Today marks the first day of summer. That also means that it’s my half-birthday today, and while I don’t feel old, it means I’m another half-year closer to an important age landmark that others might consider old. So, if I’m getting older, I might as well act old and curmudgeonly.
I am way disappointed in America and our creative outlets. This summer, three of the supposed “blockbuster” movies are remakes! What, we can’t do any better than to dredge up stuff that’s already been done and decide to “update” it? I find it horrible that this is the best we have to offer when studios are flooded with hundreds of scripts on a daily basis—I’m sure one of them has got to be worthy of being made into a feature-length movie instead of just taking something that’s already been done, gussying it up with modern-day special effects and presenting it to the masses to mindlessly take in.
Ugh. It makes me want to drink more.