My first comment was for Sebas. His is probably my favorite blog to read every assignment because of the amount of comedy that he puts in everyone of his posts while still making a strong argument and giving lots of detail and evidence. In this post, he essentially describes how the line between reality and special effects is getting thinner and thinner, and how he wants to travel to see the Northern Lights to see if they really are spectacular or the people documenting them have just added on more bells and whistles. It was an awesome and insightful post and I enjoyed reading it immensely.
My Comments:
Hey Sebas. First of all, loving the pictures as always. Your captions always make me laugh (especially the one about the Queen and Betty White). As for your blog, it was just as awesome. As someone who has been fascinated by special effects since they were 5 and someone who has deeply thought about going into a career involving them, your blog really hit home. How much of what we see in the movies and TV is actually legitimate? Is the chair that I'm seeing in that McDonalds commercial really there or was it edited in to make the McDonalds more McDonaldsy? Maybe it was recolored to be gray from its original red. Maybe its shinier. You see it all the time with food in food commercials. Whose burger actually looks as glamorous as the ones seen in commercials? *coughcoughkrabbypattiescough* That's right--NO ONE'S. It's kinda creepy, really. You really did a great job with the concept. It's crazy to think that reality and simulations are being mixed to sucha point that you can't tell which is which. Is that the future of us? Are we just as phony as the things we advertise? (HAHA I AM HOLDEN CAULFIELD) I don't think so. I really hope we aren't. PS--I hope you get to see the lights someday.
This is for you, Sebas:
My next comment was for Jordan. Her post, entitled "Mankind is Stupid" is one of the most insightful, amazing, thoughtful blog posts I've read this year. It really made me think about my attitude towards humanity and why I have little faith in it. She explains that people really need to think before we do things, because we really haven't done anything good for this world. Yeah, we have technology, but have we actually improved this earth of ours in any way? No. We've just started wars and killed our brothers and racially discriminated for years. No biggie, we're still awesome, right? Overall, one of my favorite posts ever written in Academy ever.
My Comments:
You win, Jordan. You absolutely win. You're honest, to the point, and I'm really impressed with the entire idea. And you're right. I'm a pretty cynical person, honestly. Despite my apparent "sunny demeanor" (Thanks, Mrs. Sible), I really don't have much faith in the world or the people around me. I kind of muddle through, talking to the 2% of people I actually enjoy getting on with and trying to stay motivated. I really have the terrible attitude that most of the world is ignorant, stupid, causing trouble, annoying, or just not really worth putting up with. I think it stems from all the news stories of drug busts, and stupid arguments over stupid things, and religious conflict, and stories of 5 year olds being shot because there were two idiot 13 year olds playing with a gun that they got out of their father's drawer in the street and it misfired. It drives me crazy. I feel like people don't think about what they do at all. I fell like everyone is so utterly self-centered that they can't actually process thinking about the safety of themselves and their families when they go out and play it cool with their drugs and their guns and their gangs. People need to think about their actions instead of just acting on impulse and causing trouble for those around them. The less drama the better. Though I love History to death, I also agree with your comment on how we learn nothing from it. I enjoy learning about it, but if the point of history classes is to learn from the past, we've done an incredibly shitty job on that. I really loved this entry, Jordan. Great job!
Jordan:
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