Things I don't understand

A brief view of two things I don't understand.

The first thing would be people that wear their pant so baggy, it's down to their knees or lower. I am remembering the days where your family member or somebody in the neighbor would tell you to pull your pants up. Most of the time back then, it was easily solved by wearing a belt or getting one for the adult to use. I know we got away with Kris Kross or Marky Mark for a moment but that is nothing compared to what some wear today. I am not keen on seeing every piece of your underwear fashion. They even have belts for the pants but it doesn't do any good. It is like the dance Dick Van Dyke does with the penguins in Mary Poppins. The difference is there is no animated characters around(at least to us anyway). The pop in the back of the head is a missing technique and is surely needed there.

The second pertains to this commercial I saw on television. It was for a website that states "you can do a background check on anyone, even yourself." What type of drunken, self loathing person would wanna do a background on themselves? "I don't know what type of person I am. I should do a background check on myself just in case I've ever been in Turkish prison or something." Just in case you blocked out the time you robbed a liquor store or did blow out of your mansion, you can background yourself. Why not get Professor X to peek inside your head for that. By the way, those were all movies you fell asleep to. I just saved you from going through that investigation of yourself.

3D: Is it necessary?

I remember, when I was growing up, that 3D was a novelty to the film that you were watching. It was more of a gimmick than anything. Granted, the movies that were offered in 3D wasn't the greatest motion pictures of all time either. Jaws 3D, Friday the 13th 3D (I think every 3rd movie of a franchise really) were the ones that stick out in my head. Soon, the novelty faded and 3D was available only for certain kids films like Spy Kids 3D(still that 3rd movie), Coraline and Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Now since James Cameron brought Avatar to the screen to be the #1 grossing movie of all time(non inflation), the studios want the movies to be in 3D as well. I know this new era didn't start again with this movie but that's when it got popular. I was with it when it was just a novelty, here and there kinda thing. Now that almost every film is forcing 3D down your throat, I find it very annoying.  I've only seen three films in 3D at the theater: Shrek Forever After(technically a 3rd movie lol), Rio and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Only one of these films I would say was enjoyable in 3D and that was Rio. Shrek didn't really need it and Pirates showed me food and fire coming at me. Did I see the top ones in 3D? No but do I have to sit through everything shot in and/or up converted to find that out. I start to tune out a movie when it says "IN 3D" in the trailer. That gets repetitive hearing that again and again(like the point I make it this blog, i.e. the hidden 3D drinking game). We know why these movies exist in that format. It's so the studios can shake an extra $3-7 out of your pocket. I have no problem with 3D movies if you make it once in awhile and worth it. Make it unique again.