Tuesday, September 9, 2008

History of Time Warner
The corporate name honours the four founding Warner brothers, Harry Warner (1881–1958), Albert Warner (1883–1967), Sam Warner (1887–1927) and Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), Polish Jewish brothers who emigrated from Poland to Ontario, Canada. In 1995, Warner and station-owner Tribune Company of Chicago launched The WB Network, finding a niche market in teenagers. The WB's early programming included an abundance of teenage fare like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville and Dawson's Creek.

About Time Warner
Time Warner is the largest media company in the world. It is the standard bearer of synergy and vertical integration in the modern digital age. Entertainment is a global leader in all forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms. The fully integrated, broad-based Studio is an entertainment industry leader -- from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games, product and brand licensing, international cinemas and broadcasting.

Movies

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Synopsis: It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts, but a shadow hangs over Hogwarts. The most dangerous mass murderer in Wizarding history, Sirius Black, has escaped the Azkaban Fortress - the Wizards Prison and everyone believes he is coming to kill Harry. While learning to cope with the Dementors sent to protect Hogwarts, Harry learns about the disturbing story of Sirius Black and his close connection to Harry's family. This story twists and turns with many surprising revelations. Hence, this is a movie that shows how a young boy and his friends solve their problems by themselves.

SPEED RACER
Synopsis: Speed Racer is an 18-year-old whose life and love has always been racing. Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized—the legendary Rex Racer—whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie Speed teams with his one-time rival—the mysterious Racer X to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible. So as we know, speed racer is a very good young guy. He loves his family very much. Because of his brother, he is willing to sacrifice a lot of things. This is a good attitude that can be followed by youths nowadays.

Television
SMALLVILLE
Synopsis: Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening since his arrival in a spaceship in the middle of a meteor storm of green rocks. Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a secret, cope with his friendship with a young Lex Luthor, and balance the two girls in his life, Chloe and Lana. The show also shows us how Lex Luthor develops from a friend of Clark's and quite a nice guy to the villain who will plague Superman in his later years. This TV show is also about the relationship between friends. Clark Kent is a youth, but he usually manages to solve the entire problem that he faces by himself.

ER
ER follows the medical personnel and patients in the emergency room of Chicago's fictional County General Hospital. The doctors and nurses of County's ER confront the daily challenges of a busy urban hospital, including overcrowded waiting rooms, staffing shortages, and the impact of life-and-death decisions. While they teach the next generation of doctors, each must tackle the demands of their personal lives, at times unsuccessfully. In this show, there are also some cases of how youths get injured by doing some “bad things”. It also describes about the bad effects when youths indulge in negative activities.

Music
The Kooks – “Always Where I Need To Be”
This is a rock song which is now very popular among the young generation. The lyrics talk about freedom and very suitable to describe youths' feelings nowadays.



Madonna - "Crazy For You"
'Crazy For You' is a ballad by Madonna, which was released in 1985. The song lyrics are talking about somebody who's crazy in love for someone else. The younger generation like to translate their love in songs. They can’t live without the partners that they have. Thus this song is suitable to them especially for youths in love nowadays.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/speed-racer/28066/synopsis
http://www.tvrage.com/Smallville

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