Ok, I've been fed up about this for some years because...if it's not in one form of media, it's another. But........what's with the lack of creativity, or even quality and things these days?? For instance, a few years ago, it seemed the world of Hollywood was just hell bent on making remakes of movies. There would be no problem with it....if the remakes were better, but most of the times they aren't. Or how sketch comedy shows like Saturday Night Live and Mad TV are just gut-bustingly unfunny. It's like something drastically happened to these shows to where, they came back for new seasons in 2004ish....and the comedy left with all the class A comedic actors. Although SNL did have a few good ones, it was nothing like the time before (and Keenan Thompson......not funny...makin black people look bad lol.) Mad Tv sucks so bad now, it's getting canceled. And now music......WTF!!!!!! From 1999 on back, music was AMAZING! A good number of my favorite bands and artist are pre 2000 people. Why? Because newer music is just simply unimpressive. Now, granteed, there are some new artist and bands that are amazing (ie Alicia Keys, Trivium, The Killers, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kanye West, The Game, Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, ect) but the list is short. One day I was talking to a friend and we thought, some newer artists that are amazingly big now, in the 90's would be one hit wonders. Even some of the MANY one-hit wonders from the 90's are waaaaaay better then most of the new people today.
And I gotta say now, to a friend of mine...The Fray.....they aren't bad....they just offended me lol.
Alot of what I see today in music, is the return of many old bands. Like, a few years ago, Motley Crue made a comeback (Saints of Los Angeles is a sweet song). The members of Rage Against The Machine and the singer from Sound Garden formed Audio Slave. The members of Guns N Roses and the singer from Stone Temple Pilots formed Velvet Revolver, in fact now, Stone Temple Pilots reunited...even Guns N Roses came out with Chinese Democracy (although it took 15 years). Bruce Dickinson came back to Iron Maiden in 2000 and they've been the strongest they've ever been since then.
Now.........what in gods name is up with reality tv???!?! Like, survivor I can handle, real world that's cool, but where'd this explosion of these shows come from??? Especially the dating ones....pointless. Make a fool of yourself on national television for no reason at all, makes no sense. Now, I can understand doin it ONCE. In the UK, they normally get a idea for a GREAT show and only do one season of it, maybe two. Why? Is it because they can't come up with new ideas? No, because they are more smarter and creative then us as a whole. But it's to keep TV fresh constantly, because seriously.....reality TV....it's getting very lame and recycled.
Some shows just need to learn when to end. (Like Power Rangers...just.......just stop)
But, amongst all the crap there's hope.
Let's talk movies. Have you seen Dark Knight????? Sure Batman has been around for decades, but that movie is the best i've ever seen Batman...period. What about Iron Man??? The was the first superhero movie that I was actually stunned by because it was so good. Seth Rogen....comedic genius! If his name is on something....I'm gonna cry from laughing. Tropic Thunder....the funniest movie EVER!! V for Vendetta (although previously a comic book) I love it.
I've said my piece about music lol.
And let's hit up Television. Despite this growing popularity of reality television...which just.........just moves me, there are still great shows. Shows like The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, House (apparently), 30 Rock, Arrested Development (one of the greatest shows ever). Adult Swim, Disney and Nick have some sweet cartoons. There are plenty of good shows NOW but.......we really need to find a way to just.......lower the number of reality shows...seriously.
nothing we can do but hope more quality music, movies and tv, emerge from the darkness and into the light.
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