Friendster the Movie - Starring Topher Grace and cameraphones
By Peter Rojas 
posted Mar 22nd 2005 11:50AM
posted Mar 22nd 2005 11:50AM
It's scary enough that somehow Harold Ramis has been duped into making a movie (starring Topher Grace, no less)
about the rapidly uncooling social networking site known as Friendster, but what really got us going (and which
made this relevant to ol' Engadget) is that, "Topher will play a character that will utilize the website [Friendster],
as well as instant messaging and camera phones, as he looks for love on the Internet." Maybe he can ask
Paris Hilton (or as alternative,
Fred Durst) for some pointers about the kind of love you
can capture with a cameraphone.
[Via Fimoculous]
It's kind of like "Little Black Book" that featured a PDA as the modern equivalent. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361841/ - I like how the reader-submitted summaries refer to "palm pilot" or "Palm Pilot" - either way a brand name that was eliminated 6 years ago or so? Guess it was really a Tungsten C, and yuckily, Palm did a cross-promo with the film. Gross. http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=6976
It sounds like it's basically "You've Got Mail" with Friendster instead of AOL. Topher will unwittingly fall in love with the most unlikely person in his life because he accidently connected with them through Friendster. When they each realize who the other is there will be a momentary breakup as they each do some soul-searching about who they can really love. She'll decide it was probably for the best(even though she still loves him) and decide to leave for Europe. He'll realize what a mistake he's made and there will be a madcap race through manhattan traffic as he uses his blackberry, cell phone, and finally public internet terminals to coordinate his network of friends in an effort to head her off at the airport. She'll get on the plane with on last wistful look back, and the plane will take off. The flight attendant will tell her she needs to turn off her electronic devices which will lead to her noticing a new message with a seat number - he's right behind her! He got on the plane at the last minute with the help of his friendsters! They kiss passionately as the plane erupts in applause! The audience erupts in applause! Then they go home and sit in the dark in front of their computers hoping to find love but ending up with RSI instead.
endo: brilliant.
Well, it's a good thing the film is not based on MySpace, otherwise it would be about a bunch of slutty high school chicks who hunt down cute "emo" boys. But that would definitely be a lot more interesting than this flick.
Fishes,
narco.
For anyone in the UK... Does this not sound terribly like the parody film-pitch advertisments that Orange are running for their Orange Wednesdays promotion?