Unenlightened people

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yes........sigh........ it's very sad. People have come to expect me to be always talking about movies they've never heard of. Thank god for my friend Don, he watches good movies.

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Maybe you surround yourself with knowledge of people you consider "celebrities", but most of us couldn't care less.

I don't know actors, directors, producers, etc. I also do not care. I only care if a movie is good or not.

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idno i've never had to deal with that...even with technology...my parents, and even my grandpa are intelligent in that department...
and on other subjects...idno, i guess some ppl just don't care. i mean ive had a few friends that were clueless about certain things, but the one i knew best, it's cuz she was mainly jap so certain things were foreign to her...to we were in japan...i guess idno lol

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Well well, aren't we pretentious today. Ignorance about movies and computer software makes people unenlightened.

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Blasphemy.

But it's true, anything that falls outside of the mainstream spotlight is often forgotten about. A majority of the population is uncultured, artistically dense and incapable of forming an opinion of their own.

Just be thankful you are one of the select few who uses their brain.

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I don't mean actors so much as movies themselves. I like to watch movies that are considered to have laid the foundation for what came later. Or movies that are just considered some of the best of all time. Very few people know who my avatar is a picture of. He is a character from some of the greatest comedies ever. I don't expect people to have commonly watch older movies like I do, but I do wish the knew OF the Marx Brothers.

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But that's just it, they don't watch good movies. I've met people who have never watched Star Wars, Jaws, Psycho, or anything from Mel Brooks. Instead they're watching stuff like "Bring it on: All or nothing". And then have the gall to say it was better than "Ghandi" because that movie was boring. That's an actual argument I have had.

My point is that even if they don't know the actors or producers or anything, they should still know a good movie from a bad one. Or good music from bad. But still, they don't and that's what I'm talking about.

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And you're the authority on what is good and what isn't good, right?

ps - Not only do I not know the band members of The Beatles, but I also very much dislike the music they played. On top of that, I dislike The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Lord of the Rings.

I'm entitled to my opinion just like you're entitled to yours. The best part about opinions is that they are constantly changing and completely immune to debate.

I agree that it seems a lot of kids these days have horrible tastes in compared to my own and I cannot understand how anyone could like rap music, but I don't go out and call people unenlightened or uneducated as a result.

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Exactly, just because some people dont know/like the same things as you doesnt mean that they are uneducated or unenlightened. They may just have different taste. Everyones different.

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It's not so important to know/like what everyone else does. I just find it sad that basically the only forms of media/art that get any attention now are Film, Television, music, and literature. Who here has heard of any recent photographers or painters or sculptors? Probably slim to none. I have a very strong connection to the arts and obviously have my own opinions. I just wish I could talk to more people about Kara Walker or Brower Hatcher or other really amazing and skilled artists in their own (barely noticed anymore) media.

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I think you'll find better venues for those sorts of things on other places on the Internet.

This website's forum members are primarily interested in video games. I'd say on a scale of media most visited by our regulars, video games are the top at maybe 40% of weekly use, TV is maybe 30, music is 20, movies are 10. Of course, this is just speculation.

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Yeah I agree, I really only have a few friends that I can talk to about any of that. I just wish it was as appreciated now as it has been in the past. A million people will go see a movie on it's opening weekend, but I doubt A million people would go to an art exhibit that's open for 3 months.

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How is not knowing anything about movies or computers make you unenlightened? I don't watch T.V. and I very rarely read books. I have no idea who Harrison Ford is. Could be an astronaut for all I know. Computers? Why would I care about computers? I have my basic computer I bought at the store. It can burn cds and play video games, thats all I need to know. As for the beatles, I had no idea who they were until 5 min ago when I asked a friend. I don't listen to that kind of music. Most of my friends and family is the same way on this. I don't watch T.V. Any news I get is from the radio or my friend tells me. Correction on the reading, I do read the comics in the newspaper everyday. But I can so much more without knowing who Harrison Ford is. I live a full life, how does that make people unenlightened? Do you know how to replace the engine of a car? Can you build a house? Hell, can you even drive a car? Can you make a living? Can you support a family? Can you cook meals? Can you rock climb? Have you ever gone skydiving? Can you do the tango? But heck you can always ask Harrison Ford on how to do these things.

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