MEDIA FOR THE MASSES
Okay, so I know that I have railed about this from the start. That mass-consumerism that seems to seep into the pores of our being. It is so prevelant, we don't even realize it. We are the toxic people I so desperately want to escape from. I do know this - at no given time is it ever appropriate to step inside a Starwax for any reason other than to A: Talk to someone who looks interesting or that you already know and eventually get around to asking them what the hell they are doing in such a soul-sucking place. Or B: To protest. Now...I will make that stand and then turn around and order a cup of coffee when I am in a Barnes and Noble BOOK SUPERSTORE with my daughter. Well, for those who are not aware, Barnes and Noble has some sort of co-op deal with the devil. Hence they sell the Starwax coffee. I haven't investigated this very far, but they might actually BE Starwax coffee.
So, am I a hypocrite. It's beginning to strike at the core of my moral fiber and I am scared.
And what about the whole partially hydrogenated thing? Is fooling myself by assuming ignorance of ingredients really just a paper tiger sort of stance? I'm wondering.
But then, there is the purpose of this posting...BLOCKBUSTER. Which as you know, I have railed about before. Not only for their shortage of good film and their permeance of Hollywood mediocrity, but just because there are too damn many of them. They're getting to be like Starwax - on every corner - and that's not good. I don't think. Well, it just makes it hard for Jim and Betty Blue's Film Store is all. But recently, there has been a change. No, I am not talking about NO LATE FEES. I am talking about their direct mail order rental system. $14.99 a month with 30,000 films. Guaranteed for a year. Same specs as Netflix, who are currently at $17.99 a month with only 25,000 films. Who sounds better to a starving artist, who is obsessed with film, and who can't think of a better way to spend his unemployment check? I know, I know. And I was checking their website for everthing. Stuff by Ozu, Antonioni, Bergman, all the Criterion Collection, etc. They had it all. What's a poor man to do but sell his soul? Excuse me while I stack my queue.
So, am I a hypocrite. It's beginning to strike at the core of my moral fiber and I am scared.
And what about the whole partially hydrogenated thing? Is fooling myself by assuming ignorance of ingredients really just a paper tiger sort of stance? I'm wondering.
But then, there is the purpose of this posting...BLOCKBUSTER. Which as you know, I have railed about before. Not only for their shortage of good film and their permeance of Hollywood mediocrity, but just because there are too damn many of them. They're getting to be like Starwax - on every corner - and that's not good. I don't think. Well, it just makes it hard for Jim and Betty Blue's Film Store is all. But recently, there has been a change. No, I am not talking about NO LATE FEES. I am talking about their direct mail order rental system. $14.99 a month with 30,000 films. Guaranteed for a year. Same specs as Netflix, who are currently at $17.99 a month with only 25,000 films. Who sounds better to a starving artist, who is obsessed with film, and who can't think of a better way to spend his unemployment check? I know, I know. And I was checking their website for everthing. Stuff by Ozu, Antonioni, Bergman, all the Criterion Collection, etc. They had it all. What's a poor man to do but sell his soul? Excuse me while I stack my queue.
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