The Twilight craze and Katy Perry topping the charts proves

[redzero]

But do you like her music?

Katy Perry makes music?

[TheSullyMonster]

movie insults are timeless though

This is amazing.

I don't listen to much of today's music as I find most of it to be crap. Classic rock is real music.

Take 20 years to distill the crap out, and everybody will realize there is some great music now, too.

Seriously. How many albums are played on classic rock stations? How many debut annually? Of course 'classic' stuff is better, the good stuff has risen to the top and the has been washed away.

[IronMexican]

While my inner Floydian agrees with you, it's hard for me to put it above The Wall or Dark Side or WYWH. Just because all of those albums are so great.

Those are all great, but I feel Animals is still better.

Out of the 4, it was the last I listened to, since it gets the least recognition.

[boutons_deux]

A memorable insult was in As Good As It Gets

Jack Nicholson was "consoling" Greg Kinnear's sexual character who had been badly beat up.

Jack says: "I'm sure you'll be back on your knees in no time".

[Greg Oden]

I doubt I'm the only one who wants Katy Perry to on them with her s.

[Dick Hardigan]

[LnGrrrR]

Crap has always been popular. Always. It's just recently become harder to escape.

Really? I find it easier to escape than ever... we have the internet, video games, etc etc.

[mrsmaalox]

Really? I find it easier to escape than ever... we have the internet, video games, etc etc.

True. I think one has to be really lazy not to be able to escape the crap. Instead of waiting to be spoon-fed, just make a little effort to find the good stuff.

[desflood]

There's actually a do entary out there - don't recall the name - about how (and why) so many people willfully choose to remain ignorant when it's now so easy to find information, or choose to study crap over quality stuff.

[Kamala]

Twilight is ok, but True Blood is amazing. Check it if you want to see some sexy,violent romantic, dark, and outlandish vampire-related stuff.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

True Blood has been anything but amazing this season

Talk about going all-out Sopranos boring, why do HBO shows do this

[Kermit]

True Blood has been anything but amazing this season

Talk about going all-out Sopranos boring, why do HBO shows do this

It's a whole lot better this season than in season 2. Last year was an abortion.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Really?

This season is going really slow to me. Alot of talk and non-important sub-plot progression but not much movement in the main plot.

Last season they made bull-lady the main plot, which actually is not in the book, the jason stackhouse-godrick-neocon army was the main plotline in the book...i thought they both progressed fairly decent, mostly because of all the ties in the bull-lady scenes

But this season they are progressing so much side I'm waiting for this whole mississippi-louisiana kingdom thing to get moving

[Kermit]

Really?

This season is going really slow to me. Alot of talk and non-important sub-plot progression but not much movement in the main plot.

Last season they made bull-lady the main plot, which actually is not in the book, the jason stackhouse-godrick-neocon army was the main plotline in the book...i thought they both progressed fairly decent, mostly because of all the ties in the bull-lady scenes

But this season they are progressing so much side I'm waiting for this whole mississippi-louisiana kingdom thing to get moving

The s were nice. The Tara/Eggs plotline was slow as . The Jason/Church plotline was slow as (except for the handjob in the bathtub). It was just a really bad season. Jessica ing sucked, although she's incredibly hot. I think this season has been pretty fast paced compared to the previous two. Lots of ing and killing of strippers, which was a much better episode ending than the exorcist neck twist.

[Duff McCartney]

that mainstream consumers are dumber than ever before.

Seriously, what has happened to good taste and intellectual curiosity? There was a time when a band like the Beatles could sell millions of records and a film like The Godfather could gross over a 100 million at the box office. In today's entertainment landscape the former would be a struggling indie band and the latter probably wouldn't even be greenlit for production. What we have today is Paris Hilton's relevancy and Lady Gaga comparing herself to David Bowie.

Now, I'm all for tuning out and escaping into the latest blockbuster or ty reality show, but I treat those guilty pleasures like a Double Down from KFC: something that should only be enjoyed in moderation. But moderation is word that today's 18-35 demographic has no understanding of. They crave constant escape and "entertainment" like the clinically obese crave saturated fats, the word "bored" scaring them in a similar fashion as the word "exercise" scares a 400 pounder.

This devolution is evident everywhere. From Kickass being ranked higher on IMDB's top 250 than Ikiru, The Hustler, and Wages of Fear, to Autotune, ringtone rap, and Ke$ha having a career, to Nigahiga having 2 million subscribers on Youtube.

Call me an elitist, I don't care, but I can't think of any other decade since television was invented that the movie going, tv watching, and music buying public has been so apathetic, merely content to consume whatever Madison Avenue tells them to. To be unaware of the "alternative" is inexcusable in today's world. With the Internet, you can expose yourself to anything with the touch of the button. I remember having to s out 40.00 for artsy-fartsy foreign movies. Now you can stream such movies instantly with Netflix.

What does it tell you when people have become more myopic and resistant to exploration when the access to information has expanded, literally, a million-fold in the last 15 years?

Tells me what I opened this rant with: "Mainsteam consumers are dumber than ever before."

Now my question to all of you is: Why?

This is by far....one of the stupidest posts I've ever read. You do know that back when the Beatles were selling millions of albums, they were considered nothing more than a girl/pop/teen fad, much the same way Twilight is considered a girl/pop/teen fad?

Or how about the countless shows like Opportunity Knocks, The Partridge Family, The Osmonds, Fabian, for s sake Elvis was a ing sell out too man. He sold out the whole rock and roll at ude when he enlisted in the Army.

For you to insinuate that this decade is the "worst" for everyone wanting mainstream music is laughable. I'm sure some bag like you was ranting about this same thing back in 2000 on some barely functioning message board, and back in 1990 on his barely functioning bulletin board, and back in 1980 on his barely functioning chalk board, and so on and so forth.

[Nathan Explosion]

Katy Perry is all kinds of not half bad (appearance wise, not musically). That's all I have to contribute to the conversation.

[HarlemHeat37]

I like the True Blood season so far..

I don't read the books, so I don't know exactly what happens, not really interested..

I think they're building up well to later on in the season though, I'm interested in the upcoming vampire civil war that looks to be building up..

[midnightpulp]

This is by far....one of the stupidest posts I've ever read. You do know that back when the Beatles were selling millions of albums, they were considered nothing more than a girl/pop/teen fad, much the same way Twilight is considered a girl/pop/teen fad?

Or how about the countless shows like Opportunity Knocks, The Partridge Family, The Osmonds, Fabian, for s sake Elvis was a ing sell out too man. He sold out the whole rock and roll at ude when he enlisted in the Army.

For you to insinuate that this decade is the "worst" for everyone wanting mainstream music is laughable. I'm sure some bag like you was ranting about this same thing back in 2000 on some barely functioning message board, and back in 1990 on his barely functioning bulletin board, and back in 1980 on his barely functioning chalk board, and so on and so forth.

So you're comparing The Beatles "teeny bopper" period to the -fest that is Twilight? Uh, ok.

You do realize they were cutting groundbreaking pop music during that period? What ground does Twilight break other than the figurative 6 foot hole it'll no doubt find itself in before the end of the new decade?

This decade is the worst because almost all artistic integrity and creative innovation has been removed from the "mainstream." In Hollywood, they're turning bad TV shows into even worse movies and badly remaking classics and foreign films; while the music industry is busy figuring out which next "hawt gurl" to manufacture into a pop star by way of their silicone and autotune building method and which adult alternative band to sign.

And by comparison, modern consumers are the worst because they lap this up like a thirsty dog to water, preferring to stay insulated in the comfort of the low-brow, over commercialized, and intellectually unchallenging rather than explore what isn't advertised on Network television and MTV.

And yes, I realize "it has always been like this" with other eras and decades being close to equal offenders. 80s gloss and materialism was the prototype for the 2000s, but at least the overall style and feel of the 80s was somewhat unique, and the movies and music, as far as the mainstream goes, were simply better.

Now you tell me, what do you think is good about today's mainstream? Which mainstream artists and films are going to stand the test of time and be considered important 20 years from now? Or is your bone to pick that I'm "unfairly" singling out the 2000s?

[midnightpulp]

There's actually a do entary out there - don't recall the name - about how (and why) so many people willfully choose to remain ignorant when it's now so easy to find information, or choose to study crap over quality stuff.

Would love to see that.

[CuckingFunt]

Really? I find it easier to escape than ever... we have the internet, video games, etc etc.

True. I think one has to be really lazy not to be able to escape the crap. Instead of waiting to be spoon-fed, just make a little effort to find the good stuff.

I was speaking more about the constant flood of information and aggressive advertising with my initial post. There are of course tons of options out there so that everyone, with varying degrees of effort, can watch/read/listen to only what genuinely interests them.

When I mentioned the crap being inescapable these days, I was thinking more of knowledge than consumption. Especially within the last decade or so, it feels like I know a of a lot about things I don't watch or people don't care about. I don't listen to Katy Perry's music, wouldn't even be able to recognize any of her songs other than the girl kissing one, and have no interest in her as a person, yet without even trying I know that she used to date some guy from Gym Class Heroes (another band I've never listened to) but is now engaged to Russel Brand. I don't want to know that, but since I don't live in a cave and occasionally go grocery shopping with my eyes open, I do. And I could think of countless other examples.

[LnGrrrR]

I was speaking more about the constant flood of information and aggressive advertising with my initial post. There are of course tons of options out there so that everyone, with varying degrees of effort, can watch/read/listen to only what genuinely interests them.

When I mentioned the crap being inescapable these days, I was thinking more of knowledge than consumption. Especially within the last decade or so, it feels like I know a of a lot about things I don't watch or people don't care about. I don't listen to Katy Perry's music, wouldn't even be able to recognize any of her songs other than the girl kissing one, and have no interest in her as a person, yet without even trying I know that she used to date some guy from Gym Class Heroes (another band I've never listened to) but is now engaged to Russel Brand. I don't want to know that, but since I don't live in a cave and occasionally go grocery shopping with my eyes open, I do. And I could think of countless other examples.

I think this is a result of that increased access to other forms of entertainment. As the number of ways to be entertained increase, the old guard has to ramp up their advertising to attract users fleeing from their base. That's the main way they know how to deal with the loss of viewers/listeners.