A few months ago I began adding Apture links to the website. I had seen it on a few other sites and it was interesting that you could get a glimpse of a web page without having to open another tab or window. When I found out they linked to IMDB, I was sold on it (it’s also free).
After working with it awhile, some issues are apparent. Apture works very well with Wikipedia, @Twitter, and some other sites, but it doesn’t seem to work consistently well with IMDB. I can get Apture to work with Rotten Tomatoes, but I have to manually add the links, because they are not in Apture’s system yet. It’s sort of strange that a site that is in Apture’s system, doesn’t work well with it, yet a site that isn’t in the system, does.
However, IMDB is is more comprehensive in it’s listings than Rotten Tomatoes. I admit, there are some pretty obscure films on this site, and they sometimes test the comprehensiveness of websites. Right now, IMDB lists Urban Scenze, Vol. 2, but not Urban Scenze, Vol. 1, while Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t list either one. The All-American Girl is listed on IMDB, but not at Rotten Tomatoes. However, that one was rated X and I think Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t create pages for films with that rating. I may be wrong, of course.
Despite all that, I will keep adding Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB links to the Review Haiku, because they are probably are the best places to turn if you want further information on any given film. In the future, I may add different links, if the movies are difficult to find for rental or purchase.
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