Flash

So, I was trolling Newgrounds when I noticed that the new "There She is Cartoon" is out. I clicked on the "Play this Movie" button expecting the usual light hearted and upbeat adventure the series is famous for producing, and instead I got, well... this, and it blew me away.

It's simply amazing how much this cartoon does. It made me care about characters who don't talk. It made me muse upon our condition as a race, in paticular the way we deal with prejudice. It made me think about the exact nature of love, and how far it can be pushed. It represents everything that Flash can achieve as a medium, and is the single most outstanding thing ever produced using the tool.

This got me thinking, and ultimately let me come up with the question "can flash cartoons be considered fine art?". I know that on the surface this may seem a stupid question, but if a single 5ish minute cartoon can make me think more than an entire film, or an entire television series, then surely Flash deserves as much recognition as other genres.

However, I doubt anyone will ever come around to my way of thinking. Most people still don't consider any television to be fine art, and unbelieveably a vast majority of people don't even consider video games art at all (which is beyond stupid). So unless "There She Is! Step 4 " is somehow stapled to a canvas, and the animator cuts his own ear off, then I'm guessing Flash isn't even art in pop culture.

This is rapidly becoming irrelevant so I'm going to move to another topic. Namely the Facebook-Myspace triangle of despair. Recently a large number of my friends have been arguing about which is better, and I think the time has come for me to offer my opinion.

They both suck, shut the fuck up and leave me alone.

I mean I own both a Myspace and a Facebook, and can see only a few differences, mostly appearance based differences. Alright, I admit Myspace is better for music, and Facebook has better networking options, but ultimately your just wasting your lives arguing over which coporate monstrosity is better. Although I can't talk, what with being a critic and all.