Monday, August 3, 2009
Thank you Netflix
For allowing me to pay a fraction of the price to watch a boatload of mediocre movies in the comfort of my own living room on a better screen and with pauses for pee breaks vs the theaters.
Watered Down
Why is everyone (read: the news media and/or the general public who pay attention to news media) so obsessed with the Hollywood Blockbuster?(This could also be any form of, fiction, tvshow etc)? They bemoan when movie X doesn't make a bigger opening weekend than movie Y. Or wonder why move X didn't do as well as expected in the long run.
It seems to me that anything created to try and capture the largest audience possible could not possibly be interesting enough to have the depth it needs to appeal to true fans of any fiction or genre. We've reached a point where maybe people are ready to handle that. The internet is helping that. It's much easier to deliver a niche-based fiction to its target audience with the web than the multiplex. We as consumers seek out the stories and characters that interest us most.
It's better to have 100 different Dr Horribles, or The Guilds than one giant Batman in my books. Much more room for creativity if you're not trying to scoop up the hugest amount of $$ you can. It's silly to trust that the same idea that really hits your core will do so for enough people that Michael Bay can make a movie out of it.
It seems to me that anything created to try and capture the largest audience possible could not possibly be interesting enough to have the depth it needs to appeal to true fans of any fiction or genre. We've reached a point where maybe people are ready to handle that. The internet is helping that. It's much easier to deliver a niche-based fiction to its target audience with the web than the multiplex. We as consumers seek out the stories and characters that interest us most.
It's better to have 100 different Dr Horribles, or The Guilds than one giant Batman in my books. Much more room for creativity if you're not trying to scoop up the hugest amount of $$ you can. It's silly to trust that the same idea that really hits your core will do so for enough people that Michael Bay can make a movie out of it.
Friday, July 17, 2009
What the hell is happening?
What is insanity if it is built inside the walls of subjective sanity? I call it chaos over insanity. Insanity contains a certain freedom. What I'm seeing now is a sort of ultra-self-centric-hyper-reality that everyone is creating around them. Chaos folds in on itself. Insanity breaks free of self.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
What do you think the consumer world owes you?
Apple does not owe you a cheap iphone. You know they make one better-stronger-cheaper every freaking year, don't get all uppity then the carrier decides to line their pockets instead of cutting you a deal
Lucas does not owe you a good Star Wars movie. He made one (yeah count em, 1 don't get me started) and the rest was pansy special effects drivel. You clinging do your millennium falcon like it's your fucking birthmark get the hell over it.
What did you expect from capitalist America? The systems is designed to screw you out of your money every way imaginable. Whole teams of marketing weasels exist solely to trick into putting the highest profit margin into the cheapest shit the manufacturing team can concoct.
The numbers don't lie, enough of you are happy to continue to throw your money at the same thing you bitch about not upholding to the morals you claim to believe in.
Do you think the hotels "help the planet, re-use your towels" ploy is about the environment not the bucket-load of money they're saving? Grocery stores have you paying money for those reusable bags so they don't have to dribble profits out of plastic/paper.
You feel owed by consumerist America? Want to make a difference in the world around you? STOP BUYING SHIT. The only thing this industry responds to is your dollars in their pockets. That and the occasional class-action lawsuit or federal action. Don't kid yourself into thinking the giant franchises are on anyone's side but their own. And quit being all whiny when your favorite conglomerate does something that makes you feel all hurt in the pants because you think it's going to cost you more.
Lucas does not owe you a good Star Wars movie. He made one (yeah count em, 1 don't get me started) and the rest was pansy special effects drivel. You clinging do your millennium falcon like it's your fucking birthmark get the hell over it.
What did you expect from capitalist America? The systems is designed to screw you out of your money every way imaginable. Whole teams of marketing weasels exist solely to trick into putting the highest profit margin into the cheapest shit the manufacturing team can concoct.
The numbers don't lie, enough of you are happy to continue to throw your money at the same thing you bitch about not upholding to the morals you claim to believe in.
Do you think the hotels "help the planet, re-use your towels" ploy is about the environment not the bucket-load of money they're saving? Grocery stores have you paying money for those reusable bags so they don't have to dribble profits out of plastic/paper.
You feel owed by consumerist America? Want to make a difference in the world around you? STOP BUYING SHIT. The only thing this industry responds to is your dollars in their pockets. That and the occasional class-action lawsuit or federal action. Don't kid yourself into thinking the giant franchises are on anyone's side but their own. And quit being all whiny when your favorite conglomerate does something that makes you feel all hurt in the pants because you think it's going to cost you more.
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