Death and the Blackberry
This is my haven't-seen-it, won't-see-it, don't-need-to-see-it-to-know pre-release review of "One Missed Call." It's stupid. Don't see it.
OK, maybe it's fine for what it is. In case you've missed the commercials, it works like this: "you get a voicemail. You hear your death. Then you die."
I'm just glad to see that Death, demons, what have you are reaching out to teens through technology. First, death came on VHS with "The Ring." Then it moved up to sending emails in "Pulse." Now it leaves you voicemail! But it's EXTRA spooky because the call goes direct to voicemail...even if your phone is on. Nefarious powers of the damned!
Next year: "Text Deathage: U R DED"
This is just an impossibly stupid premise catering to impossibly stupid people whose cellphones are ever so slightly too much a part of them. Does Death leave a message because it doesn't want to waste minutes? Why doesn't Death just call after 9 or on weekends? Can I call back, or does Death have a blocked ID? Am I in Death's five?
What the fuck, Hollywood. Nothing--NOTHING--with the words email, voicemail, text-message, IM, or any other damn thing related to something I can get at Radioshack or have a monthly plan for is or ever will be scary.
OK, maybe it's fine for what it is. In case you've missed the commercials, it works like this: "you get a voicemail. You hear your death. Then you die."
I'm just glad to see that Death, demons, what have you are reaching out to teens through technology. First, death came on VHS with "The Ring." Then it moved up to sending emails in "Pulse." Now it leaves you voicemail! But it's EXTRA spooky because the call goes direct to voicemail...even if your phone is on. Nefarious powers of the damned!
Next year: "Text Deathage: U R DED"
This is just an impossibly stupid premise catering to impossibly stupid people whose cellphones are ever so slightly too much a part of them. Does Death leave a message because it doesn't want to waste minutes? Why doesn't Death just call after 9 or on weekends? Can I call back, or does Death have a blocked ID? Am I in Death's five?
What the fuck, Hollywood. Nothing--NOTHING--with the words email, voicemail, text-message, IM, or any other damn thing related to something I can get at Radioshack or have a monthly plan for is or ever will be scary.