This whole BitTorrent thing is a whole lot bigger than I ever could have imagined. I found it odd that I'm only know finding out about it. Considering I was a beta-tester for the first consumer ISP in the DFW back in the early 90s. I've really fallen out of touch with the whole telecommunications world. Not that this is necessarily news to me. Just the fact that something this big has gone completely unnoticed. I mean I was still there with the first IMing software ICQ. My email dates back to years before microsoft acquired hotmail. But I guess come to think of it I was a pretty late bloomer on p2p in general. I only napstered for maybe a season before it came under mass-scrutiny. But I digress...

The whole idea of BitTorrent presents some very interesting opportunities. I think about developing free content and distro through BitTorrent. Like the rest of p2p sharing most content is the popular stuff. Major labels and indies. It has I think definitely bolstered indie sales but that still has its roots in word-of-mouth. I think it would be cool to have this whole network of somewhat distinguished tastes and present my content and receive feedback. I think that in a way this is already in place. I've recently registered at LokiTorrent where the forum not only contains links to torrents but discussions about the content. Wouldn't it be neat to have a venue for guys like me who put out a film and be able to get feedback from such a large pool of interested viewers. I guess that would be the initial problem would be getting members in to the pool who were willing to take the good with the bad. I'm sure there's such communities in various form for various media. But I think something that harnesses a force as poweful as BitTorrent could make for a very interesting community.

Then there's the whole sneaky idea of just dropping a torrent of my content on a certain community like it's something big and hoping to get some feedback from people expecting next month's big blockbuster like most movie torrents with lots of seeds are.


Also I decided Neil Young's Cortez the Killer will have a huge influence on the look and feel of the trilogy.

I will also be soon creating a Black-Eyed Productions blog so I can separate content of my own personal views and the more objective work of the film. Of which Aaron Martin and Jason Mueller will also be able to post to.