Gimme, poke me, tweet me. now!

Fact: Our generation is over stimulated by technological advancements.

We want to know everything about everything all the time. We want it instant and easy. We are the internet generation. The generation of easy access. One of my favourite quotes is taken from Fight Club: “we are the middle children of history. We have no Great War and no Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war; our great depression is our lives”

Facebook and social networking (much like reality TV) is that one great happening that will go down in the history books marking our era. Facebook is our industrial revolution.

We surround our selves with instant media. Conference calls, video chat, twitter, youtube, facebook, bbm. And yet even at twenty-four I can remember a time when having a landline telephone was a luxury: when any urgent calls had to be taken at from the neighbour’s phone two doors up. Let us not forget that at one point the only way to contact someone was by sending then a letter and that could take weeks or months to reach them, if it reached them at all.

They say that our generation has gone soft. That we have no affinity for literature and philosophy. The fact is that we have the affinity we just don’t have the patience. Google is the greatest philosopher of our time. Wikipedia the greatest teacher. And online dating the most trusted cupid. We watch movies over and over, because we want to find something more in it each time. We buy dvd box sets to see the outtakes, and director’s cut. We want to learn, we just don’t want any of the jargon or bureaucracy.

another little detour

So maybe, I have too many big dreams. I’m a bit of a movie junkie, got my honours in Drama; specialised in in Writing and Directing but always felt like the theatre had become kinda stoic and archaic. I wanted the big life. I wanted to make movies. Like the greats. Movies like Fight Club and What Dreams May Come and Perfume. Let’s not forget INCEPTION. Problem is that breaking into the big leagues, is not quite as easy as dreaming about breaking into the big leagues. Thankfully I’ve met a fellow cine-freak who wants to dabble in film making with me. So we’ve agreed to try our hand at a little amateur film making. We’ve agreed to attempt a little 20min slasher film -not that slasher films are my favourite genre (they give me nightmares) but why not?

Just another detour on a path I’m already a little sidetracked from.