The TV & movie industry has been pandering the lowest of the low for several years, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to stop or change direction soon. I watch very little because it has become a wasteland!!
Go into Politics, or Religion, or even better, Politics AND Religion.
With the latter you’ll get a bunch of people, already primed to believe the most ludicrous things possible, who will then simply believe everything you say as well (lest they be cast out from among the faithful).
You won’t get to control what they watch for just a few hours a day, you’ll get the rest of their lives too.
Calvin should go into TV advertising. Most commercials (especially for insurance companies) are so stupid that they’d appeal to the lowest form of humanity!!
TV is certainly the B0-0B tube! What garbage…and the ratings are high for reality and some stupid games. The mentality of America is plummeting at an alarming rate, due to the insufficient educational curriculum in this country and the violent, filthy movies. I have a hard time watching movies today because every other word is profanity, sex or violence.
And to think, these people are the future of America….SCARY!
The SAW movie franchise is a perfect example of what Calvin is predicting. Each movie imagines more and more horrible tortures and mutilations of human beings. They are disgusting. IMHO, anyone who can watch that and enjoy it has something wrong in their head.
I haven’t seen it, but i looked it up, and The Replacement Killers is the movie that used the most bullets. They managed to shoot thousands of bullets in only 87 minutes. Do you really want to get more violent than that?
Now it sometimes caters to the pseudo-hip who laugh loudly in places where they think they are supposed to laugh even though they don’t have a clue what is going on and rave about movies, etc about which they are totally oblivious and are total crapola in Starbucks.
But WHY do folks (mostly males) of all ages spend more dollars on violent movies and video games? Yes these companies pander for profit. That’s immoral side of capitalism. But is our genetic code groomed to approve it? I wish I could find a legitimate study to help me understand.
If you want 90 minutes of violence on TV, watch the evening news. This weekend, in particular featured numerous instances of gun violence. A good way to finish off the summer with a bang.
Very true Calvin. Hollywood actors scream hate about guns but it is hard to find a movie with one. They scream about injustice, yet every movie they make, evil pretty much wins.
Well, the newspapers have definitely moved to where Calvin see more money. They pretend that their journalists actually publish both sides of an issue factually and fairly.
BE THIS GUY about 2 years ago
They did get lower, Calvin. They swamped us with reality shows.Maybe, you became a producer of one of them.
codycab about 2 years ago
I’m sure back then, someone was working on the 90 minute violence.
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
good thing Calvin and Hobbes didn’t become a TV series; Bill Watterson wouldn’t want it that way
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 2 years ago
“More violence in 90 minutes” See an Italian political talk show and you’ll find it.
SHIVA about 2 years ago
The TV & movie industry has been pandering the lowest of the low for several years, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to stop or change direction soon. I watch very little because it has become a wasteland!!
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
Maybe taste does bottom out somewhere, but there is no sign of it yet.
Yngvar Følling about 2 years ago
Michael Bay hadn’t made it big yet when this first camo out.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 2 years ago
Calvin was a visionary.
chuckcork1 about 2 years ago
Forget entertainment.
Go into Politics, or Religion, or even better, Politics AND Religion.
With the latter you’ll get a bunch of people, already primed to believe the most ludicrous things possible, who will then simply believe everything you say as well (lest they be cast out from among the faithful).
You won’t get to control what they watch for just a few hours a day, you’ll get the rest of their lives too.
SNVBD about 2 years ago
90 minutes? ain’t nobody got time for that. Try 30 second clips on Instagram or Tiktok, just one reel after the other.
Its just me about 2 years ago
Amazing how extreme violence is permitted, but even a modest hint of it’s opposite is banned or heavily censored.
Susan00100 about 2 years ago
Calvin should go into TV advertising. Most commercials (especially for insurance companies) are so stupid that they’d appeal to the lowest form of humanity!!
sandpiper about 2 years ago
Cal is just stating the oldest premise in advertising: where there’s a will, there’s a way. AND where there’s a way somebody will.
sirbadger about 2 years ago
The first script for the Ghostbusters film would have been too expensive to film, so they had to reduce the amount of action.
Zebrastripes about 2 years ago
TV is certainly the B0-0B tube! What garbage…and the ratings are high for reality and some stupid games. The mentality of America is plummeting at an alarming rate, due to the insufficient educational curriculum in this country and the violent, filthy movies. I have a hard time watching movies today because every other word is profanity, sex or violence.
And to think, these people are the future of America….SCARY!
gokar 4,la about 2 years ago
The story would change a little now…THE INTERNET happily lowering standards since 1996.
GentlemanBill about 2 years ago
The SAW movie franchise is a perfect example of what Calvin is predicting. Each movie imagines more and more horrible tortures and mutilations of human beings. They are disgusting. IMHO, anyone who can watch that and enjoy it has something wrong in their head.
jagedlo about 2 years ago
Who knew that Calvin would be predicting 2020’s TV?
Purple People Eater about 2 years ago
I haven’t seen it, but i looked it up, and The Replacement Killers is the movie that used the most bullets. They managed to shoot thousands of bullets in only 87 minutes. Do you really want to get more violent than that?
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 years ago
Now it sometimes caters to the pseudo-hip who laugh loudly in places where they think they are supposed to laugh even though they don’t have a clue what is going on and rave about movies, etc about which they are totally oblivious and are total crapola in Starbucks.
mrwiskers about 2 years ago
But WHY do folks (mostly males) of all ages spend more dollars on violent movies and video games? Yes these companies pander for profit. That’s immoral side of capitalism. But is our genetic code groomed to approve it? I wish I could find a legitimate study to help me understand.
JD_Rhoades about 2 years ago
And that’s how we got the John Wick franchise.
dflak about 2 years ago
If you want 90 minutes of violence on TV, watch the evening news. This weekend, in particular featured numerous instances of gun violence. A good way to finish off the summer with a bang.
PoodleGroomer about 2 years ago
His curiosity is being piqued by the tv shows after midnight.
SweetSinger about 2 years ago
They’re called video games, Cal.
Redd Panda about 2 years ago
Cal is still young, otherwise he would know it’s Sex and Violence that makes the $$$.
See; Game of Thrones.
tripwire45 about 2 years ago
So the modern entertainment industry is adult Calvin’s fault. I should have known.
YippiKiAyMofo about 2 years ago
Curiously enough, Calvin looks like he’s auditioning for the next “Jacka$$” movie.
goboboyd about 2 years ago
Fear mongering and snake oil solutions have been with us from the beginning.
rshive about 2 years ago
Well Calvin, you could skip the advertisements. But that wouldn’t do very well economics-wise. ’t
LEOKEV about 2 years ago
Gotta love the self-powered wagon with minimal steering!
JD_Rhoades about 2 years ago
And this is how we got the John Wick franchise.
ElwoodP about 2 years ago
See the movie Idiocracy for an idea of what future movies will be like.
g04922 about 2 years ago
Yep… I see a future for Calvin in fantasy Screen Writing.
mistercatworks about 2 years ago
It’s called sport
hk Premium Member about 2 years ago
Very true Calvin. Hollywood actors scream hate about guns but it is hard to find a movie with one. They scream about injustice, yet every movie they make, evil pretty much wins.
The All-Meat Xylophone about 2 years ago
If only sax and violins had stayed in the music stores where they belonged…
BiggerNate91 about 2 years ago
This comic really was ahead of its time. Preaching to the choir once again!
pixiekitten Premium Member about 2 years ago
Calvin has a career programming cable news.
David_J Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’d love to see Calvin’s take on Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. LOL
VickiP123 about 2 years ago
John Wick III comes to mind
mindjob about 2 years ago
Want more violence? Just drive around Chicago at night and film the shootings
Bill D. Kat Premium Member about 2 years ago
The MGM slogan “Ars Gratia Artis” is Latin for “Art For Art’s Sake”.
Nowadays, it has become “Violence for violence’s sake”.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 years ago
“People should be forced to watch only what I watch. Then they’d become as smart as I am, because I am so certainly smart.”
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 years ago
Beware of anyone who believes he can go below rock bottom.
Raymond Powell about 2 years ago
They did it Calvin. It’s called “John Wick 3.”
Dave Tring about 2 years ago
If they could find a way to bring back the Ancient Roman games AND make them pay per view, how much money do you think they could make?
Lightpainter about 2 years ago
No matter what you think of the crap on tv and movies now, it is nothing in comparison to Rome’s Colosseum and the REAL events that happened there.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 2 years ago
Watched any of the Reality Shows lately?
hagarthehorrible about 2 years ago
Calvin try to cram more into the 90 minutes movie if you survive the fall. That agile feline will jump to safety at the right moment.
[Unnamed Reader - 372033] about 2 years ago
Well, the newspapers have definitely moved to where Calvin see more money. They pretend that their journalists actually publish both sides of an issue factually and fairly.
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 2 years ago
Obviously someone took that as a challenge…
Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Extreme Soccer!!
glowing-steak32 7 months ago
Wake up in 30 years, kiddo.