Media Meditation #3: Where The Wild Things Are

The highly anticipated film, "Where The Wild Things Are," was released by theaters nationwide in mid October. The real life movie was based upon the original, animated children's book; however, the movie transforms this fantasy children's book into a mild horror flick with a depressing ending. In fact, the film is not recommended for children due to the mature nature of the movies theme.
October 16 was the actual theatre release date, which is when I waited in an out the door line for my ticket. Once I finally made it into the theater, I was greeted by an announcement that the showing was sold out. Seeing as how pricey movie tickets are nowadays, I decided that an alternative movie was out of question and instead i was forced to watch the movie on a bootleg copy I stumbled upon on the internet. The only problem was the quality was unprofessional seeing as how it was a person who videotaped the movie at the theatre.
The internet has just about everything readily available and the opportunities are literally endless. It is possible to watch nearly any unreleased movie and TV shows. This is a Epistemological shift, Hollywood transformed this famous children's book into a box office hit that is not even suitable for children. In fact, many books have been the basis for hundreds of box office hits, which can be interpreted as a cultural and technological shift. Our country is so technologically advanced that we are always surpassing tradition, or redeveloping children's stories into movies.