Some may call this junk, me I call them tresures

  

   Most of the time I have little to say about stuff and when I finally get my thoughts together enough to write  then I actually do one of these things. Now those who have read my first two blogs already know where I stand on what some call important social issues, but now it’s time I wrote about something far more personally important to me than religion or politics and that subject is the sheer amount of crap entertainment. Yeah I know how is this more important than world events??? That answer is simple my opinion on politics or religion will not change the world nor is it all I think about. We as people have to be entertained it’s that simple, look around how many forms of entertainment do you own? Video games, TV, DVD, cell phones, various forms of computers, books, and e-books…wow now flash back to your child hood how much of this did we have then? I had a TV that maybe got 3 channels, an ATARI the later a Nintendo but I had to wait for those to be invented also toys and books. I remember the first time my parents rented a VCR it was amazing to me at that time. Now I have a lap top,XBOX360, a Kindle, DVD player more movies than necessary , and of course books. This brings me to the sad state of media for these forms of entertainment.

   I am a big horror movie buff but sadly there are not that many good ones anymore, too many today are the same movie with the plot of deranged family that tortures/eats people. Where are the good ghost stories?  I was looking for a movie to watch online and could not find anything remotely tolerable and as my sister will be quick to point out I am the guy who liked Death Tunnel at first. I have held off watching Dream House or Insidious mainly because I feel they may be the last of a dying breed of movie. You know one that isn’t a remake, reboot, or sequel (granted the new Nightmare on Elm St was great). I understand why people download movies you pay the outrageous cost to go to the movies and leave feeling like you just got socks for Christmas. Or wait for the DVD and pay 20 bucks and well then not being able to get two bucks for it from a pawn shop. And today everyone is a movie critic with the medium to instantly tell you how bad or good something is. The movie industry has no farther to look than the crap they pump out and the way technology works in order to see why they have a problem with piracy, and the fact people like free stuff.  

  Music has gotten just as bad as movies I cannot stand certain types of music mainly country or gospel. But rap has become so well stupid that I cannot tell one song from the next, having seen the good stuff from the late 80s-early 90s today’s version just seems like it’s playing to bad stereotypes. Rock if it exists still is just as bad the bands that I consider good have been around for a while, and yes I still hate Nirvana. I do not actually understand the hate people have for Nickleback  I have seen them twice during the tour for Silver Side Up and find them to be just as good. Sure they seem to keep the same sound but to me consistency is good and they sell a shit load of albums. Do I need to remind you people what happened when Metallica tried to change their sound...hmmmmm?

        This brings me in a way to the root of all evil…reality TV. Who was the chucklefuck (pardon my language here) that came up with this concept? I will grant that some shows are good I enjoy Ghost Hunters and Pawn Stars you know the ones where you can learn something. But then we have Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of wherever…these shows make my brain bleed just knowing they exist. In many cases the whole show are rich people that argue every 2 seconds there are more bleeps in some of these shows than I heard when some network tried to air an Andrew Dice Clay show. Or shows where a washed up actor or musician looks for love…that works since most of those have three seasons. It would not be so bad if these shows were just here and there on the many channels available…but oh no every channel has to have a few of these turds floating around some networks are dedicated to them anybody remember when TLC  was The Learning Channel? We have shows that glorify teen pregnancy not the possible hardships that happen but drama that happens with the mothers and random other people. Hell none of the teen parents have any hardships now since they get paid for the shows. But people watch this stuff so it will be continued to be pumped out in amounts that make good shows get buried. There are so few good shows in general now Supernatural, Psych, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, and well that is about it for me lol. I still enjoy watching wrestling but that has went downhill from what it was.

    Ok now on to books most of those are still as always hit or miss many are great but there is some crap that is everywhere. What annoys me the most is the sheer amount of paranormal romance novels out there it seems that with the surge in e-books there seems to be countless numbers of these things but sadly these were all inspired by the Twilight series….yeah the books are crap, but if they inspire people to read more power to them.  I have too many books if that is possible something like 200 regular books and maybe 600 or 700 e-books quite a few are just digital backups for books I have and e-books are a great way to save on space.

        Video games are something  I grew up with I was born the same year Pong was invented and there were still these things called arcades and yes I was deep in the Street Fighter 2/ Mortal Combat craze of the 90s. I have always enjoyed a good game having been a Dungeons & Dragons geek RPGs have always held a special place. Now until recently I also loved wrestling games but those have really lost their luster I may get WWE12 when it gets to 20 bucks but probably not. I recently got an XBOX 360 and I love it I waited till the many problems were fixed before getting one. I do not like the PS3 at all mainly due to the menu, and no Left 4 Dead. Now I was a big computer gamer for years mainly with Neverwinter Nights, Age of Empires, and Dragon Age Origins but I got very tired of having to wonder if a game would be compatible with my computer. The XBOX made that a non issue, and with a couple of exceptions I have loved all the games I have played on it. The exceptions would be Dead Rising 2, Assassin’s Creed, and Eldar Scrolls:Oblivion.  Assassin’s Creed is a good game great story and graphics but I felt like I was playing Mario or some shit. I hate jumping around and to me that series was too focused on that aspect. Oblivion well it is probably a good game but I started that series with Skyrim so yeah it was doomed. But Skyrim is one of the top ten best RPGs I have ever played three of my top ten are taken up by the Mass Effect series…the only flaw in that series as everybody knows would be the ending of Mass Effect 3. Skyrim is an amazing game the only flaw to me is the repetitive NPC dialogue. I also love the Left 4 Dead series I have yet to play Alan Wake since Mass Effect and Skyrim have taken up a lot of my game play time.  I’m picky as hell with games I do not want to pay say 60 bucks and be left with something that just takes up space.