X-MEN and other random comments

Considering that this book was released in 1997, I find it amazing how relevant and precise many of Murray's predictions are. I mean, honestly, in terms of technology and the advancements of the internet, 1997 was forever ago and she definitely had a strong sense of the direction that television and the internet were going. While I agree with what other people have been commenting about the fact that the book is outdated and many parts are insignificant, I actually enjoyed the fact that the book was 10 years old. It was interesting to examine what she had written and see if her predictions were fulfilled or not. For example, she talks about how interesting it would be to have interactive, online sets for television programs where the audience could learn more about the show or the characters. While maybe this hasn't particularly happened in cyberspace (although I'm sure there are some cases), I know that almost every DVD that is released has extra features where the interested viewers can have an interactive part in deciding what else they would like to know about the set and characters and in some cases, even the plot. Best example of this being DVD's (of both film and television programs) where viewers can choose alternate endings or alternate scenarios in the DVD's, such as X-Men 3, where the DVD special features include multiple alternate endings, the ability to play the DVD with commentary to gain a larger insight into the film, character profiles, etc... Basically, the viewer can have an active part in deciding how they want to view the film. Not only is this available on the DVD itself, but typically similar things are shown on film or television websites, as well as public internet spaces, such as youtube and myspace.
Websites are deeply connected with television programs in this society. Many television studios now release their programs directly onto the internet themselves, avoiding some of the illegal downloading that has been so prevalent in the past few years. ABC now puts all of its major programs up on its website for 4 weeks after it's original airdate so if a viewer is unable to see an episode, they can simply go to ABC.com and watch the Grey's Anatomy episode they missed whenever they want.
Point being... maybe Murray didn't precisely predict the exact advancements that connect various forms of the media, but she was pretty dang close on a lot of them.