================================================================== TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- MOVIES Hooray For Redmondwood... ================================================================== October 4, 2001 NOTE FROM ERIC: Not much has happened since speculation in the early 90's that Bill Gates had interest in getting involved with a motion picture production company... The Top 9 Changes If Microsoft Ran Hollywood 9. Instead of the MGM Lion, movies open with Bill Gates complaining about the Justice Department. 8. Turns out your $8.50 ticket only lets you watch the movie; to actually enjoy it you need to fork over another $89.95 in licensing fees. 7. A federal judge demands that Braveheart be split into two separate entities: The Parts that Guys Watch, and The Parts that Girls Watch. 6. Star Wars, Star Wars '95, Star Wars '98, Star Wars Millennium... 5. To see one Michael Caine movie, you now have to purchase tickets to his entire suite of 238 films. 4. "Oh, thank you, Clarence -- I now see how the world would be better if Steve Jobs had never been born!" 3. 10 bucks for a ticket, 5 bucks for popcorn, and 20 minutes to download Windows Media Player. 2. Constant timeline shifts cause Pulp Fiction to crash halfway through. and the Number 1 Change If Microsoft Ran Hollywood... 1. "And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes to... the Paper Clip dude!" [ Copyright 2001 by Chris White ] [ www.topfive.com ] ==================================================================
================================================================== Selected from 53 submissions from 14 contributors. Today's Top 5 List authors are: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Strider, Gaithersburg, MD -- 1, 3 Greg Preece, Toronto, ON -- 2 Craig D. Barker, Livonia, MI -- 4 Martin Bredeck, Hybla Valley, VA -- 5 Eric M. Wakeford, Niagara Falls, ON -- 6 Clifton J. Gray, Tucson, AZ -- 7 Kim Moser, New York, NY -- 8 Michael Cunningham, Woodridge, IL -- 9 Marko Peric, Prince Edward Island, Canada -- 9 Eric F. Lipton, Washington, DC -- Script Doctor ================================================================== [ Copyright 2001 by Chris White All rights reserved. ] [ Do not forward, publish, broadcast, or use ] [ in any manner without crediting "TopFive.com" ] ==================================================================
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