The Role Models of today

Little kids idolizing people who they should not be idolizing is really sickening and awkward at the same time. Little kids and kids in general idolizing people like Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Kesha, etc, is a sign that humanity seems to go down lower and lower. Many people found that little girl, Sophia Grace, singing the song "Super Bass" to be cute, but to me, I find this to be really disgusting. This is a a little girl singing a song about sex and "The Club." A song like that is a song that little girls should not be singing. Sophia Grace's parents seem to be encouraging her daughter. Sophia's parents are acting like if idolizing Nicki Minaj and singing a song like "Super Bass" is a something to be proud of. I can't help, but die inside while watching a little girl singing a song like Super Bass.  It took me a while for me to recover but I finally did it.

Hopefully, there will be better people for kids to look up to in modern society. All I can do now is hope.

Is society going down so low to the point, where little kids are looking up to people like Nicki Minaj, and parents are suddenly okay with it? Since Sophia idolizes Nicki Minaj that much, I wonder how she will end up in the future? I hope she will turn out to be a good person in life, and not try to recreate Nicki Minaj's image. Are these the people parents should have their kids look up to? If that is the case then society might continue to go down further.

Here's the video of Nicki Ninaj on Ellen:

Why this new Copyright Bill is pointless

If you have not heard by now there is a new copyright bill in the U.S that goes by many names like E-parasite, SOPA, and The Protect IP Act. What this might be become law is that if anyone ever uploads a video with copyrighted material it is considered a federal crime, and the website that video happened to be uploaded on will be taken down. If anyone ever uploads a video with copyrighted material on websites like Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter, well you can say good-bye to them.



This bill is not only pointless, but it is also nothing more then the government's, the media's, and big corporations' attempt at trying to regain the power that they once had. The main reason why this law has as many supporters as it does is because it only benefits the media and corporate entities because we can see different people on the internet use copyright information under fair use, and a lot of people finds those people who use copyrighted material to be a lot more informative because the media or the advertisers are not paying them money to hide certain information from the public.

What about reviews of certain types of mediums? Money is something that many people in society do not want to waste. As a result many people look up videos of what other people thought of what they are going to buy. Reading is not very popular in the general public, so they watch videos instead. What if someone uses video footage of what he/she is reviewing to help illustrate a point and uses the copyrighted footage under fair use? There is nothing wrong with that because after all, that person is not claiming that the footage he/she is using is there's.
Why do we need to watch T.V now, if we have a bunch of average Joes trying to entertain mass audiences? There are many people who find these average Joes more entertaning than anything on T.V. If there is something wrong with media, the people can now expose them for the lies that they might be telling. Using footage from their news reports can help people who don't understand, understand better, and they always tell where they get their sources from to avoid copyright infringement. The internet can help many people be famous, not only do internet entertainers telling their audience where they got their copyright footage from is fair enough, but it also gives the creators free advertisment in the process. I hope that this bill never sees the light of day. In fact there are many people who are also trying to make sure that the new copyright bill never sees the light of day.

Here is a man who can explain how unnesscary this bill is better than I can:

A really clever trailer parody

Here is a really funny trailer parody of the Assassin's Creed Revelations E3 (Electronic Entertainment expo) 2011 trailer made by the Youtube user of Tobuscus. At first, I thought this was a lame video made by a popular guy on Youtube that tries way too hard to be funny, but I gave this video a second chance and it was funny and clever. Some of the funny parts include the part where Tobuscus was making fun of editing techniques like the fade in, the white screen, and slow motion. Tobouscus made fun of the use of the camera pan in the trailer. The song had some really clever lyrics and Tobuscus kept on singing things that I never really expected him to sing. The parts in the lyrics where Tobouscus made fun of the production techniques used in this trailer went surprinsginly well with the flow of the song. I never really expected him to make clever jokes about editing techniques in a song like "Iron" by Woodkid. All I can say is that this is a great parody to a great trailer. 

Probably the only gripe I have with this parody in the it called "literal" that to me implies that the video may be a live action version of the trailer but when I click on the video it a guy making a parody. One way how Tobuscus advertises his literal parodies is the way he uses the word "literal." That to me is somewhat false advertisment, but maybe the use of the word "literal" may also imply that the parody will contain a lot of forth wall jokes, and makes fun the way how the trailer is produced.


Literal Assassin's Creed Revelations trailer:

Original E3 2011 trailer:

                                      

A long and entertaining analaysis on the Star Wars Prequels and film making

The reviews of the Star Wars prequels made by an independent film studio named Red Letter Media are very interesting, funny, and informative all at the same time. In these reviews, a man named Mike Stoklasa plays a serial killer named Harry S. Plinkett, and in these reviews he explains how mediocre the Star Wars prequels are, and at the same putting having a sub plot about the people he is murdering in his basement.  

If you want an example on how to make a good movie and write a good cohesive story without going to film school then here it is. During theses reviews Plinkett explains how to make a character that the audience can understand, and he explains that certain plot elements should be explained to the audience in order for them to understand. He even talks about things like overuse of special effects, how the audience can feel tension when watching a scene in a movie, the difference between paying homage and straight up ripping off other movies, racial diversity in Star Wars, how the Star Wars Prequels aren't kid friendly like how George Lucas wants people to believe, and how George Lucas is a shallow and emotionless business man. These reviews can really help aspiring film makers learn how to make a good movie for the masses to see, and it can help other people view movies in a different way.

There are a lot of jokes in these reviews as well. His most famous joke was the pizza roll joke. I said that very same joke about pizza rolls one time in my English class when I was in grade 10, and mostly everyone kept on saying that joke and wouldn't be quiet about it. Another one of his famous jokes included a scene where he saw an alien in the Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace review and said, "What is wrong with your face?"

These reviews are very long, but Mike Stoklasa does a fantastic job at keeping a steady pace, so that way his viewers never get bored. First, he'll get into a step by step analysis on what is wrong with the Star Wars Prequels, then he'll break it up with some comedy, and he'll also try to combine the step by step analysis with comedy. The way Mike handles his videos totally justifies the length of these videos.


                                                            Episode 1 Review Part 1:

Star Wars Episode 2 Review Part 1: