{"id":3552,"date":"2011-09-07T23:59:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T03:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2011-09-07T23:59:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T03:59:05","slug":"the-demo-man-prophecy-and-speculators-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3552","title":{"rendered":"The Demo Man Prophecy, and Speculators Beware"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a move that seems eerily evocative of Demolition Man <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] (wait \u2013 I\u2019m getting there), the CBC reported this evening that McDonald\u2019s Canada will spend quite a mint overhauling the interior & exterior of its stores to present a more adult-friendly (read: upscale) version of its fast food offerings, goosed with \u2018exotic\u2019 coffees.<\/p>\n

Pilot versions of the redesign have apparently been tested in Europe, and Canada\u2019s going to be the next place where citizens can find designer coffee, fireplaces, flat screen TVs, and a sleeker, modernist design \u2013 elements <\/a>that weirdly recall the sci-fi world in Demolition Man<\/strong> where Taco Bell was the only surviving restaurant chain<\/a> in California after the state fell into the ocean after the big quake.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a sign parts of Canada (read: Vancouver) are doomed to tumble & crumble, but I couldn\u2019t help thinking that if there was<\/em> a big kaboom, McDonald\u2019s may be<\/em> the surviving chain that would dominate a world in disrepair, and present its Chicken McNuggets and burgers in streamlined buildings where the golden \u201cM\u201d wasn\u2019t an arched, fifties beacon for drivers, but a logo imprinted onto a sleek monolith.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d still have mom & pop eateries and restaurants (part of a popular protest movement for ‘good eats’), but McDonald\u2019s 2011 physical upscaling of its eateries is a proactive measure which will ensure its stature as a venue for fine dining should the Big One occur.<\/p>\n

Will this future world include many smiley happy peoples, and perhaps bathrooms with three seashells<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\u2018Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Unrelated, but part of the day\u2019s intriguing news, is Intrada Records announcement that they will in fact begin a kind of pilot move to address the issue of a limited title selling out in not just a day, but hours<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This has happened in the past when Jerry Goldsmith\u2019s score for Inchon<\/strong>, Christopher Young\u2019s Invaders from Mars<\/strong>, Alan Silvestri\u2019s Predator<\/strong>, and now Goldmsith\u2019s Explorers<\/strong> sold out within a day, and buyer demand far exceeded the initial run of a few thousand.<\/p>\n

Hard to say how much was the result of speculators, but realistically, I\u2019d assume it was fans and pent-up demand snapping up Explorers<\/strong>, because there hasn\u2019t been an expanded release in the past \u00a0(bootlegs excepted).<\/p>\n

In his weekly-ish blog, company poobah Douglass Fake explained <\/a>a second run will follow while remaining within the AFM guidelines to keep the re-use fees low by sticking to the under 10,000 copy ceiling.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a move that\u2019s badly needed in spite of the obvious quandary of no label ever being able to fully anticipate the demand for a single title. Predators<\/strong> was guaranteed to sell out fast, and the limited run was a blunder; Inchon<\/strong> selling out in a day was frankly freakish, because it\u2019s a lesser-known (and middling) Goldsmith score for a film few people have ever heard of or seen. Explorers<\/strong> has good moments, but it\u2019s a mostly mediocre score, except to those fond of the composer\u2019s blend of orchestra and bloopy synth sounds, which haven\u2019t aged very well over the years.<\/p>\n

If Intrada\u2019s tactic works \u2013 going for a second limited run if a title sells out in less than a day \u2013 then fans will have a chance to grab a sought-after title within a reasonable length of time, which is really what anyone ever asks for, be it a CD, DVD, poster, etc.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think the move is something other soundtrack labels are likely to follow, because Intrada has several decades of business acumen and smart decisions to take the risk, but it at least opens the door for fans to request a new run if it\u2019s clear 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, or 3000 copies isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

If other labels or producers feel they too boo-booed on a limited title, then full kudos if they choose to repress or revisit in the near future a limited title.<\/p>\n

Beasides: why limit good music to a few thousand?<\/p>\n

Coming next: Tinto Brass in HD, because the world apparently needs to see pores and follicles and puckered cheeks in clinical 1080p.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Blog on two odd newsy tidbits: McDonald’s plans to upscale its restaurants in Canada, and Intrada’s latest release – Jerry Goldsmith’s Explorers – is going back to the pressing plant for a second run because the CD sold out in less than a day – an event best described as ‘What the hell?’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[716,717,423,545,718,719],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-Vi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3554,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3552\/revisions\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}