The Internet is a marketplace of ideas, sure. But how many are actually any good?
KFC hasn’t admitted its new Frankensandwich comes from TIWYF, but it hasn’t denied it either.
The Double Down, which comes out April 12 in the US, is just the latest in a long line of bad ideas taken from Internet phenomena. Here’s an incomplete list of some others:
Snakes On A Plane: this film was born out of Internet humour, which is funny on the Internet, but not for $12 or whatever it costs to go see a movie.
Look At This Fucking Hipster, the book: like SOAP, this stupid idea should’ve stayed on the tumblr blog it came from. It already feels like the blog was funny five years ago.
Doritos Spice 2.0: the blank Doritos bags in convenience stores have some connection to YouTube-like contest it’s running. Now the new flavour will be called Spice 2.0. Doritos probably thinks it’s “harnessing the power of the Internet” or some other nonsense, but this is such a bad idea it’s depressing. Might as well call it CyberSpice or something.[rssbreak]