it is not, i think, the home entertainment system which is purely at fault here, but a growing reliance or 'worship' of entertainment as a whole.
the "slackjawed" feeling which is invoked by a good film is the same feeling that is invoked by a good book - rapt, absorbed, engaged.
many things are entertaining. television, music, sports, woodworking, slashdot. entertainment is a diversion, and it is that diversion that keeps followers coming back, whatever their particular shrine.
as for the other fork of your post... i think the gee-whiz factor of new technology has always drawn attention (and followers.) the race for the latest, most crisp equipment is just another form of one-up-manship. it'd likely cost less if we each pissed in a straight line to see whose urine travelled the farthest.
the combination of deified entertainment and technological one-up-manship apppears to be a lucrative business.
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it is not, i think, the home entertainment system which is purely at fault here, but a growing reliance or 'worship' of entertainment as a whole.
the "slackjawed" feeling which is invoked by a good film is the same feeling that is invoked by a good book - rapt, absorbed, engaged.
many things are entertaining. television, music, sports, woodworking, slashdot. entertainment is a diversion, and it is that diversion that keeps followers coming back, whatever their particular shrine.
as for the other fork of your post...
i think the gee-whiz factor of new technology has always drawn attention (and followers.) the race for the latest, most crisp equipment is just another form of one-up-manship. it'd likely cost less if we each pissed in a straight line to see whose urine travelled the farthest.
the combination of deified entertainment and technological one-up-manship apppears to be a lucrative business.