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1. Zachery Levi (of all people) slams garbage coming out of Hollywood
Levi's comments, however, beg the question: Who decides what is good? Sure, 86 percent of audiences may have liked Shazam 2, but that's 86 percent of a relatively small group of people who probably wanted to see Shazam 2 in the first place.
And so will avoiding garbage really make Hollywood produce less garbage? Or does it just need to better market the garbage it already has?
It's in the eye of the beholder.
My brother is a conceptual artist. He's interested in the interaction with the art - that each time we interact with something, it changes and becomes something new. And all artists put something of themselves in their art.
My view is if it makes you or me happy, who are others to judge?
I can't control what others like, and they in turn can't control what I like.
2.Off-Topic. Audio Book. Killers of the Flower Moon
It's now gone into detail on poisons. Apparently in the 1920s, strychnine, arsenic and other poisons were popular - they could sneak them into moonshine. And no one would know - because there were so many deaths back then from bad moonshine. Also it wasn't easy to detect. They'd come up with a way to detect it - but didn't always use it, since deaths from moonshine were rather common.
Gotta love non-fiction books, I come away from them with all this knowledge about weird things. Like the fact that strychnine is a horrible way to die. Convulsions, seizures, entire body goes stiff, and you have excruciating pain. Arsenic isn't much better, but not quite as bad as strychnine. Also a lot of people are killed in this book.
Apparently Martin Scorsese is turning it into a movie - but I'm not sure about the movie. Scorsese's latest favorite actor is Leo DiCaprio, and I've mixed feelings about him.
3. Evil Marketing People
Apparently a musician decided to market her next album "Songs for a Horror Movie" by convincing followers to create a fake 1980s horror film, and via marketing platforms (aka Tik Tok, Youtube, etc) convince everyone it was real. Zepotha Fake Movie - Social Media Marketing Concept.
This kind of reminds me of marketing tactics that my brother used years ago, when he convinced the Columbus Ohio Press that he was giving arms to the homeless. (It was entirely fake.)
And currently there's a marketing tactic entitled "Not a Store" - where people exhibit clothing in a store - but you don't buy it in the store, you buy it online by special order. Pissing off the people who want to buy it in the store.
4. Today's question: 16 – Elvis Week: Are you, or were you, an Elvis Presley fan? (Stolen from slaymesoftly)
Hmmm, yes and no. I am not a fan of the "man" but I am a fan of the voice?
I don't worship humans. They are extremely flawed, and it bodes ill for all involved.
That said? I am a fan of his talent. And I really didn't get it until last year - when I got talked into watching "Elvis" by Baz Lurham. And was blown away. Then I downloaded his music - and discovered he could literally sing anything or perform anything. He was a consummate performer - and his need to perform kind of did him in? The man had extraordinary range - he was untaught, and figured it all out on his own.
Basically Lightening in a Bottle - who burned out too quickly too soon and under bad management. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if he'd gotten good material and better management - he came close a few times. But Vegas really did him in - along with the incessant touring schedule the Colonel put him on.
(And I've no interest in visiting Graceland - the idea of doing it makes me cringe.)
5. What does one say to grief? Nothing at all. I think. Grief is well just grief. It swallows you whole and then spits you out again. Then does it again ...a day, a month, a year later - often over something as minor as a word or phrase.
Beach walks did it to me today.
That and listening to a Jon Bon Jovi Song about well the pandemic.
So scrolling by others grief? I thought once again, what does one say? Nothing. There is nothing to say. No words can fill the empty space. All they do is make it seem more empty.
6. 15 – Relaxation Day: What are some of your favourite ways to relax?
Reading, watching television, cooking, painting/drawing, writing...surfing the net, taking long meandering walks...
7. Already answered the poll over in tv talk, but the difficulty with polls is they are rather limiting to what the pollster comes up with.
How do I watch Television?
( Read more... )
8. Off Topic. Going to bed. Didn't sleep well last night. Kept getting leg cramps. And now, feel oddly wired and irritable.
Levi's comments, however, beg the question: Who decides what is good? Sure, 86 percent of audiences may have liked Shazam 2, but that's 86 percent of a relatively small group of people who probably wanted to see Shazam 2 in the first place.
And so will avoiding garbage really make Hollywood produce less garbage? Or does it just need to better market the garbage it already has?
It's in the eye of the beholder.
My brother is a conceptual artist. He's interested in the interaction with the art - that each time we interact with something, it changes and becomes something new. And all artists put something of themselves in their art.
My view is if it makes you or me happy, who are others to judge?
I can't control what others like, and they in turn can't control what I like.
2.Off-Topic. Audio Book. Killers of the Flower Moon
It's now gone into detail on poisons. Apparently in the 1920s, strychnine, arsenic and other poisons were popular - they could sneak them into moonshine. And no one would know - because there were so many deaths back then from bad moonshine. Also it wasn't easy to detect. They'd come up with a way to detect it - but didn't always use it, since deaths from moonshine were rather common.
Gotta love non-fiction books, I come away from them with all this knowledge about weird things. Like the fact that strychnine is a horrible way to die. Convulsions, seizures, entire body goes stiff, and you have excruciating pain. Arsenic isn't much better, but not quite as bad as strychnine. Also a lot of people are killed in this book.
Apparently Martin Scorsese is turning it into a movie - but I'm not sure about the movie. Scorsese's latest favorite actor is Leo DiCaprio, and I've mixed feelings about him.
3. Evil Marketing People
Apparently a musician decided to market her next album "Songs for a Horror Movie" by convincing followers to create a fake 1980s horror film, and via marketing platforms (aka Tik Tok, Youtube, etc) convince everyone it was real. Zepotha Fake Movie - Social Media Marketing Concept.
This kind of reminds me of marketing tactics that my brother used years ago, when he convinced the Columbus Ohio Press that he was giving arms to the homeless. (It was entirely fake.)
And currently there's a marketing tactic entitled "Not a Store" - where people exhibit clothing in a store - but you don't buy it in the store, you buy it online by special order. Pissing off the people who want to buy it in the store.
4. Today's question: 16 – Elvis Week: Are you, or were you, an Elvis Presley fan? (Stolen from slaymesoftly)
Hmmm, yes and no. I am not a fan of the "man" but I am a fan of the voice?
I don't worship humans. They are extremely flawed, and it bodes ill for all involved.
That said? I am a fan of his talent. And I really didn't get it until last year - when I got talked into watching "Elvis" by Baz Lurham. And was blown away. Then I downloaded his music - and discovered he could literally sing anything or perform anything. He was a consummate performer - and his need to perform kind of did him in? The man had extraordinary range - he was untaught, and figured it all out on his own.
Basically Lightening in a Bottle - who burned out too quickly too soon and under bad management. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if he'd gotten good material and better management - he came close a few times. But Vegas really did him in - along with the incessant touring schedule the Colonel put him on.
(And I've no interest in visiting Graceland - the idea of doing it makes me cringe.)
5. What does one say to grief? Nothing at all. I think. Grief is well just grief. It swallows you whole and then spits you out again. Then does it again ...a day, a month, a year later - often over something as minor as a word or phrase.
Beach walks did it to me today.
That and listening to a Jon Bon Jovi Song about well the pandemic.
So scrolling by others grief? I thought once again, what does one say? Nothing. There is nothing to say. No words can fill the empty space. All they do is make it seem more empty.
6. 15 – Relaxation Day: What are some of your favourite ways to relax?
Reading, watching television, cooking, painting/drawing, writing...surfing the net, taking long meandering walks...
7. Already answered the poll over in tv talk, but the difficulty with polls is they are rather limiting to what the pollster comes up with.
How do I watch Television?
( Read more... )
8. Off Topic. Going to bed. Didn't sleep well last night. Kept getting leg cramps. And now, feel oddly wired and irritable.