2010 - the absolute defining year of "devolution" (see: de-evolution, degeneration). Although it is certainly not the first year to exhibit social degeneration symptoms, it is certainly the first year where it seems everyone looked around and said, "Hey - what the hell?! If it's cool to be a wanker, then call me a wanker!" *muscly well groomed man walk offs skipping in thongs, made-to-look-worn jeans and a pink t-shirt*

How come everything has to become a fucking trend now? The traditional sense of a trend looks fucking modest in comparison to the modern version of a trend nowadays. Whether it's the next fucking ugly loser to come on *insert country here*'s Got Talent and sing beautifully or it's the next big fucking blockbuster film. It's all got to be done to death, in an overly saturated, attention deficient style!

If it's big it is fucking pushed. It is constantly in your fucking face 24 hours a fucking day. That's how they do it. Unfortunately, the majority of fuckwits out there don't realise that when something needs to be marketed so aggressively - it most probably means it's a pile of shit and the business people (not artists or creators) who invested money into it know this, but they need to recover costs and then some! It's like putting out an oil well fire with explosives, add more flamables to wipe out all the oxygen. Be excessively forceful to rid of the issue. So they throw more money at the fucking thing. So much money the market is saturated, not allowing anyone to breathe without farting cartoon clouds that spell "TWILIGHT" or without having stupid face morphing software online that turns us into "AVATAR" characters. BECAUSE OMFG - THAT'S OSSUM! We're all being lead through a little maze and the blame is pointed squarely at the trend snorting consumer.

Sure, I'm a consumer, I have to live and consuming is 95% of existence. But in the same time I'm not a wasteful consumer. I don't purchase an abundance of "fashionable" clothes (you know, those ones that were "fashionable" two decades ago) only to never wear them again a week later. I don't dive into the cinemas as soon as the ads tell me to - "YOU MUST SEE THIS MUST-SEE MOVIE OF MUSTNESS! SEE IT YOU MUST NOW! IT'S A DON'T-MISS FILM OF CINEMATIC MUST-SEE! IF YOU CAN MUSTER UP THE ENERGY TO SEE THIS MUST-SEE CGI EXTRAVAGANZA - SEE IT! YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR SHALLOW FRIENDS! MUST-SEE!" I don't upgrade my phone every 6 months in fear of not having the latest shit. I wear clothes I find comfortable that look half decent (formal occasions aside). I let my phone at least run the span of it's contract. I see movies that, you know, I want to see because the story appeals to me. As in, I've actually awaited their release for some time now and I KNOW for myself, without a fucking ad telling me, that I really can't miss this film. I refuse to support the big name films because all the sheep do a good job of that anyway.

Which reminds me...

THE NEXT PERSON THAT COMES UP TO ME AND SAYS, "OH WASN'T AVATAR JUST BRILLIANT!?" WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE A FUCKING PUNCH IN THE FACE!

No, Avatar isn't brilliant. It's a direct rip off of Pocahontas with a fuck load of CGI - covered in THIS rant. You're a fucking idiot for thinking it's brilliant. You want to see a brilliant film? Why don't you go watch the following movies:

Apocalypse Now Redux,
Godfather parts 1 & 2 (Nah, fuck it! Part 3 too!),
Almost every movie Martin Scorsese had ever done with particular attention paid to his late 70s to late 90s work,
American History X,
Seven,
ReAnimator,
Evil Dead 1,
Barfly...

... and so on - you get my point.

These films are movies with substance, content and, if fantastical in some way, their fame spawns from the fact they cost fuck all to make but they are films flawless in production value.

But, finally to the point of my rant. The latest over-hyped, done before trend that truly symbolises how fucking dumb humans are when huddled into masses and forced to agree on something "amazing" - 3D TECHNOLOGY! HUZZAH!

3D technology has been around for over a century. Did you know that fuckfaces? Yeah, it's nothing new. Which means it's older than the common television! But 3D in cinema has obviously been around since the 1950s. Less and less people were heading out to the silver screen because televisions were filling homes nation wide. Why go to the cinema when you can sit at home watching TV while eating a TV dinner with your wife, your 2.1 children and Scraps the dog!? Ho ho! Good boy, Scraps! *woof!*

Naturally, the studios - with their rapist wit and unquenchable thirst for money - used any and every technique to get viewers back into the seats. This is where three dimensional technology came into play and they started throwing it at every fucking movie that came out. Well, every movie that warranted it. You'd hardly sit down and watch Shane in 3D now would you?

Anyway, people stopped caring about 3D as a common appreciation for movies with a good storyline arose. How about that? Guess we were smarter in the 50s! So not for another 3 decades did 3D rear it's ugly head again. With films like JAWS 3D and Friday the 13th 3D. Cleverly both these films were in their second sequel status so they could use the 3 in the title to their advantage with 3D. Well done guys! *rolls eyes* Alas, people were allowed to get away with fooling for 3D in films in the 80s. It was the 80s! An innocent time of cocaine, greed, shoulder pads and Flock of Seagulls. We knew no better than that we're all just crazy people mixed up in a crazy world and all we want to do is put on a crazy record and dance crazily. You know, clapping to the music, swinging our shoulders to the music, hairspraying our fringes to the music. Again, 3D had it's moment in this era and it was short lived.

But guess what, this is not the case in the new millenium. Oh no - the new millenium MUST BE louder, better, more ignorant and way more hyperactive. So a few movies came out in 3D initially. The first one I paid particular attention to was "MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D" because I'm a fan of the original. But suddenly they started dropping out of the fucking skies. Here are the films that will be released in 3D this year:

Sanctum,
Moomins and the Comet Chase,
Alice in Wonderland,
Hubble 3D,
How to Train Your Dragon,
Clash of the Titans,
Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D,
Shrek Forever After,
Toy Story 3,
Despicable Me,
Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore,
Step Up 3D,
Piranha 3D,
Legend of the Guardians,
Jackass 3D,
Saw VII,
MegaMind,
Tangled,
Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,
Tron Legacy,
Yogi Bear,
XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (well this is 2011 but I just had to put it on the list - looks like Vin Diesel needs some more money ey? hehe).

Let's look at some of those titles. Fuck me, is it necessary for Jackass to REALLY be in 3D!? I don't get that whatsoever. There's no possible way THREE DIMENSIONAL technology could bring anything new to Jackass. I'm watching the fucking thing to see guys fuck themselves up - not for the special effects. FUCK! Look at THAT!? Step Up 3D!? I had to research this and make sure I wasn't getting it wrong - yes - it's the THIRD Step Up film - in 3D!! Not only did this film series need a part one but it doesn't need a THREE DIMENSIONAL second sequel!

Overall, these titles in general are pretty rank shit. It pains me to see everyone flock to any old shit in 3D. THEY'RE FUCKING MARKETING A PIECE OF SHIT MOVIE YOU FOOLS! STOP GOING OUT TO SEE IT! IT'S 3D SO YOU DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT HOW SHIT THE FILM YOU'RE WATCHING IS! For fucks sake, Yogi Bear? TRON!? A PIRANHA 3D REMAKE!? Numerous kids CGI film sequels and I don't think I can ever bring myself to discuss a fucking Cats & Dogs sequel! Then we have SAW VII - which pretty much sums up the kind of braindead fucking morons who go out and regularly watch 3D films. If you go out and see the sixth sequel in the SAW series in 3D - you deserve the brain damage. If you go out and see the sixth sequel in the SAW series in "normal D" (hehe) then you still deserve brain damage. Actually, stop reading my site you fucking SAW loving brainless cunt! The first SAW on it's own could've stood up to SEVEN as an amazing psychological horror film, but now it's just TRASH - FUCKING TRASH!

I'd just like to make it clear, by the way, that I don't even dislike 3D technology. But once again the modern way of handling an idea has saturated it to a point where I feel sick every time I hear about it. Go on Ebay right now and type in movies and hit search. 3D glasses commonly reoccur in the results! This is something I've only noticed happen in the last six months. Fuck it - here's the link - see for yourself!

Well the days are soon upon us when we won't even need the glasses! YESSSS! HOW MANY OF YOU OUT THERE HAVE DREAMED OF THE DAY YOU WOULD HAVE...

THREE DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION!

That's right - for years we've strived for and spent our money on the flattest possible television and now we want things flying out of it at us. Without those pesky glasses too! Yeah, 3D television is just around the corner and I'm sure included amongst that will be the ability to check your facebook/myspace/wankroom profiles while watching tv... IN 3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry, but I really don't intend on watching SO MUCH 3D that I need a television that deals soley with 3D imagery. But no, the bullshit doesn't stop there. Good old Nintendo are releasing the Nintendo 3DS - get it? It's a 3D DS! Brilliant name. Yep it's going to be a glasses-less 3D handheld gaming device. Hey, what was their last 3D type venture into gaming? Oh yeah, the Virtual Boy. Nintendo's Virtual Boy was basically a Game Boy (the most popular handheld device at the time) jammed into a virtual reality headset and projected in an almost 3D like fashion onto the headsets glasses. So it combined the most popular handheld device at the time... and... virtual reality? Wait, that was the big trend of the time? Oh and it bombed? Holy shit, well this Nintendo 3DS surely sounds like a bad idea!? Yes, it is. Will it become popular in this day and age? It probably fucking will, because people (as I said earlier) are happy to be wankers now :)

Why do people let themselves be lead about like a donkey chasing a carrot on a stick!? I don't understand it. I fear some people are so deeply buried within the rat race, so far entrenched in the competitive game of social fashion and trends, their whombs soooo polluted with stress and fear of not being accepted - that they wouldn't even know where to start remembering who they really are. I find that an incredibly sad and frightening situation. Pull one of these trend snorters aside, put them in a room with a white gown, nobody else to talk to, no influences. Give them a week of that and then put them into a room full of movies, music, clothes - see what they pick? Because surely millions of the same people do not like all the same clothes - it is simply a very insecure world where too many people are frightened about not fitting in.

The clueless morons need to wake the fuck up, question their identity and begin killing this sickening, greedy, corporation driven, trend epidemic. There's alot more control going on here than half of you even stop to think about. Why? Because you're too busy keeping up with the Jones's and excessively consuming. Just slow down, stop and think for once.