the president of the MPAA, Jack Valenti, called home video the "Boston strangler" of the movie industry. Even the iPod met with significant opposition.</p><p>Today, home video is an even larger business than the box office.  And the iPod is the most successful music player since the Walkman.You propose tech giants using "their powers of innovation to better detect and control online copyright infringement" and I ask how does that not stifle innovation?  Instead of building a faster iPhone, better search engine, or something completely new, tech giants should focus on helping other companies protect their revenue sources.  But instead new companies, even those trying to work with media companies, are finding the terms untenable to running a business.  Napster and Limewire both reached out to music companies to find ways to license and legitimize their operations, but both were instead sued out of existence.  File-sharing became more decentralized and harder to quash.  Almost every new music start-up has been sued by one or more music publishers, often right before they begin licensing negotiations.  Spotify, who's service is claiming to help slow or stop piracy, is being limited to entering U.S. markets because of the costs they must pay to U.S. record labels.  Rather than make some money, record labels are making none.</p><p>While record labels are losing money, there is actually more music being made.  More movies are being produced and more TV shows (include new short shows like the Guild and Funny or Die, which are both distributed for free).  From YouTube to fan fiction, there is no evidence that content creation is being stifled.Google has, as you suggest, already pulled apps from its app store, like music streaming site Grooveshark, without any court conviction or legal precedent (WB Music has sued Grooveshark, but the company has licenses with other music publishers).  But if Google started pro-actively removing videos from YouTube or websites from its search engine, as the new PROTECT IP law will require, there becomes a chilling effect on speak and discourse.  More than 35 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute - an impossible amount for any staff to filter.  And how can Google know what are authorized videos and what are fair use?  Even Viacom in its lawsuit against Google cited videos Viacom itself uploaded as infringing.  </p><p>It is not Google or Apple's responsibility to make Disney or Viacom money.  As the market evolves and changes, it's up to businesses to change with the times.  If record labels want to go the way of the horse and buggy, then some other business will fill the void. And that is what is already happening.</p>Michael SherrinWed, 18 May 2011 12:53:31 -0000http://blogs.hbr.org/video/2011/04/ellen-seidler-on-piracy-in-the.html#comment-193709845<p>What evidence does she have that piracy actually hurt sales? DVD sales were already down. Independent movies have always had a hard time getting distribution. Blaming piracy is taking the blame off her own failure to find a viable business model for her movie. Consider a movie like Sita Sings the Blues that distributed itself online, for free, and found great success making a profit and getting a larger audience to see the movie. Or Zenith, being crowd-funded while also being distributed online for free.</p><p>Also consider that more movies are being produced than years ago AND box offices continue to increase (2010 was another record box office). So somehow movies are finding ways to succeed in this changing marketplace - a marketplace that has been changing for about a decade, not just the past year as Ms. Seidler seems to think. Streaming has been around for several years.</p><p>Ms. Seidler also finds the multitude of unauthorized subtitles of her movie insidious. But isn't this just allowing people around the world to see her movie, who otherwise would have to wait for Ms. Seidler to release the movie in their location (which would increase costs, something that's unlikely if the movie isn't making a profit). Markets with Arabic, Turkish, and Chinese speakers are able to enjoy her movie - and it's her own failure to not to create a profitable business model that embraces the passion of these fans.</p><p>There are many movie producers finding ways to use file-sharing to increase their revenue and visibility. Ms. Seidler is using piracy as an excuse for her own failure to put in place a successful business model.</p>Michael SherrinThu, 28 Apr 2011 17:30:42 -0000http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/is-health-care-going-to-cost-democrats-in-november/62304/#comment-73544337<p>Both social security and medicare were very unpopular when passed. Both faced many of the criticism the current health care policy faces, including that social security would cost jobs and lead to socialism. Many were so against these policies, they brought court cases against many New Deal policies, which is why FDR eventually increased the number of Supreme Court justices.</p><p>But now of course, these programs are extreme popular and have proven very helpful. They have low administrative costs, even if the overall budget is huge. These programs have both run for more than a 50 years without issue. Only now are we facing budget issues, which is pretty good long term planning.</p><p>The unpopularity of health care is often illogical if not ignorant, such as anti-health care advocates trying to get government's hands of Medicare or fear of death panels. Seniors will be getting checks to help with health care costs. Young adults will be able to stay on family health plans for longer. And people with long-term illnesses can now have access to health care like never before. Sure we could do more, but all this sounds like really good things for the government to do. Because the market was failing us.</p>Michael SherrinTue, 31 Aug 2010 12:40:08 -0000http://mashable.com/2009/09/02/google-search-patent/#comment-15785609<p>What are these good reasons for intellectual property? Promoting the progress of useful arts and sciences? How does two buttons promote progress and innovation? How is this novel or non-obvious or even valid under the recent Bilski ruling? Remember, Amazon has a notorious patent on buying something with one button click. Now Google has a 20 year monopoly on search boxes with 2 buttons. Meaning no one else can do this in the U.S. or any country that recognizes software patents. How does this help increase innovation?</p>Michael SherrinWed, 02 Sep 2009 15:38:48 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/31/delicious-20-who-bookmarks-any-more/#comment-1068337<p>I've always had problems with Delicious' design and it kept me from avidly using the service and so far the redesign has fixed a lot of things that kept me away from it. Alphabetical sorting, getting rid of the annoying orange popularity rank, and easier navigation. Any redesign is going to annoy current users (Facebook, I'm looking at you) but hopefully this design can bring some new people (like me) into the bookmarking fold.</p>Michael SherrinFri, 01 Aug 2008 00:27:07 -0000http://blog.rssmeme.com/2008/06/full-content-disabled.html#comment-715550<p>I'm disappointed. One ignorant person who doesn't want free publicity is hurting a valuable service. Just like search, people can easily control how others see their feeds. Their lack of knowledge shouldn't be your fault. I hope full feeds can return, I always prefer them.</p>Michael SherrinFri, 20 Jun 2008 12:03:05 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/06/loud3r-launches-massive-semantically.html#comment-701872<p>I've been looking for more niche aggregators, like Techmeme and memeorandum. Soon, though, we're going to need aggregators for the aggregators - there's just too many of them, it's becoming overwhelming to submit, vote, track, comment, and read everything on all of them.</p>Michael SherrinWed, 18 Jun 2008 16:06:21 -0000http://www.michaelfruchter.com/blog/2008/06/do-you-toluu-i-certainly-do/#comment-647192<p>Thanks, signing up now. The geek is me is very excited.</p>Michael SherrinThu, 12 Jun 2008 14:15:02 -0000http://www.michaelfruchter.com/blog/2008/06/do-you-toluu-i-certainly-do/#comment-638642<p>I would love an invite to Toluu if you have one. You can email me at mikecs83@yahoo.com</p><p>Thank you very much.</p>Michael SherrinWed, 11 Jun 2008 13:51:39 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/05/toluu-expands-activity-threads-rolls.html#comment-535280<p>You've gotten me really excited about Toluu. Can you please email an invite to mikecs83@yahoo.com</p><p>Thanks</p>Michael SherrinTue, 27 May 2008 10:30:12 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/05/blogging-20-causing-friction-with-10.html#comment-498096<p>I really agree with letting users rule for the added reason that it doesn't matter how people read your blog or content, as long as they're reading it. Yes it's frustrating to not be able to easily track all the comments about your posts in once place, but the more people talk about you and your content, the more influence and value you have. This is the value free bloggers really want.</p>Michael SherrinTue, 20 May 2008 15:00:08 -0000http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/05/13/are-social-news-sites-like-digg-useful-anymore/#comment-457083<p>I'm not I'm familiar with your alternative. I've always viewed Digg, Reddit, and these bookmarking sites as best-of-what-you-won't easily find, thus making weird news or cool features the bread and butter of the site. Big news articles always fit in, of course, but I never viewed Digg's value in news articles since, eventually, big enough stories rise to the top. Techmeme however is a much more newsy resources and arguably one of the best places to find immediate news. Both remain useful for different reasons and obviously still have tweaking to do to be even more efficient (Digg repeats stories way too much).</p>Michael SherrinTue, 13 May 2008 13:34:36 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/08/myspace-we-still-control-your-data/#comment-434606<p>Just like Verizon's open network, I wonder if this is a lot of hype. I mean, we have Open Social waiting in the sidelines to take over. Anyway, does anyone even use MySpace anymore anyway, aside from all those spammers?</p>Michael SherrinThu, 08 May 2008 17:54:27 -0000