Nov

Why Doesn’t MTV Play Music Videos Anymore?

“Why doesn’t MTV play music videos anymore?” is one of those hackneyed observations that I’ve grown to really despise. So I’m glad that Brian Firenzi and Maria Del Carmen have made this video to finally put an end to this.

For me, it’s the same as complaining about how movies aren’t as good as they were when we were growing up or how they don’t make music like they used to. It’s just a way for one generation to rage against the next because we just don’t want to admit that we’re old and slowly drifting away from the cultural relevancy.

Eventually, the kids will be our age and will be complaining about how MTV doesn’t air shows anymore and instead they just do that thing where they chloroform the audience and try to make elaborate human centipedes.

190 days ago Short URL Comments

I Didn't Make This

5 second films/internet killed the video star/mtv/nostalgia

Aug

The Thing Action Figures

We all know that Hasbro never decided to make action figures based on the classic 1982 John Carpenter film The Thing but what this fake ad presupposes is, what if they did. (High-five for a Royal Tenenbaums reference! Any takers?) This video, cut by Arlox, is a near perfect spoof of the old Aliens “Send In The Marines” ads that Kenner used to run. Credit to the copywriters of those ads, I don’t think there will ever come a time when I don’t hear that announcer shouting “Send In The Marines!” whenever I hear the word “Marines”.

I’ll also include the fake ad SNL did for Philadelphia action figures because I suppose it’s also relevant… (it’s number 11).

266 days ago Short URL Comments

I Didn't Make This

action figures/fake commercials/john carpenter/nostalgia/the thing

Jul

Batman: The Early Years

Throwing my hat in for the Batman reboot…

I’ve been going through some boxes of old pictures lately and I found this photo of me dressed up as Batman. I’m not sure how old I was when this was taken but if I had to guess, I’d say somewhere between 3 and 21. That range is based on the years in my life when I would have probably worn a Batman costume. 3 to 21 is a fairly good guess because as I’ve matured, my costume of choice eventually became Spider-Man.

Also, as much as I’d love to say this was taken on Halloween, there’s really no way for me to be sure about that. This could’ve been just a regular-ass Wednesday for me.

I was a lucky kid growing up because my mother was a crafty woman. (Crafty like needlepoint, not crafty like Heather Locklear on Melrose Place.) Halloween was a great time because she’d always find a way to make me a kick-ass costume. There’s nothing quite like having a handmade costume when you go out trick-or-treating because you know that even if you run into another Batman, you’re going to look totally different.

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300 days ago Short URL Comments

Pics/Ramblings

batman/childhood/costumes/halloween/instagram/nostalgia

Jun

Keaton Era Batmobile

Posted by Instagrate to WordPress

In keeping with the spirit of the last post, here’s an old pic of me getting to place my grubby little mitt all over (not really) the Keaton era Batmobile. All I remember was waiting in a very long line and having to beg my grandfather to shell out the cash to get them to take a polaroid. While I can’t really remember any other details, I feel like this would’ve been a pretty big deal for me as a 10 year-old. Who am I kidding? This was a big deal for me this afternoon.

348 days ago Short URL Comments

Pics

batman/batmobile/instagram/movies/nostalgia