You can now pre-order The Hanged Man from Best Buy and feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/140 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:52:45 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/139/The-Medium-is-the-Message Message Board-Based Novel Capitalizes
on Internet as New Medium for Fiction 

Beyond Internet Publishing: New Novel Revealed Via Internet Message Board

Published: April 19, 2010

 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In his treatise on media theory, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshall McLuhan suggests the media themselves are more important than the stories they carry.

Nearly half a century after their publication, McLuhan’s words perhaps resonate as even more prophetic than when he wrote them in 1964.

“The medium is the message.”

Through the convergence of technology, consumers now receive information and entertainment through media previously unimagined.  Movies and television shows are... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SoCo) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/139 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:59:31 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/122/This-seems-dangerous-pretending-to-be-killing-yourselves The Last Call is not intended to represent or influence any person, group, or organization in the real world.

The Last Call does not condone suicide anymore than M*A*S*H condones war or Oedipus Rex condones patricide.

It is only a story.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/122 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:41:47 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/121/-does-Flash-talk-type-like----t-understand--word--s-saying- ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/121 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:29:38 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/120/I-like-The-Last-Call-where-can-I-see-The-Hanged-Man- The Hanged Man will be distributed nationally on DVD on May 25th.

As of 4/12/2010 you can pre-order a copy from Blockbuster and/or Netflix.

Check The Hanged Man website for updated rental and purchase locations.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/120 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:28:56 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/119/Who-is-responsible-for-this- The Last Call was conceived, created, and outlined by Glenn B. Hopper III who wrote and co-produced the indie thriller The Hanged Man, which is being distributed in the summer of 2010 by Osiris Entertainment.

The Last Call is part marketing material, part prequel, and part experiment in story telling in a new medium.

Glenn "plays" several characters in The Last Call, and is helped by his sister Sonia Janovich, and wife,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/119 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:19:03 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/118/How-do-I-read-this-
But really because of the fluid nature of this medium for story telling, you can look at The Last Call as a sort of choose-your-own-adventure story where you can drop in in any thread you like.

You can just skim the high-level posts, or you can go deep down the rabbit hole and learn more about the characters and their back stories.

The choice is yours.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/118 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:06:06 PST http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/117/What-is-this-thing- The Last Call is a COMPLETELY FICTIONAL story about a group of social misfits who meet online and decide on this message board to commit group suicide.

The Last Call is the prequel to The Hanged Man, a new film from Starbox Pictures in Association with ElevenEleven Productions, and distributed by Osiris Entertainment.

The Last Call is a novel told in a new medium.  It is a three act story that plays out on an internet message board.

For more information.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dwarfstar) http://thelastcallboard.com/topic/117 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:01:07 PST