Saturday, March 28, 2009
mass media and society
i believe mass media has made many problems for society. one is that it puts so much pressure on women to look a certian way or what to wear or how to act. it controls us as a society. yea it's the basic stuff we covered in class but it's still a strong belief of mine. but mass media could help society. there are possitive and encouraging radio and tv shows. their goal is to uplift and encourage their viewers/listeners to help to get them through the day. so mass media can either help or hurt society. overall, i would consider it a hurtfull and damaging element to our society.
fmylife.com
ok, so i tried to post a blog last week about fmylife.com entitled fmylife, but hit enter after putting the title in so it posted. as i went to edit it, my laptop decides to randomly hibernate. so i wasn't depressed or anything at all, just trying to make a blog. so here is my second attempt to do this.
its about fmylife.com. it's a site were ppl can post events that happened in their day that is really embarassing or that just suck. it happens to be a very entertaining website among my friends and myself b/c some of the stuff is really funny. others you just feel sorry for the ppl that this stuff happened to. but this got me thinking (beware, thinking doesn't happen much with me). why do american such as my friends and me find other people's problems and humiliations appealing and entertaining. america's funniest home videos have been doing this for years. youtube followed, then fmylife.com. has america become so cold hearted that we turn to others pain to enlighten my day. if something happened to me that was embarassing, i wouldn't want it to be shown so all america can see it. i thought that embarassing was doing something dumb infront of ppl. so it would make it more embarassing to do it infront of all america. o well, its still funny, no matter how you look at it i guess.
its about fmylife.com. it's a site were ppl can post events that happened in their day that is really embarassing or that just suck. it happens to be a very entertaining website among my friends and myself b/c some of the stuff is really funny. others you just feel sorry for the ppl that this stuff happened to. but this got me thinking (beware, thinking doesn't happen much with me). why do american such as my friends and me find other people's problems and humiliations appealing and entertaining. america's funniest home videos have been doing this for years. youtube followed, then fmylife.com. has america become so cold hearted that we turn to others pain to enlighten my day. if something happened to me that was embarassing, i wouldn't want it to be shown so all america can see it. i thought that embarassing was doing something dumb infront of ppl. so it would make it more embarassing to do it infront of all america. o well, its still funny, no matter how you look at it i guess.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Some People Change
If you like country music at all, you know about the group Montgomery Gentry. They have a cd out entitled Some People Change. This cd put into perspective how lucky I am to have the life I have. There are a couple of typical country songs, but if you take out those 2 or 3 songs, you have a great inspirational cd. With songs like Some People Change, Lucky Man, It Takes All Kinds, and Free Ride in the Fast Lane make this cd incredible. The song Lucky Man is about all the little things in life that others migh not have and how lucky we are to have these things. Some People Change is a song about people turning there life around. A sinner is saved, a addict stops drinking and so on. This song is powerful to me b/c all we have to do is plant the seed to bring others to Christ or help turn their life around from other problems they might have. The last two songs that I mentioned helped me understand that it takes everyone to make the world the way it is and that I have to work hard for everything I do.
This cd didn't really hit me untill a couple weeks after I bought it and I went on a missions trip to Philidelphia and saw all the intercity poverty and this cd came to mind. It reminded me how lucky I am to be born into a great family and that I need to work hard with others to help those in need of help.
This cd didn't really hit me untill a couple weeks after I bought it and I went on a missions trip to Philidelphia and saw all the intercity poverty and this cd came to mind. It reminded me how lucky I am to be born into a great family and that I need to work hard with others to help those in need of help.
FRIENDS - The tv sticoms impact on my life
The former popular tv show FRIENDS has impacted my life and influenced how I think of the real world. The group of six close friends would just hang out all day, sometimes going to work, and just live life like they wanted. Everything just seemed to work out for them, giving me a false aspect on the real world and how hard it is going to be. Mind you I started watching FRIENDS at a young age, around 8 or 9. I thought that i could go to work 3 times a week and still have an awesome life and be able to support myself. The show didn't show the real struggles of life in a realistic way, even though they did try to throw in some struggles just to add to the drama of the episode. But the greatest tv show ever didn't just give me these negitive views, I learned that your good friends are always going to be there and you can always count on them. I am not saying that this show is the best show to get all your morales from, but you can learn some stuff from it and laugh a lot.
Friday, February 27, 2009
The boondock saints
If you have ever seen the movie Boondock Saints, you not only know how great of a movie it is, but also overly violent. Why are movies like these so violent? Because we Americans love it so much. But that's another topic. Im going after the controversy in the movie of weather or not it's ever okay to murder someone. I can see both sides of the argument, and have to side with the no side. Its never okay to kill anyone, no matter what they have done.
Forgive and forget. That is what I say that it's never good to kill anyone for any reason. Besides, who are we to play God? I know that some others would look at this totally different, and would I act upon my words in a situation simular to this? I hope to never find out. But others can look at this and say "look what they did to my family! An eye for and eye right?" Jesus talks about this in Matthew 5:38-39. "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." So Jesus has an answer for the Boondock Saints. Yea, take that movies of extreme violence and controversy!
Forgive and forget. That is what I say that it's never good to kill anyone for any reason. Besides, who are we to play God? I know that some others would look at this totally different, and would I act upon my words in a situation simular to this? I hope to never find out. But others can look at this and say "look what they did to my family! An eye for and eye right?" Jesus talks about this in Matthew 5:38-39. "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." So Jesus has an answer for the Boondock Saints. Yea, take that movies of extreme violence and controversy!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Exploring the movie 300
300 is one of my all time favorite movies. Mostly because it's based on actual events. No one knows for sure how the spartans actually fought because, like Xerxes said, he would destroy all records of the spartans. So the only reason we know about this war and the battle of Thermopylae, the battle portrayed in the movie, is by word of mouth that was passed down through the generations.
One question you might have about the movie is what is up with the creatures and huge monsters. Well, they all represent the evil and nastiness of Xerxes and his army. He wanted the land of sparta and the people for slaves. So putting those in the movies was just a wise way of showing how evil the persians were.
Also, you might wonder what the deal is with the ugly people at the top of the mountain Leonidas climbs at the beginning of the movie and why is there a lady dancing around in clothes you can see through. Well, the wise ugly people were ugly for a reason. They didn't like the spartans at all or there ways of life. But that is who Leonidas had to talk to so he could go to war. Now the lady that was dancing around and was mumbling stuff is a practice that the ugly wise people actually used. The odor that they unleashed was a hallucinagent that made people do crazy things. But at the time, they thought is was a why for the gods to talk to us through people. But to please the gods, they chose the most beautiful women to do this.
So I hope I cleared up some things on the movie 300 and what the directors were trying to portray.
One question you might have about the movie is what is up with the creatures and huge monsters. Well, they all represent the evil and nastiness of Xerxes and his army. He wanted the land of sparta and the people for slaves. So putting those in the movies was just a wise way of showing how evil the persians were.
Also, you might wonder what the deal is with the ugly people at the top of the mountain Leonidas climbs at the beginning of the movie and why is there a lady dancing around in clothes you can see through. Well, the wise ugly people were ugly for a reason. They didn't like the spartans at all or there ways of life. But that is who Leonidas had to talk to so he could go to war. Now the lady that was dancing around and was mumbling stuff is a practice that the ugly wise people actually used. The odor that they unleashed was a hallucinagent that made people do crazy things. But at the time, they thought is was a why for the gods to talk to us through people. But to please the gods, they chose the most beautiful women to do this.
So I hope I cleared up some things on the movie 300 and what the directors were trying to portray.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Superbowl ad
One of my favorite superbowl ads this year was the remake of the Mean Joe Green coke commercial. This time is was with Troy Polamalu and the coke zero lawyers. First off, you see Troy walking down the tunnel limping after the game. A kid asks if he wants a coke zero and Troy says no. The lawyers that have been in previous commercials for coke zero come and take the coke away. Troy then tackles the lawyer with the coke zero and drinks it. Thats pretty much the commercial. But I am gonna take a deeper look at it. Troy is limping at the start of the commercial and at the end he is running to take his coke zero. Hence, coke zero will give you a rush of energy to help you get it and its obviously refreshing. Even after a three hour football game, he still has energy to get the coke zero. The camera angle stays the same through out the whole commercial. Its shot in an open frame where you can see everything thats going on.
The commercial is telling us that no matter how sore, tired, or dehydrated we are, coke zero is always refreshing. It does it in a way that reminds us of the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial which might make us want a coke rather than a coke zero. This advertisement works in both ways. Below are the links to the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial and the Troy Polamalu commercial so you can see the simularities.
Troy Polamalu - http://youtube.com/watch?v=VTdz8ebLJRw&feature=related
Mean Joe Green - http://youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8
The commercial is telling us that no matter how sore, tired, or dehydrated we are, coke zero is always refreshing. It does it in a way that reminds us of the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial which might make us want a coke rather than a coke zero. This advertisement works in both ways. Below are the links to the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial and the Troy Polamalu commercial so you can see the simularities.
Troy Polamalu - http://youtube.com/watch?v=VTdz8ebLJRw&feature=related
Mean Joe Green - http://youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Superbowl
The Superbowl is the media's biggest day. Company's are paying millions of dollars to spend 30 seconds advertising their product. They come up with the most outragous and hilarious comercials for all of America to see. With it being the most watched event on television, it makes sense. Not many people watch the superbowl for the game anymore, it's more of a group of friends sitting around to watch comercials, which is something that every other day we hate seeing because its interupting our program. So what makes the superbowl the best time for the ads? Baseball and the world series have been around longer than the superbowl. Baseball is America's pastime. Yea football is the only major sport with a one game championship, so I guess I just answered my own question.
The people that only watch the big game only for the commercials are the people that bother me the most when watching it with my friends. Im actually interested in the game, so stop talking during the superbowl. It bugs the crap out of me when I can't hear what the commentators have to say. So, if your gonna watch the game for the commercials, don't ruin it for those who want to actually see and hear the biggest game in all of sports, the superbowl.
The people that only watch the big game only for the commercials are the people that bother me the most when watching it with my friends. Im actually interested in the game, so stop talking during the superbowl. It bugs the crap out of me when I can't hear what the commentators have to say. So, if your gonna watch the game for the commercials, don't ruin it for those who want to actually see and hear the biggest game in all of sports, the superbowl.
Friday, January 30, 2009
The best show ever!!
My all time favorite show is FRIENDS. I have all ten seasons on dvd and have seen every episode. It makes me laugh hard, and I have become addicted to it. When I say to people that my FRIENDS is my favorite show, they usually say that its a cool show or they just plain don't like it.
There is a character on the show that people who did watch the show associate me with. Joey. The funny, yet not so smart actor who loves food and women. Take out the actor and sleeping with women, and yea, I can see where they get it. Joey just happens to be my favorite character, so I think its awesome that I remind people of him.
What is so awesome about him besides the women and comedy, is that he is always there for his friends and willing to do anything for them, even though he might not totally get what the big picture is. I like to think that I am like that in a little way.
But overall, I strive to have a life like the characters in friends. I even try to put a little comedy from some of the episodes into conversations. Not just jokes, but facial expressions, movements, and sometimes undiscribable noises.
So the best show in the entire world has a hug impact on my life even though its been five years since the last show was aired. I know that I am not the only one affected by some kind of media. For some, its music. Others, its movies, internet, or books. But they all play a small part in who we are, especially in todays world. It has changed mankind. For better? I don't know, but that is something I see when I look at myself and FRIENDS. I see it with people I know and love that grew up in this media generation with me. They are all affected in some way, shape, or form from their favorite media. This is just an obervation that I had. But I could be wrong. Im just a Joey. Clueless, but always there to say something on his mind.
There is a character on the show that people who did watch the show associate me with. Joey. The funny, yet not so smart actor who loves food and women. Take out the actor and sleeping with women, and yea, I can see where they get it. Joey just happens to be my favorite character, so I think its awesome that I remind people of him.
What is so awesome about him besides the women and comedy, is that he is always there for his friends and willing to do anything for them, even though he might not totally get what the big picture is. I like to think that I am like that in a little way.
But overall, I strive to have a life like the characters in friends. I even try to put a little comedy from some of the episodes into conversations. Not just jokes, but facial expressions, movements, and sometimes undiscribable noises.
So the best show in the entire world has a hug impact on my life even though its been five years since the last show was aired. I know that I am not the only one affected by some kind of media. For some, its music. Others, its movies, internet, or books. But they all play a small part in who we are, especially in todays world. It has changed mankind. For better? I don't know, but that is something I see when I look at myself and FRIENDS. I see it with people I know and love that grew up in this media generation with me. They are all affected in some way, shape, or form from their favorite media. This is just an obervation that I had. But I could be wrong. Im just a Joey. Clueless, but always there to say something on his mind.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Lost
Why does ABC's tv show LOST interest me so much when I have more and more questions every episode. I believe its very intense but it confuses me sometimes, especially when I forgot things from last season that they reference to this season. I don't have a great memory at all, I am not a great thinker, and yet Im hooked to a show that makes me think a lot and recall different event from previous seasons. Crazy huh?
But thats life, especially my life. I am not good at football and other sports but I feel that I have a great passion for these things. Sometimes I can't talk real well yet Im a media communications major which requires clear speaking. Ive got to broadcast a Malone football game and will be doing some basketball games this year, and if I am not the greatest at these things and I know it, why do I love to do this things soo much. It makes me wonder if I am doing what God wants me to do with my life.
But thats life, especially my life. I am not good at football and other sports but I feel that I have a great passion for these things. Sometimes I can't talk real well yet Im a media communications major which requires clear speaking. Ive got to broadcast a Malone football game and will be doing some basketball games this year, and if I am not the greatest at these things and I know it, why do I love to do this things soo much. It makes me wonder if I am doing what God wants me to do with my life.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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