Nostalgia rears

Well we're getting close to the dawning of my 25th year. Which unfortunately means that I'm waxing wordy. Bear with me, I just need to get this off my chest.

Lately I've been watching some old movies. Princess Bride. Time Bandits. And it got me thinking; not only that dialogue is something that has vanished into thin air nowadays(tell me you've seen a movie with a speech so eloquent as 'To the Pain' recently), but also these tales would have NEVER made it onto the screen. Especially Time Bandits. And not just because of the fact that the overtly sensitive PC 'standard' that ruins everything now a days would have taken one look at the main cast and screamed. But because of the deep religious theme of the movie. Heck its all about what happens when one moves away from God, good v. evil, preordained v. free will and the rationalization of such. And all and all, the thoughts that the movie provokes are pretty much considered taboo. That brings me to a realization that makes me sigh.

I dislike this mindset that certain things must be certain ways. I dislike the mindset that things must be censored. I dislike the mindset that EVERYTHING needs a category. I dislike the fact that the dollar governs who is allowed to be creative and what creative things are allowed to be liked. I dislike that animated venues are being pidgeon holed back into mindless kiddie entertainment. I dislike that I can't even remember the last good animated movie(not 3D; traditional mind; 3D is fine but there's something to be said for regular ole fashioned animation that for some reason everyone thumbs their noses at), besides ones that are close to ten years old now. Has it really been ten years? I see a lot of things 'changing' and I can't help but wonder; is change really that wonderful?

The creative community on the whole seems to be sighing, not trying as hard as it has been. I've completely abandoned modern music. I've been avoiding the movie theater. I haven't bothered picking up a new book, the majority of what I've found being a little more than tripe. And where I had once sought solice in the comfort of witty critisim, cartoons blending social commentary and comedy, I merely shake my head at how Cartoon Network is trying ever so hard to make itself into realty TV. I honestly hope they fail. And not just an 'ooops that was a bad idea huh?'. Oh no. I want it to be destructive. A miserable, epic flounder that maybe will make them look back and say, you know, at one point, we had a good idea. A channel devoted to cartoons, trans era, trans age group. What happened to that?

I wish to make a difference in these things. But what stops me is, would anyone even get what I'm getting at? Or has the world been bred to ignore people who still have the misfortune of thinking like me? In the end, one must do what they think right, simply because it is.

But where to start?