Just some rambling...

Instead of working on a paper due this week I'm going to ramble.

I'm so over school right now and happy that the semester ends in like 2 weeks. I've never been that great of a student. I'm passing all my classes but I have no motivation to go beyond the bare minimum. I just hate having to go to class. I love to learn but I don't like structured learning. This is something that I think is very common in our generation.

My grandpa died. It wasn't unexpected and that's probably what he wanted because he was like, "Where's the one pill? I'm tired of this shit." The funeral is this week adding some more suck in the future. Being really old has to be shitty but then again nobody really fucks with old people that much. I'm sure he cherished those final moments. He listened closely to the sounds of our voices and our conversations.

Back to an education related topic, I now have a new respect for math. Yeah I still hate doing it but I recognize its importance. I've put away my past prejudices. Math wasn't the reason why my 6th grade math teacher was a mega bitch. I would like to see more Algebra at the elementary level. I never thought I'd actually say that.

The instrumental interlude in the song "Closet Chronicles" by Kansas is making me giggle right now.

I'm pretty much just sitting back and riding life right now. It's all on a fucking rail. There are some fun parts and some jerky and scary ones.

One more thing that's been bothering me. The power of television and its influence on how we act socially. We are hyper-social animals and learn from each other. We are exposed to so many people. There are so many personalities and it makes it easy to lose track of yourself. I've noticed people subconciously recreating drama straight out of a shitty TV show that I would never watch. I don't like when people act like they're in a TV show. It freaks me out.

I think I'm done rambling now.

Film remakes and the rebooting of "RoboCop"

If you're an AP buddy of mine then it's possible you've already read this so don't waste your time.

I've bitched about this before so guess what? I feel like doing it again. I really feel sorry for the little kids in this generation. They're growing up in a mediocre era where originality is dying. It was bad when we were little but holy jumboshitballs it's getting worse. I'm tired of this second-hand cinema and blockbuster mentality. Someone on IMDB described it as "stuck with your older brother's action-figures because your parents are too cheap or lazy to by new ones." I think the analogy fits but that's just me. So help me in the name of all that is divine, lay-off the film re-makes! Enough is a enough. I don't care if these remakes are well made or get good ratings. I'd rather see something new.

This rant was triggered after I learned that MGM is "rebooting" or "re-imaging" RoboCop. I guess they're starting to replace the word remake with re-image to ease the minds of film buffs like myself. Anyway, the new RoboCop is going to be directed by the guy who directed The Wrestler and The Fountain so I'm not gonna bash it yet. But I fear that this reboot might have the following:

1. A stupid pretty-boy for the lead.

2. Shitty mediocre MTV style editting to make it look flashy and cool.

3. Completely revamping Robo's suit to compete with other metal suit heroes like Iron Man.

4. Marketing it as the summer's hottest action flick like Hollywood always does to make money.

5. Overthetop SFX.

6. Toning down the blood and violence like a bunch of pussies. The violence is supposed to be overthetop in the Robocop movies. It's part of the dark humor aspect.

7. Omitting the satire of the original. Paul Verhoven has always been good at putting dark satire in his films and I'd hate to see them make the new one too serious and over dramatic.

8. ED-209 must be in this movie. If not well then it's gonna be a fucking sacrilege.

Some of those mentioned above have already been done to butcher remakes. Some movies don't need to be remade. They should re-release the originals like they did with Blade Runner, Alien, First Blood etc. I'm not saying all remakes are bad I'm just saying they're unnecessary and a result of short attention spans and evil Hollywood executives. The kids of this generation are going to miss the point behind the original films.Oh and BTW if the Escape from New York remake goes through I'm gonna go on an armed rampage then kill myself afterwards and you'll hear about me on the news. :)