Wolf Blitzer Speaks to Princess Leia
Like a lot of Americans, I was glued to the television on Tuesday night. I flipped from network to network evaluating the coverage, ripping apart the guests, and loving the graphics — which were just insane and over the top… but fantastic. It was great that, for a moment, Brian Williams had his director drop out the graphics so viewers could see the green screen Ann Curry was walking on. Those designers certainly deserve a round of applause.
But, by far, the most outrageous bit of new news technology came from CNN with their hologram import of guests and correspondents. Slate V remixes Wolf Blitzer’s debut encounter with this technology into an encounter with Princess Leia. It had me laughing out loud.
Personally, I think I would have rather seen these images sharp and clear on any one of the many HD TVs they had all around the set, but I have to admit, part of me liked it. Did you think the graphics were cool… or just unnecessary and distracting?
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I enjoyed all the graphics and thought it was part of the entertainment of the entire coverage which was comprehensive to say the least. I thought NBC stood out among all the networks but they finished 3rd in the national ratings.
The Star Wars analogy was impossible not to think of when you saw CNN. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Wolf kind of reminds me of Obi one anyway, so it wasn’t much of a stretch!!!
NBC looked fantastic and CBC looked dreadful. Worst graphic package I think I have ever seen.