Blockbuster

Nintendo’s President Hiroshi Yamauchi was hesitant about releasing the console due to the great video game crash in 1883, But Hiroshi released it anyway and it was the game console that revived the video game industry. The console had many blockbuster games within its life span such as Super Mario Bros, Contra, Final Fantasy, and Metroid (TIME,1).The console was the top selling console of the third generation. The Gameboy, One of the first handheld consoles in the world, was released in 1989…

Review of "Get Rich or Die Tryin '" the movie. "Get Rich or Die Tryin '" has been the subject of my essays over the past two weeks. This week I am reviewing the film and making a distinction of the intended audience of the movie. On the surface, it would appear that the movie is attempting to reach the masses with a very entertaining story, packed with drama and action. However, upon closer observation, and depending on who is reviewing the movie, it can be concluded that the movie was…

culture is social media; facebook, twitter, instagram and tumblr. All of those platforms spawned in the U.S and now are worldwide commercial entities. The movie industry is another aspect of American culture gone global. Hollywood produces global blockbusters that are emphatically advertised to people in all walks of life. The 2016 United States Presidential Election is an example for U.S culture turned pop culture happening right…

Who are the easiest targets to join a gang? The youth. With children and teens in gangs, it affects them the most, their families, and their communities. The youth join gangs because it makes them look cool, they have an older sibling is in a gang, one or both parents are in a gang, they are pressured, unity, and brotherhood. One major reason why children and teens join gangs is the neighborhood they live in and their surroundings (Chaskin 7). The majority of children and teens in gangs are…

consistently while displaying and explaining a stronger, deeper meaning of life through its lyrics. “Life is a Highway” is a well-known song due to its heavy exposure to younger audiences since its released as the main sound track of the Disney blockbuster Cars. When I was…

A Capitalist Economy is the way of the future. As most of the world is making the change to a capitalist economy, Third World and former communist nations are not finding the same success that the United States and some European nations have. First off, Capital is wealth in the form of money or assets owned by an individual or organization. The reason why capitalism works so well in the west is because of the property systems, even in communist China their is property systems to a certain extent…

The goal of any good screenwriter, or any writer really, is to grab the reader's attention and keep it until the end. Your goal for your blog should be exactly the same. From the minute the site visitor hits your landing page, his attention should be captured enough that he doesn't leave for a good long while. Like a good film that leaves you wanting to know more about the characters, view it again, or see the sequel, a good blog will draw in the visitor and make him bookmark your site and sign…

shape, etc. Mass media itself is incredibly influential in our society as a prominent and constantly accessible source of information. Unfortunately, whether it’s through a Revlon nude lipstick advertisement or the white female lead role in a blockbuster, the media reveals our inherent ideals, which are themselves formed by the media in a consequently cyclical manner. Media has the power to perpetuate the consumer desire to see what we deem as “beautiful” and therefore has a formidable effect on…

Misrepresentation of the female gender on movies and its effects to women By Kenneth Edwin M. Varilla, University of the Philippines Open University 2015 Abstract There are only several research papers focusing on the evident presence of gender disparity in movies today. As such, the purpose of this research paper is to investigate gender inequality that is present in movies. The results of the investigation showed that most movies contain scenes and themes that oppress women…

Street art is an untraditional form of art that has recently risen in popularity since it is not like other art forms like painting or sculpture that is normally inside of a gallery setting. Being in a gallery has a different kind of tone while being in the galleries constraints, but outside in the streets, the constraints are taken off. The artist has the ability to do anything they want from political satire to a little monster trying to open a clearly closed door. Creating art for the…