A friend came into town and wanted to go see the movie "Doom." So, from the beginning, I knew this movie wouldn't win any academy awards. And I was right but not in a way I expected.
It started while I was waiting for the movie to start. I had to sit through a couple of commercials, and in the movie theater, you don't have a remote control so that you can fast forward through the commercials.
Then the movie started. I was restless and impatient throughout the movie. Why? I play video games on a regular basis. In a video game, you are the soldier, basketball player, airplane pilot or whatever. In a video game, you are responsible for cleaning out the aliens, winning the basketball game, or flying the airplane.
In a movie, you watch someone else fight the aliens, play basketball, or fly the plane. And in certain movies, like "Doom," that can be boring.
So, in other words, because of video games, movies are becoming less appealing to me. And from what I read, this is especially true for kids that grew up with video games. Television ratings are down. Movie ticket sales were down for the summer.
I don't think TV or movies are going to go away soon, but they have some real competition now from video games.
The movie "Doom" isn't that great but it's not the worst movie I've ever seen either.
Hollywood needs to wake up and smell the joysticks. And now I'm off to save the princess, fly my spaceship, and terminate some aliens. (Just so you know, I only terminate bad or evil aliens, not the cute ones.)
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