Opinion

Hollywood is dead. The shining Western beacon of filmic expression and exportable art that has defined American culture for decades has now assumed the status of a vestigial organ. Where modern film was once the most promising of artistic mediums, the relevance of Hollywood products to present and future generations has gone by the wayside. Mainstream film just doesn’t matter anymore.

Super Senior, I just got a Facebook invite to an Apr. 2 screening of Pirates II in SciLec. What the crap is going on? Is this legit? Pee-wee Herman

“This is not cool, man.“ “This is bullshit is what it is.“ “At least they left us our tire swing.“ “Well at this point it’s really just a tire.“

Is it just me,or has there beenan onslaught of college-centered movies and television shows lately? There was that filmCollegelast year and ABC Family has “Greek“ and their new show “Roommates“ premieres on Mar.23.Not to be outdone is MTV,which hastwo new shows – the unscripted “reality” show “College Life” and the sketch comedy show “The CollegeHumor Show.“

Why do you want to go to Wendy’s instead of Burger King? Why did you buy Tylenol instead of Advil? I have realized that a lot of people lack the introspective prowess to understand why they like something.Especially when asked why they prefer one thingtoanother that is substitutable or just very similar.

The American superhero is dead.For awhile now,the anti-hero phenomenon has been permeating.In the last decade,our superheroes have been increasingly exhibiting fallibilities often associated with regular people,such as pathological inconsistencies (Batman),general clumsiness (Superman),addiction to alcohol (Hellboy)and extreme temperance (the Hulk).

There’s nothing that makes you think more of drunk girls than being in a room full of drunk girls. Although this deviates just slightly from what St. Patrick’s Dayis really in honor of, I want to point out that there will be many drunk girls turned out loose on this sacred day.

For years the city of Davis has been discussing what to do about Fifth Street.The important east-west corridor through the center of town is a pain for pedestrians,a risk for bicyclists and for vehicles,but the city has yet to make any significant changes.

In less than90days,the California Supreme Court will in all likelihoodissue a ruling that will be unfair,discriminatory and unfortunately,completely legal.

The first thing I learned about Elvis Presley was that he died on the crapper.What a tragic way for the “King of Rock“ to go out,especially since there is so much more to Elvis than his embarrassing demise.

Recently, two out of five county clinics in Sacramento were closed due to budget cuts and lack of funding. As county clinics, both the Capital Hill Health Center and the Northeast Health Center had provided medical care to those who were not able to afford health insurance.

California assemblyman Tom Ammiano recently introduced a bill that would legalize the open sale of marijuana to those21years or older.Although the bill will likely fail in the state legislature,the sheer fact it is being considered is a sign California lawmakers are headed in the right direction.California needs to legalize marijuana,and I’ll tell you why.