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Pop Culture Commentary
I love Pop Culture. I don't know what it is, maybe it taps in to my deep down desire to be "part of the group," if you'll
forgive a half-assed reference to Maslow's Hierarchy. This particular installment is going to cover a few things I've noticed after being
out of the loop for over a year.
Admin note. I do not know how this will look when it gets posted, but forgive me for any random formatting errors in this post. This entry has become self-aware, and is currently choosing how to format itself as this progresses.
First up, the game Rock Band. This may not be new to you, but it's new to me, so shush. It's quite similar to Guitar Hero because both were developed by the same company.
I loves me some Guitar Hero; not to the point where I'm posting videos of my elite skills on youtube, but yeah it's fun. For those of you who don't know, Rock Band incorporates drums, a bass guitar, a lead/rhythm guitar, and *shudders* vocals. I can see the appeal of these, because hey, look at how packed karoake bars are.
The last four nights, my floormates have been getting hammered and playing the same 5 songs over and over and over.
The vocal quality is about what you'd expect from drunken 20 year olds. I'm not saying I could do better, not by any stretch of the imagination. I realize I am not the best singer, mostly as I do not currently hold a record contract. I can
actually hear them attempting to play the Killers as we speak. "Woooo"
Movies about comic book heroes. Seems the last year or so and upcoming year is laced with projects about characters from comic books. While I was away, the Silver Surfer flick came out, Iron Man was released, there was a TMNT movie,
and films like 300 and 30 Days Of Night, which were based on graphic novels. On the horizon is a sequel to just about
every successful franchise out there, such as Batman, Spiderman, the Hulk, and so on. Some of these are good
ideas, and of course, some are not. It's a personal judgement call I suppose, and probably speaks volumes about the
current level of creativity in Hollywood. I guess it's cool because I typically don't go see a flick like Iron Man to be mentally
stimulated, so much as flat out entertained. Iron Man was pretty badass, by the way. Man, the last few films I've seen
Robert Downey Jr in were pretty spectacular roles for him. He's impressed me of late, I must say. I digress. Films
these days are pretty cookie cutter, and this includes a lot of indie films. Yeah, I said it, stone me as you will. This is
best summed up by a phrase about people being a unique, beautiful snowflake, just like everyone else. I need to read more.
Books. What happened to books. People MUST be reading, because there are Barnes and Noble and Borders all over
the place. I'd rather spend 8 hours reading a story than 90 minutes having it crammed down my throat in bare bones form.
I'm a severe critic of films based on books; if I've read the book, of course. I can't think of many occasions where a film actually does the book justice (Side note. Everything I hit enter to carry onto the next line, weird things happen. GAH!)
Reading needs to come back to being pop culture. That's right, put down your blue ray dvd and read a damn book!
Anyway. This is a somewhat non-sequitur post. My apologies.
out of the loop for over a year.
Admin note. I do not know how this will look when it gets posted, but forgive me for any random formatting errors in this post. This entry has become self-aware, and is currently choosing how to format itself as this progresses.
First up, the game Rock Band. This may not be new to you, but it's new to me, so shush. It's quite similar to Guitar Hero because both were developed by the same company.
I loves me some Guitar Hero; not to the point where I'm posting videos of my elite skills on youtube, but yeah it's fun. For those of you who don't know, Rock Band incorporates drums, a bass guitar, a lead/rhythm guitar, and *shudders* vocals. I can see the appeal of these, because hey, look at how packed karoake bars are.
The last four nights, my floormates have been getting hammered and playing the same 5 songs over and over and over.
The vocal quality is about what you'd expect from drunken 20 year olds. I'm not saying I could do better, not by any stretch of the imagination. I realize I am not the best singer, mostly as I do not currently hold a record contract. I can
actually hear them attempting to play the Killers as we speak. "Woooo"
Movies about comic book heroes. Seems the last year or so and upcoming year is laced with projects about characters from comic books. While I was away, the Silver Surfer flick came out, Iron Man was released, there was a TMNT movie,
and films like 300 and 30 Days Of Night, which were based on graphic novels. On the horizon is a sequel to just about
every successful franchise out there, such as Batman, Spiderman, the Hulk, and so on. Some of these are good
ideas, and of course, some are not. It's a personal judgement call I suppose, and probably speaks volumes about the
current level of creativity in Hollywood. I guess it's cool because I typically don't go see a flick like Iron Man to be mentally
stimulated, so much as flat out entertained. Iron Man was pretty badass, by the way. Man, the last few films I've seen
Robert Downey Jr in were pretty spectacular roles for him. He's impressed me of late, I must say. I digress. Films
these days are pretty cookie cutter, and this includes a lot of indie films. Yeah, I said it, stone me as you will. This is
best summed up by a phrase about people being a unique, beautiful snowflake, just like everyone else. I need to read more.
Books. What happened to books. People MUST be reading, because there are Barnes and Noble and Borders all over
the place. I'd rather spend 8 hours reading a story than 90 minutes having it crammed down my throat in bare bones form.
I'm a severe critic of films based on books; if I've read the book, of course. I can't think of many occasions where a film actually does the book justice (Side note. Everything I hit enter to carry onto the next line, weird things happen. GAH!)
Reading needs to come back to being pop culture. That's right, put down your blue ray dvd and read a damn book!
Anyway. This is a somewhat non-sequitur post. My apologies.
