I've been receiving a few direct messages from my Facebook followers asking if I've turned into (what is clever term these days) a "fantic." A fantic, for those who are unaware, is a mixture between a fan boy and critic. This term is used to describe someone who claims to be a critic, but does nothing but discuss fan boy movies like Marvel and Star Wars films, all while ignoring non-franchise movies that may be geared towards people who want to see real movies (and no, I'm not saying Marvel movies aren't real movies, please refrain from correcting me on that). I understand where the concern is coming from because it's been months since I've posted a written review for something that hasn't been animated or franchise based. I want to write this update to ease concerns that I have not given up writing reviews for adult movies (and because - in keeping with the theme of this blog - this is just another part of my daily life in this job). I actually have written reviews for "Money Monster" and "Neighbors 2" sitting on my OneDrive account.
So where are the reviews online? Well, even though I have been writing the reviews I haven't been publishing them. Now, I admit that this is typically counter productive and I don't recommend it, but there is a reason I've been doing this: I hate updating the website. Like, I really, REALLY hate updating the website! I designed that site over ten years ago and have been manually posting reviews, typing in code for pictures, dealing with self-made invisible tables (people who know HTML know what I'm talking about). It got to the point where near the end of last year I dreaded having to post reviews. In January I finally threw my hands in the air and shouted "ENOUGH!" The website might have been my livelihood and main passion but it was becoming downright tedious to work on.
So it was obvious the website needed to be redesigned. Despite the fact that I am relatively proud to have one of the few actual websites on the internet that wasn't powered by Blogger, I can't deny that having a blog system would make updating and uploading a lot faster and easier. So I finally started working on a new design for the website. Instead of being a website though, it would be a blogger site. When I decided to go in that direction I actually cried at the loss of tradition at the site. I cried wondering if this is how newspaper editors felt when they had to admit that the internet was just a more effective way to produce news and switched to the "new format" while leaving old traditions behind. I calmed down a little bit when I found a way to have the new blog system while maintaining a look for the site that would maintain it's HTML roots. It does mean it will take a little bit longer to do a proper redesign, but I guess I'm just a sentimentalist at heart (at least updating the dumb thing will be a breeze).
In the meantime though... well, since I am a one man show it's difficult to design the new site while continuing to update the old one. So while I AM writing reviews for all the movies I've seen these days, you have only been seeing reviews for franchise and animated movies because of my freelance work. So yes, this might not be the best way to handle the situation. It does give off the impression that I'm blowing off work. However, on the plus side I am formatting new reviews for the new site, and since I don't have to manage two sites at once I will have this new one up by fall (winter at the latest) as opposed to early next year when I originally estimated it would be done. Ultimately I think people will be much more happy when everything is done, but that is why I've given of a fantic feel to my audience. Oh, and for the record, "Money Monster" IS a good movie and I gave it three stars!
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