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 Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:16 am
You know I was very tempted to fail myself during my Media and Pop Culture final today. I was actually just going to write a very causal rant to my media and pop culture professor and in so many words tell him to go ******** himself with a rusted lead pipe. *sigh* Quote: "Because I don't want I fail so many of you since you write like grade schoolers, I'm making the final worth more points just to help you all out. *chuckle* " o rly? And you balance it out by making us write two ******** cultural-impact reviews on two of lamest movies in cinema history in class!? Yeah someone give that guy a ******** reward clearly he makes perfect ******** sense and did I mention finals are only two hours? So you only had 1 hour per paper and it had to be tottally made up since we had no idea which movie he was going to pick. (We seen over 10 and many of them subtitled) Out of all the movies we seen from classics like On the Waterfront, The French Connection, Rear Window, Do the Right thing, 7 Samurai, or hell even Snow ******** White would have been better choices. This ******** picks The Wizard of OZ and Citizen Kane? LOL WUT? Those had more a cinematic impact than culture dumb-nuts. Most people even after seeing either movie just pick up the little catch phrases or they just been parodied to death. Not so much of a culture impact. Basically we all bullshitted those those essays and thanks to him I can probably kiss my 3.5 GPA goodbye. Once I get my BA next summer, I'm so coming back just to cuss him the hell out or at the very least write him a poor student review. UGH!
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:21 am
You mean after The Wizard of Oz came out the world didn't go off to see the wizard?
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:42 am
Luciferian_Depression You mean after The Wizard of Oz came out the world didn't go off to see the wizard? Yeah if you by Wizard you mean WWII then sure. They went to see the wizard all right. *laugh*
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:58 am
EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE RANT.
God, he sounds like a brill teacher. [/sarcasm]. The teacher really makes or breaks the class more than the subject matter, I find.
Poor Comic Guy.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:23 am
The Phrenologikal Cat EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE RANT.
God, he sounds like a brill teacher. [/sarcasm]. The teacher really makes or breaks the class more than the subject matter, I find.
Poor Comic Guy. Oh did I mention we kind of had mid-terms like no more than two weeks ago cause his a** sucks? Yeah one of the greatest teachers I have ever had..
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:40 pm
As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:37 pm
Hydra-Star As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world. I agree. While both movies wouldn't be the obvious choices for the topic, they still bear significance in Western society.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:50 pm
jaggedbubbles Hydra-Star As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world. I agree. While both movies wouldn't be the obvious choices for the topic, they still bear significance in Western society. Eh OZ not so much but Kane yeah. I really BS on OZ sorry, it didn't affect me. I guess I'm just too cynical or something. None of it seem real to me. I see you point though. *can't even remember what he wrote* gonk
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:55 am
That_comic_guy jaggedbubbles Hydra-Star As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world. I agree. While both movies wouldn't be the obvious choices for the topic, they still bear significance in Western society. Eh OZ not so much but Kane yeah. I really BS on OZ sorry, it didn't affect me. I guess I'm just too cynical or something. None of it seem real to me. I see you point though. *can't even remember what he wrote* gonk Well, Oz isn't supposed to seem real. The whole point is that in the end it's all a dream, and the characters are actually people Dorothy knows in real life. ^^
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:52 am
Hydra-Star That_comic_guy jaggedbubbles Hydra-Star As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world. I agree. While both movies wouldn't be the obvious choices for the topic, they still bear significance in Western society. Eh OZ not so much but Kane yeah. I really BS on OZ sorry, it didn't affect me. I guess I'm just too cynical or something. None of it seem real to me. I see you point though. *can't even remember what he wrote* gonk Well, Oz isn't supposed to seem real. The whole point is that in the end it's all a dream, and the characters are actually people Dorothy knows in real life. ^^ Yeah I get that. I think in my essay I compared it to Superman and why over the years he just isn't as relevant since attitudes and the culture at large has changed. We are a bit more cynical than past generations. Since things were a bit more depressing than today's world people liked seeing stuff like OZ and Superman as an escape. Now we're just happy if the CGI kicks a** or if the main characters are hot. rolleyes (see Transformers II and New Moon) Intellect wise: our movies usually don't have such happy uplifting endings like Body of Lies and D-9 as very recent examples. It would have been a fun class if that dude hadn't been such an a**.
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:51 am
That_comic_guy Hydra-Star That_comic_guy jaggedbubbles Hydra-Star As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world. I agree. While both movies wouldn't be the obvious choices for the topic, they still bear significance in Western society. Eh OZ not so much but Kane yeah. I really BS on OZ sorry, it didn't affect me. I guess I'm just too cynical or something. None of it seem real to me. I see you point though. *can't even remember what he wrote* gonk Well, Oz isn't supposed to seem real. The whole point is that in the end it's all a dream, and the characters are actually people Dorothy knows in real life. ^^ Yeah I get that. I think in my essay I compared it to Superman and why over the years he just isn't as relevant since attitudes and the culture at large has changed. We are a bit more cynical than past generations. Since things were a bit more depressing than today's world people liked seeing stuff like OZ and Superman as an escape. Now we're just happy if the CGI kicks a** or if the main characters are hot. rolleyes (see Transformers II and New Moon) Intellect wise: our movies usually don't have such happy uplifting endings like Body of Lies and D-9 as very recent examples. It would have been a fun class if that dude hadn't been such an a**. Well, you're right in some ways. But Superman's influence can still be felt today. He started the comic book genre, which is still going strong. Without superman, the hero genre would never have come into being. Oz is the same way. It's influence can still be felt in the things that it started, and very strongly. For instance, it was one of the first color movies, and I think (and I could be wrong) the first to combine the two.
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:19 pm
That_comic_guy Hydra-Star That_comic_guy jaggedbubbles Hydra-Star As much as I agree with you that finals are BS, I have to disagree with you as well. As someone studying cinema, I know that The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane had huge cultural impacts. Not only that, but they changed cinema through the breakthroughs they made. Today the impact is so engrained in our society that we can no longer feel it because it's just a part of our culture. Even people who have never seen the movies are influenced by them because so many people have. They changed the way we watch movies, and the way we see the world. I agree. While both movies wouldn't be the obvious choices for the topic, they still bear significance in Western society. Eh OZ not so much but Kane yeah. I really BS on OZ sorry, it didn't affect me. I guess I'm just too cynical or something. None of it seem real to me. I see you point though. *can't even remember what he wrote* gonk Well, Oz isn't supposed to seem real. The whole point is that in the end it's all a dream, and the characters are actually people Dorothy knows in real life. ^^ Yeah I get that. I think in my essay I compared it to Superman and why over the years he just isn't as relevant since attitudes and the culture at large has changed. We are a bit more cynical than past generations. Since things were a bit more depressing than today's world people liked seeing stuff like OZ and Superman as an escape. Now we're just happy if the CGI kicks a** or if the main characters are hot. rolleyes (see Transformers II and New Moon) Intellect wise: our movies usually don't have such happy uplifting endings like Body of Lies and D-9 as very recent examples. It would have been a fun class if that dude hadn't been such an a**. Superman was a metaphor for the American superpower status in the early 1900's, and also the ability to integrate into society as a foreigner ("Superman" was created by two Jewish men). Oz was more along the lines of opening up after being an isolationist nation. That's at least how I see it. xD
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:56 pm
Hydra-Star Well, you're right in some ways. But Superman's influence can still be felt today. He started the comic book genre, which is still going strong. Without superman, the hero genre would never have come into being. Oz is the same way. It's influence can still be felt in the things that it started, and very strongly. For instance, it was one of the first color movies, and I think (and I could be wrong) the first to combine the two. I could debate on the OZ thing a bit and Superman is powerhouse not as much now but yeah I can give him credit where credit is dude. You make a good point.
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:57 pm
jaggedbubbles Superman was a metaphor for the American superpower status in the early 1900's, and also the ability to integrate into society as a foreigner ("Superman" was created by two Jewish men). Oz was more along the lines of opening up after being an isolationist nation. That's at least how I see it. xD where are you people when I need you? Next time you all will help me write my essays.
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:14 pm
That_comic_guy Hydra-Star Well, you're right in some ways. But Superman's influence can still be felt today. He started the comic book genre, which is still going strong. Without superman, the hero genre would never have come into being. Oz is the same way. It's influence can still be felt in the things that it started, and very strongly. For instance, it was one of the first color movies, and I think (and I could be wrong) the first to combine the two. I could debate on the OZ thing a bit and Superman is powerhouse not as much now but yeah I can give him credit where credit is dude. You make a good point. Why thank you. biggrin heart
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