This is the name of the site I followed in
the last days. Hmm…where should I start? I was extremely curious where this
name ‘pajiba’ comes from and what it could mean. Khm…according to the
description I found on its website, pajiba
refers to female private part as one with a stuffy nose might say it.
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| The previous slogan |
Apart from this piece of information I
couldn’t really get useful facts about the site. Unfortunately, I don’t know
when the site was started – however it is mentioned the website was temporarily
shut down because of its political column in 2006, so it’s a little clue: the
site has been existing since 2006 for sure. :) I don’t know either how much money
they could make on it.
However, I do know that it is a movie/ television/ book
review & gossip site. Its author group is an eclectic set of critics which
involves 14 permanent bloggers, plus 5 collaborators as ‘featured players’ and
the site’s illustrious regular commentators. The whole team criticizes harshly;
everybody says his/her own opinion frankly, openly without any affectation.
Some pieces of writings are quite rude; the authors usually use coarse words
and slangs so sometimes it’s not that easy to make out. But certainly we get
the gist of them.
A nice, big picture is attached to every
single post. Besides, videos are also embedded. If you click on ‘video’ in the
header you can find one what presents a soundtrack or another one that promotes
a new TV show. You will find videos of amusing and even scientific content;
there is a wide range of style.
The site is totally up-to-date. I mean
there was a day when 14 new blogs were uploaded! It’s impossible to follow. :)
Of course this is not the every day case, but after a 1-day omission, I’m sure
a new big dose is ready to arrive.
The structure of pajiba.com is absolutely
combined. You have too many options in the header to choose from. Still, I will
try to give a summary of what you can find in each window.
Among the latest film and tv reviews, under
‘guides’ and ‘lists’ you can find blog entries making different classifications
– which is my favourite part. Please, let me to be immersed in this section a
little bit more. There are entries, like these:
Usually, blog entries in these categories
are quite short, it gives only a short description (sometimes only 2 lines) and
nice pics are coming immediately. In other cases, for instance when we are
reading a review, the extent of writing is much longer of course. Moreover, it isn’t
rare you find references to other websites.
Under ‘news’ section you will find the
latest trailers and the author opinion of the movie. Here you have the
opportunity to peep into the upcoming film.
‘Celeb’ and ‘love’ parts provide us gossips;
the genre of articles here is the same as tabloids’.
Towards the end of the list, there is a so
called ‘the rest’ part, where you can find plenty of new tags. You will find
here a dictionary, which could be useful as there are terms created by the
author group. In addition, probably this is the hiding-place of more vulgar
content pieces, but this is also the place for interviews, music reviews, dvd releases
and reviews, etc.
Last but not least, if you click on the
‘cbr iv’ you are redirected to a new webpage – called Cannonball Read IV –
which is specialized on book reviews.
This site has its own history. It started
on Pajiba originally in 2008. After a time, this part developed into an
independent webpage. The birth of this site is due to a competition, which
pressed the competitors for reading and reviewing 100 books within a year’s
time. The rivalry is held in every year; however, in 2010 the rules get
friendlier and more attainable as the numbers of required reviews cut down to
52. So, if you have literary veins and passion for
writing, take part in group blogging! (Unfortunately, I don’t know
anything about allowances in money but you can get in touch with the competent authority.)
It’s a pity there isn’t an archive by date
but you can find every post in each category in alphabetical order. As might be
expected, you can write comments to all the entries and you can follow the site
via Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon and Google+. Pajiba has a small, but
growing and very devoted readership. As one of the Pajiba publishers depicted
their average readers: they are “[w]ell-educated,
liberal leaning, well-read, cynical smaller-budget movie fans that […] are very
judgmental.” (Dustin Rowles)
What I’m sure about is that you won’t be
bored if you visit Pajiba.com (especially if you are a BiG BiG movie fan). So
what are you waiting for?
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