In June, we reported that TLC had gobbled up Mindscape, among others, to give it an edge that only money can buy. Let's recap the gluttony. Since last November, TLC has been gorging itself. After the holidays, they moved to the second course and bought Mindscape in March, which is known for such titles as Comptons, National Geographic, Printmaster and Mavis Beacon. And so we come full circle.
Big companies control the game.
As we know, the disappearance of those financing sources has narrowed the types of movies being made. The logical next step, at least in the converging world of entertainment and interactivity, is that the conglomerates on either side start gobbling each other up, praying-mantis style. In the August Column, Michael Kaplan was credited as the screenwriter on Elephant Parts, when we meant to say Television Parts.