I know we didn't get to finish the history of video games on monday but one thing that I've noticed is that they're starting to get story lines and be more like movies rather than just running away from colored blobs like in pac-man.

The movie celluloid closet very one sided to me. Most of the people were gay and screenwriters. Tom Hanks was the only one who wasn't either or. I never really knew what gays in movies were called in the old days, I didnt know that they were called "silly's". Later on it was very interesting that hollywood had to cover up so much, change the plots, skripts, and do so much just to keep certain things out.
If it wasn't for Boys in the Band and Rebel without a cause things would probably be the same as they were back then. It was also interesting that the movies made it seem that all gays had to look forward to was a horrible death wether by fate or suicide. When I heard that movies were being altered because of the sex scenes or gays it seemed like the right to freedom of expression was being taken away.

I've never seen Bowling for Columbine before and I've never really seen any other of Michal Moores films before either. So far what I had gotten from the movie was that our laws on guns are not strict enough, honestly I think he does have a good point our laws on guns are not strict enough but most guns used in crimes are bought and sold illegaly and I think that needs to be taken into consideration. Most people who do buy guns legally are are eaither going to use them to hunt or home defense. And as for the person who got shot by his dog...I'm sorry but he's a dumb ass for putting the gun on the dog and not unloading the weapon in the first place which should be done as soon as the safety is on.

In the film documentary “Merchants of Cool,” people are trying to incorporate our culture with their product, we are just a pawn to these products, just to buy. Mtv is one of the biggest ways of advertising and since its popular to us we enjoy it and don’t know it is a commercial. Even if its music it’s still promoting us to buy something. Mtv realized that if they want to keep making money then they have to change with the younger people. They study kids in order to keep up with the times. They actually study us in order to get higher ratings and more money. Most of the people who spoke on the documentary have fairly good credentials. When they talked about a mook about the outlandish stuff people do and that’s what really gets us. Markets compete for us, as consumers wanting to sell our brain space. It also tends to make girls need to look a certain way. Another trick for TV companies to get us hooked is sex, it’s a way to keep up with the times and to keep people interested in their shows, it was also a way to keep up with wrestling which is the biggest grossing entertainment today.
It brought up a good point whether we were mirroring media or if media is mirroring us. It’s as if we sell back what they sell us. There are underground groups of people who go against the general media, it’s because they think that that certain song and that certain type of music is specifically for them and not for just everybody, but bands and fans like that are very few. It seems like the media’s telling us what we should like and what’s cool or not.

In the film “The Corporation,” it discussed how a group of people can become a corporation. I think that the general public may have a skewed vision on what a corporation is. There really is no single person that runs a corporation. It had also brought up that by Supreme Court ruling a corporation is considered a person even though it’s a group of people. Some see it as a jigsaw puzzle; someone has a certain role in order for it to run efficiently. Others see it as a monster that destroys everything in its path. I felt like the movie showed both sides of the story fairly well. Those corporations started off small and honest, it seemed like when the corporation got to big then that’s when people started to have trouble with it trying to keep people accountable.
It really emphasized on the lack of human health concerns. When it came to the sweat shops it seems really wrong that the people who are making the goods are getting paid barely a fraction of what we’re spending on the goods and barely enough to feed their family. The bottom line of making money over the common good of the average person seems to be over looked whether it’s the use of drugs on cattle or people in other countries getting far less that what they should be making.
Everything has short term goodness to them but in the end it can cause a problem, the example used were Agent Orange which was used to clear out forest in Vietnam. The chemical did just that however it causes birth defects in children of Vietnam and caused cancer in the troops. Again there tends to be a reckless regard for human safety. It seemed like all corporations see is money. It doesn’t really consider the environment either, for all they know and care every drop of water, every stream can be bought and used as desired. Now in the 21st century the environment is starting to get a little more respect and is going to be considered like it hasn’t been before.
It also emphasized that when it comes to acts of terrorism, in devastation there is opportunity, there were example of when the twin towers fell prices for gold went up. In 1991 during Desert Storm Sadam was setting the oil wells on fire and oil prices skyrocketed. The stockbrokers were having a field day making money. As for children consuming trends tend to be a game by marketers, getting them young and when they get older they’ll be hooked to certain products.
When it comes to news it now can sometimes be filtered and people can’t trust it, all because of product placement and commercials.

The movies watched in class wednsday were very interesting to say the least, I've always thought that a "religion" like that would be talked about more than what it has. It's had its place on South Park but thats about the only place where I've heard of scientology and it's kind of sad that "Chef" had to leave because it was made fun of. Also I'm glad to have heard that the Terms of service have been changed on facebook.

It was February 14, I woke up about 8 o’clock to the sound of my alarm playing “feel good drag” by Anberlin. As I got up I went to the window and saw that there was fresh snow on the road, and thought I’d go skiing regardless there was good or bad snow on the mountain. I grabbed by boots and skis on the way out the door and put them in the back of my truck, it’s a Chevy Silverado. On my way up to the mountain I started off listening to the radio. I never really realized how many commercials were on there and how annoying they can be after only about the first ten seconds.
I started to listen to some of my CD’s, the one I chose was country, mainly Cross Canadian Ragweed. Personally I think they’re one of the best country bands out there today. The songs I have on there are Alabama, Dimebag, dead man, 17, don’t need you, smoke another, sick and tired, boys from Oklahoma and some more from other artists. For me it’s comfort music. When I got tired of some of that music I switch CD’s and listened to some of my rock, I have the usual, three days grace, some Anberlin, and others. I got up to the mountain after about 30 minutes of driving; I grabbed my skis out of the back, put on my boots and headed to the slopes. There are a lot of signs up there that have their own logo and slogans on them. Seems like they don’t want anyone forgetting who they are. I get there around 10 and skied until about 2.
Then I had to head back home and get dressed for work at Big 5, I don’t really like it but it’s a job and helps pay the rent. On the way back the roads were better and I made it back in a little better time. When I get home I got dressed for work. I ended up getting ready ahead of what I thought I would and had about fifteen minutes to listen to music, I love music, there’s not much that I don’t like. I headed out and again I started off listening to the radio and finally got to work. When I got to work I was immediately bombarded with media, everything from signs to the crappy music they play there. Not much media intake went on at work other than the crappy music and signs posted up everywhere. When my time was up it was about 10 o’clock. I didn’t bother getting anything to eat on the way home/ apartment because I had to get up early the next morning to do the same thing without getting to go skiing first. I got home got onto facebook did some stuff on there and when I was done there got a bite to eat took a shower and went to bed with the Ipod on.