ITS DYNAMITE! Media Meditation #2

Recently i watched a movie on Netflix insta-queue which in itself is an amazing invention that no TV loving person should be forced to live without. Netflix costs 8.99 a month. this a steal to be able to watch almost anything you want instantly Unwinding after a tough Saturday me and my friends came across a movie called Black Dynamite. It came out last year to a good reception it was nominated for two awards and won best film at the Seattle International Film Festival. The premise of the movie was to make a Blaxploitation film and have the movie be very self aware. Making fun of itself and the genre it is portraying by pretending to have a small enough budget that they cannot even afford to do retakes. The blaxploitation genre came out in the late 70's and was aimed at urban African Amerians. They usually had an incoherent plot mixed with a sound track that had hip hop, funk, and soul music.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone that can appreciate it. From the one liners to the scripted re takes. Here is the trailer

Thumb it up. Media Meditation #1

Stumble Upon is the greatest modification to my tool bar I have ever had the pleasure to use. I have stumbled upon so many cool websites. It builds a cookie on your likes and dislikes and with that cookie it brings you to websites that have been thumbed up by people. You can even discover new websites that you feel must be shared with the whole wide world of stumblers.
I stumbled upon a comic about left 4 dead. If you have been living under a rock for the last two years, or you do not care about video games left for dead redefined the co-op survival horror FPS genre when it came out in in November 2008. Now after 2 years we finally start getting some back story on our favorite survivors.

Also with stumble upon i found quiet possibly the funniest video i have seen in a long time. Remember Lloyd Chirstmas from Dumb and Dumber. If you remember him there is no doubt you remember the most annoying sound in the world.
Warning lower your volume before watching


So get on Firefox and get stumble upon, and never get work done again.

('_') Creativty is not my strong point.

1. KEY CONCEPT: I never realized how important the printing press was to the modern western ideal of nationalism and indeed all nationalism. China invented the printing press around 1045. which means if the printing press began nationalism it may explain China viewing itself as the middle kingdom. They had a 400 year head start in nationalistic beliefs.


2. KEY TERM: Selective Exposure: "The phenomenon whereby audiences seek messages and meanings that correspond to their preexisting beliefs." The dictator used selective exposure to gain the support of the people during his coup.


3. FIVE FACTS:
1. The printing press was invited in China 400 years before the Europeans.
2. In the 1880's 80% of Americans lived on farms or in small towns.
3.in the last 10 years use of consumer Internet has gone up 138 hours. compared with just 47 in television viewing
4. in the last 5 years only video gaming and Consumer Internet use has risen in hours per person per year use of the media.
5. The average age of a gamer is 35

4. PERSONAL STORY: I have been playing video games for most of my life. It all started on valentines day 1997 when my parents for reasons never fully explained bought a Nintendo 64 for me and my 3 siblings. We loved playing games like Mario party and golden eye. My parents were sucked into the whole if you play violent video games you will emulate the acts in real life. So they would usually not let me play golden eye or perfect dark which were two famous first person shooters on the n64. As i got older about 10-11 i began to play games on the computer. My favorite genre of video game is still the first person shooter. I have played most of them.( the good ones anyway). I think that its a crock of shit that violet video games cause violet actions. maybe it does if the child in question has awful parents that do not give their child enough attention and try to buy their happiness with material possessions to be proper role models. So they look to Niko Belic(GTA4)to learn their morales.

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