Roger Ebert, Blogs and Fanzines

“Fanzines Beget Blogs,” Roger Ebert theorized in his May 4 post to the Chicago Sun-Times blog.

This has already been widely reported by the fannish component of the blogosphere. When Moshe Feder sent me the pointed he added the comment:

Great to have someone of Roger’s national reputation explain this fact in such a venue. Too bad the article goes off on that Clarke tangent after the second paragraph. The Clarke stuff is OK in its own right, but there’s a lot more he could have said about his main point that would have been more informative to his readership.

[Via Moshe Feder and William Wagner]

Two Thumbs Out

Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are leaving Disney-ABC Domestic Television’s At the Movies, after many years of making thumbs-up/thumbs-down judgments on the latest films. Roeper joined the syndicated program in 2000, taking over for the late Gene Siskel. Ebert ended his on-air participation in 2006 due to medical problems, but he has remained active behind the scenes.

It’s believed Disney will remake the movie review show along the lines of Entertainment Tonight.

“I wish Disney the best of luck with their new show, whatever form it may take,” Roeper said in his statement. “In the meantime, it is my intention to proceed elsewhere with my ninth year as the co-host of a movie review show that honors the standards established by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert more than 30 years ago. I will be free to share the details on that program in the near future.”