WTF does any of this MEAN?
Guest Blogger Justin Ritz (16-year old) on classic books and vintage movies:
Okay first of all I am an honor student at Boyd Anderson High School, so I am not some mutant off the street, okay? Dude, I usually avoid watching old movies or reading old novels made before 1990, because I can’t get past the older styles, bro. Like I’m a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but the most I can read of pre-1990′s crap is short stories. Those don’t tire me out as much, but they still are tough to read.
With novels, the dialog and language that make me tune out- it is just so dated and unbelievable. Even worse is the pacing and structure. The pacing is so much more slower for old stuff back in the day. I’m much more used to contemporary work that has a greater sense of urgency.
I hate classic Errol Flynn and His Girl Friday because I found the acting and directing styles, and especially the dialog, totally ridiculous. It was just SO over the top and poorly made. For “classic” novels like Shakespeare, I can’t read the material at all without footnotes due to language shifts. Novels written from the before 1985 are too old to be readable. Movies before 1990 are unwatchable.
That’s why I can’t stand how so many people get all nostalgic about movies that I can’t even watch for 5 minutes, like Star Wars or Terminator. I just don’t get it. Like I heard for me to understand Citizen Kane, I would have to learn all about the newspaper industry in the 1900′s or something like that. I would say every movie before 1990 is boring as hell, bro, boring as hell. Citizen Kane is overrated…Shakespeare is overrated, and all old movies suck and classic books sucks. Everything old is overrated and sucks. I hate when my dad says how great the olden days were because when I watch them on TV they suck.
And don’t even get me started on comic books.
You can’t watch Terminator? You really ARE a moron.
No, YOU are a moron for watching that crap
Wow, how am I a moron, okay? First of all like I don’t have my own website, I was just interviewed for this blog, okay? I am an honors student. I tried sitting through Terminator, and I can’t get past like the first 15 minutes. Terminator sucks. Old movies suck. Terminator is overrated. Okay, Arnold is nude at the beginning. He enters a bar and kills everyone. Wow…like that is so RoboCop.All T1 is is a slasher movie with guns…any deep sci-fi message is lost. And Terminator’s special effects suck eggs.
This plot makes no sense, bro. You have to admit that. All you freaking old guys in your 30′s have to rationalize this utter freakin rap, dudes. Can you say TIME PARADOX, moron?
What are you, six years old? Anyone who describes movies or books from the 1980′s as ‘old’ is a hughe moron. You are awfully desperate to announce your ‘honor student’ status…as if that justifies your bad taste. I bet you thought the Transformer movies were cinematic masterpieces…LOL. I was an honor student as well and many of those kids were fucking idiots. You are a prime example of this. This 24 yr old says you are an annoying little twat.
Transformers 1-3 were masterpieces.
Who is this kid?
Doesn’t like old things. That’s what wrong with our generation. They just disregard the OLD WAYS. Thats why I’m a wiccan so I can celebrate the old ways. Freakin’ stupid kids.
Per vox of argentum luna dea may vos verto in a newt.
People like you are overrated!
You think you’re unique, but in reality no one ever is and when someone who is in fact eccentric, people bash that person almost immediately.
I see all these hipster trying to be all classical with literature taste and films!
BLEH!
Just because something is old doesn’t mean it’s amazing!
besides what is the point of enjoying old racist literature!
YOU’RE stoopid
Who am I? Are you blind, you old hag? I am an HONORS STUDENT. My name is Justin Ritz. I have TRIED to watch old books and old movies, and I CAN’T because the plots suck and are BORING. The special effects are horrible.
So, my 16 year old HONOR STUDENT (does not really mean much today), so mastered in the ways of the world are you that you do not respect things of old. It your generation that will grow up and change the course of our government. And that saddens me.
So the Constitution is out dated? The classic novels pre-1990 are outdated? Why don’t you pick up a little book called Fahrenheit 451 or 1984 and see where your train of thought will eventually lead the world. And you talk about special effects, is that all you see movies for? No story or plotlines. Do you feel burdened if you have to use your imagination in any way?
Just throw anything by Hitchcock on the fires.
Here’s a clue, little boy.
Graduate college, get a job for a few years and see what the real world is like. Travel outside of the U.S. Spend some time on the streets or in a hospital AIDS ward in Africa, hold a dying baby in yo9ur arms knowing that she will never have the life your privileged little butt has and then you come back and tell me that old things are boring.
Why don’t you put your blog to better use and try using it to help make the world a better place instead of condemning banality.
#1 I don’t have a blog. Guess your generation can’t read.
#2 Old movies and old books are boring. The paces are too slow.
#3 Was forced to read 1984 for school…had to read the summary on wikipedia because it was sooo dry and English.
#4 I don’t like your attitude.
You are making a rather big jump of logic here… ALL old movies/books pre 1990 are bad?
There are two reasons for this for you:
1.) You are an ignorant teenager who is more “in tune with their times” and likes whatever comes their way with special effects and action
2.) You are fucking retarded.
I am even having a hard time finding out if this kid is a troll or not…
This is what upsets me with my generation. I am in college right now, and people just can’t like things ten years before they were born because there is no action in it or no good special effects. People’s view on film has become shallow and pathetic. No action? No CGI? Must be bad, huh?
Film should be viewed more like this way, the way any art form should be viewed like. Film is a form of communication from artist to observer. It gives the viewer emotions and thoughts from what is being both seen and heard, and also what order they are seeing/hearing these things. You do not need CGI or action to make the audience feel something, at least, if they have the intelligence past a four year old.
Film is supposed to be an art form, not just a special effects fest. You CAN if you would like, but all because there is no CGI does not make it bad. I think it is safe to say that people like that are intellectually lacking. You really are an honors student, huh? Sure doesn’t sound like it. Too bad the education industry does a bad job of representing intelligence. Thats probably why there are so many stupid people in the world.
People need to start looking back at what the great masters did with their work, Kubrick, Hitchcock, etc. They were artistic masterminds that changed the world of film as we know it. Films like “Battle Los Angeles” or “Cowboys and Aliens” or “Paranormal Activity” are not these kinds of films. These are films from Hollywood trying to feed off the dying intelligence of America by cashing in on overused ideas that they feel comfortable with and that they will be getting a good few bucks in the end.
Here is my list of classic films (even some modern ones for you so your panties dont get all in a bunch) that I feel people don’t have an excuse to dislike lol:
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Apocalypse Now!
The Birds
Casablanca
Chinatown
Clerks
Dances With Wolves
Deliverance
The Doors
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Easy Rider
The Exorcist
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The French Connection
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Godfather
Goodfellas
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Good Will Hunting
Halloween (1978)
Jaws
Kill Bill
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
North By Northwest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Paths of Glory
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Schindler’s List
The Shining
Unforgiven
The Usual Suspects
Vertigo
This guy has to be bogus! If not what a schmuck!
“#3 Was forced to read 1984 for school…had to read the summary on wikipedia because it was sooo dry and English.”
WOW!!!
Typical ‘Now Generation’ mentality! Maybe you need your story narrated by Spongebob Squarepants or spoonfed to you by some brightly colored animated character to hold your 15 second attention span.
You must be an Honor Student in one of the country’s worst public schools ever!
Let me break this down…
Wow, how am I a moron, okay? (Raise shields and take the defensive, because I can’t take criticism.)First of all like I don’t have my own website, I was just interviewed for this blog, okay? (Can’t take responsibilty for his own actions so he has to fabricate an excuse.)I am an honors student. (Yeah, dude. You have to keep reminding us because your actions do not seem like that of one.)I tried sitting through Terminator, and I can’t get past like the first 15 minutes. (Short attention span. Enter Spongebob.)Terminator sucks. (Opinion.)Old movies suck.(Once again…opinion.) Terminator is overrated. (And once again…opinion.)Okay, Arnold is nude at the beginning. (Only thing you remember perhaps…is the rewind function on your VHS player broken at this point?)He enters a bar and kills everyone. (Did you actually watch this movie? He encounters two punks, one he kills immediately, the other, “Your clothes…give them to me.) Wow…like that is so RoboCop. (Did you actually watch Robocop?! I do not remember this scene in that movie either.) All T1 is (comma) is a slasher movie with guns…(and robots)any deep sci-fi message is lost. (Um…there’s no fate but what we make…remember that little tidbit?) And Terminator’s special effects suck eggs. (Groundbreaking for the time. Still cool as hell for today.)
Terminator sucks. The last one was OK.
Uhmmm..did you watch and like Humphrey Bogart or Jerry Lewis when you were in High School? So why should I like old movies from the 1980′s and 1990′s?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Boooring.
Jaws? BBBOOOORING…
And books? COme on, bro…why should I respect the so-called classics just because the establishment tells me to? Shakespeare is overrated, dude.
Look I’m sorry I pissed you guys off…this was my first time writing a guest article…maybe I should reconsider ever setting up a blog of my own if you guys are gonna be so mean to me.
I’m not alone with my opinion. None of my friends in school will play a PC game pre-2005. None of my friends will play any PSX games.
Anyway, believe it or not, I don’t have a minority opinion about how old movies suck. All you had to do was type OLD MOVIES SUCK in Google and see that tons of other people share my opinion about old movies and old books, too. In fact, the majority of Americans won’t watch old stuff. Why do you think cable channels like AMC suck so bad in ratings?
I mean think about it dude- Avatar was the greatest movie of all time, and it came out last year. If Citizen Kane came out now, no one would see that trash, bro.
My local sports team circa 2010 can destroy your local sports team circa 1980 or whenever you were born. It’s just a fact of life that NEW is better, stronger, and cooler.
You guys are too nostalgic.
I don’t believe in era adjustments..
Again…don’t like your attitude. Trying to just express my view, and I’m getting hit for it.
Lets compare Citizen Kane to a recent dialogue driven movie… Inglourious Basterds.
Kane wins hands down.
Kane wins. Very nice argument you have there.
“I’m not alone with my opinion. None of my friends in school will play a PC game pre-2005. None of my friends will play any PSX games.”
I have one thing to say to you young Master Ritz.
Your Mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries.
“None of my friends in school”…
None of him?
Little turd.
You have a problem with other poster’s attitude because you’re trying to pass off opinion as gospel truth and people are calling you out on it. Throwing out sweeping comments like “It’s just a fact of life that NEW is better, stronger, and cooler” doesn’t peg you as somebody mature enough to at least give the older things a shot. You instantly shut down everything before 1990, as though everything that came along in that decade was golden.
A word to the wise, generally the 90′s is the worst decade for TV, music, and film. It was the generation that begat girly-man actors, wimpy soft-voiced musicians like Dave Matthews, all those talentless boy bands, and nauseating shows like Friends and Dawson’s Creek.
Star Wars blows the Wing Commander movie out of the water, Raiders of the Lost Ark is better than Sahara, and so on and so forth. If you understand that film itself is an art form, and art, if of quality construction, is timeless.
One day you’ll understand that, but it’ll probably be too late, and you’ll have wasted all your money on Michael Bay movies and the like that grab your short attention span with explosions and flashy CGI.
Wait a minute…”Avatar was the greatest movie of all time.”
Keeping on trolling…
…bro.
Movies are NOT timeless. They are commercial. Avatar is the best so far.
Well Avatar did have below average special effects and WAS extremely slow paced.
Okay, a couple of things wrong with your hypothesis: 1) I actually TRY to give old movies a shot, mostly because we are forced to watch them in school for film study or I have old DVDs handed to me by my brother’s older buddies. I have TRIED to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark, and I assure you, it is NOT timeless. It is very much DATED. Using Nazis in the 1980′s was already dated..lol
2) I’m not a troll. Again, my opinion is pretty much representative of the majority of people anyway..seriously..people value the NOW…people think that whatever came out NOW is the BEST…any they (and I) are right…just look at Olympic records..humans are better in everything in 2010.
When people see reruns of “What’s Happening, Too?” on Hulu no one says, “Wow what an artform. Let me spend my time watching ReRun and Roger instead of watching a cool new show like House or Burn Notice.
Anyway, I have to admit that your argument sounds good at first read, but kinda falls apart after the second pass.
For me (and the majority of people) watching an old movie from start to finish like Casablanca or Star Wars is virtually impossible. The pacing is just too slow and there are no cell phones.
Actually yautja is 100% correct, and so are the other posters, Justin. Perhaps in 10 years or so you may change your mind…Sorry…
I am trying to see your points…I am really trying. I guess the only time I can see your point is if I try to recommend a movie like Citizen Kane to someone under 40 years old, and they don’t have any good feedback at all for the movie.
As far as teenagers go, I am willing to concede that perhaps the bulk of them are like you in 2010- Generation Z is not known for long attention spans.
By the way, the pacing in Transformers was slow the first half. ;-)
Youre writing sucks, dude. Like I can even read it bro.
wow you’re really stupid.
and i guess you’re supposed to be “wise’, right sam?
You Sound Like A Michael Bay/Jerry Bruckheimer Fan!
Dude It was not “So Robocop”! Terminator came out three years before Robocop. And by the way why are you comparing Terminator with a movie ALMOST as old? I thought you only liked new movies. I design CGI effects and let me tell you it only takes half the skill to do CGI as it did to create, Stop-Motion, Go Motion, and animatronic effects! That takes true ingenuity.
So download your Justin Beiber tracks, Tell the doctor to prescribe you some ritalin and I think you will enjoys the finer things in life like REAL Movies!
P.S. Congrats on being an honor student (or did you even mention that?)
P.P.S YOU ARE A TOOL!
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Is it me or is that annoying?
Oh wow, I feel bad for jumping on you in my last post!
I just noticed your comment about Star Wars and Casablanca not having Cell Phones!!!
Serioulsly?
Seriously Seriously?
You Truly are a troll or just mentally handicap and if that is the case I apoligize! :(
dude your momma is handicapped
I’m scared. Very scared.
Honor student or not, you’re a fucking idiot, “bro”.
Okay, I’ve been lying low for a while as the comments piled up but I must respond to all of you haters:
Old things are inferior to the present.
That is all I am trying to say. From Olympic records and sports to movie production and film quality.
Avatar > Citizen Kane
Floyd Mayweather, Jr is the best P4P boxer of all time
Football players of today would destroy the old teams of yesteryear
Music of today is more varied and uses better technology
etc etc etc
Yep. You are definitely retarded.
Wow, I’m reading the blogs over the last six months and I am amazed!
JR obviously doesn’t get it and he never will folks, so quit wasting your time. All the name calling and analysis will not change the facts.
But in JRs defense I will say this. It is not entirely his falt. He has grown up in a generation of mindless children that were not raised by their parents but by TV ( violent cartoons, unrealitic super heros, mindless citcoms that reflect the children as the only intelligent life forms), video games, and bad music. Oh and about a half dozen friends just like him.
Most of the the blame rest on his parents. Not enough parental guidance is obviously missing here. So have a little patience. by the time he is about thirty he will gain the smarts and social skills to move out on his own away from mommy. And if he can’t make it then ….he will be destined to flip burgers for the rest of his life.
PS
Being and Honor student doesn’t make you and honorable or smart.
There are a lot of college grads on skid row. like is much more than been intellegent.
In this forum you are the STUPID ONE
Okay, let me just run a few quick FACTS by everyone since everyone except a few of you are just dumb:
1) Humanity is superior now than in previous years- from the physical standpoint (AGAIN, just check Olympic records for proof) to technology (obviously) to creative ventures (books, movies, TV shows, web design, etc.)
2) Just like you old guys in your 30′s don’t like to watch movies from 1946, I don’t like to watch old movies from 1985- I think they suck, just like you think black and white movies suck.
3) My point of view actually represents MOST of humanity in 2011: i.e. newer is better. John Cena pwns Hulk Hogan pwns Bruno Sammartino (who?)
4) To all of you haters: I had STRAIGHT A’S LAST YEAR and working to duplicating this achievement this year. I know what I’m talking about, and I am the future of this world.
Hey, little bastard! You getting straight A’s only means your school system is way too easy. YOU do not speak for MOST of humanity. Merely a small minority. You make me so sick, I am almost crying as I write this. You dumb little piss-ant! How DARE you speak of the past like you do! Everything we have today is merely a shell of what preceded it! Don’t you know that?! Don’t you care? You will have no future if you keep with that mentality, you little shit!
&(%(&*%)*^!!!! I have to go meditate! You have totally pissed me off you little dumb ass! Read some history and really try to absorb it this time!
Screw you, old lady. Did you ever watch the The Turner Classic Movie channel which runs old movies 24 hours a day. Talkies, silents, and the odd foreign film? Booooring!!!!!!!!!
Old movies are anti-women..you should feel repressed watching them. When a white man from the 1950′s wants a woman, he gets her. He is allowed to stalk and manipulative his way to get her.
Old movies suck. Old TV shows suck.
It’s not their fault. They did the best they could using their technology and acting skills at the time, but in 2011 everything is better.
The acting is melodramatic, and the camera work looks bad. The settings and props are horrible; might as well be a theater stage.
Old movies considered to be classics don’t hold up to contemporary standards.
I mean the new Star Wars trilogy sucked, but the old one sucked even worse.. Look at the original movies. The acting is as atrocious as the 2000 ones (which are dated now, BTW). The plot/character development is garbage.
If anything the new ones are probably better movies. The originals changed a lot about movies and the entire film industry, but when examined solely as films, they suck.
BTW what’s up with the PERSONAL ATTACKS? Just b/c u dropped out of high school doesn’t give you the right to attack me b/c I am an HONORS STUDENT.
I’m sorry you are stressed out maybe I can come over and make you feel better, be-atch.
Oh, and don’t get me started about the so-called “classics”.
I lasted 5 minutes into any Alfred HitchCOCK movie.
The Honeymooners? OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOORRRINGG
Any comic book written before 2005? UGH
If I time traveled to the “Golden Age” or whatever, I’d be lynched, Yeah. I’ll take 2011 over the OLD CRAP any day.
Don’t YOU get me started..
The old Karate Kid sucks! Karate Kid 2 is worse! Karate Kid 3 is bad. The NEW Karate Kid is awesome.
Citizen Kane sucks
CASABLANCA??????????????????????????????????????????? EWWWWWWWWWWWW
Wow, this blog entry is getting old, along with your opinion from 6 months ago….waaaaaay too old.
Dude this was written back in 2010, OUTDATED.
2011 Rulezzzzzzzz
2010 Opinions suck!
not even funny brohan
Wow, this blog entry is getting old, along with your opinion from 6 months ago….waaaaaay too old.
Dude this was written back in 2010, OUTDATED.
2011 Rulezzzzzzzz
2010 Opinions suck!
You came back 30 minutes later to type the E X A C T same thing?
Kill yourself you stupid piece of shit, people like you need to die.
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No wonder the whole world calls Americans dumb. If these are the “honors” kids…lol.
Go back to Russia, bro
Lol, what’s really funny to me is the people in the comment section who don’t get this is a joke post.
I was able to find out where you live Justin. Im going to find you, squat over your mouth, and spray you with diherria. You are going to gargle down my brown, and beg me to insert my throbbing cock into your ass. Then your parents can put THAT on a bumper sticker.
I am not gay, but I AM a minor, so I should report you
its a really a nice fact that we need a old and classic knowledge from past
Justin,
If you’re serious, you will never accumulate enough intellect to work as anything more complicated than a tin can.
If you’re trolling, bravo sir, well done.
—Dan
Yes I am serious, bro
This is the most offensive thing I have ever read, hope its fake.
In fact I refuse to believe that this is real, though the op could have done a better job conveying that fact.
- 19 Y.O. who’s favorite movie in middle school was North by Northwest.
Aren’t you just such a cool counterculture rebel, dude?
Get laid much, bro?
Paul… sigh. You're wrong about Citizen Kane. Put aside the juvenile rebellion and watch the movie. It's a great story and all the movies you like (LOTR included) have been influenced by Citizen Kane. Isn't it important to seek out and experience influential works of art? I find it more sad than I do annoying when people who are interested in creative ventures, be them writing, film, or doing a journal comic, turn a blind eye to something for stupid reasons. Don't be that guy.
Dude the movie makes me fall asleep and ANYONE UNDER 50 FALL ASLEEP
Wow…I’m almost speechless. And scared.
I can see a 16-year old thinking that Citizen Kane and Casablanca are too slow paced or boring or whatever. But Star Wars?? Raiders of the Lost Ark?? Only someone with a severe case of attention deficit disorder could think that. I mean, I guess they do spend too much time with boring stuff like “plot” and “characters” and “dialog”, and the action scenes are not cartoonish and video-gamey and unreal enough.
By the way, I eventually learned to like movies from the 40s and 50s. In general, the plots are often more clever and require more thought to follow, and the dialog is often witty and clever as well
Thanks for half agreeing with me, dude! The pacing of those old movies sucks
Those boxes are crippled to not get the terrestrial HD channels, so you will not get everything that the rabbit ears can get, just digital. There is a portable battery powered TV that has RF and AV out, but I do not remember the brand. Good Idea for disasters. I have a converter box that is 18 watts, so that is power hungry for batteries if I did this project.
Hey kid, wassup.. I was just like you until when i was 13 or 14. After that i watched the oldies from my dad’s collection and came to like them. Look, the old movies are really good, if you watch them without any pre conceived notion and expectations.
And, have you watched back to the future trilogy, Do you feel they are trash as well. Well, if you do, you are beyond repair.
And music. What gave you the impression that better variety and new instruments will translate to good music. music is about elegance and feeding your soul. Most new music suck at that. You rap listening rats will not understand what “music” means..
And, being a honor student doesnt translate to anything. Real life will punch you hard, if you continue to be ther jerk you currently are.
How old are you now, dude? 19..ha!
read the title of the page, it say "picture books"
bit of a give away?
The Golden Garbage Can Awards -25 of the Worst or Most Overrated Movies Ever Made –
NICE!i know this post comes a bit late probably don't even look at this anymore but I do approve. I myself just purchased a 1990 YJ (soft top).I have the 2.5 liter as well doesn't have quite as much as i wanted (especially considering I was hoping for a good 4″ suspension & some nice 33's) but I'm in high school & for a budget a little over $4k & a deadline about 3 days away a 1990 YJ w/ barely over 100Kmiles, no accidents & great running shape (small leak here & there) was a deal I couldn't turn it down.hah….Have you done anything since this?I'm looking in to some 33's w/ a 3″ or so suspension that way I still get the nice raised look w/out completely draining my I4 engine.haha.what do you think?
you’re obviously not an honor student as evidenced by your constant use of the terms “bro” and “okay?”, and your awful grammar. You’re clearly a jackass and your inability to understand old movies doesn’t mean they suck, it just means you’re an idiot.
bro you can’t even write english
Just wanted everyone to know that I am 17 years old now. My view has not changed. None of you can read.
Yes, Back from the Future sucks and doesn’t even make any sense when he got back.
From video games, to movies, to TV, music, to books (on my Kindle), to athletes, to modeling, to fashion…the list goes on and on.
Humanity is smarter, stronger, and has a larger school of knowledge.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER 99% OF ALL PEOPLE THINK LIKE I DO (NEW IS BETTER ACCORDING TO SALES) WHY ARE YOU ON MY BACK? YOU PRACTICE THE SAME THING!
WHY DO YOU EVEN GO TO NEW MOVIES OR BUY NEW BOOKS WHEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OLD MOVIES AND BOOKS YOU’VE NEVER READ?
“HEY HONEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TONIGHT?”
“LET’S WATCH FRANKENSTEIN FROM 1931.”
Anyone read Shakespeare on their free time, besides Tony Vahl?
Yeah, rite!
To those with the personal attacks: You are ignorant. And, YES, I am an Honor Student who has a better perception than you do. Sorry to break the news.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I’m an honor student also.:)
I do suggest watching old movies when asked. Though why choose Frankenstein from 1931? I’d watch Frankenstein from 1910.
I may not read Shakespeare in my free time, but Homer is much older. And in some ways better.
The responses on this blog show that you are wrong about 99% of humanity agreeing with you, I don’t think I saw anyone who agreed with you, aside from Will McD.
You are the most closed minded, stupid, stubborn, mentally backwards person I ever met. I’m not sure I can compare you to an autistic person though, at the risk of offending autistic people.
The greater technology of today may allow for better movies to be made, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that people take advantage of it. All that new technology is is unrealized potential, waiting for someone to make a great work of art with it. Camera angles and acting were not limits of technology back in the day, look at classics like The Passion of Joan of Arc and The Last Laugh to see some great cinematography. Movies today are cash-ins. If that were false, the Transformers franchise wouldn’t exist anymore, the sequels were slapped together to make money for the studio.
You said that older movies are sexist towards women, correct? Tell me that isn’t true for new movies, like Resident Evil and Transformers again.
Let’s go back to the Stone Age, when people were olympic-level athletes in order to stay alive by fighting off some wild animal. Do you think our best wrestlers today could take them on?
About new things selling better than old things, you have to take into account the increase in the world population. Like how it more than tripled since 1950.
And Avatar? Seriously? Wow, that like is so Pocahontas. And if there was ever a boring movie, this was it. Say hello to the director of Terminator.
Andrew, you are an honor student, but bro, I just spoke to your momma and she said you got a C in pre-Algebra and that YOU ARE NOT EVEN IN THE USA.
Um…is it wrong that I like old things (books, music, movies [not all, just some of them {a lot of them}]) but I’m sixteen?
Oh well, everyone has a right to an opinion.
It’s not wrong at all.
In fact, it’s encouraged.
No you are allowed..but dude, they just suck
Okay.
Once again.
Real slowly this time for Andrew and all of the other trolls and flamers:
1) Give a person under 30 a choice between Clash of the Titans 1981 and Clash of the Titans 2010. Which will he choose to play on his HD TV.
2) Humans are stronger and smarter and more creative each generation. Therefore so are their creative works. Humans have the blessing to build upon older experiences. Due to stength, the 2011 Indians could destroy the 1961 Yankees or the 1986 Mets due to muscle mass, the cut fast ball, and better scouting.
4) People who agree with me are afraid to voice their opinions because they would be personally attacked like I am.
5) I am an Honor Student with straight A’s. My opinion has more value than yours. It’s just a fact of life. I’m not talking down to you. My classes are college level in high school.
6) What is ironic is that you people just can’t disagree with me- you have to PUT DOWN MODERN MOVIES. YOU ARE A SELF-LOATHING GENERATION. Fast Five > Citizen Kane in terms of entertainment value, acting, and special effects. Wanna test that? Give both DVDs to someone under 30 and get their feedback.
7) Old movies are boring, have horrible special effects, lame acting, and bad plots. New movies are better- just look at the YouTube hits, streaming movies sales, DVDs, etc.
8) Old books are even worse. Why are we forced to read old books in school?
9) Old music makes me laugh because it’s so lame. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears need to be worshiped for their great music.
10) I really have more important things to do. This was a school project and I wrote a guest post. Jeez…can I get back to studying?
PS: Why is AMC such a low rated channel? Why are John Wayne DVDs 50 cents at a DOLLAR STORE? Because old movies suck! Why are old books given away for FREE on Amazon? Because old books suck. Why are classic radio stations low rated? Because old music sucks! Why are Olympic records broken every year? Because old athletes suck! John Cena > Steve Austin > Hulk Hogan > Bob Backlund > Bruno Sammartino. DUH!
1) Give a person under 30 a choice between Clash of the Titans 1981 and Clash of the Titans 2010. Which will he choose to play on his HD TV. (I’m under 30, in fact I’m 14, and I’ll chose Clash 1981 any day)
2) Humans are stronger and smarter and more creative each generation. Therefore so are their creative works. Humans have the blessing to build upon older experiences. Due to stength, the 2011 Indians could destroy the 1961 Yankees or the 1986 Mets due to muscle mass, the cut fast ball, and better scouting. (The Romans flooded their Colosseum and recreated sea battles for the audience. Don’t think anyone today has yet done that. For people to get smarter, that would require evolution of a new species. We are the same intelligence as we were 3000 years ago, just more knowledgeable. Sometimes, this works backwards. For example, you’re too stupid to understand Shakespeare, even though you had 400 years to catch up. And by the way, sports do not equal great works of art. True art is timeless)
4) People who agree with me are afraid to voice their opinions because they would be personally attacked like I am. (Sure they are…)
5) I am an Honor Student with straight A’s. My opinion has more value than yours. It’s just a fact of life. I’m not talking down to you. My classes are college level in high school. (Did you miss something? I’m an honor student also, AND I skipped a grade)
6) What is ironic is that you people just can’t disagree with me- you have to PUT DOWN MODERN MOVIES. YOU ARE A SELF-LOATHING GENERATION. Fast Five > Citizen Kane in terms of entertainment value, acting, and special effects. Wanna test that? Give both DVDs to someone under 30 and get their feedback. (I’m 14!!! I’m the generation after yours!!! I’ll put down any movie I please if it’s total crap, which Fast Five is. I have to applaud the filmmakers for realizing the audience can’t remember the full title, and just abbreviating it)
7) Old movies are boring, have horrible special effects, lame acting, and bad plots. New movies are better- just look at the YouTube hits, streaming movies sales, DVDs, etc. (Old movies were not on Youtube at time of release. Most of them, such as Citizen Kane, still aren’t. That’d be like if I said “Oh look, Who Framed Roger Rabbit had more sales on VHS than Inception, therefore it’s better.” To take everything into account; inflation, different formats, abundance of theaters, etc; Gone with the Wind made more money than Avatar)
8) Old books are even worse. Why are we forced to read old books in school? (Maybe your teachers know something you don’t)
9) Old music makes me laugh because it’s so lame. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears need to be worshiped for their great music. (I have nothing to say to that. It was so stupid, it defies any response)
10) I really have more important things to do. This was a school project and I wrote a guest post. Jeez…can I get back to studying? (What obligation do you have to come here? I, on the other hand, have time to waste)
PS: Why is AMC such a low rated channel? Why are John Wayne DVDs 50 cents at a DOLLAR STORE? Because old movies suck! Why are old books given away for FREE on Amazon? Because old books suck. Why are classic radio stations low rated? Because old music sucks! Why are Olympic records broken every year? Because old athletes suck! John Cena > Steve Austin > Hulk Hogan > Bob Backlund > Bruno Sammartino. DUH! (Why is Turner Classic Movies making so much money? Why did I see Clash 2010, 2012, Transformers 2005, and Tempest 2010 in the 3 for $5 bin when Paths of Glory 1957 for $30 and King Kong 1933 for $40? Books from Amazon are free? Great! Just got to pay shipping and handling. Give me a link to whatever ratings source you got that gave low ratings to Beethoven and/or Mozart, I’ll bet you run them)
Wow, you are either the most ignorant person I’ve ever met. Or a masterful troll.
10/10 made me rage.
So do you play Wolfenstein or Call of Duty 3? Wanna bet what someone my age and under would play if given a choice? How can you freakin argue COD3 is worse than Wolfenstein?
Just wanna say that for some reason only negative comments are posted here. I, for one, agree with Justin Ritz’s points (although I DISAGREE with his honor student hype.)
I actually was searching for “old books suck”, “old movies suck” etc. because my son GOES TO SLEEP anytime I try to make him watch something with me (original Tron, Star Wars, Bloodsport, Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane) and there are actually MANY people who agree with us as well. I concur with Justin’s view that only angry people post here and that others are afraid to post.
Well, I’m not afraid to express my view. I’m not a troll and I’m not making personal attacks.
90% of everything is pure crap! This applies to old and new. The 90% rules applies to all forms of entertainment, such as:
Comic books: I once bought a Golden Age Archive of Shazam! and it really, really sucked. I picked up the Jerry Ordway Shazam! paperback and thought it really, really sucked. At any given time there may be around 5-10% of good comics since the 1970s. Pre-1970s and it may be 1% at best. Old comics- even those from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby- are NOT timeless; they are VERY dated and inaccessible.
Novels: It’s true: old books are boring. The language is winded, they contain archaic words, and worse of all- the culture gap is too much to get my interest. (I am 38 years old). You must be a defender and apologist for old books if you dispute that the latest Twilight or Steven King novel is inferior to Frankenstein or Dracula if judged on entertainment value.
TV shows: Early TV was made up of variety shows. They sucked. American Idol is produced much better and has a better quality talent. The Honeymooners, regarded by many as the best TV show of all time, is not funny and unwatchable for any modern viewer. I have no idea why “Laugh In” was supposed to be funny. Same with Different Strokes.
Athletes: The Olympic records are all the proof I need. Not sure why people are disputing them or mentioning cavemen. The bottom line is that humans are strong, faster, and more athletic in 2011 than 2001 than 1931, etc.
Pro Wrestling: I don’t follow it, and have no idea why it’s mentioned here. I DO know that the guys and women of today have MUCH better moves off the top rope than during when I was a Hulkamaniac.
Music: The music you like as a teenager is the music you will defend until you die. The quality is exactly the same from era to era, although instruments evolve.
Video Games: Have you ever tried to go back and play old PC games (Apple II, DOS) or games from old consoles? (Atari, NES)? They are graphically inferior. The 90% rule does apply, however. It should be noted that when Quake 1 came out, people said Doom sucked, so the trend of “new video games” > “old video games” will always be made on graphical achievement alone, since fun is subjective. But the reason why I agree with Justin is that it’s not fair to turn a blind eye and IGNORE the fact that Pong no longer holds up and is not a deep game. Due to memory, graphics, controls, length of game, challenge, and saving methods even the worst video game of today (PS3: Fantastic 4 Silver Surfer)is a million times better than Pac Man by every objective measure.
Finally just because you are countering “old things suck”, it doesn’t mean that “new things suck”.
wait wait wait all i got to say to this is pac man is DA SHIT dont diss it
Well, I have to give my two cents on this. Old things do not suck more than new things suck, and not the other way around either. And it is true. The old movie special effects are horrible. But have i stopped being entertained as hell whenever i watch the original 3 star wars? Hell no.
What i think is that new things suck just as much as old, and there is no better or worse. However, the “old sucky stuff” from back then has been more successful than any new things coming out.
AND. Sometime in the future, Cod, Harry Potter, etc. etc. will begin to be considered old as well. Does it mean they suck? No! And if you are going to reply by saying Harry Potter sucks then fuck you
The Flynn Effect is a statistically proven phenomena that shows humanity’s intelligence increases over time. If you take an average guy of intelligence, put him in a time machine, and send him back to 1960, he’d be a genius (even if you erase all the future technology and ‘history’ he knows).
Therefore it stands to reason, that a more intelligent society would create better quality literature and entertainment.
I Am Legend > Omega Man > Vincent Price’s boring movie
Anyone mates here actually try to watch Dr Who from the 1960s?
If you did you wouldn’t be defending old TV shows, especially when compared to their modern day counterparts, chaps.
Justin. You are a fool.
All I can say is try and watch Dr. Who serials from teh 1960s and compare it to teh 2005 series.
You guys should just leave the kid alone, he’s clearly handicapped. It’s not funny.