I just had an epiphany that I had to write down or I would forget and my anger would skyrocket. I know I should be reading Plato for my class, but... It's Plato. I'm 21 and deeply stupid. But moving on.
My biggest dream in this world is to be published. I love writing fiction and I love getting the chance to get people to react to my words. But today, in the exciting throes of reading Plato, I realized something;
I'm not a writer, I'm a commentator.
I'm the guy--or girl, in my case--who's describing a game on the radio for all its listeners. True, the stories are completely my own, but I don't write the idea to try and get a picture in my head. All I do is put down on paper something that's already in my head.
I write to my reader so they can see what's going on in my imagination. It's why when I write, I make so many grammatical mistakes. I don't see words fluttering around in this cramped head of mine. I see pictures. I feel emotions. And I have to write it down quickly because the movie is still playing and I'm afraid of falling behind. There's a narrator, sometimes, but more often than not I just have the movie playing and I use my words so others can watch it with me.
It makes sense, if you think about it. I always saw a good story as being one that pulls you out of reality and throws you wholeheartedly into the pages. When I read, I'm not reading words, I'm watching everything play out in my mind. I can't read stories of purple prose that just give me pages upon pages of pretty words and nice descriptions. I don't care about scenery, I care about characters.
This was something that I had to get off my chest. And who knows? Maybe other writers out there will have the same epiphany. Or you can say I'm completely crazy and I should never write another word of fiction again. I don't really care, I just had to say it.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith to star in The Karate Kid remake
This is seriously been bugging me all night, so the point that I went to the internet movie database to read what other people had to say about the new Karate Kid movie. What I saw was about a hundred people deciding to boycott the movie, with a few saying that they need to grow up, it's just a movie and if they don't like it, then don't see it. Understandable claim. Personally I side with the boycotters. And why is that? Simple;
I'm old enough to remember good cinema.
I need to get this off my chest, but a boycott like this really does need to happen, and not just because I think that Jaden Smith is a terrible actor--he's a little boy, that's just mean--or the fact that this movie is about Kung Fu, not Karate--The argument I heard for why it's ok for it to be called Karate Kid is because the kid knows Karate at the beginning of the movie, and the Chinese kids mock him for it, so it's something to do with that. I think that person might be from Utah--it's more than that. It's the fact that Hollywood is remaking a classic film that shouldn't be remade. Plain and simple, some things should never be touched, and The Karate Kid is one of them. Not to mention, this movie pretty much bashes Karate. Jaden's character knows a little Karate at the beginning of the movie, and he gets his butt kicked by kung fu. He can't defend himself against these kids unless he uses Kung Fu to do it. I take Krav Maga classes, and I'm betting that my instructor could kick the crap out of Jackie Chan.
Really, the boycott isn't about this one movie, or this one remake. Look at the movies that are being made, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull, tell me those movies don't just make your eyes bleed. Hollywood thinks that it's ok to vomit up any old thing because they know that morons will pay to see them. I'm not an idiot, I know that there is no such thing as an original idea anymore. Trust me, I'm a writer, I already got that speech, but this isn't a new concept. The difference now is that Hollywood is just being lazy. They could make good movies, they could have made a Kung Fu movie without trying to scam off the Karate Kid. But this gets more money in their pockets faster.
What does this generation have to show when it comes to movies? We got High School Musical. Zac Ephron and Hannah Montana are our cultural icons. Now look back on the days with Bogie and Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, or Cary Grant. These are iconic figures. Or hell, even old slapstick comedy was better (Arsenic and Old Lace, Airplane! Young Frankenstein). I could go on, but by now, I'm hoping you get my point.
Well, to sum up in a very essay type way, if you wanna boycott the Karate Kid remake, boycott, hell, I'm joining you, but don't just do it because Jackie Chan cannot compare to Pat Morita, do it for the future of cinema.
I'm old enough to remember good cinema.
I need to get this off my chest, but a boycott like this really does need to happen, and not just because I think that Jaden Smith is a terrible actor--he's a little boy, that's just mean--or the fact that this movie is about Kung Fu, not Karate--The argument I heard for why it's ok for it to be called Karate Kid is because the kid knows Karate at the beginning of the movie, and the Chinese kids mock him for it, so it's something to do with that. I think that person might be from Utah--it's more than that. It's the fact that Hollywood is remaking a classic film that shouldn't be remade. Plain and simple, some things should never be touched, and The Karate Kid is one of them. Not to mention, this movie pretty much bashes Karate. Jaden's character knows a little Karate at the beginning of the movie, and he gets his butt kicked by kung fu. He can't defend himself against these kids unless he uses Kung Fu to do it. I take Krav Maga classes, and I'm betting that my instructor could kick the crap out of Jackie Chan.
Really, the boycott isn't about this one movie, or this one remake. Look at the movies that are being made, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull, tell me those movies don't just make your eyes bleed. Hollywood thinks that it's ok to vomit up any old thing because they know that morons will pay to see them. I'm not an idiot, I know that there is no such thing as an original idea anymore. Trust me, I'm a writer, I already got that speech, but this isn't a new concept. The difference now is that Hollywood is just being lazy. They could make good movies, they could have made a Kung Fu movie without trying to scam off the Karate Kid. But this gets more money in their pockets faster.
What does this generation have to show when it comes to movies? We got High School Musical. Zac Ephron and Hannah Montana are our cultural icons. Now look back on the days with Bogie and Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, or Cary Grant. These are iconic figures. Or hell, even old slapstick comedy was better (Arsenic and Old Lace, Airplane! Young Frankenstein). I could go on, but by now, I'm hoping you get my point.
Well, to sum up in a very essay type way, if you wanna boycott the Karate Kid remake, boycott, hell, I'm joining you, but don't just do it because Jackie Chan cannot compare to Pat Morita, do it for the future of cinema.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Utah becomes the most moronic state in the Union!
Well, I've seen some pretty stupid things in my life... I watched my best friend punch a wall six times in a row, I saw another friend walk into a phone booth. Hell, I saw Bush get re-elected and Sarah Palin become the vice presidential nominee. But I have to say in all honestly, this takes the case.
Utah passed a law making it illegal to miscarry.
I'm sure you've all heard of this by now, but when I heard that, I just thought, "oh my gosh, how is it possible for an entire state to be so stupid?" Most comments I've read so far are about how ridiculous this new law is. But then I saw two that actually supported it. "Oh, it's not a law that criminalizes miscarriage, its a law that criminalizes intentional miscarriage." Which is true, it is labeled all nice and pretty. However, if you actually look at the standard, it describes any type of "reckless" behavior that led to a miscarriage. I may agree--partly--with the seatbelt scenario (if a woman is in a car accident when she wasn't wearing her seatbelt and miscarries), but that's only because if a woman is driving a car, she should be wearing a seatbelt, if she's not, especially when she's pregnant, then she's just dumb. However, seeing as I'm a fat person, I can speak from experience that pulling a backseat seatbelt over a large belly is downright impossible. And a baby belly doesn't move. Sometimes, you don't really get a choice in the wearing a seat belt argument.
But the worst one that I saw definitely had to be the one "if a woman is in an abusive relationship and her husband/boyfriend/partner beats her and causes her to miscarry, she may be guilty of criminal homicide because she didn't leave him." Now, everyone, I want you to just let that fester for a moment.... Now that a deep breath and say with me;
ARE YOU F*&$ING INSANE?!
How anybody could support something like that is completely beyong me. I mean, its not like the woman hasn't already been through hell, first she's physically abused by someone she thought she loved, her baby was killed, but now, these idiots want to put her on trial for murder because she didn't leave the guy when she found out she was pregnant? Do they ever stop to think, maybe she couldn't? Anybody who's ever been in an abusive relationship could tell you that it isn't that easy to walk away. What if she left, but she didn't have any money? How is she supposed to take care of her child? What if she miscarried then? Is she criminally responsible because she recklessly let herself become destitute? Or what if she left, but he found her? He'd probably beat her a hell of a lot worse then. And of course, then it's her fault because she let herself be found.
I tell you, I would absolutely LOVE to see the trial of the first woman charged with Homicide for a miscarriage. I can just imagine any mediocre defense attorney just walking up and saying "My client is on trial for a miscarriage. A miscarriage.... The defense rests." I mean, how are you supposed to try somebody like that seriously? If I was on that jury I'd keep asking if it was some kind of practical joke or something, or if I was a contestant on some new reality show.
I was recently starting to get my faith back in the human race. But then Utah came and took it back. So congratulations to Utah, you have officially become the most moronic, idiotic and sexist state in the Union. I hope you are now proud!
Utah passed a law making it illegal to miscarry.
I'm sure you've all heard of this by now, but when I heard that, I just thought, "oh my gosh, how is it possible for an entire state to be so stupid?" Most comments I've read so far are about how ridiculous this new law is. But then I saw two that actually supported it. "Oh, it's not a law that criminalizes miscarriage, its a law that criminalizes intentional miscarriage." Which is true, it is labeled all nice and pretty. However, if you actually look at the standard, it describes any type of "reckless" behavior that led to a miscarriage. I may agree--partly--with the seatbelt scenario (if a woman is in a car accident when she wasn't wearing her seatbelt and miscarries), but that's only because if a woman is driving a car, she should be wearing a seatbelt, if she's not, especially when she's pregnant, then she's just dumb. However, seeing as I'm a fat person, I can speak from experience that pulling a backseat seatbelt over a large belly is downright impossible. And a baby belly doesn't move. Sometimes, you don't really get a choice in the wearing a seat belt argument.
But the worst one that I saw definitely had to be the one "if a woman is in an abusive relationship and her husband/boyfriend/partner beats her and causes her to miscarry, she may be guilty of criminal homicide because she didn't leave him." Now, everyone, I want you to just let that fester for a moment.... Now that a deep breath and say with me;
ARE YOU F*&$ING INSANE?!
How anybody could support something like that is completely beyong me. I mean, its not like the woman hasn't already been through hell, first she's physically abused by someone she thought she loved, her baby was killed, but now, these idiots want to put her on trial for murder because she didn't leave the guy when she found out she was pregnant? Do they ever stop to think, maybe she couldn't? Anybody who's ever been in an abusive relationship could tell you that it isn't that easy to walk away. What if she left, but she didn't have any money? How is she supposed to take care of her child? What if she miscarried then? Is she criminally responsible because she recklessly let herself become destitute? Or what if she left, but he found her? He'd probably beat her a hell of a lot worse then. And of course, then it's her fault because she let herself be found.
I tell you, I would absolutely LOVE to see the trial of the first woman charged with Homicide for a miscarriage. I can just imagine any mediocre defense attorney just walking up and saying "My client is on trial for a miscarriage. A miscarriage.... The defense rests." I mean, how are you supposed to try somebody like that seriously? If I was on that jury I'd keep asking if it was some kind of practical joke or something, or if I was a contestant on some new reality show.
I was recently starting to get my faith back in the human race. But then Utah came and took it back. So congratulations to Utah, you have officially become the most moronic, idiotic and sexist state in the Union. I hope you are now proud!
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