Movie Tome
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| URL | http://movietome.com/ |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Entertainment |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | CNET Networks, Inc. |
| Created by | John Nestoriak III |
| Launched | August 2003 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Movie Tome was the sister site for TV Tome, now the CNET website TV.com. Whereas TV Tome had TV shows and people pages, Movie Tome had movie guides. The website was created no later than August 2003 (the earliest archive), and was owned by Collaborative Content, LLC which was acquired by CNET in January 2005. Movie Tome had six general forums in addition to a forum for each movie. The forums were About Movie Tome, In Theaters, On Video, In The Art House, Classic Movies and The Movie Industry.
Each movie information page at Movie Tome included movie information, cast, crew, synopsis, recap, notes, quotes, goofs, links, and a forum for discussion of the movie. There was also the ability to rate a movie from 1 to 10, the average vote being displayed on the left side of the guide, as well a link to reviews for the movie. The majority of titles on the site appeared to be of recent vintage, however, with a wide smattering of pre-2000 titles, largely American.
All members of TV Tome were also members of Movie Tome. They retained their membership at Movie Tome when TV Tome was converted into TV.com. Generally, the editing/submission format was exactly the same as the original TV Tome. However, the site eventually showed interest only in new releases; submitted new titles for older films, even with an offer to serve as editor, were ignored.
[edit] The New MovieTome
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| URL | http://www.movietome.com/ |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Entertainment |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | CNET Networks, Inc. |
| Created by | CNET Networks, Inc. |
| Launched | December, 2006 |
| Current status | Active Beta |
On December 7, 2006, CNET launched a new version of the site called FilmSpot (similar to the conversion of TV Tome to TV.com). The Movie Tome domain was permanently redirected to the new site on January 10, 2007. FilmSpot is a sister site to TV.com, GameSpot, and MP3.com and is run by the same staff members as TV.com. Like TV.com, the site is user based. On November 14, 2007, the website was renamed MovieTome, just like its predecessor. According to the staff, the change was not a matter of preference; it was for reasons more or less out of their control. [1]
MovieTome provides film-related content. Having the same layout as TV.com, MovieTome features movie summaries, critical opinions, trailers, news, photos, actor and character guides, celebrity bios, theatrical and DVD release schedules, and box-office results. Registered users can add their names to the site's credits via movie reviews (both text and video), ratings, actor bios, blogs, forums, polls, trivia, and images.
As with TV.com, registered users share the same account for TV.com, MovieTome, MP3.com and GameSpot. The site is still in beta stage and has yet to be formally launched.
[edit] Rating system
As it is still in the beta stage, MovieTome is yet to offer its own reviews, however, they currently use Metacritic's average score. The score is based on a 5-star system, similar to other movie review sites.
MovieTome has made small reviews of movies on their "In Focus" section, but they are not given a score and are not listed on the movie's page, so the reviews are not considered official.
[edit] External links
- Archived versions of Movie Tome at the Internet Archive
- MovieTome, the successor to Movie Tome
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