tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77601112517737871212024-03-12T16:33:23.246-07:00Reed My PixelsReedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-87244189996032005062012-12-16T00:10:00.001-08:002012-12-16T00:13:31.337-08:00Sandy Hook and What is Our Duty<div>
To not have the discussion about what has happened in Connecticut
is to be an irresponsible member of society. As a part of this
generation of human existence, we must take responsibility for each and
every person in society, not because we created them, but because we are
them, for better, or in this case, for worse. We cannot take credit for
the innovations in our society without also owning up to the scars we
have suffered. </div>
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This
incident is particularly difficult to process. A presumably sane adult
premeditated a mass murder in an unsuspecting elementary school. </div>
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This
did not occur in an alleged war zone or third world country overrun by
pirates. This happened in the United States of America in 2012. While we
are at war with tyranny and oppression on foreign soil, we must not
forget about the conflict within our borders. </div>
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The
capitalist society has the potential volatility of a brutal society. If
it is the fittest that survive, what becomes of the un-fit? This
presents a most troubling paradigm. Those outcast by the machine can
either whither or embrace the role forced upon them, and rebel. The
problem with rebelling is that there is no predictable outcome. The
result has no concern for society, nor should it. No, the only purpose
is to react, of opposite, but not always equal magnitude. </div>
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Who
is to blame for making Adam Lanza this way? Perhaps that is not the
right question. Discovering an answer might appease us, but this is a
selfish notion. This implies the desire to point a finger, wag, and
return to business as usual until the next tragedy. Wash, rinse, repeat.
This is not an acceptable course of action.</div>
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Adam
Lanza may well be written off as another insane youth gone awry. Again,
this generalization provides an answer to appease those of us unwilling
or incapable of digging deeper. And though there may not be a clear
answer, that only points to our naivete of the mind rather than the
complexity of it. While the unknown can be frightening, in this case,
apathy is the most terrifying attitude of all.</div>
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Let
us not presume, assume, or otherwise project Adam Lanza's motivations,
however unstable or lucid. Let us only <a href="http://www.upworthy.com/why-the-self-help-industry-is-an-enormous-failure?g=2&c=ufb1" target="_blank">empathize</a> with the loved ones of
the deceased, sympathize with the survivors, and reflect on what has
become of us. <br />
To move on without doing so is to disregard that which makes us human. </div>
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If you ask me, that's what got us in this mess in the first place. </div>
Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-21023216800731828732011-11-05T09:51:00.000-07:002011-11-05T09:51:41.522-07:00The Convenient Life<div>We have: </div><div> </div><div>climate control </div><div>focus groups </div><div>4G </div><div>drive-ins, drive-ups, and drive-thrus</div><div> </div><div>where we have ads on our food. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BRFHPKfe7TK9jAepxkHyERLBVh7_h54UvHloPSmS18Db9z02mjI_HnQHb8iZleXHtI1tf-Q0O-EXGldh_G8U3_VP4uZ0L8Gqx-UDqlRwABaryYDzdrJPzh67hWeVOO4xHgRy92A8EyP-/s1600/mcdonalds-monopoly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BRFHPKfe7TK9jAepxkHyERLBVh7_h54UvHloPSmS18Db9z02mjI_HnQHb8iZleXHtI1tf-Q0O-EXGldh_G8U3_VP4uZ0L8Gqx-UDqlRwABaryYDzdrJPzh67hWeVOO4xHgRy92A8EyP-/s320/mcdonalds-monopoly.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div> </div><div>We are: </div><div> </div><div>over-stimulated, over-diagnosed, and over-worked. </div><div> </div><div>But we are under-lifed. </div><div> </div><div>We have a cell phone app called "face-time". </div><div> </div><div>Identity fraud is a federal offense but there is no punishment for existence fraud. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We are afraid to face the day, face our fears, and get older.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We often doubt, second guess, regret.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We need something to look forward to so life doesn't seem so unbearable. A vacation. An after life. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvwXV2onUF7VpEm7mZDIIT5IMwBnWUR-8LoHP_OTPhrTS3BGIKF7_zCIvlJ_1DQWYbXTRb6jgoWQTdDe6PEG2Z7tXflf1g-YApP1ys_D1OztnAggfdg_qoQuYgSs4MIN-9CGhWA7KCgw4/s1600/071808-SomedayStory1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvwXV2onUF7VpEm7mZDIIT5IMwBnWUR-8LoHP_OTPhrTS3BGIKF7_zCIvlJ_1DQWYbXTRb6jgoWQTdDe6PEG2Z7tXflf1g-YApP1ys_D1OztnAggfdg_qoQuYgSs4MIN-9CGhWA7KCgw4/s320/071808-SomedayStory1.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>All the while, life itself is overlooked. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We fret, ignore, dispute, deceive, dismiss, refute.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We work towards a better future, yet reminisce on the 'better days'.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLarWfcUvrr197_iGvKDCGO-R-yJhHYmLbGUHjKMtkjl60yzhpjq5OFzEI4gOsbK-ywyfmQzCxYqLP_pCiZcBUZEzEV7SKzcaHaykGEGC6Ot9CcjqCFtFnmUC1VNJT8AuDTWlGs8Dktz4/s1600/corona-bigthumbnail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLarWfcUvrr197_iGvKDCGO-R-yJhHYmLbGUHjKMtkjl60yzhpjq5OFzEI4gOsbK-ywyfmQzCxYqLP_pCiZcBUZEzEV7SKzcaHaykGEGC6Ot9CcjqCFtFnmUC1VNJT8AuDTWlGs8Dktz4/s320/corona-bigthumbnail.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>We want the present to be the past, and the future to be the present, but don't want to get older.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We are now used to getting what we want how we want it when we want it.</div><div> </div><div>And we demand it. </div><div> </div><div>And we complain when it's not perfect or not instant. </div><div> </div><div><div>What is it that truly matters? My iPad? My car?My condo? My credit card rewards points?</div> </div><div>Let's see.</div><div><br />
</div><div> </div><div><span> <span style="color: green;"><b>1.</b></span> <b>Note that none of the slogans include the product. What soda pop's slogan was "Be young, have fun, drink_______?" in 1993?</b></span> <span> <ul><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q1" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Coke-Cola" /> Coke-Cola</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q1" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Dr. Pepper" /> Dr. Pepper</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q1" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Mountain Dew" /> Mountain Dew</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q1" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Pepsi" /> Pepsi</div></ul></span> <a href="" name="question1"><br />
</a><a href="" name="question2"> </a><br />
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</tbody></table><span> <ul><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q2" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Cheetos" /> Cheetos</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q2" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Tortillas" /> Tortillas</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q2" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Lays" /> Lays</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q2" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Pringles" /> Pringles</div></ul></span> </td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><span> <span style="color: green;"><b>3.</b></span> <b>"Double your pleasure, double your fun. It's the _________, __________ chewing gum!" </b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span> <ul><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q3" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Spearmint" /> Spearmint</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q3" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Freedent" /> Freedent</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q3" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Doublemint" /> Doublemint</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q3" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Winterfresh" /> Winterfresh</div></ul></span> </td> </tr>
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</tbody></table><span> <ul><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q4" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Mardi Gras" /> Mardi Gras</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q4" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Viva" /> Viva</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q4" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Brawny" /> Brawny</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q4" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Bounty" /> Bounty</div></ul></span> </td> </tr>
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</tbody></table><span> <ul><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q7" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="M & M's" /> M & M's</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q7" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Skittles" /> Skittles</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);" style="cursor: default;"><input name="q7" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Jawbreakers" /> Jawbreakers</div><div onclick="selectAnswer(this);" onmouseout="answerOut(this);" onmouseover="answerOver(this);"><input name="q7" onclick="answerSelected(this);" type="radio" value="Mentos" /> Mentos</div></ul></span> </td> </tr>
</tbody></table> </div><div>Seem easy? </div><div><br />
</div><div>Now take this quiz on modern world facts:</div><div><br />
</div><div><strong>1</strong><strong> - What is the capital of Scotland?</strong><blockquote><label><input name="question2" type="radio" value="1" />Glasgow</label><br />
<label><input name="question2" type="radio" value="2" />Dundee</label><br />
<label><input name="question2" type="radio" value="3" />Edinburgh</label><br />
<label><input name="question2" type="radio" value="4" />Aberdeen</label></blockquote><input name="QuestID3" type="hidden" value="12" /><strong>2 - From which country were the majority of the 9/11 hijackers?</strong><br />
<blockquote><label><input name="question3" type="radio" value="1" />Iran</label><br />
<label><input name="question3" type="radio" value="2" />Syria</label><br />
<label><input name="question3" type="radio" value="3" />Saudi Arabia</label><br />
<label><input name="question3" type="radio" value="4" />Pakistan</label></blockquote><input name="QuestID11" type="hidden" value="123" /><strong>3 - Of the following countries, which is not included in the negotiations on the etablisment of a 'Free Trade Area of the Americas'?</strong><br />
<blockquote><label><input name="question12" type="radio" value="1" />The United States</label><br />
<label><input name="question12" type="radio" value="2" />Venezuela</label><br />
<label><input name="question12" type="radio" value="3" />Brazil</label><br />
<label><input name="question12" type="radio" value="4" />Cuba</label></blockquote><input name="QuestID13" type="hidden" value="1432" /><strong>4 - In which country was Osama bin Laden killed ?</strong><br />
<blockquote><label><input name="question13" type="radio" value="1" />Saudi Arabia</label><br />
<label><input name="question13" type="radio" value="2" />Afghanistan</label><br />
<label><input name="question13" type="radio" value="3" />Pakistan</label><br />
<label><input name="question13" type="radio" value="4" />Iraq</label></blockquote><input name="QuestID17" type="hidden" value="537" /><strong><br />
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<input name="QuestID18" type="hidden" value="427" /><strong>5 - Which South American country is shown below?</strong><br />
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<label><input name="question18" type="radio" value="2" />Peru</label><br />
<label><input name="question18" type="radio" value="3" />Chile</label><br />
<label><input name="question18" type="radio" value="4" />Argentina</label></blockquote></td><td align="right"><img height="180" src="http://kstudio.net/quiz/questpicts/427.jpeg" width="126" /></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-weight: normal;">Edinburgh; Saudi Arabia; Florida; Cuba; Pakistan; Argentina</span></strong><br />
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<div>That is what is considered by kstudio.com to be their easiest modern world quiz.</div><div> </div><div>In a news report in any medium, at what point does the content end and the advertisement begin? Which do you think are more effective at delivering information? Which productions have bigger budgets? </div><div> </div><div>The messages have evolved to subtly subliminal. But they started as this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN_Awm1ApyPTpLC9m2TY7wZ-YboyqVhBHLujVAEWxkKAH76iGLkggLwflmlba3CSB99iEknJl75aENxYAjh8vBjD1mPIIyWXn8rJQK-dFoYWG7UOQ-QpGXt0e1J13YwgFaOw475pDWjA2/s1600/Lucky+Strike+matches+slender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN_Awm1ApyPTpLC9m2TY7wZ-YboyqVhBHLujVAEWxkKAH76iGLkggLwflmlba3CSB99iEknJl75aENxYAjh8vBjD1mPIIyWXn8rJQK-dFoYWG7UOQ-QpGXt0e1J13YwgFaOw475pDWjA2/s320/Lucky+Strike+matches+slender.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div> </div></div><div><br />
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</div><div>What will you do with it?</div>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-46210821345755192462010-04-23T12:52:00.000-07:002010-06-27T10:10:27.017-07:00Comedy Central Again Takes Censorship Too Far in South Park Episode: 201South Park, the Comedy Central flagship original program, is in its 14th season and recently celebrated its 200th episode cleverly titled, "200". The episode has been the subject of much controversy which is complicated on many levels. <br /><br />In "200", all of the celebrities that the 'town' of South Park has previously offended or slandered get together to file a class action law suit against the 'town'. <br /><br />This situation is an example of show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone using the 'town' to represent the show of the same name for real life situations. <br /><br />This clip for example, uses the show's most famous character Eric Cartman as the spokesperson (specifically at the 1:15 mark):<br /><br /><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:southparkstudios.com:103674" width="480" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" flashVars="autoPlay=false&dist=www.southparkstudios.com&orig=" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000"></embed><br /><br />This was of course a reference to the fact that so many people group 'Family Guy', the raunchy animated show on Fox, together with 'South Park'. Cartman, or 'South Park' claims that while some may categorize them together, they feel that they should not be compared based on the surface perception of both programs simply being known for raunchy humor. 'South Park' is claiming to be more deep than that, and unfailingly, an in depth investigation into ANY episode will prove just that.<br /><br />Co-incidentally, the episode from which the above clip is taken, also contained the first infamous 'Muhammad controversy'. <br /><br />In the town of South Park, Kyle's favorite show 'Family Guy' was insistent on showing Muhammad in an upcoming episode. The juxtaposition here is that the show 'South Park' would then be showing an image of Muhammad by showing the episode of 'Family Guy' in the town of 'South Park'. <br /><br />Confusing indeed, but this aspect adds to the absurdity of the controversy by speaking about the issue in the town of 'South Park' with its residents discussing the ramifications of 'Family Guy' showing an image of Muhammad on their 'show':<br /><br /><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:southparkstudios.com:103670" width="480" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" flashVars="autoPlay=false&dist=www.southparkstudios.com&orig=" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000"></embed><br /><br />In the 'Family Guy' episode, the image of Muhammad was 'censored by Fox' before it went to air. What ensued was a dialogue about freedom of speech vs. censorship. This was a result of Comedy Central declaring that they would, and did, censor the image of Muhammad when 'Family Guy' did indeed show the image in South Park.<br /><br />This episode entitled, 'Cartoon Wars', originally aired on Apr 5, 2006.<br /><br />Four years later, in '200' not only do every celebrity from former episodes return, many of the past themes and gags reappear as well, including the Muhammad problem, and it faced the same problems still. <br /><br />'200' takes the issue even further, and with the same medium awareness. <br /><br />In the episode, Tom Cruise is leading the celebrity class action suit charge, and offers an ultimatum for the 'town' to be cleared: bring Muhammad to the town, which really means, make Muhammad appear on 'South Park'. "Ooh, that's tricky," Randy Marsh, Stan's father explained.<br /><br />While discussing the possible ramifications for Muhammad's appearance, Randy drew a sketch of what he believed Muhammad to look like, and everyone held their breath at the thought of showing a depiction of the prophet. It was simply a stick figure, and the most crude one imaginable at that. At the sight of the drawing, Mr. Garrison asked quietly, "Is that OK?" <br /><br />He was asking the group that gathered to discuss the situation, but he was also asking rhetorically, to the Muslim community in the real world, because none of us really know. <br /><br />Some of the options discussed were giving Muhammad a mask or putting him in a suit of armor, but they were dismissed because his image would still be manifested in some way. <br /><br />This rhetoric represented the same dialogue that probably occurred amongst the 'South Park' writing staff, and though they clearly discussed what may or may not be deemed offensive, they decided to show Muhammad without any mask or disguise whatsoever, or at least they tried. <br /><br />Comedy Central once again chose to censor the image of Muhammad, and this should come at no surprise, even though four years later it could be reasonably assumed our tolerance level as a society had progressed.<br /><br /><br />What was shocking was not that the image of Muhammad was once again censored. It was what Comedy Central decided to censor additionally.<br /><br />Comedy Central was motivated by veiled death threats against the show's creators Parker and Stone after episode '200' depicted the prophet, albeit inside a mascot bear costume.<br /><br />A Muslim extremist group out of New York posted a warning and referenced what happened to Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker that depicted Muhammad in a documentary about violence against Muslim women.<br /><br />It goes without saying that the difference in the messages are both vast and insignificant. <br /><br />Vast in that van Gogh's message was pointed directly at the Muslim practices and beliefs in today's culture of equality for all; 'South Park's was that of simply using the 'image of Muhammad' situation as a commentary on free speech and not omitting anyone in the quest to satirize hypocrisies in all religions and walks of life. <br /><br />Insignificant in that to this radical group, the message itself is of no importance to their outrage.<br /><br />As a reaction to these threats, or what what the group said was not a threat but, 'a warning of the reality of what will likely happen,' Comedy Central chose to again censor any and all depictions of Muhammad as well any mention of the word 'Muhammad', 'Muslim', and the ENTIRE speech at the end of the episode by Kyle, which the creators said in a statement about the episode after it aired, did not even mention Muhammad but was simply about intimidation and fear.<br /><br />The irony in all of this is even more abundant than the fear itself.<br /><br />The first bit is the situation which is pointed out by Stan in '200'.<br /><br />When discussing just how Muhammad can even be seen by anyone, Stan explains that he has seen him before, out in the open, and no one even cared. <br /><br />This is a reference to an episode called 'Super Best Friends' which aired on July 4, 2001, about the leaders of various religions who work together as superheroes to stop evil-doers around the world. Muhammad was indeed one of the 'Super Best Friends' and his image was prominently displayed throughout the episode with no censorship, and more importantly, no outrage or controversy.<br /><br />The second is that the current episodes involve the 'Super Best Friends' again, and the other religious figures are not only displayed, but shown using vulgar dialogue performing heinous acts, such as Buddha snorting cocaine and Jesus frequently using his own name in vain.<br /><br />The point here is not only that Muhammad or the Muslim faith is in no way being singled out, it is simply being treated equally, and even some favoritism, but that no other religions would submit threats of violence for even the most vile offensive images of their prophets. <br /><br />The third and most important is that this is all related to what the premise of the episode is about.<br /><br />The celebrities are suing the town of South Park for their previous acts of slander, and are willing to drop the case if the town can produce Muhammad. Sounds strange indeed, but the reasoning is directly in line with the controversy. <br /><br />Because Muhammad's image is never shown in entertainment media and thus is never victim of ridicule, the celebrities simply believe that Muhammad has a special magic essence they refer to as 'goo' that prevents him from being the butt of any joke. The celebrities plan to capture Muhammad as soon as he appears in the town and steal his 'goo' so that they can enjoy his power of being free from ridicule.<br /><br />Clearly, there is no physical element inside Muhammad that protects him from 'being ripped on' as Tom Cruise says in the episode. <br /><br />Then what is the element? They key words pointed out by 'South Park' creators Parker and Stone on their website are intimidation and fear. <br /><br />That the only time Muhammad's image was ever shown uncensored on 'South Park' was four months before the attacks on September 11, 2001 is indeed a strange co-incidence, however, the fact that an image of the prophet has not been shown after is not. <br /><br />The 9-11 attacks have intimidated us all, and given legitimacy to fear nearly any threat posed by a radical Muslim group.<br /><br />Does that mean, however, that we should alter our beliefs, and important principles that this country was founded on? <br /><br />What is more infuriating is that the group that posted the message on their website, is based out of New York. Jon Stewart puts it best in this poignant but lengthy clip:<br /><br /><table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'><tbody><tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td><td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-22-2010/south-park-death-threats'>South Park Death Threats</a></td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>www.thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:281721' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/'>Daily Show Full Episodes</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/videos/tag/Tea+Party'>Tea Party</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Well said Jon.<br /><br />But if Jon Stewart can sing the words, 'Go F*** Yourself' to this group, why can't 'South Park' even make fun of the fact that they can't show Muhammad? <br /><br />It seems the only thing more appallingly prevalent than the irony in this entire situation is the hypocrisy. <br /> <br />Perhaps by 'South Park's 300th episode, we will have progressed enough to preserve freedom of all speech and refrain from allowing ourselves to be bullied by terrorists in order to protect that which is most important.<br /><br />And if anyone still has a problem with it, they can go fuck themselves.Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-28243379421792147002010-04-16T15:45:00.001-07:002010-04-16T15:46:44.008-07:00My Kings Video now posted on Kings Vision at lakings.com<iframe width="420" height="240" frameborder="0" src="http://kings.nhl.tv/team/embed.jsp?catid=-6&id=66468"></iframe>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-67317756942305634832010-04-14T12:11:00.000-07:002010-04-14T12:12:50.936-07:00Los Angeles Kings 2009-2010 season highlights music video<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_0RF9Jt0pA4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_0RF9Jt0pA4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-3642244715637945652010-04-08T10:56:00.000-07:002010-04-09T16:47:38.348-07:00Why Heidi Montag is What is Wrong with Our Society<span style="font-family:arial;">When I was in elementary school (in the early 90's) I remember having days to discuss our collective and individual self-esteems. I didn't really think much of it at the time, other than it was as lame as anything we discussed in school.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Looking back on it now, I am assuming that I was among the first generation of students to experience this type of personal ideology lecturing. I can only assume that the schools depicted in 'Fast Time At Ridgemont High' and 'Dazed and Confused' were 100% accurate portrayals of school-life in their respective times.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">No doubt, the idea of 'self-esteem education' was to use simple methods to encourage children to make the most of their educations, and to improve their attitudes by keeping them happy inside. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It seems that this was all a part of a shift in some of the ideals we've been conscious about with regards to our children. Fortunately, I narrowly escaped the ADD epidemic that plague much of my younger peers or I wouldn't have ever even noticed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But the 'self-esteem training' was only the beginning. Since then the trend of over-nurturing and hyper-consciousness has exponentially spiraled into a cocoon that prevents children from getting the necessary if only occasional ego ass-kicking that we are all so afraid will permanently damage a child's brain so significantly that he/she will spend the rest of his/her life sucking thumb in the corner of a room.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So am I calling for a repeal of these self-esteem based education techniques in public schools? First of all, I'm sure that they are not the same as when I was in school, or at least I hope they have evolved somewhat. But no, I am not. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I just think it is hard to gauge exactly what each child needs. The child that comes from a broken home with domestic abuse and is convinced that he/she is the reason all of the problems at home exist, needs some pretty substantial self-esteem boosting, and perhaps even more than the occasional 15 minute workshop or presentation can offer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Schools should indeed offer assistance to these needy students. And while I think it is definitely a good thing that we have become conscious of the needs of these types of students, we should also become conscious of what this hyper-sensitive ideal-instilling and ego-boosting type of education can do to people who not only don't need it, but actually need some ego-targeted slap on the wrist (or in some cases mortar shelling). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I give you, Heidi Montag.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Heidi is among the 'celebrities' in Hollywood (and now New Jersey) who are simply famous because someone put them on TV to make the rest of us feel better about ourselves.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Think about that. Why do most people say they watch reality TV shows? (not the competition shows, the ones about twenty-somethings that are given a menial task and then end up fighting with each other every episode) There is only one response: "It's a guilty pleasure. I watch it for the train-wreck. I just can't turn away."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sure, there have been dozens of programs in which the 'stars' don't linger in Hollywood by stretching their celebrity status to ridiculous ends.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So why is Heidi Montag still around, still everywhere, yet has nothing interesting/entertaining to offer?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Simply because she feels entitled to be famous.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are the facts:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">She was on an MTV show called 'The Hills', which was a spin-off from 'Laguna Beach'. The 'Hills' is referring to Beverly Hills, which is one of the most lavish lifestyle locales on the globe. When someone is used to getting everything she wants with no repercussions and no effort, the greed simply continues to expand and when she finally doesn't get what she wants, she will be confused as to why. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In a way, it's really not her fault.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The digital age has brought about an era of instant gratification that is more prominent and achievable than ever before. Simply put, anyone with enough money can get anything they want WHENEVER they want it.</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Montag appeared on a popular national television show at age 18, something that 99% of people only dream of.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">She then got a more prominent 'role' on another show at age 20.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">At the ripe age of 21, she wanted to look better, something everyone wants for most of their lives, and she purchased the means to do so with plastic surgery. "It was really something that had been tormenting me and I was very insecure about it," she tells Access Hollywood of her pre-surgery looks. "I thought about it for several years and I waited until I had the finances and really thought about it and was old enough to really make a mature decision." No doubt, it was the mature decision. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Still 21, rumors swirl about her potential engagement with 'Hills' co-'star' Spencer Pratt. Although Pratt told Entertainment Weekly, "We would get engaged; we just wouldn't do it on Lauren's show," yet they did just that. Even though their only qualifications for being on TV in the first place were just being around, which what earned them a high-profile spot on 'Lauren's' show, it was still not good enough to announce their engagement on, oh wait except it was.</span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How then, could Montag separate herself from the binds of the MTV show that is keeping her so irrelevant?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Since the means are available to create a generic back beat, as well as process vocals enough to make singing talent secondary to popularity, why not put out an album? Surely the fact that she has probably never taken a singing lesson is no reason why SHE can't have a successful music career, right? "I want to make the new 2010 version of a pop star," she tells PEOPLE. "I want to become a galaxy star." Indeed you do.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Finally, this was project that could only be successful as the quality its content, as is the proper order of things in the entertainment world that is now lost forever in the giant crack in the time-space continuum known as the 21st century. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Released online Jan. 12, the album sold fewer than 1,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and as posted on www.newmusicreviews.net-</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"In fact, industry sources tell UsMagazine.com that the album has sold only 658 downloads to date.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is likely upsetting news for the reality star, who told Entertainment Weekly last week that she went broke making Superficial but thought that “within the first week, we will definitely make our money back.”</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">She told EW, “I put every dollar I have into this. I’ve spent over $1 million, almost $2 million, on this album. It’s cost as much or more than a Britney Spears album because I wanted it to be that quality… The songs will make an impact in pop history.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And sure enough, she may have. The news of this record debut flop made a huge impact in today's pop world, however the history books may unfortunately overlook the 'galaxy star's' album.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The music video for the album's single "Higher", shot by who else, Pratt, was somehow even more of a disappointment. It is posted below in all of its failuristic glory, but be warned, it is not for anyone with a weak stomach or bowel problem:</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: arial;" width="360" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6hlofmmQAnY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6hlofmmQAnY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="fa;se" allowscriptaccess="always" width="360" height="240"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The video is posted on People's website on it's 'Rate it!' section. People readers did just that on the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/02/04/heidi-montags-video-debut-rate-it/">page</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Over seven hundred comments that are unanimously similar to this one, "I watched less than a minute. Is this a practical joke? She can’t be serious."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">At this point, I kind of feel bad for Heidi. I can only hope all of this has taught her some kind of lesson, although I'm not eternally optimistic. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I wish I could identify blame for Heidi Montag. Some would say Spencer perpetuates her greed and narcissism with his own. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm sure he would say that even the album was all a plan to just get more publicity, and talk about them as I am doing right now. As they say, there is no such thing as bad publicity. If there is every anyone to disprove that theory, it could be Spencer Pratt. If I had one wish, it would be that.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I could go back and blame the self-esteem programs of our elementary school days, but although that is a specific target, it is only a microcosm of the bigger issue in our society: the sense of entitlement with so much of our youth. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Everything now seems so obtainable, mainly because so many things are. There is a website to teach anyone with the ambition and time to do pretty much anything, for better or for worse. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And when everything seems so easy, more and more people attempt feats or creations that they never would have before. This can help to give us some great things that perhaps we never would have been able to before. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But mostly, the additional volume into the pool only dilutes the substance further.</span>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-74394178435375095842010-03-30T14:32:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:45:28.783-07:00Videos from the Vancouver Winter Olymipcs<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='360' height='299' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQzJCmXMcnfklCcwPJp0DXNd65zhYOQ63lvAVkHU_e_l6DUTPDLwugOuECn9r4UF5TyIYHgLG9apo__kysgQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nrBZWqVPP20&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nrBZWqVPP20&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object> <br><br><br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CM4Vr3HMRIg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CM4Vr3HMRIg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br><br><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SRgSfyw2SyM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SRgSfyw2SyM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-65931553411846669382010-03-30T13:38:00.000-07:002010-03-30T13:44:06.157-07:00Frozen Fury 2009: The Pictures Speak for Themselves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfSpWqilwIPAmKzd16MjoU9DuBjVmKA4BacksP_dzCcb7nQ2cTBHgbSbtjd039xBBX4L4dbhAlLWTEj7MQgr9N-vxSVX4eazjUm_CDKFvMWLH3hZQnGopgpJd_ZXjC2Z_wFlRpOeq0Lyu/s1600/10217_149632724182_604754182_2434043_175660_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzWQ2JSFoXXi_ZQ3OndZfjvryORVs_KzAsbn9PRKXzcLhoAhIhwvlEhWgg97nH0TAVpHSV19_9cPylr8mCcx_bXypVTpunKYkemyGL3Prh9CPAEAulsHDLxmzZq5fX-nATtSjMngvV197/s400/IMG_0322.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454542273619296882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-79692515376650410972010-01-12T11:32:00.000-08:002010-01-26T23:35:56.295-08:00The Top 10 Movies of 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAUDxjXZYkhKXqH117a8kvI1EcEwd-D29_zDXRE9LBl4AEwsC_LeMLZrQCMxFYV6oiNEfPyJSrXw5ndXzt7YjUjEMzJmGiI_sxIFDUge9e_HzYMyL3F-fcc5WqwKRIFauDsY5-IouwECX/s1600-h/district-9+eye.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989495540147426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 209px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAUDxjXZYkhKXqH117a8kvI1EcEwd-D29_zDXRE9LBl4AEwsC_LeMLZrQCMxFYV6oiNEfPyJSrXw5ndXzt7YjUjEMzJmGiI_sxIFDUge9e_HzYMyL3F-fcc5WqwKRIFauDsY5-IouwECX/s400/district-9+eye.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">2009 Graced us with what I feel was the best crop of movies spanning a single year in quite a while.<br /><br />Sure there were the typical summer blockbusters that delivered on action and special effects but lacked in story and character development. But in the midst of those there was <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Star Trek </span>and <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">District 9</span>. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">There were your typical chick-flick romantic comedies that were high on cliches and borrowed concepts but low on originality, but then came <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">500 Days of Summer</span>.<br /><br />The trend of 'monster' movies continued in the vampire and zombie era, most of them not providing anything new to the genre and some of them were really trying to kill the genre, and somehow <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Zombieland</span></span> spoofed it while providing a new take at the same time.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see, as always, how the expansion of the Best Picture category at the Oscars affects the typical genre tag; last year many felt that <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Dark Knight</span> deserve a nomination to the category but its comic book-action tag hurt its chances. With 10 films now receiving the nod we should see more action/sci <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">fi</span> or even comedy nominations than ever before.<br /><br />Without further adieu, here is my list of the top 10 movies of 2009: (which is not a prediction for what I think the Oscar nominations will be, for that check out </span><a href="http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/awards/contenders/"><span style="font-family:arial;">this awesome site</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">)<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PbS1KvgZChuxeKRjxyLMJfOugTXySXaqsS4MkNQojlw-qa0we1Kn4ThqANNwTu_B-v59_JdFXFJc0OmEJzsLhH9Fw5IANSrwm4qh_cH7VJYD8HHziJVh3Ofyu20gjKim3XjqsQ9mynwa/s1600-h/500-days1.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989504928095634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 210px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PbS1KvgZChuxeKRjxyLMJfOugTXySXaqsS4MkNQojlw-qa0we1Kn4ThqANNwTu_B-v59_JdFXFJc0OmEJzsLhH9Fw5IANSrwm4qh_cH7VJYD8HHziJVh3Ofyu20gjKim3XjqsQ9mynwa/s400/500-days1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">10. 500 Days of Summer<br /><br />Even though it is clearly a romantic comedy, which is a genre I typically avoid since they are mostly lacking substance and originality, I felt compelled to see this movie and I cannot quite remember why. Whatever the reason, I'm glad I did. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">500 Days of Summer</span> is simply a brilliant lesson in story telling; that is, the manner in which a story is told.<br /><br />The title 500 Days of Summer refers to the number of days that the lead character, Tom Hansen (</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-1/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0330687/';" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Joseph Gordon-Levitt</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">) spends with Summer Flynn (</span><a onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-2/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0221046/';" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221046/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Zooey Deschanel</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">) who he thinks is the love of his life. The first line of narration in the film is, "This is not a love story".<br /><br />If told in linear order, this film is nothing special at all; but the story starts at day 375, then back to day 1, then to day 180, then to day 3, and so on (my day #'s may not be exact but you get the idea). This technique is brilliant because each day is chosen to give the audience a specific piece of information to keep the story interesting (provide a piece of information about 'the future') or to create a bit of misdirection to distract our expectations.<br /><br />Every element of the film is top notch, from the strong performance by Levitt and Deschanel, terrific directing by Marc Webb, and excellent, compelling and believable dialogue in the screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.<br /><br />And after summer comes...<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7k7m5mSVLB4oyLkHa6Ux67AOk7YBfZbdqtscAHWUIGvRqQ3CW7a0msCYJezTaGQ11lIxgniZ4g7l1IcBtbV_CWz0twiEvm4WE09wamZ0Tx8doGYlaRT8NupXhJXCmqlokhUcVBJsXacV/s1600-h/the_hangover011.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989507640227538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 226px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7k7m5mSVLB4oyLkHa6Ux67AOk7YBfZbdqtscAHWUIGvRqQ3CW7a0msCYJezTaGQ11lIxgniZ4g7l1IcBtbV_CWz0twiEvm4WE09wamZ0Tx8doGYlaRT8NupXhJXCmqlokhUcVBJsXacV/s400/the_hangover011.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">9. The Hangover<br /><br />Quintessential comedies of the last decade: </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Super Troopers</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> (2001), </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Team America: World Police</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> (2004), </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">The 40 Year Old Virgin </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(2005), but perhaps none moreso than </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Old School </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(2003). In so many ways, </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Old School</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> is the Animal House of my generation. Many cite Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrel as the reason for this, but both have made of number of movies since that haven't nearly lived up.<br /><br />In my mind there is no question; the reason is Todd Phillips. Granted, he has made a couple of stinkers since then, but if the script sucks then there is not much he can do, the man has to make a living.<br /><br />Reacquainted with tight writing, terrific new comic actors, and endless hilarious subtleties (which is mainly what makes </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Old School</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> so great), it is no surprise that </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">The Hangover</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> is the funniest movie of 2009.<br /><br />Even while watching it, I knew that </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">The Hangover</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> would provide endless one-liners and phrases that would be quoted for years to come: 'floories', 'not at the table, Carlos', 'classic', 'my wolfpack', 'paging Dr. Faggot', 'he was a bartender', 'Halley's comet'. The list goes on.<br /><br />More importantly, this film cemented Zach Galifianakis as a movie star. He is perhaps the best stand-up comic working today (alongside Patton Oswalt and Louie C.K.) and I will watch anything featuring him (including the clumsy </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Youth in Revolt</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> I just saw last night).<br /><br />The most impressive thing about </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">The Hangover</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> to me is that no film has successfully pulled off this concept before- so many of us have had nights that we can't remember in Las Vegas or anywhere, and tried to put the pieces back together, meanwhile laughing at the ludicrousness of it all. Due to the 'flying colors' measure of the success of the attempt, No film ever will again, at least not unless it remakes the original.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-eYqvfYiEOLDVsbyDmqU0VB7f00iqOMGG47WsehKX01vdEYZh66AO5V5htgbQaptlyJdQQart9Bu1siN5BP_nX0GvbaQDaQDXnU5J7uAOboLnzEhOgX6eSbwm7VizBSE0FdAlzitQbc4/s1600-h/Star+Trek-+Kirk.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989517679894738" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 234px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-eYqvfYiEOLDVsbyDmqU0VB7f00iqOMGG47WsehKX01vdEYZh66AO5V5htgbQaptlyJdQQart9Bu1siN5BP_nX0GvbaQDaQDXnU5J7uAOboLnzEhOgX6eSbwm7VizBSE0FdAlzitQbc4/s400/Star+Trek-+Kirk.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">8. Star Trek<br /><br /></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Star Trek</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> was everything we could want from a summer blockbuster: action, drama, sexiness (albeit a strange hue) suspense, special effects, and even a little J.J. Abrams quantum physics exploration- OK that's not what we traditionally expect but it fit here.<br /><br />Though </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Star Trek</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> was a well-made and entertaining film, which is usually enough to get mentioned positively by most critics, there are two individual and simple facts that are most significant about it.<br /><br />1. The </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Star Trek</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> franchise has a fan base that is as loyal as it is vast; thus, the pressure to stay true to that base was immense. Abrams did not disappoint; meanwhile he opened the franchise to those that were not as loyal or even as knowledgeable about it. Case in point, my mom loved the movie.<br />2. Abrams proves that an action film can be enjoyed by the masses without compromising storytelling, dialogue, or character development, something that James Cameron did not prove this year.<br /><br />With </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Star Trek</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">, J.J. Abrams shows Hollywood that he is the new king of Hollywood action movies, though he has not been bequeathed the box office crown from Cameron just yet.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqqQ9wZRnyJYxjsVdjsMgdu6zA8cupVJZw4DG1MY93RAEjFhk-bD7NtdLHqv2wVD_lFykzmykd94L4sKw_ATt59Xy1aKJCSCBpV12mPWfiR_zHbXBmylyowCSL0krlkcCbNS1QMch2dgh/s1600-h/zombieland.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989520860058018" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqqQ9wZRnyJYxjsVdjsMgdu6zA8cupVJZw4DG1MY93RAEjFhk-bD7NtdLHqv2wVD_lFykzmykd94L4sKw_ATt59Xy1aKJCSCBpV12mPWfiR_zHbXBmylyowCSL0krlkcCbNS1QMch2dgh/s400/zombieland.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">7. Zombieland<br /><br /></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Zombieland</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> is the first studio backed feature film by Ruben Fleischer, and it will not be the last.<br /><br />It is incredibly difficult to go back to one of the many wells that are so frequently tapped in Hollywood. The zombie movie is one such well, as there is usually a following and because of this, it has been used a few too many times. The fact that Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick came up with an original take on this genre is nothing short astounding.<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Zombieland</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> is more of a survival guide on the zombie apocalypse, and thus is more of a spoof on the genre but does so with care and respect.<br /><br />What is more astounding to me was the fact that I liked this movie so much despite the fact that the lead, Jessie Eisbenberg is nothing more than a charisma-less Michael Cera to me, and he completely ruined </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Adventureland</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">, in my opinion.<br /><br />The rest of the cast, on the other hand, was fantastic. This film succeed in spawning the resurgence of Woody Harrelson where </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Semi-Pro </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">failed. The only word I can think of to describe Harrelson in this movie is awesome. Juvenile I know.<br /><br />The dialogue, suspense, and editing in this film are all terrific. The most memorable scenes are perhaps those in which the traveling survivors take great pleasure in smashing up retail outlets that are vacant but left in tact. These slow-motion sequences are as enjoyable for the audience as it appears they were for the characters.<br /><br />But nothing in this movie tops the scene with the celebrity cameo. THIS PARAGRAPH IS A SPOILER: IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE, SKIP TO THE NEXT FILM.<br /><br /><br />While exploring Hollywood, the survivors stumble across Bill Murray's house. They plan to use it as a temporary safe house, not realizing that the real Bill Murray is still alive and well, though he has made himself up to look like a zombie, as a survival tactic. He plays himself in the film, and the other characters are nothing short of star struck, in particular, Tallahassee, Harrelson's character. This discussion spirals into a nostalgic discussion/montage of Bill Murray's movie roles, which to me is hilarious within the context of another film, and leads to my favorite film moment of 2009: Woody Harrelson outfitted with the exact Halloween costume I wore in 2008- a </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:100%;">Ghostbusters</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> jumpsuit and proton pack strapped to his back, alongside Bill Murray equipped with a portable vacuum cleaner. It's the first time I almost stood up and clapped in a movie theater.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7WxhefjbgMktW9WkMvR2F0TGfg0s780J2XMGw4auc0HTyEro341UT1wJCqxUb66J2ORD1cMOLCEcPKI3dNfHeFEbNtVrMDKnZpsEP8Qz2W9zBmgsF8-8LKrD6-Scd1baDekpnNDqN-Rc/s1600-h/10312008075.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425979822692371410" style="WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7WxhefjbgMktW9WkMvR2F0TGfg0s780J2XMGw4auc0HTyEro341UT1wJCqxUb66J2ORD1cMOLCEcPKI3dNfHeFEbNtVrMDKnZpsEP8Qz2W9zBmgsF8-8LKrD6-Scd1baDekpnNDqN-Rc/s320/10312008075.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Awesome.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gzuqyKgoQF7e4j4crpPUzmkeMxpjzaxjU0aaGYwsS1BuAOON3VpXtTVl9bSEn5jaBE7obCfyrnYCJpecG64IWzgCK8qaNIjqC1Sn2BwcjT9lVFuB6TCwKct-ElqEHXojD0HVAttx0UsI/s1600-h/INVICTUS_full_600.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989892779186146" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 224px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gzuqyKgoQF7e4j4crpPUzmkeMxpjzaxjU0aaGYwsS1BuAOON3VpXtTVl9bSEn5jaBE7obCfyrnYCJpecG64IWzgCK8qaNIjqC1Sn2BwcjT9lVFuB6TCwKct-ElqEHXojD0HVAttx0UsI/s400/INVICTUS_full_600.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">6. Invictus<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Invictus</span> is the story of the re-instating of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, preceding the World Cup of rugby which was to be held in the country soon after. Mandela realized that the sport could be one of the most important tools which could help to reunite the divide in the country after </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Apartheid, and paid special attention to the national team which, during the selection process for the tournament, was not regarded as one of the favorites to win it.<br /><br />The story of Mandela's involvement, as well as the dedication of the athletes and the country that followed them was truly heart warming, and emotionally spell-binding.<br /><br />But the main story of this film was Mandela's character and demeanor. Because of the events that led up to where this story picked up, namely his 27 years spent in prison for being the leading political activist against the apartheid rule.<br /><br />The characters in the film that have any preconceived notions about the character of Mandela are consistently surprised by how personable, respectful, and friendly the man is, without exception. The story of Mandela as he never loses sight of the big picture and what is most important is nothing short of enthralling.<br /><br />The fact that it is all true is mind blowing.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhIeRvy9hzDYks4wt7HWmSMRtQ3yLVTo0h9W2CEnUYQn_Rj90GjP0ENIbbpXSiuTLxkF1hNAsh6kFTFREPVp2dHkJ_riaYjdTknLKDRml1daVOWM35ECFniwQOOCvsTJJ9qHMAAPcWmlI/s1600-h/inglourious-basterds-11.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425989903833032082" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhIeRvy9hzDYks4wt7HWmSMRtQ3yLVTo0h9W2CEnUYQn_Rj90GjP0ENIbbpXSiuTLxkF1hNAsh6kFTFREPVp2dHkJ_riaYjdTknLKDRml1daVOWM35ECFniwQOOCvsTJJ9qHMAAPcWmlI/s400/inglourious-basterds-11.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">5. Inglourious Basterds<br /><br />Regarded by many as Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece, <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Inglourious Basterds</span> is basically an alternate ending to World War II as Tarantino would envision it.<br /><br />It's a touchy subject, with the Holocaust and all, and Tarantino uses this fact to his advantage. The first scene involves a farmer in France who is harboring Jewish refugees and the man who Hitler has appointed to seek them out, Col. Hans Landa, played magnificently by Christoff Waltz. This film is a shoe-in for at least one Academy Award, and that is Landa for best supporting actor. He steals the film, and in a Tarantino film with Brad Pitt and many other excellent actors, this is not something that should be taken lightly.<br /><br />The story is told in vintage Taratino style, with 5 different chapters, each telling a seemingly individual story, until as usual, they are tied together in the final chapter. This is a technique that Tarantino has perfected (see <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Pulp Fiction</span>).<br /><br />But the real strength of the film is the suspense created in each scene; in the first with the family being hidden under the very floorboards that the 'Jew Hunter' (as he is known) is standing on; in another with one of the Jewish 'Basterds' (posing as a German soldier) having a drink with a Nazi officer, and best yet- the lone family member left from the massacre in the first scene sitting down to eat at the same table as Col. Landa himself. (His beverage order is a particularly gut wrenching choice)<br /><br />Among current filmmakers, Tarantino is the undisputed master of making audiences clench their arm rests, and <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Inglourious Basterds</span> is simply exhibit F.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6YBspwuIih4m5FhyphenhyphenABcso0rN_5wBBaOi15hPc3G2Gn9A95RrBrSxfOx8bL65KDrM0OTZXSwS6UC1vq67m4cITK6xCiTWfm0mtH0AREYDmAyyi9bnMjNB8WO5mtOM8exP-XfSIKTXlOzD/s1600-h/2009_up_in_the_air_012.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431165609486291794" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6YBspwuIih4m5FhyphenhyphenABcso0rN_5wBBaOi15hPc3G2Gn9A95RrBrSxfOx8bL65KDrM0OTZXSwS6UC1vq67m4cITK6xCiTWfm0mtH0AREYDmAyyi9bnMjNB8WO5mtOM8exP-XfSIKTXlOzD/s400/2009_up_in_the_air_012.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />4. Up in the Air<br /><br />I just read an interview with Matt Stone, co-creator of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">South Park</span>, in which he discussed writing material that can both comment on pop culture as well as be funny in ten years. This is no easy task.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Up in the Air</span> is about a man who gets hired by companies to fire their employees. But moreso it is about a man who's home is seat 2A, or whatever it may be; he spends most of his life either flying or in hotel rooms.<br /><br />What is most impressive, to me, about <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Up in the Air</span> is that it is both timely and timeless. The commentary about unemployment and lack of human touch in society couldn't be more poignant in 2009. But the theme of George Clooney's character Ryan Bingham and his complacent loneliness and fear of uncertainty is appropriate for any decade.<br /><br />With superior performances top to bottom, stellar directing and writing, <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Up in the Air</span> is sure to make all audiences both laugh and cry, but more importantly, think.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy-anYTDAXscthHk8kzV1_z5TMsTWt_qjYmqCbb7BUSaZGUlocXvRMdJzGG7hGvR5D-rGsBnOnlDmpb4lANm4o-zwD5t7ONoR3pV73wcGXeUEYe_3upiznfPLmHEe74xU1LDw7gLUqtBa/s1600-h/up1_466x300ap.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431168085514840066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 258px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy-anYTDAXscthHk8kzV1_z5TMsTWt_qjYmqCbb7BUSaZGUlocXvRMdJzGG7hGvR5D-rGsBnOnlDmpb4lANm4o-zwD5t7ONoR3pV73wcGXeUEYe_3upiznfPLmHEe74xU1LDw7gLUqtBa/s400/up1_466x300ap.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />3. Up<br /><br />Speaking of both laughing and crying, perhaps was no film more true of this than Pixar's </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Up.<br /><br /></span>Many claim that it is not possible to make a family friendly film that is also critically acclaimed, but more importantly, loved by parents as much or more than their children.<br /><br />Pixar consistently disproves this claim.<br /><br />As I am a 27 year old male, most of my friends and peers do not yet have children, but I don't know anyone who both didn't see <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Up</span> and didn't love it. It's astounding that a film can cross over into multiple demographics and be so well received by them all.<br /><br />How do they do it?<br /><br />If I knew, I'd be in the film business. But I have some theories:<br /><br />Tightly written plotlines; believable and sympathetic characters; explicit attention to detail; groundbreaking animation; traditionally flawless storytelling techniques.<br /><br />What techniques combine to do is tell family friendly stories without talking down to either the children or adults watching the films. They provide appropriate amount of information without taking too much time or unnecessary dialogue, an art that is lost on so many current filmmakers. They allow us to sympathize with characters and root for them to succeed, which in turn, causes us to be emotionally invested in the story.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Up</span> is simply another work of art that cements Pixar as one of the most important production companies in modern cinema.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jembu6mty_hd46-eGzObAY5Ujhc-L1-PAIadgvfWmo7XUrOnJEtqLBJifmyBqjA6NNuI3jiW0Grm_4zwLtfWxT5FZ8rocb8Du3K39kv5f9lZlZoZ9N1F9HR5U-7S5Nl8aEcmh9kLXkdK/s1600-h/district9.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431171528648689266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 212px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jembu6mty_hd46-eGzObAY5Ujhc-L1-PAIadgvfWmo7XUrOnJEtqLBJifmyBqjA6NNuI3jiW0Grm_4zwLtfWxT5FZ8rocb8Du3K39kv5f9lZlZoZ9N1F9HR5U-7S5Nl8aEcmh9kLXkdK/s400/district9.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />2. District 9<br /><br />So many people have such frustratingly accurate cynicisms about movies today: there are no more original stories, no good up and coming actors or directors, and certainly no one can come up with interesting new extra-terrestrial creatures.<br /><br />It seems as though every movie coming out is a sequel or a remake or an adaptation from a best-selling book. (The Lovely Bones, Twilight)<br /><br />Actors and directors are continually recycled into familiar projects. (Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">How to Lose My Forbidden Treasure Hunt</span>).<br /><br />I know this isn't as common a sentiment but it really seems that since <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Aliens</span> and <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Predator</span>, nobody has spent time on re-inventing what an alien could look like, they have simply retooled what others have created. It's utterly tired disappointing.<br /><br />Then comes <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">District 9</span> to destroy all these notions with the same fury that Wickes Van De Merwe (played by Sharto Copley, an unknown South African 'actor') unwilling unleashes upon the test subjects at MNU headquarters.<br /><br />Director Neill Blomkamp not only created innovative extra-terrestrial creatures utilizing unknown actors, but he came up with an original way of telling a story about an alien race coming to Earth.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">District 9</span> takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 years <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">after</span> the aliens have arrived. Most if not all stories about aliens involve their arrival; not years into their inhabitance on Earth.<br />This is because most everybody only thinks about the basics when it comes to aliens: what will they look like, and will they be peaceful? Nobody thinks about: let's say aliens do come, and they're peaceful but they need a place to live-- what then? Johannesburg provides the perfect setting for this story, both for its large scale and aesthetics, as well as the fact that so many of its inhabitants are already in poverty, adding a million or so extra-terrestrials can only hurt the situation.<br /><br />What is most impressive about <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">District 9 </span>isn't even how truly remarkable the film looks for the ultra-low price tag of $30 million for something this high-concept; it's how believable the events are as the unfold, within the realm of the world we are presented, obviously, given the absurdity of it all.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">District 9</span> is nothing short of an inspiration for all filmmakers, aspiring or established.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4-hU0Y_nbPTCW1r4kakwDwhztZFXnAZRrtdzLo47PfAZAuXCU7LClUzhO-HJ8whfH_TIW0KrI6iKxQVRbc-FaZo_J3TUbao4U5QLy6tdMH1pUI6NqwBx0NSbuP4iCQVU4KOJINY4mCf3/s1600-h/hurt_locker_jeremy_renner-500x333.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431180177415198402" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4-hU0Y_nbPTCW1r4kakwDwhztZFXnAZRrtdzLo47PfAZAuXCU7LClUzhO-HJ8whfH_TIW0KrI6iKxQVRbc-FaZo_J3TUbao4U5QLy6tdMH1pUI6NqwBx0NSbuP4iCQVU4KOJINY4mCf3/s400/hurt_locker_jeremy_renner-500x333.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />1. The Hurt Locker<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Hurt Locker</span> works strictly as a suspenseful action movie, but it is so much more. I have created a concise review of the film to mirror the effectiveness of its own writing. I realize that it does not do it justice but I'm not sure than any words can. Here is a feeble attempt:<br /><br />It is a modern war movie, without politics.<br /><br />It is about modern warfare, but also about one soldier. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The two other soldiers in the story are interesting on their own while providing a terrific contrast to the protagonist.<br /><br />It is a real look into the charcater of modern soldiers, but is still a tribute to them with throwing it in our faces or being cheesy.<br /><br />It is filled with bombs, guns, and tanks but is also utterly heartbreaking and unequivocally compelling.<br /><br />It has a traditional tragic hero with the most untraditional persona.<br /><br />It has the saddest ending that has ever made me want to cheer.<br /><br />It is the best movie of 2009, and the defining war movie of our generation.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Honorable mentions (in no particular order):</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sunshine Cleaning</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Big Fan</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Where the Wild Things Are</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Soloist</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Fantastic Mr. Fox</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">To be fair, I haven't seen:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">A Single Man</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Precious</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Crazy Heart</span>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-53938884001497146902010-01-06T17:49:00.000-08:002010-01-10T11:30:31.141-08:00Avatar: A Debate<script type="text/javascript">
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His use of motion capture and 3D camera work will change the way movies are made for years to come. The use of 3D as enhanced ‘depth of field’ techniques can really help call attention to certain elements on screen to enhance the suspense or drama. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Pandora is a creative wonder; from the floating mountains, to the lush luminous plant life, and the wild and scary creatures that roam the landscape. Not to mention the Na’vi, the 10 feet tall humanoids, are as intriguing as they are intimidating. Cameron has created a truly lasting world that everyone can enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;">Negative</span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >: The first issue at hand is the writing. The characters are clichés, the concept is nothing short of stolen, and the terminology is insultingly lazy.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >(Source: avatarsucks.com )</span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >And I would be misleading if I didn’t say this all started because of a South Park episode:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:southparkstudios.com:255341" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" flashvars="autoPlay=false&dist=www.southparkstudios.com&orig=" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000" width="480" height="400"></embed><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Which points out that the story is a total rip off of <i style="">Dances With Wolves</i> which came out in 1990. For those of you who haven’t seen it, the plot as it is summed up on imdb: Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
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<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Terminology:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >All I have to say is ‘Unobtanium’.
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<br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;">Affirmative: </span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >OK, I’ll admit that some of the writing is a little shaky, but you can’t expect Charlie Kaufman from James Cameron. It’s never about the amazing story or plot twists or anything fancy like that. It’s about the action, the cinematography, and the world of Pandora. Cameron tried to make a movie to appeal to all audiences. You have<b style=""> </b>to give him credit for that. When a movie is given that type of budget, they have to try not to exclude any demographic.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;">Negative: </span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >I understand that it is the job of the studios to try to make the film appeal to as wide an audience as possible. This is a technique that is referred to by most filmmakers as ‘ruining’ a film. But my assumption is that Cameron had complete control – he is given this because he has proven, as the director of the top grossing movie of all time, that he can do this without studio intervention.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >My problem with this is that appealing to the masses has another name: Pandering. Pandering is what studios do, it’s what networks do, and the ultimate result of pandering is bacterial phenomenon of reality television, such as ‘The Hills’ and ‘Jersey Shore’. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Furthermore, it is possible to not exclude the masses and tell a cohesive story with interesting characters and well written dialogue. Ask J.J. Abrams, director of <i style="">Star Trek</i>, the summer blockbuster from 2009. He had immense pressure from ‘trekkies’ on how he would expand the franchise, meanwhile attempting to not lose the attention of those who have never even experienced the ‘Star Trek’ world in any way. It seems as though the common agreement is that he succeeded and this achievement is very impressive to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;">Affirmative: </span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Why do you hate? Can’t you just go to the theaters and have a good time?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;">Negative: </span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >I wanted to love <i style="">Avatar</i> badly. Before seeing it, I did want to write a review and I wanted to shower it with praise, but I cannot. My biggest problem with the whole thing is that while Cameron used innovative tangible materials (cameras, computers, software, and other technology) he lacked ANY innovation in the intangibles (story, characters, message). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >My overall feeling is – what is the point of using groundbreaking filmmaking techniques that, according to the hype, has been a work in progress for 10 YEARS until the production of <i style="">Avatar</i>, and not put the same kind of effort in the story which these techniques are exhibiting. Personally, I think it is an insult.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-11823051436041898152009-10-27T15:55:00.000-07:002009-11-04T23:28:26.535-08:00If the Kings win the cup this year I'm doing thisTwo things I love: The Los Angeles Kings, and mid-90's hockey video games. I was into the Penguins in the Lemieux era, but even if I wasn't this creation would be one of the greatest things I've ever seen:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.game6.nhl91.com/">http://www.game6.nhl91.com/</a> (still working on getting the embedding code)<br /><br />I can't imagine the time it took to 1) play the game enough create the necessary plays to make the video, and 2) to assemble that video into this masterpiece. It is truly a work of art.<br /><br />For more info, see <a href="http://www.nhl91.com/">http://www.nhl91.com/</a>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-85696474290233380612009-10-17T10:45:00.001-07:002009-10-17T13:23:17.930-07:00Commercials by Feature Film Directors<span style="font-family:arial;">The term 'sell-out' refers to someone who takes a paycheck larger than they might normally receive as compensation for altering an aspect of the occupation, usually to reach a larger audience, often to sell a brand or product, and occasionally jeopardizing their integrity.<br /><br />Amidst the growing popularity of TV commercials as entertainment, advertisers have been seeking out new ways to reach their audiences.<br /><br />One tactic has been to hire legitimate 'Hollywood' directors to direct their spots. Not only does this create a fair amount of 'buzz' about their commercials, it usually results in an entertaining piece. Whether or not that helps to sell a product or popularize a brand is not my expertise; however, if this helps the ratio of annoying or otherwise poorly made elements on television to those of better quality, as well as providing work for actual media professionals in the industry then I am for it.<br /><br />The debate, however, of if these directors are 'selling out' may go on. The question at hand is about intent of message; films are made with some message in mind and regardless of the specifics, it is usually genuine. Commercials are strictly that: commercial. The intent is unquestioned, which is to sell.<br /><br />Does that intent jeopardize the integrity of the art form? Many would say that it does.<br /><br />I look at it this way: many people enjoy watching television. Some of the best stuff out of Hollywood lately has been in the form of the TV drama: 'Mad Men'; 'Lost'; 'Breaking Bad'; 'House'; 'The Shield'; just to name a few. Since we all get to enjoy these products free of charge directly to our living rooms, the television commercial is a necessary evil (even though DVR's allow most of us to skip through them anyway)<br /><br />Thus, if they are necessary they might as well be good. Directors are simply working for a paycheck anyway, and I say if they can create enjoyable work then why not praise them, regardless of if the check is coming from Warner Bros. or Nike.<br /><br />Below are some of my favorite works by notable directors created for the small screen intermissions:<br /><br />David Fincher (<span style="font-style: italic;">Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</span>)<br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jlXRengzZoc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jlXRengzZoc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Michel Gondry (<span style="font-style: italic;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Be Kind Rewind</span>)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uj6G1C6c0uw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uj6G1C6c0uw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Spike Jonze (<span style="font-style: italic;">Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are</span>)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TsQXQGaasUg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TsQXQGaasUg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Guy Ritchie (<span style="font-style: italic;">Snatch, RocknRolla</span>)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/anwlpTgbQTE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/anwlpTgbQTE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I would be remiss not to include one of BMW's famous 'The Hire' videos from 2001-2002, in which BMW sincerely tried to bridge the gap between the art of 'film' and the showcasing of product oriented commercials. These were a serious of 'short films' which starred Clive Owen and included appearances by Forest Whitaker, Mickey Rourke, Madonna, Don Cheadle, Gary Oldman, and even the late James Brown, but mainly, the films were starring BMW vehicles. Interestingly, they were not created primarily for TV spot viewing; they are all 8-10 minutes in length and could only be viewed online in their entirety.<br />This then spawned the entity which is a superb statement in itself on Capitalism: the advertainment promo trailer. Though the primary function of these videos is to increase the popularity of the BMW brand ,thus being considered 'branded content', BMW also spent a great deal of money to ensure that they were entertaining, hence the term 'advertainment'. Since they were indeed entertaining, many viewers did seek them out online, but to ensure that they did, BMW ran several spots on TV promoting the 'short films'. These TV spots were then advertisements promoting advertisements promoting products. It is a remarkable paradoxical entity that truly is a socially significant example of the use cross-promotional media tactics popularized in the 'information age'. I cannot find any of these TV spots online but I know for sure they exist. What I did find is <a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/The+Hire">just as good if not better</a>. If only facebook was around back then.<br />Without further adieu, BMW's 'The Hire: Hostage' directed by Jon Woo. The other directors in this series were John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Guy Ritchie, David Fincher, Tony Scott, Joe Carnahan, Wong Kar-Wai, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.<br />John Woo (<span style="font-style: italic;">Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II</span>)<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dcmn32s6ZSQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dcmn32s6ZSQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />From 25 years ago:<br />Ridley Scott (<span style="font-style: italic;">Blade Runner, Gladiator</span>)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z9PQ16KVntQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z9PQ16KVntQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Here is an commercial that is more of a PSA by an organization called 'This is Reality'. I'm sure the Coen brothers still got compensated somehow, so it fits in:<br />Joel and Ethan Coen (<span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men</span>)<br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W-_U1Z0vezw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W-_U1Z0vezw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />OK sometimes this can go wrong, as in this PS2 commercial by David Lynch. I don't know what is happening here but it's odd:<br />David Lynch (<span style="font-style: italic;">Lost Highway, Mullholland Dr.</span>)<br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h28Kbdfmvbk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h28Kbdfmvbk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />This concept is not limited to the 'Western' filmmakers, as legendary director Jean-Luc Go</span><span style="font-family:arial;">dard crafted this cigarette ad in 1992:<br />Jean-Luc Godard (<span style="font-style: italic;">A bout de souffle, Pierrot le fout</span>)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/icx7rB7WdDw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/icx7rB7WdDw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />and finally, one that is a parody of this phenomenon to a certain degree, as he is addressing the audience as himself, Wes Anderson the director:<br />Wes Anderson (<span style="font-style: italic;">Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums</span>)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/spCknVcaSHg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/spCknVcaSHg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />and just for fun, speaking of parodies of themselves:<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lXRCf9LbLM0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lXRCf9LbLM0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />(Don't know who officially directed this)<br /><br />That ended up being far longer than I initially thought but I kept finding great examples. Most of these directors have in fact done multiple commercials. More examples and insight <a href="http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/08/ridley-scotts-1984-and-other-strange-commercials-from-famous-directors/">here</a></span><a href="http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/08/ridley-scotts-1984-and-other-strange-commercials-from-famous-directors/">.</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Extra credit: Where do music videos fit in this discussion? At the core, music videos are promotional content for bands which are trying to sell albums, so aren't music videos basically commercials? Indeed they are considered closer to short films than actual commercials, but I think they should be included in the conversation. Also so I can display my favorite music video by my favorite director:<br /><br />Nine Inch Nails - Only (directed by David Fincher)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xgt_WDjbO0o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xgt_WDjbO0o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/08/ridley-scotts-1984-and-other-strange-commercials-from-famous-directors/"></a><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-38879809699967139862009-10-17T10:11:00.000-07:002009-10-17T10:30:31.230-07:00Maybe too late for Vancouver, but I'm petitioning for this to be the newest Winter Olympic Sport<span style="font-family: arial;">Canadians are insane. Insanely terrific.<br /><br />But at least they are putting all that ice and cold to worthwhile use; and by worthwhile I mean entertaining more intelligent people.<br /><br />Below is the best piece of video that has been on nhl.com since the lock-out:<br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="289" frameborder="0" src="http://www.nhl.tv/team/embed.jsp?catid=-3&id=31539"></iframe><br /><br />What is it about Red Bull that tells people, "This event is completely ridiculous but we are going to sponsor it and make it legitimate"? How do they find such lunatics to risk their lives to compete for virtually nothing? It is a phenomenon that I do not understand or wish to be curtailed in any way.<br /><br />And Canadians: don't let me down when I come see you in Vancouver. I want to see/be a part of some poorly thought out drinking activities that might/should end up with a trip to a hospital. At least its free for you guys.<br /><br /></span>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-3263493282763009802009-10-15T14:41:00.000-07:002009-10-15T15:11:57.514-07:00Why Stephen Colbert is Awesome<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">For those of you who don't know who Stephen Colbert is, he is the host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" (pronounced re-POR, playing on the pronunciation of his name col-BEAR) which is essentially a spin-off of "The Daily Show". </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Instead of playing it straight like his counterpart Jon Stewart, who despite being witty and sarcastic is pretty clear about meanings and intentions, Colbert is a parody of the spin casting right-wing anchors that appear on such networks as Fox News.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For example, he consistently blames all of his problems, personal or otherwise, on France and Barack Obama. He contstantly reminds everyone how great he is and he even gets to jog to meet his guests to the cheers of his audience, instead of letting his guests bask in the glow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The charade is absurdly poignant, and despite his best efforts to make the act over the top, there are so many personalities that display such similar attributes legitimately that it has to be continually pointed out that he is faking it, and many who follow the reporters that he parodies are consistently confused. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This fact is utterly amazing. Simply listening to the 'between the lines' message in his commentary illustrates that he is attempting to point out the absurdity with his own absurdity, but the fact that some see it as straight talk simply points out his necessity even further. Because of this, sometimes he really has to take it over the top to drive the point home.<br /><br /></span><br /></span><table style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);font-family:arial;font-size:11px;" width="360" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="353"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);" valign="middle"><td style="padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.colbertnation.com/">The Colbert Report</a></span></td><td style="padding: 2px 5px 0px; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 14px;" valign="middle"><td style="padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;" colspan="2"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/252013/october-08-2009/bend-it-like-beck">Bend It Like Beck</a></span></td></tr><tr style="height: 14px; background-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);" valign="middle"><td colspan="2" style="padding: 2px 5px 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 360px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(150, 222, 255); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.colbertnation.com/">www.colbertnation.com</a></span></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="padding: 0px;" colspan="2"><embed style="display: block;" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:252013" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="autoPlay=false" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000" width="360" height="301"></embed></td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;" valign="middle"><td style="padding: 0px;" colspan="2"><table style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%"><tbody><tr valign="middle"><td style="padding: 3px; width: 33%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes">Colbert Report Full Episodes</a></span></td><td style="padding: 3px; width: 33%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.indecisionforever.com/">Political Humor</a></span></td><td style="padding: 3px; width: 33%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a target="_blank" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/250350/september-23-2009/capitalism-s-enemy---michael-moore">Michael Moore</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After watching something like this, it is amazing that anyone could take him 100% seriously. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Below is Colbert's appearance on 'The O'Reilly Factor' where Bill O'Reilly proudly claims that Colbert owes everything to him. No one can deny this claim and Stephen does no such thing.<br /></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwLqqEzT6rg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwLqqEzT6rg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Perhaps most of us should be thankful that we will never understand such deep rooted narcissism. </span></span>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-28146996278730818782009-10-15T14:10:00.000-07:002009-10-15T23:24:14.604-07:00I still miss 'The Shield'<span style="font-family:arial;">I wrote this on The Shield's imdb page, (nerdI know) during the final season of 'The Shield'. It is appalling how many people think the show is poorly made. I couldn't take it anymore:<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />A lot of people have complaints about 'The Shield'.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">"The camera is too shaky." "It looks too grainy." "There are always things in the way of the shots." "The storyline is difficult to follow." I have heard or read about these complaints multiple times from one-time or casual viewers of the show. Let me first address the cinematography and art direction.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With so much going on in each episode and each season, it is important for the director to help evoke emotion in a subtle manner whenever possible. The contrast in framing does just that. Many times we are looking at the characters from across the street or from outside through a window to give it the feel of a 'Cops' type show, but also to keep us somewhat separated from the decisions made by the characters. It is important to let us have an outsider's perspective on some of the events that transpire. However, it also becomes necessary to put us in the heat of a moment to intensify the em</span><span style="font-family:arial;">otional impact. This contrast enhances both ends of the spectrum, and it is carried out flawlessly.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The 'graininess' of the show is maintained because it follows with the theme of the show. It has always been shot on super 16mm film. They could easily upgrade to 35mm or a HD format, but it would hurt the overall feel of the show. 'The Shield' takes place in a high-crime, low-income area of Los Angeles called Farmington, and the PD building is called the 'Barn'. It is an older building that used to be a church and the funding of the department matches that of its community. This 'grainy' look enhances this feeling of edginess and basement-style living and is a terrific contrast to the bright and shiny style of such shows as CSI: Miami. Neither is better or worse; both are appropriate for each program, though I have to admit that the cleaner, higher re</span><span style="font-family:arial;">solution may be more pleasant to look at, but I'll watch 'The Shield' over a cookie cutter episode of CSI any day.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I cannot argue against the fact that the story-lines are hard to follow. They are. Even in season seven, many events are referenced that occurred as early as the first season. Many elements would be lost for anyone just trying to tune in now. This is not to say that it wouldn't be enjoyable; there are new plot developments that occur in every episode, but certainly some of the story points would seem irrelevant. For this reason, this show should be viewed as an 86 part movie. This sounds ridiculous but it is true. Due to this length of time and amount of events that have occurred with the same characters, the dynamic character arcs are unrivaled in their true-to-life tragedy, simplicity, and unpredictability, yet maintaining a sense of believability in every decision each </span><span style="font-family:arial;">character makes.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">'The Shield' challenges standard conceptions of the protagonist and antagonist. It will make you question your own morals. It will make you feel both good and bad about yourself and humanity, but you will appreciate the insightful way everything is presented.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Right now we are just 1 episode away from the end, and I can comfortably say that 'The Shield' will stay with me forever. I also think that it will be under-appreciated forever, but those who will say that it is one of the best programs to ever grace the small screen will be right. It is, in my opinion, the best drama ever written for Television, and the story of Vic Mackey is without a doubt one of the best uses of the tragic hero theme since the writings of Shakespeare.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">But if the 'graininess' or 'shakiness' still bothers you, by all means, move along to Desperate Housewives.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxI9v2uiu4RwRtB1jIvs8q2JZ1u73FTqoKNc3RFa6KvqBnGbCQ-M6J5X6P3p6EsiI93om0l91CCRq3xFU2-OV0dVjNLNLxO_AyK0W3xr4Svw_4x7cadKNSbNcs24HNqftxmTUVKnvM63G/s1600-h/the+shield.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxI9v2uiu4RwRtB1jIvs8q2JZ1u73FTqoKNc3RFa6KvqBnGbCQ-M6J5X6P3p6EsiI93om0l91CCRq3xFU2-OV0dVjNLNLxO_AyK0W3xr4Svw_4x7cadKNSbNcs24HNqftxmTUVKnvM63G/s320/the+shield.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392937776152172914" border="0" /></a>Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306381710544392367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760111251773787121.post-28773840642270682212009-10-15T12:22:00.000-07:002010-06-27T10:23:38.776-07:00The 10 Most Socially Significant Episodes of South Park<span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Currently in its 13th season, South Park has won 3 Emmys, a Peabody, a Cable ACE, and been nominated for a dozen other awards. While it is widely known as one of the most hilariously raunchy shows on TV, South Park is, also, the most satirically insightful and socially important. The research was enjoyable and the selection process was painstaking, but I have begrudgingly created a list of the 10 most significant episodes that were the most cleverly insightful about an important or overlooked issue.</span></span>
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<br />10.<span style=""> </span>BIG GAY AL’S BIG GAY BOAT RIDE<span style=""> </span>(Season 1, Episode 4)<o:p></o:p></b></span> <p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>“HE’S DOING SOMETHING TO HIS ASS.”</span></p><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="font-family:arial;"><u>The Premise<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Stan discovers that his new dog, Sparky (voiced by George Clooney), is homosexual. When the other kids find out, they make fun of him. Feeling like an outcast, Sparky leaves town. He finds refuge at Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Animal Sanctuary. Eventually, Stan finds him there and during his stay learns more about homosexuality from Big Gay Al himself. Stan accepts his dog’s sexual orientation and takes him back home, even though Sparky is never seen in another episode of South Park.</span>
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u>The Significance<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Parts of this episode seem offensive, such as Mr. Garrison’s comment, “Gay people are evil, evil right down to their cold black hearts.” However, the message of it is not. In fact, this episode was nominated for the 1998 GLAAD Media Award (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for Outstanding Individual TV Episode. The genius lies in using a pet’s perspective for what homosexual oppression feels like.
<br />Don’t forget this originally aired in 1998. Ten years later, a bill passed in California which reversed the law allowing gay marriages. This is an example of why Trey Parker and Matt Stone are this generation's Mark Twain, and may not be fully appreciated in our time as perhaps they will in the future. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >
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<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u>The Funniest<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The B story during this episode is a big football game between South Park Elementary and Middle Park. Stan, South Park’s star quarterback, misses the first 3 quarters of the game looking for Sparky while the Cows get pummeled so badly the announcer makes the following analogy, “I haven’t seen a beating like that since Rodney King.” This is a precursor to the season two episode ‘Conjoined Fetus Lady’ in which the kids travel to China for a dodge ball match, and the Chinese announcers make similar comments about Americans.</span>
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<br /></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u>The</u></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><u> Premise</u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >After embarrassing their parents by playing “red rocket” with male dogs and “making their milk come out,” the parents insist the school teach sexual education at a younger age. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >All the girls become frightened that they will get diseases from the boys and vice versa. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >The boys go to confront the girls to find that they have built a fortress, straight out of Mad Max, complete with flame-throwing turret gun.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >A standoff occurs (including dialogue from Mad Max) and a small battle ensues. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">An explosion is what finally alerts the adults to the impending carnage.</span>
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u>The Significance<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">After embarrassing their parents by playing “red rocket” with male dogs and “making their milk come out,” the parents insist the school teach sexual education at a younger age. All the girls become frightened that they will get diseases from the boys and vice versa. The boys go to confront the girls to find that they have built a fortress, straight out of Mad Max, complete with flame-throwing turret gun. A standoff occurs (including dialogue from Mad Max) and a small battle ensues. An explosion is what finally alerts the adults to the impending carnage.</span>
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The list includes the following: “missionary, doggy style, pile driver, filthy sanchez, hot karl, the wrap around butt grab, reverse cow girl, hot lunch, donkey punch, glass bottom boat, fish eye, and chili dog.”</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">
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<br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">The Premise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Stan’s dad gets a DUI while driving the boys home from karate class. Because of this, he is required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. In his first session, Randy announces he, “just really likes beer,” was stupid one night, drank too much, drove a car, and he will not do it again. The instructor informs Randy that he is really powerless against his drinking because he has a disease. Accepting this, Randy just drinks at home at all hours, explaining that he is a sick man, and the only thing that can save him now is a miracle.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Co-incidentally, right at that moment, the Virgin Mary Miracle begins. The miracle, the news of which has spread rampantly across the country, is that the Virgin Mary statue is bleeding out of its backside. Randy visits the statue and claims to be cured. He starts hanging out exclusively with his sober friends and drinks only iced teas. The Pope visits the bleeding statue, and reverses the original decree of it being a miracle, reasoning, “Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.” Because of this, Randy exclaims that he is not cured and is, once again, powerless against his alcoholism. Stan makes him realize that he had the power all along, since there was never a miracle.</span>
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Significance<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This episode was one of the two Season 9 episodes that sparked a great deal of controversy. It and ‘Trapped in the Closet’ (about Scientology, leading to Isaac Hayes’ resignation from the show), were formally complained about by their respective religious groups. Oddly, many other episodes of South Park have had much more derogatory commentary about the Catholic Church than ‘Bloody Mary’. It was simply the images of the Virgin Mary bleeding out of her rear that were so seemingly offensive.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But to me, this episode was more about alcohol abuse and sobriety than about religion. As one of my favorite comedians, Patton Oswalt, says, "Why do we seem to give parades for people who are getting sober and/or having children? What about the people that can control their drinking and not pollute the world with miniature versions of themselves? I'm ten times better than both those guys!"</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It is indeed interesting the way Alcoholics Anonymous tackles getting sober. . He also points out that if you spend your whole life avoiding something, then it is actually controlling your life.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course, some people really benefit from support groups like AA and should stop drinking, but the point of this episode is well crafted: if you stop drinking entirely, then alcohol is still controlling your behavior. I’m not a doctor, but people throw the term ‘disease’ around pretty freely these days, and the definition ‘having an overwhelming desire to consume alcohol’ does not belong in a medical dictionary.</span>
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Funniest</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Whenever Randy (the stereotypical middle-class, beer-loving father) is paired with an authority figure, it is comedy gold. When pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving, he is given a field sobriety test. Randy proudly sticks his arms out, but when directed to touch his nose with his finger he is confused, “Do what?! Come on, that’s impossible!”</span>
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0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">7.<span style=""> </span>STUPID SPOILED WHORE VIDEO PLAYSET<span style=""> </span>(Season 8, Episode 12)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=""><span style=""> </span>“BUT WHAT DOES SHE DO?”</span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" 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<br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwxno3R6XTu91wuOQ9mHEW6Q9zIm7Zo3X1r9pKul-_X41qyXj3I1_bP6CBrIeFUEP7FlADzH5_gP5yN_DpDI6wTJU1fb1rj4DxZ0ZaALlcxxzXuwI4nfui15MdTDXwUxUjo7OarLwKimC/s1600-h/Paris.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwxno3R6XTu91wuOQ9mHEW6Q9zIm7Zo3X1r9pKul-_X41qyXj3I1_bP6CBrIeFUEP7FlADzH5_gP5yN_DpDI6wTJU1fb1rj4DxZ0ZaALlcxxzXuwI4nfui15MdTDXwUxUjo7OarLwKimC/s320/Paris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392920133944260482" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">
<br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="font-family:georgia;"><u><span style="">The Premise</span></u></b>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A new store opens up in South Park called Stupid Spoiled Whore. The store is endorsed by Paris Hilton, who all the girls in town begin to emulate.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The store sells very scandalous clothing and accessories, which target young girls encouraging them to be slutty and bratty. The girls have a party and play games such as Seven Minutes in Heaven. Coincidently, on Paris’ 2008 TV show Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, (show details omitted due to danger of brain damage) one of the competitions involved this game as well. I cannot manifest an appropriate expression of my utter amazement at this parallel.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">It takes the advice of an even bigger whore, Mr. Slave (Season 6, “The Death Camp of Tolerance”), to make the girls understand that being a whore is not cool. After beating Paris in the ‘Whore-Off” by anally ingesting her, Mr. Slave exclaims, “Being spoiled and stupid and whorish is supposed to be a bad thing, remember? Parents, if you don’t teach your children that people like Paris Hilton are supposed to be despised, where are they gonna learn it?”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;">
<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><b style=""><u><span style="">The Significance</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This episode aired just after Paris Hilton's sex tape was leaked, thus at the height of her popularity. I despise Paris for all the reasons pointed out in this episode: she is famous simply because she is an extremely spoiled heiress. This episode does more than just bash a celebrity, which is what South Park is popularly known for (for some reason), but it points out the effects worshipping pseudo celebrities and how it can be harmful. Paris Hilton is the antithesis of a role model for girls, and many young girls may attempt to emulate her and assume they can be loved by being ‘spoiled and whorish’.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Still, it seems that our media and society are inexplicably interested in anything the ‘celebrity’ does, which only increases her popularity and thus, status. Her popularity only spawns more evildoers in her wake, as the spotlight is now focused on Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, who are only famous for being on a terrible reality television show called ‘The Hills’. Hypothesizing on who will follow in their footsteps makes me queasy nearly to the point of regurgitation.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The episode’s name comes from a commercial that aired within the show for a, Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Play Set, which is a kit that includes a video camera with night vision, lip stick, and a cell phone which says, “I’m pretending to talk to my friends on the cell phone while my man waits for more sex!”</span>
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><b style=""><u><span style="">The Funniest</span></u></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Paris is in town to promote the store’s new opening, and while driving in her limo, her pet Chihuahua, dressed in a pretty bow and matching shoes, commits suicide by shooting himself with the driver’s gun, pulling the trigger with his foot. She puts a photo of her dead dog in her photo album, which contains photos of all her other former pets who made the same decision.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;">
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style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>“I WONDER WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THOSE DAYS, IN THOSE DAYS, IN THOSE DAYS.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b face="arial"><u><span style="">The Premise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >The town is split between people for the Iraq war and those against it. The boys are instructed to write a report on what the Founding Fathers of America would say about the war. Cartman decides the only way he can complete the assignment is to travel back in time. So intent on getting out of any actual studying, Cartman sacrifices his skull multiples times while attempting to knock himself out and wake up in 1776. He sets up various rigs to knock himself unconscious while he’s thinking about the 1700s. Of course it never works and he just knocks himself out. Eventually, he has a stroke of genius and he programs his TiVo to record 200 hours of the history channel, ties himself to the TiVo, and drops himself and the TiVo into a large pool of water. Success! He wakes up in 1776 and wanders into Independence Hall during a discussion on whether or not to go to war with England. The debate is identical to the debate in 2004 about the Iraq war.
<br />Finally, Benjamin Franklin comes in and says, “You people that are against the war are right, many of our countrymen will die if we go to war, and we may not win. However, war is necessary to stand up against our enemies, and as long as we seem like we don't want to go to war, then we can't be hated by other countries.”
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Significance<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It is interesting to examine the idea that the debates in 2004 about war could parallel those from the Revolutionary War in the 1700s, since historical evidence proves that not everyone was in favor of fighting the British either. I like the development of the question, ‘What would the founding fathers do?’ as it seems like that is a common question amidst controversial topics in politics today.
<br />Cartman explains that America was founded on the right to protest, ensuring that we don't look like hate mongers while invading other countries to look strong to our enemies. That’s having your cake, and eating it too.
<br />Whether or not you agree with the sentiment of the episode, there is no doubt that these two sides will exist as long as military conflict does as well.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Funniest</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">At the beginning of the episode, Mr. Garrison tells everyone that there is going to be an anti-war protest, so anyone against the war is allowed to leave school to protest. Cut to the entire class running out the door yelling, “We're free!” Just then they bump into the protestors who give them picket signs. A reporter interviews them, "Boys tell us what you don't like about the war." Stan responds, "Um, it's gay." The reporter continues, "Yes, and which aspect of the war do you think is most gay?" at which point they decide to just read their picket signs. Kyle reads, “War is not my… voice" and Cartman reads, "Bush is a nay-zee” (Nazi).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >After standing in line for a week to be the first in town with a Sony PSP, Kenny plays Heaven vs Hell’ 24/7, and finally reaches level 60. He is then hit by an ice cream truck and stands before the pearly gates to meet St. Peter, who informs Kenny that his death was no accident. Kenny is The Chosen One, and he must use the Golden PSP to command Heaven’s army, "Basically, you are Keanu Reeves," (in The Matrix). As he is getting briefed for the task at hand, he disappears from heaven as a doctor successfully revives him. Because Kenny had been dead for over 24 hours, most of his brain cells are dead, and he is now in a vegetative state. A debate ensues over the proper action (or inaction) to take with Kenny’s life.
<br />Stan and Kyle find out that Kenny has left all of his belongings to them, except for his PSP, which he leaves to Cartman because he feels bad that Cartman will die sad and alone. It is at that moment when Kenny is revived. Stan and Kyle are excited to see Kenny alive again, but Cartman insists that he would not want to live like a vegetable. He convinces the Supreme Court that because he is Kenny’s BFF, which he proves by showing half of his BFF necklace, he knows what Kenny would want. The boys know that Cartman only wants Kenny’s PSP, and they refuse to allow anyone to let Kenny die by pulling his feeding tube.
<br />They come to the conclusion that Cartman is right (let Kenny live) for the wrong reasons, and that they are wrong (let Kenny die) for the right reasons. Just then, Kenny’s lawyer bursts in with the end of Kenny’s will, stating, “If I should ever be in a vegetative state and kept alive on life support, please, for the love of God don’t ever show me in that condition on national television.”
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Significance<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ></span><span style="font-family:arial;">South Park has perfected the process of churning a brand new episode out in six days, from conception to completion. For this reason, they can take on the most topical of subjects, as in this episode which aired during the time when Terri Schiavo was in the headlines across the country. Her case was debated on virtually every news program across the country, and this issue is about as controversial as abortion. South Park points out that there is no way we can know what each individual would want but we can be sure that they would not want to be remembered as a ‘vegetable’.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The side note to this episode is that God created the PSP and the game Heaven vs. Hell in order to find who can command Heaven’s army against Satan’s. He panicked that Hell’s army hath far greater numbers and had only recently changed his policy of admitting only the Mormons into Heaven, but by this time Hell’s numbers had already reached over 10 billion. If only one religion is right then this is probably the case.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This episode won South Park its first Emmy in 2005 for the most outstanding Animated Program under one hour.</span>
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<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style="">The Funniest</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Archangel Michael is the primary Heavenly military representative, who explains to Kenny the situation against Satan with a whiteboard, and occasionally sniffs his dry erase marker. When Kenny is finally returned to Heaven to command God’s army, we see Kenny playing the Golden PSP and Michael over looking the battlefield, but we don’t see the battlefield itself. Michael sets up the battle as though we are about to feast our eyes on a great spectacle, but the shot never leaves Michael, who continually describes the amazing battle, “It’s like 10 times bigger than the one at the end of the Lord of the Rings.” Ironically, this tease is eventually paid off in Imaginationland (season 11)</span><b style=""><span style="">
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<br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">4.<span style=""> </span>GOOD TIMES WITH WEAPONS<span style=""> </span>(Season 8, Episode 1)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"> </i></span><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>“ARE YOU GUYS NINJAS OR P-P-P-PUSSIES?”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">The Premise</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The boys purchase some martial arts weapons at the swap meet, and run around the town playing ninjas. Everything is going smoothly until Kenny throws a ninja star into Butters' eye. While figuring out what to do with him, Butters gets away. Cartman tries to find Butters before the parents do by using his power of invisibility (he strips naked). “Invisible” Cartman sneaks on the stage of an auction, when Butters also wanders on stage and collapses, star in eye. A meeting is called to discuss this atrocity, as the town is enraged by the sight of a naked boy in front of everyone (the auction was also televised on local access). The boys are confused that their violence is going unnoticed, but decide to jump on board and claim that Cartman's nudity warped their minds. Cartman assures everyone it was a wardrobe malfunction.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Significance</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This episode introduces the element of an alternate animation style, which is later developed even further in the Emmy winning 'Make Love Not Warcraft’ and again in ‘Major Boobage’. After purchasing their “Real ninja weapons from Japan,” the boys turn into adult ninja's in full blown Japanese anime style video (think Speed Racer and Dragon Ball Z). The animation style goes back and forth between South Park's construction paper look and Japanese anime. (In anime they fight with real looking weapons and have powers like fireballs, while in the traditional animation they are just waving their weapons around yelling “hi-ya!”) For any of the non-believers, this illustrates the fact that South Park is fully capable of creating a sophisticated look, and the chosen look of the show is a true-to-roots concept that truly enhances the satire.
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is my favorite episode of South Park. No, not as in Matt and Trey's season 1 DVD intros, in which they called every single episode their favorite; this is my actual favorite. On the surface, this episode seems to be just another one of the boys' adventures, (sometimes these do make for the most enjoyable ones) but Cartman's auction stage nudity incident revealing that this episode is a parody of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl debacle, combined with the hilarious adventure of the boys is pure genius. It is truly absurd how much controversial a little bit of nudity causes, while the most popular forms of entertainment are more vile and violent than anything most of us will ever encounter in real life.</span>
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To me this is the all-time funniest moment of South Park. </span><b style="">
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<br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">3.<span style=""> </span>MARGARITAVILLE<span style=""> </span>(Season 13, Episode 3)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"> </i></span><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">“now you know the economy’s wrath”</span></span></p><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style="font-style: italic;"> </i></span><p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xzdxDDrduBY_par99YQNkeRQdkoyXwb2hyphenhyphenKdm7do2XlAyPYuRw1SAvugEwBBRA-cHJgIkc9CemLjD4CferMr3dmVn-YkbqJi-Z-wTo7e3k2MIr3qxAIvZNXYIICsusesXH7wVC-lkX9R/s1600-h/south+park+mg.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xzdxDDrduBY_par99YQNkeRQdkoyXwb2hyphenhyphenKdm7do2XlAyPYuRw1SAvugEwBBRA-cHJgIkc9CemLjD4CferMr3dmVn-YkbqJi-Z-wTo7e3k2MIr3qxAIvZNXYIICsusesXH7wVC-lkX9R/s320/south+park+mg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392921473618872578" border="0" /></a> <b style="font-family: arial;"><u>
<br /></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u>The Premise<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The town is dealing with the effects of the down economy. Stan’s dad Randy makes him invest his birthday check from his grandma, only to find out how bad the market when he lost his money in seconds, and was then asked to leave the bank since he had no money invested there.
<br />Because the town is so upset, many have gathered to listen to various ‘soap box’ speakers, ironically at the town’s mall. Randy insists that we all spent too much money and now ‘the economy’ is angry at us. Kyle explains that ‘the economy’ is not some vengeful being but just an idea, made up of people. He contends that spending is good and is perhaps the only thing that can help the economy.
<br />Eventually Kyle proves his point by opening an American Express platinum card, and charges everyone in the town’s debt to it. ‘A young Jew has sacrificed himself for the good of his people’.
<br />While these arguments go on, Stan is trying to return his dad’s ‘Margaritaville’ margarita mixer. The store where it was purchased sends Stan to the company that Randy financed the mixer through. That company informs him that his dad’s payment plan has been combined with thousands of others into one big ‘Margaritaville’ security. Someone on Wall Street then explains to Stan that because many people are defaulting on their payments, the government had to buy back the securities from the banks. He eventually gets fed up and breaks the 'Margaritaville' mixer.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u>The Significance<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The arguments made by Randy and the rest of the town echo the sentiments felt by the American public during our current recession. At times it does feel like ‘the economy’ is an omnipotent deity that can cast its wrath upon us, but nobody understands why the economy does what it does, expert or not, and sometimes we come to conclusions that make us feel better about the situation no matter how much sense it makes.
<br />The returning of the ‘Margaritaville’ mixer represents the confusion real estate market. The problem of what banks do with mortgages is summed up perfectly in this metaphor.
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><u>The Funniest</u></span><span style="font-size:85%;">
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Stan sneaks into the ‘chart room’ and watches the process for determining what action to take when another insurance company is about to go under. Someone cuts the head off of a chicken, throws it onto a large chart on the ground, plays a kazoo, and waits for it to stop on a decision. “Most prudent move is a bailout!" There can't be any rational method which leads to the conclusion of giving $85 billion to AIG, can there?</span><b style=""><span style="">
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<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">2.</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">DOUCHE AND TURD</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">(Season 8, Episode 8)</span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p></span></span></b><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"> </i></span></span><p style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>“GO GIANT DOUCHE!”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">The Premise</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">PETA declares South Park Elementary mascot, the Cow, offensive, and forces the school to hold an election for a new mascot. Kyle thinks the whole thing is stupid and decides it would be funny to tell everyone to write-in “Giant Douche.” Cartman contests that while Kyle’s intentions are good, “Turd Sandwich” would be a much more humorous candidate.
<br />Kyle and Cartman campaign throughout the town to get votes for each of their mascots. Stan doesn’t see the point of it all, refuses to vote, and is subsequently banished from the town. Upon Stan’s return, Kyle finally gets through to him about the importance of voting, and Stan finally votes for Turd Sandwich. However, Kyle only motivated Stan to vote in order to gain another supporter, not encourage participation in the democratic process. Just after his ballot is cast it is discovered that the PETA members have been murdered by P. Diddy’s crew and the school can remain the Cows.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><s><o:p></o:p></s></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><u><span style="">The Significance</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Stan “Just didn’t see the point in voting between a Douche and a Turd.” He learns that every election since the beginning of time was between some douche and some turd, since that’s the only type of person who would suck up enough to be successful in politics. Though it is never stated in so many words, I think Stan realizes that though they aren’t the greatest options, they are still options nonetheless, and having options is better than not having any.
<br />South Park is not afraid to take a stance that most people, at first, might not agree with, as in ‘Douche and Turd.’ The protagonist of the episode simply does not see the point in voting. Because he does not hold our country's most traditional process as sacred, he is literally banished from the town. In Stan’s defense, what is the point in voting between a douche and a turd?
<br />This episode aired during the election of 2004 between George W. Bush and John Kerry.
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{size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The best part is the actual banishment of Stan. Stan is at the town’s edge, and everyone else in South Park lines up to see him off in the South Park way; by ripping off a small piece of his clothing and spitting on him. They then place him backwards on a horse with a bucket on his head and send him off with a Middle Earth style battle horn.</span><b style=""><span style="">
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<br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="">1.<span style=""> </span>QUEST FOR RATINGS<span style=""> </span>(Season 8, Episode 11)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-style: italic;"> </i></span><p face="arial" style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>“NOW IT’S TIME FOR ‘PANDA BEAR MADNESS MINUTE.’”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The boys put on a news show at school. They don shiny “newsish” wigs and report the relevant facts with elaborate backdrops.
<br />When forced to make changes to their show to improve their ratings under threat of cancellation, the boys start getting creative. They revamp the show with the following ideas, “’School News’ sounds lame. It should be ‘Sexy News’, or ‘Action News’. We should also lie and say we saw celebrities, and make up a bunch of stories that make it seem like if you don’t watch, you could die.”
<br />Jimmy is concerned with the new direction the show is heading, “Guys, is all this really ethical?” Cartman replies, “We’re in 4th grade, Jimmy, we don’t even know what ethical means.”
<br />These outrageous stories improve ratings, but they still get crushed by Craig’s innovative program, “Animals Close Up, With a Wide Angle Lens, Wearing Hats.” Jimmy suggests the abandon the pandering tactics for a moment and do some actual journalism and search for the best story ever. This is harder than it sounds, so one of the boys reveals that some of the 5th graders get ideas by drinking an excess amount of cough syrup. After taking it, the medicine caused them to just sit around and watch Craig’s show all night, “Yeah, it was great,” Token remarks. This sparks the realization that everyone in the school is high on cough syrup, and this news becomes the focus of their next big story. It is an achievement in journalism. Because of this, their teacher gives them a contract for 27 new shows and in an effort to teach Craig how important ratings are, recommends his suspension and removal of a testicle.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">As the boys ratings improve, they get to keep making the show. They continue to invent ideas to keep the show fresh, including, “Global warming is going to kill everyone in the 5th grade.” Jimmy insists that they are dumbing down the school, while the other boys maintain that everyone is already dumb and they are just appealing to what the viewers want. This is perhaps the most important moment of the episode: the 'chicken or the egg' question of media affecting audience or public affecting media. It is a debate which may never see an end. Is the fact that much of the viewing public may be on drugs affecting the on-air products which plague much of prime-time?</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have condemned all local news shows as fear-driven propaganda for a while now, and this episode epitomizes why. It hits the nail on the head on the topics of sensationalism and ethics in media, all while giving us a good laugh.</span>
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