People used to make a fuss over Clockwork Orange. It's only going to get worse, and complaining about the state of things just makes you sound old.
Billy Bob Blames Games for the Sorry State of Hollywood
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Yeah, game's can't have a meaningful message.
Assassin's Creed doesn't raise any sort of philosophical questions about having to choose between free will and complete peace. All its about is stabbing dudes.
GTAIV doesn't provide a satirical look into American culture, which gives all sorts of messages. All its about is stealing cars and beating hookers.
Shadow of the Colossus isn't about how far some people will go for the one they care about, ignoring everything else just to help them. All its about is killing giants.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
Assassin's Creed doesn't raise any sort of philosophical questions about having to choose between free will and complete peace. All its about is stabbing dudes.
GTAIV doesn't provide a satirical look into American culture, which gives all sorts of messages. All its about is stealing cars and beating hookers.
Shadow of the Colossus isn't about how far some people will go for the one they care about, ignoring everything else just to help them. All its about is killing giants.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
Mr. Billy Bob? Please water your lawn. Its grass feels so dry and brittle against my young, carefree feet.
Dear lord -.-
While I think it's pretty annoying when gamers on principle give people the finger for criticizing the video game industry, this is not one of those cases. Billy Bob really doesn't have a clue of what he's talking about. My guess is that the only experience he's got with video games is his son playing Gears of War or God of War or whatever, and from that he draws a hasty conclusion that we must listen to because he's been in a couple of good movies.
While I think it's pretty annoying when gamers on principle give people the finger for criticizing the video game industry, this is not one of those cases. Billy Bob really doesn't have a clue of what he's talking about. My guess is that the only experience he's got with video games is his son playing Gears of War or God of War or whatever, and from that he draws a hasty conclusion that we must listen to because he's been in a couple of good movies.
Hollywood has always made bad films. The majority of films have always been bad films. You think films were any better in the 40's and the 50's? They weren't - they were just as hokey and cliched as they are now.
Ah he's just an old man who doesn't understand anything, in the midst of a crumbling career. Let's leave him alone.
Ah he's just an old man who doesn't understand anything, in the midst of a crumbling career. Let's leave him alone.
That's okay, Billy Bob; I blame my nightmares on your disgusting sexscene in Monster's Ball (I think we all know what that title is referring to).
You still kicked ass in Slingblade though.
You still kicked ass in Slingblade though.
I was just wondering when I was going to see Billy Bob in a movie next, and then I realize he has been making nothing but crap lately that I haven't wanted to see.
And he blames videogames?
Tell you what, when Clint Eastwood starts saying the same thing, I may agree.
Clint is the proof that Hollywood still puts out excellent movies.
And he blames videogames?
Tell you what, when Clint Eastwood starts saying the same thing, I may agree.
Clint is the proof that Hollywood still puts out excellent movies.
*Double take*Andy Chalk said:
Wait, wha--
1) You were in a movie called Mr. Woodcock. Don't talk about "lessons".
2) Not all violent movies have lessons in them. In fact, a lot don't. What exactly was the message in Rambo?
3) Bioshock = violent. I think it has a better moral than all of your movies combined.
Thats Saxton Hale. My Prime Minster (although Julia Gillard is PM on paper, he controls her). He destroys hippes and doesn't afraid of anything.
Man, he looks creepy these days. Seriously though, movies from the 1970's are some of the worst creations of mankind and video games were not common then. Hell, there are countries that have never made a single good movie and don't have any video games.
Indeed. I think Mr. Thorton needs to see his doctor about removing his foot from his mouth.danpascooch said:
I can't believe I'm about to say this, but to be honest I think it's about time on the Candyland movie. The version of Candyland I used to have as a kid had an insert telling what all the places on the board were supposed to be, and what was there, and it sounded pretty cool when I was that age. It captured my imagination.Raithnor said:
As a result, aimed at the right audience, I can see this being successful. It's one of the things I would have wanted to see as a child.
Now, my concern is going to be if they ever decide to start taking commercial mascots like say "Captain Crunch" and making full length theatrical movies about them.
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I wasn't focusing on Hollywood too much, but other than my mainstream criticisms, I think a big part of the problem is that there is a major focus on nostolgia movies. Taking properties from a few decades ago, updating them a bit, and then selling them to people who fondly remember the material.
See, one of the things about my generation "Generation X" is that we were "doomed" from the beginning. People knew this before we were born. Our parents generation lived long enough where they did not step down from the jobs they were holding and pass it on to the new generation. Thus they kept control of society and the money (as well has had longer to proliferate their morality than other generations). Only now with the Boomers nearing the edge of retirement and getting into position to flood the system is "Generation X" getting any kind of brief window where things are being aimed at us. We however produced very little as a generation, and most of the things that were produced FOR us were when we were younger as a way of marketing to our parents. Thus with "Generation X" being briefly viable to market to (with "Generation Y" rapidly becoming set to fully move into the boomers shoes) your seeing movies like "Transformers", "GI Joe", "The A Team", "The Dukes Of Hazard". It's proven to be a viable way to market to a generation that otherwise has little in the way of an identity, other than a lot of emo, and angst-ridden music and such that are what passes as the voice of our generation due to being skipped.
Dedicated sociologists can probably articulate it a lot better than I can, and in more detail. I think Hollywood is simply going where the money is.
I think you'll see more creativity for "Generation Y" to be honest. Truthfully, in the long run I think "Generation X" is going to be forgotten. We're pretty much going to be seen by many people as that wasteful generation that never went anywhere, had massive unemployment, and huge numbers of people living at home. Scholors will probably understand it better and pity us for falling between the cracks. The stuff your seeing recycled right now is pretty much the face of what defined a lost generation of people.