Jesse's Blog

Modern Hollywood is completely incapable of writing anything even remotely compelling, and throwing money at the problem, as The Acolyte is teaching us, still doesn't work, and I've been thinking a lot about why that could be. I've been following the Disney versus Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker debates, and the idea that Disney can't shut two Youtubers up makes me incredibly happy. Still, how have writing standards have fallen so far?

It hit me that the core of the problem has to do with Hollywood's ultimate goal, and the human tools that they use to accomplish that goal. The object has always been, at least for as long as I've been around, to subvert the values of Christianity, not limited to the atomic family, sexual roles, faith, beauty, goodness, truth, and ultimately, Jesus Christ. However, in order to achieve that goal, one must first be able to understand the value of that which they wish to destroy. Modern writers, with their complete inability to even feign agreement with these values, cannot suspend disbelief among those with even an inkling of the beauty of those values.

I do not believe that writers with that upbringing do not exist, and I'm not suggesting we let our guards down. Clever subversion is in some mediums (looking at you, triple A gaming), is alive and well. However, Hollywood has slammed the doors shut on letting such people into the writer's room, and their absurd inability to understand that this has resulted in their output being so universally despised, and their childish name calling of anyone who disturbs their illusions that we want what they're peddling, has proven to me to be far more entertaining than anything they could have written. The wonderful part of that joy is that I don't pay them one thin dime while doing it.

.. is that nearly every time I start down a path for a story, I find myself retreading the same ground that someone else did.

The harsh reality I have to face, as I look at the breadth and width of how many voices are out there, is that I can forget being truly original. It's the story, not the idea.

There’s a supermoon coming August 30th. Make sure you see it! Supermoons are uncommon, and are a full moon at perigee.

I really like Star Trek. It's a guilty pleasure, though; the idea that mankind can cross tribal boundaries is cute, but unrealistic, especially given the motivation Roddenberry gave us; self improvement. I think we all remember how Tyler Durden described that concept, and he had a point.

Anyhow, DS9 is growing on me quite a bit. The first several seasons are nothing to write home about, but it really starts improving towards the end. Looking forward to finishing it.