Some Musings I've Been Having...

Dec 14, 2007 12:53

about the WGA strike, the sorry state the television and film industries are in right now (at least the American industries) and how storytelling is getting better and better in video games (or always has been.) I was reading Entertainment Weekly and there's this article about the ten best tv episodes the editors chose for this year and number one ( Read more... )

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mochibuni December 14 2007, 20:26:28 UTC
I think animation is the highest point of story telling.

But as of the late, I haven't seen anything that's really wowed me. The closest was probably Ratatouille, but that was because the animation was amazing. I did love Hair Spray as well. The last movie I added to my favorites is Crash which I saw right after it was released on DVD, and I think that says something.

However, I still really want to see Lars and the Real Girl and Juno. Perhaps I'll have a different opinion after that.

And LIES ON THE SCI-FI. Firefly is the best thing ever. Nevermind it came out in 2002...

But anyway, no, it's not lately. The Culture Industry is a topic that's been heavily discussed for some time.

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caffeinatedjedi December 14 2007, 20:49:16 UTC
Why animation? I mean, you know I love animation, and I'm not asking you to defend your opinion on it or anything. I'm just bored and I want to engage my brain at work, for once. XD

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mochibuni December 14 2007, 21:11:42 UTC
Because animation is the perfect venue to know whether or not you have a great story. Animation is entirely man made and you have complete control over the look of the movie and the only limit is the amount of money you want to put into the quality of the art. A mark of a good story is when the consumer becomes completely wrapped up in the story and not once remembers that it's fictional. This makes animation perfect because if you can get the viewer so emotionally invested in a cartoon singing lion that they forget and don't question the believability of a lion being able to sing, let alone that it's flaming orange or "that it's a lion, why the fuck am I treating it as a human," you know you've successfully told your story ( ... )

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caffeinatedjedi December 14 2007, 21:36:33 UTC
Ooh, good point. I hadn't even thought of that, and I forget that a lot of people assume animation is for kids.

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mochibuni December 14 2007, 21:38:40 UTC
I can't say I blame them too much when their eyes are being attacked by rainbow bears.

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clear_tranquil December 14 2007, 21:02:14 UTC
Alright, Firefly/Serenity is one thing, but beyond that? The western world doesn't seem to be engaging the genre as much as it used to. Earlier this year even Ridley Scott went as far as to say that it's a dead genre.

And I too want to see Juno. But then again, for every gem there is like Juno, we get trash like Wild Hogs.

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mochibuni December 14 2007, 21:13:04 UTC
Sci-Fi is pretty "meh" all around. It's almost like the new B Horror movie.

But I do loves me my B Horror movies.

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