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I was notified earlier this morning by Sam Turner at thistimeitwillbedifferent that UK film magazine Total Film published an article today called 600 Movie Blogs You Might Have Missed, a fairly definitive list of many movie blogs that are active in and around the movie blogging community.
Not surprisingly, members of the LAMB are heavily involved. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to scan more than a couple names on the 10-page list without coming across one; by my totally unofficial count, I'd say that there are at least 300 LAMBs making up the list, some of which are even lucky enough to get their site banners included as part of a gallery.
I got in touch with the author (Dan Goodswen) to thank him for the list and make him aware of the LAMB (if he wasn't already, which he was), and he had this to say:
I had an intern helping with research for the article and she found the LAMB pretty early on - in all our research you were the only site with a comprehensive list of blogs, so we found it extremely useful, and are endebted to you for our 600 blogs feature.If you wish to help Dan and TotalFilm out, there's a comments section at the bottom of the post where users are posting their "forgotten" sites; if you don't see yours on the list, go ahead and register and add it to the comments.
My intention with the list was to create a one stop shop for the cream of movie blogs out there (I was aiming for 1000), but we quickly realised this would be near impossible, with the vast amount of blogs out there and the frequency of blogs closing and opening. Making a 100% accurate list was just too ambitious, so i capped the list at 600, and let my intern of the hook (she was a babbling, incoherent mess by that point). So the feature is something of a success, in drawing attention to all these great blogs, but unfortunately there were many I didn't find - hopefully i can do a follow up feature down the line, 400 More Movie Blogs You Might Have Missed or something.
Thanks to TotalFilm for spotlighting so many hard-working bloggers out there, and to Sam for alerting me to this quickly.
Saw our site on the first page and did a happy dance! So nice to be included!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! I'm on the list. I guess this means I need to kick some major butt and start publish the mass quantity of reviews that I've been procrastinating with writing.
ReplyDeleteWHAAAAAAAA????!!!!! I'm on the second page?! Better yet I'm on the LIST?! Granted this is a pretty extensive list so there is a pretty good portion of the LAMB here but the fact that they even acknowledge my site is pretty damn sweet. This is awesome! Thanks guys!
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There's a ridiculous number of Horror and Twilight blogs on that list.
ReplyDelete(Maybe I'm just jealous since I didn't make it.)
Wendymoon is right: There is a ridiculous number of Horror and Twilight blogs on that list. (And I am jealous because I didn't make the list.)
ReplyDeleteIf you need me, I'll be sobbing in the corner.
Hahaha, this Twilight thing is cracking me up. Regardless, I was doing backflips in my cubicle when I saw my site up there, and my banner. Boomshakalaka! Awesome project on TotalFilm's part, can't wait to scour that sucker today. Congrats to everyone else on the list, too.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it. So awesome to be included. Wendymoon, you'll make the next one, just an oversight on their part I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy we were mentioned as well! The LAMB kicks butt!
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe I am on the first page. Me! Radio Raheem! F'n sweet!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to everyone honored by TotalFilm.
ReplyDelete@Wendy and Nolahn: totally with you on this one. Does any site need to list that many Twilight films?
AWESOME! I'm on the list! Best day EVER! \m/
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool. Found myself on page 2 :-)
ReplyDeleteDidn't make the list, but that's what I expected. I've always been surprised that anyone takes the time to read my ramblings, and would never expect to be on a list such as this.
ReplyDeleteWay cool, thanks for the heads up! Had no idea I was on it.
ReplyDeleteOnce again I am grateful for the L.A.M.B. and feel liek I am in some sort of brotherhood with my fellow movie bloggers. I am glad I was in the list of 600. Very exciting news. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that the LAMB has a single Twilight blog amongst its many members. Should I be happy or sad about that (that's a rhetorical question)?
ReplyDeleteYes, I was thrilled to see so many LAMBs on the list, but of course am saddened to hear the news of anyone not making it. If and when they extend it to 1000, I'm sure the errors will be corrected.
I felt so good when The People's movies made the list, even though its just a link its still show indication when a big UK movie mag appreciates your exsistance. I started another blog late spetember and couldnt believe it that even made the list as well(covering indie/international movies)!!! Before I even joined LAMB i was lucky to have had 1000 vistors but now im looking at 70,000 since I started the blog in November 2008!
ReplyDeleteso good to see so many LAMB blogs get the nod as well of course!
Whoah! I just found out about this today! Someone informed me that our blog was listed! I am so happy!!! :)
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