Useful Media Discussion Links

Lilly · 08-12-2006, 06:04 PM

Here are some links that are useful when discussing different kinds of media:

IMDB- The internet movie database. Has cast lists, quotes, and trailers for just about every movie (and TV show) ever made. The search function is also quite compresensive. Great for searching by movie or actor(actress).

Amazon.com- Well it's Amazon. It's got books and music, and some of the books are searchable inside the book. Another good place to look for links.

Wikipedia- A freely edited encyclopedia containing entries about everything.

Yahoo Movies- Another good cast listing site. Also has a pretty good upcoming movie section.

Apple Movie Trailers- Quicktime trailers of movies both current and upcoming.

Youtube- Handy for videos, clips, trailers, etc.

RottenTomatoes- I find its fresh/rotten meter is usually pretty representative of how enjoyable (at least I find) a movie is. Also, it's fun to tell someone his or her favorite movie got a dismal 5% fresh rating.

Allmusic- A music discussion resource.

Anything else anyone can think of?

Chunklets · 08-12-2006, 06:07 PM

Youtube is handy for videos, etc.

kriklaf · 08-12-2006, 06:09 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com --RottenTomatoes. I find its fresh/rotten meter is usually pretty representative of how enjoyable (at least I find) a movie is. Also, it's fun to tell someone his or her favorite movie got a dismal 5% fresh rating.

Lilly · 08-12-2006, 08:23 PM

List updated, thanks for your suggestions.

renoncour · 08-13-2006, 01:38 AM

How about www.allmusic.com for music-related discussions?

AdInfinitum · 08-25-2006, 07:24 PM

Google is a marvel for identifying movies and music. Just put in a line or a lyric in quotation marks and you can find out what basically anything is.

RoboticSheeple · 08-28-2006, 03:15 PM

http://www.last.fm/
Great for music, has 30 second clips of a lot of bands

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/
Music videos, a lot of them

God_of_Luck · 09-21-2006, 09:43 PM

http://www.shoutcast.com/

Trying to find music you like, just pick the one that fits.

Death, your friend the Reaper · 10-29-2006, 12:05 AM

Good for looking into song meanings

Amotis · 12-12-2006, 01:07 PM

http://www.classicalarchives.com/
I had made this a thread before and it is one of the most useful sites out there. Free too, up to five downloads a day. I've used it since I learned about it a year ago and probably will use it the rest of my life.
Awesome, just awesome site.

purple gelatinous cube o' Doom · 02-12-2007, 11:04 PM

http://tv.peekvid.com/

This site has a whole bunch of movies, tv show episodes, cartoons, anime, and a comedy section. They're all free to watch online too.

Rob Knotts · 04-22-2007, 04:54 PM

JoBlo.com and Chud.com, both fairly nerdy coming-attractions sites, but they've come to terms with thier nerdiness.

Anime News Network, exactly what it sounds like (except without Wolf Blitzer or Anderson Cooper).

LCR · 09-12-2007, 06:24 AM

http://www.vixy.net - Useful site for downloading videos from, say, Youtube.

Occasional Sage · 11-02-2007, 08:09 PM

http://powells.com/

It's my personal preference, but I like Powells for book stuff. It's a local company, not an international chain, which is active in their local (Portland, OR) community as well as overseas, like donating old textbooks to 3rd-world countries. The site has Very Good employee recommendations, author interviews, and the like, and has things like 16th century bibles, limited edition Stephen King novels, and other fabulous stuff. Heck, their rare book room has a volume worth more than my house!

Plus, bibliophiles, if you're in the Portland area it's a new-and-used-book store over 70,000 square feet!! No I don't work there, but I've been going since before I was a teenager and I love them.

Thiel · 11-25-2007, 04:58 PM

Baen Free Library - Exactly what it sounds like. Baen Books has made a lot of their books available as free downloads.

sumoalex · 12-28-2007, 08:12 AM

i am going to see it this afternoon,and all i know is the first five minutes(and a riview said"darker than lord of the rings).

but,if I made lord of the rings it would be 'lord of the hobbo'

musicmann007 · 05-21-2008, 05:34 PM

very helpful. thank you

SkanMan · 07-26-2008, 03:29 PM

yo son am i the only person on the planet that has an imeem account? (www.imeem.com)

i describe it as a myspace for music lovers. its like a user filled database of everysong you could imagine. i love this site and use it allmost daily, but it hasnt seem to have caught on yet, if anyone on this site sees this and has one (or is going to make one) feel free to add me, search for- you guessed it

skanman
(im a big fluffy rapping mexican if that helps at all)

Arioch · 07-26-2008, 03:34 PM

What, no TVTropes? TVTropes is God. When it comes to analyzing media, you can't beat it.

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