Wouild YOU rent a movie from these folks?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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At first, it’s just an interesting business model. Then I considered the name:

ON THE WEB: FLICKME OFFERS FRIEND DISCOUNTS ON ONLINE MOVIES
NEW YORK (AP) — A new movie site is offering discounts for the online friends of viewers. Flickme offers about a third of its 1,000 movies with a “sharable discount.” One user watches a movie for $3.99 for new films or $2.99 for older ones, and that user can recommend the film to up to 10 friends on Facebook or Twitter. Those users then pay only $1.49. Films from Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures are among the site’s offerings.

As a former comic book collector and student of the art, I know that one word that was completely banned from appearing in dialogue balloons was “flick.” That’s because all such are lettered in capital letters, and at a casual glance, the “L” and “I” merge to form a “U,” giving a message that no comic book publisher would want to send to the reader. Wonder if the founders of this company were aware of that…

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Almost certainly, I’d say, and I’m sure they have chosen a suitable typeface for their logo.

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As much as French Connection UK were when their logo read FCUK.

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They do a brisk trade in Clint Eastwood flicks.

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I’m reminded of what Lyle Lovett once said in response to a heckler, “Yes, I can.”