Has Blu-Ray Jumped the Shark?

 

Way back when Blu-Ray was released, I was excited to buy the new player to see the difference in picture quality for myself, and it was true, there was an ever so slight improvement in picture quality, but, between you and me, it was nothing extraordinary. However, it was pretty cool to be the first kid on the block to own this new technology, and to be able to boast to my friends that “The Matrix” was more mind-blowing with 10% higher resolution, even if only for the materialistic ego boost. Admittedly though, there wasn’t a significant quality improvement from my DVDs of yesteryear, but I’m pretty sure that I saw Trinity’s nipples for the first time, and I’ve watched that movie about 50 times, so yes, it was worth the upgrade. Until today.

This afternoon I was standing in line at the grocery store, and what, to my sheer amazement, do I see, but a Blu-Ray version of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” Ok, I’m speechless. Have we come so far that our greatest technologies are wasted on a movie so inane, and unfunny that it makes “Freddy Got Fingered” look like “The Godfather II?”  I think we should all cash in our iPads, and put our collective heads in the oven, at least until Kevin James stops making movies, but alas, it’s just a silly dream.  What I’d really like to do is find the guy who actually buys “Paul Blart” on Blu-Ray for the improved quality, and beat him with a Kevin James bobblehead, or at least explain to him that improved quality only means the picture is clearer, the content is still drivel.

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2 thoughts on “Has Blu-Ray Jumped the Shark?”

  1. So you’re saying you don’t want to see Kevin James’ nipples? Damn narrow minded if you ask me. And no, I don’t want to see them either. Ha!

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