Topic: New stuff sucks
Hello,
I just wondered if I'm the only one who sometimes (or should I say always?) gets this feeling that everything new simply sucks. Of course with the exception of our beloved unknown underground stuff. But the sad thing is, that the world consists mainly of mainstream stuff, and why is everything sucking so hard?
I just watched some new computer game trailers... which just sucked. All the new games look the same, they're all in 3D, movements look totally foolish, you have tons of controls, you don't capture all the action that's going on, you have to get help from the game itself ("press X now to stomp on his head" appears when you happen to stand in the correct place), you don't play the games anymore, because they almost play themselves...
Not just the games, also the trailers suck. Every trailer is the same. Games and movies alike. EVERY fucking trailer. Whenever I see these stupid texts that slowly zoom and fade, in a cheap photoshop-preset-manner, along with some shady effects, I almost puke. The scenes shown in between are the same as well, it's always the same scheme, I just can't stand it anymore. And you can always feel how cool the people were feeling while creating it, not realizing how stupid their creations are.
Next thing, I refer to it as "meta-data". Why is it so important for most people WHO created something, WHO's playing in a movie, HOW many cables got used and HOW many dollar$ got burned. Why do I have to read not only "from the creators of" in EVERY trailer, but recently also stuff like "with the camera of Avatar" (I am NOT joking here). Why does the new Harry Potter trailer have a completely stupid phrase in it, something like "the last part of the phenomenon". Why do I have to advertise my movie by telling everybody that it's a phenomenon, why can't I just say "the last part of the saga" or something that is actually related to the movie. Why don't they even realize that everybody already knows that Harry Potter is a phenomenon. Why do they start to add review quotes from magazines to their trailers. Why do people need to be convinced by meta-data things like these if the movie is such a masterpiece.
Why do people say things like "I like all movies with Tom Hanks". Why do people ask me, when I propose a movie, "are there any well-known actors in it", and tell me that they don't want to see it if my answer is "no". Why do people need to have the security of knowing that a song is known on radio and TV in order to like it. Why do they ignore music when they know that it's something "unknown". Why is the first thing I hear about a movie a phrase like "amazing special effects". Why do people tell me stuff like "it's one of the most expensive movies ever made" to convince me to see it.
Why do people use stupid tag lines for movies and games. Why is it always completely ridiculous sounding stuff like "A man. A gun. A mission". Why don't they realize the ridiculousness. Why do they think it sounds cool. Why do I feel so alone with that opinion. Why do hollywood dialogues always sound so artificial. Why does every movie contain a scene where someone slowly says "oh.. my.. god".
Why is it impossible nowadays to hear a song without autotune. Why do even rock bands like Kiss use autotune for their background vocals on the new album. Why do they even record a new album with mediocre wannabe songs (except for track 1). Why do guitars on new albums sound as if they recorded each chord seperately and then built the riffs in a drum-machine-like manner. Why do all the new "popular" albums sound so artifical and over-perfect. Why does nobody realize that old classic songs are so strong because they sound real and natural. Why do mastering engineers compress the shit out of everything when they should know better.
Why is every second blog article or book title something like "10 reasons why you should [...]" and why do I always feel like the author did really only find 7 reasons and was desperately looking for 3 more.
Why is every video that I like to watch not available in my country.
Ahhh I just can't stand it anymore.
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PS: When the 2012 movie came out, I told a friend that I imagine it being a movie where people in business dresses are standing around in a skyscraper, looking out of the glass walls, one of them being a black guy with a serious look on his face, slowly saying "Oh shit".
My friend said, yeah, the movie is exactly like that.
