I can watch Netflix movies streaming on my Mac! The advent of this is a happy day. Children of the future will have so many new ways of experiencing media and innovative ways of its distribution. However, it is important to educate them on the differences between them and what you are gaining as well as losing by your choice of the form in which you consume it.
Just this past weekend my girlfriend and I went to see "Australia." We had made the choice to see it at the Provo Town Center theater because it is the only place where we could see an actual 35 mm print of the film. Since every other theater is digital, we figured that eventually we would be able to see a digital high definition copy of the film in our own home in the next year. The film experience is something that we can only experience in the theater so we opted for that.
There are also times where we decide to wait to see a film in the dollar theater because we don't think that it necessarily merits the $8.75 and the most sophisticated viewing experience. There's also some to catch on DVD and some that look like good ones to miss. No matter what it is that we are viewing, the way we view it makes a difference. It can be likened to going to a concert where everybody loves the band or where everybody does not. Seeing a film with an audience can affect your feelings towards it. When they laugh, you laugh and when they cry, you cry. That is something that can't be experienced with an iPod and earbuds. There is a season for all forms of viewing media.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Stress
I have been under a lot of stress lately with school and all. This a video for the French electronic duo, Justice. The song is entitled "Stress" and has stirred up a lot of controversy.
Justice - Stress from Freedom Record on Vimeo.
While watching this the first thing I noticed was the cross on the backs of all the children. The icon seems to be misappropriated because there is a stark contrast between a good Christian life,which is generally accepted as the meaning of the cross, and the horrific acts of unmotivated violence being committed. Today's youth can so easily get involved in a group that engages in this type of behavior, whether it's under the guise of religion or not. I think this video is a great social commentary on the current state of the world. We would probably have no problem believing the acts of the children if they were dressed in, say, turbines and robes. That is because media has painted a picture in the heads of the people that it is only Eastern religions that become overzealous to the point of danger. We often forget and overlook that the Ku Klux Klan is a very Christian, not Christlike, organization. This video shows us that we are all humans and that some do terrible things, whether black or white, Christian or Muslim, male or female and that we cannot take everything at face value. The fact that the group is French made me think of Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows," which chronicles the misadventures of a French youth who falls into delinquent behavior, and how tame the rebellion of the child was in comparison with Justice's "Stress." The world continues to change and with advancements in technology and media, we have a heightened danger in society.
Justice - Stress from Freedom Record on Vimeo.
While watching this the first thing I noticed was the cross on the backs of all the children. The icon seems to be misappropriated because there is a stark contrast between a good Christian life,which is generally accepted as the meaning of the cross, and the horrific acts of unmotivated violence being committed. Today's youth can so easily get involved in a group that engages in this type of behavior, whether it's under the guise of religion or not. I think this video is a great social commentary on the current state of the world. We would probably have no problem believing the acts of the children if they were dressed in, say, turbines and robes. That is because media has painted a picture in the heads of the people that it is only Eastern religions that become overzealous to the point of danger. We often forget and overlook that the Ku Klux Klan is a very Christian, not Christlike, organization. This video shows us that we are all humans and that some do terrible things, whether black or white, Christian or Muslim, male or female and that we cannot take everything at face value. The fact that the group is French made me think of Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows," which chronicles the misadventures of a French youth who falls into delinquent behavior, and how tame the rebellion of the child was in comparison with Justice's "Stress." The world continues to change and with advancements in technology and media, we have a heightened danger in society.
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