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I hate it when you go through spider webs that you don't see and then you feel them all over and you can't get them off. That happened to me a few times when I went into my basement and my old shed.

I hate it when people do something bad to you and are offended when you do it back.

I hate it when people do something bad to you and are offended when you do it back.

Now I'll talk about popular media, such as video games, consoles, movies, and television.

As for video games, most video games I've played recently on the new generation consoles seem to only focus on graphics. While on the previous generation consoles such as the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube they focused more on the gameplay rather than trying to give pretty art. On these new generation consoles it's simply graphics, rather than trying to give a good plot. Most video games I've played can be completed easily in about two-six hours, while on the older consoles video games took much longer to complete. I'm disappointed in what video games have turned into. This has to be the main reason as to why I play most video games on the PlayStation 2. Don't get me wrong, I know there are video games out there on the new consoles that do have a good plot, however, there's not many.

The new consoles bother me because they don't last very long, they only last for about two-five years while the older consoles last for a long time. I've had my PlayStation 2 for about eight-ten years and I've had no problems with it. I take it they're trying to hard to create a perfect console by putting all of those things into the consoles, they're like a computer. I'd rather have a console for gaming rather than what they are now. You have avatars, achievements, Internet access, and many more things that don't necessarily need to be there. I understand that the achievements and Internet access can be convenient, but I'd rather have a console solely for gaming rather than that stuff. From what I've seen of people, they care about getting achievements rather than playing video games for fun. As for the Internet access, I understand how that can be useful, but it's not really needed. All these companies had to do with the consoles were make them better with the specifications, software, hardware, and some other things. They didn't have to completely revamp the consoles. With all those things in the consoles, I think that's why they don't last long.

I went to a movie theater about two weeks ago, I don't remember the name of the movie I watched, but it wasn't as good as the older movies I watch. Most of the new movies I see these days seem to only focus on the graphics, and they have a terrible plot. The movies just have great cinematic effects, while the plot is lacking. I'd also like to point out that most movies these days are available in 3D. I don't really understand why. Why would you want to watch a movie where everything is coming out at you? It's possible that it may be exciting, but that's not what I, and many others watch movies for. We like to watch a movie for a great plot and entertainment. I understand that some movies do deserve to be in 3D, but not all of them. Why would you watch a crime film in 3D? It doesn't make much sense.

I went on a few cartoon stations a few days ago, such as Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Disney. I'm very disappointed in these cartoon stations. Nowadays cartoons seem to only focus on trying to make people laugh, but they try to hard, and these cartoons don't even have a plot. Also, there are reality shows on these cartoon stations. I don't really understand that. I understand that reality shows can be cartoons, but these are far from that. It seems like these cartoon stations are more focused on teenagers rather than children. What happened to all those wonderful cartoons on these cartoon stations? Did they decide that they're not good anymore and just stopped broadcasting them? Or did they have to make more room for all these terrible cartoons? I think Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Disney should've made stations solely for those old cartoon stations. I know there's already something like that, such as Boomerang, Disney XD, and Nick Toons, however, there's not many old cartoons on those stations. It's usually a few shows that broadcast for hours, rather than trying to get all the wonderful older cartoons on there. Some older cartoons I enjoyed watching when I was younger include; Samurai Jack, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Aaaah! Real Monsters!, Two Stupid Dogs, Johnny Bravo, Scooby Doo, Recess, Catdog, House of Mouse, Xialon Showdown, The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, X-Men, Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Dexter's Laboratory, Thundercats, He-Man, Looney Tunes, Duck Dodgers, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and many more cartoons. I can't remember them all right now. I still watch some of these cartoons online, but I don't have much time for them due to me doing other things online. It'd be great if they put these back on television.

Why would you watch a crime film in 3D? It doesn't make much sense.

Going along with the media rant, I agree.
Especially the news channels! ABC, NBC, and all those channels load their stations up with cheap shows that get cancelled before the first season even ends.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

I hate those new shows on CN called "Destroy Build Destroy" and "Dude What Would Happen?" Instead of actually teaching kids about how stuff works or how to build mechanical things, it just shows stuff blowing up...

Wow the rants are impressive in length. Wish I had that much to talk about. =(

The animated TV shows back then has original plots but the TV shows nowadays are kind of annoying like how Family Guy has a ton of fillers and a bunch of flashbacks. This goes for a lot of other animated shows.


A lot of shows now have ripped-off plots of other shows like Family Guy ripped on the Simpsons, South Park uses things from the world and makes it a joke.


What really ticks me off is that some shows use a movie and they add a bunch of stuff to it, First, it makes the movie look bad and unoriginal, also it takes the story of that movie and uses it for the show.


I'm Done.

^ A lot of media today is pretty much the same. I can't think of one movie that I can't say "I haven't seen people do that before". It seems like most plots follow the same general order and to go for any change, things would have to be really out there.

The old movies that were a kick in the jaw to other movies (like the Dollars Trillogy was almost an insult to the run-of-the-mill John Wayne classics) became well-known and famous for their originality. They don't make movies/shows like that

I can't think of one movie that I can't say "I haven't seen people do that before". It seems like most plots follow the same general order and to go for any change, things would have to be really out there.

^ Not all girls are like that, just the ones that have the "I'm-a-cheerleader-so-that-makes-me-extra-special" mindset. I'm friends with a bunch of girls and they don't seem dramatic like that. Just get to know them a bit, small talk, and you should be fine.

They sum the a whole gender based off of one stereotypical, shallow boy.

Just because one guy is shallow, our whole gender is? "I hate men" they say.