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Tag Archives: Reboots
Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly
By Adam Mastroianni Source: Experimental History You may have noticed that every popular movie these days is a remake, reboot, sequel, spinoff, or cinematic universe expansion. In 2021, only one of the ten top-grossing films––the Ryan Reynolds vehicle Free Guy––was an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Film, media, Media Literacy, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Art, Corporate Consolidation, corporate media, culture, Economics, film, liturature, Mass Media, media, Media Literacy, music, oligopoly, Pop Culture, proliferation, Reboots, Remakes, Sequels, society, Sociology, spinoffs, Television, Video Games
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Celluloid and Simulation
By Cary Hill Source: Moviepilot The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scale that is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, media, Philosophy, society
Tagged Cary Hill, Cinema, hollywood, Jean Baudrillard, Reboots, Remakes, Sequels, Simulacra and Simulation
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