Thursday
Jan222009
That Guy: Stupid Question Guy...
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 05:28PM
I consider myself somewhat of an intellectual, not an elitist or a snob in anyway, but just someone who has the capacity to understand many issues in a wide variety of fields. I recently immersed myself back into the world of academia and am taking two college classes. One of those classes happens to be a film theory class that delves fairly deeply into the history of the film making process. Obviously, we are not talking about films like Bill and Ted's Adventure or Tremors, even though they are both good movies. This class is a little more high-brow and is geared more toward the art-house crowd.
That brings me to the point of this post. I have often heard people say that there is no such thing as a stupid question. I have come to the conclusion that whoever tells you this is a complete moron themselves. It is not some unicorn or leprechaun, the stupid question is out there and the stupid question guy/gal goes indeed exist, trust me. Even at the university level, where the higher minds of this world are gathering to dissect and break down information into new theories and viewpoints, it happens.
The ritual for the film class is a simple one, every Monday the professor asks us if we have seen anything good that we could relate to the class, like something with great visual effects, or excellent editing techniques that really manipulate the use of time, or a narrative structure and storyline unlike anything we have seen. Movies like Slum Dog Millionaire, Gran Torino, The Spirit, and Revolutionary Road are all excellent examples of movies that have come up. The stupid question guy though just couldn't hold his tongue and he had to ask if the professor had seen Coach Carter and what he thought of it, specifically the scene where he locks his players out of practice.
Are you fucking kidding me? First off, Coach Carter isn’t even in the top 100 of sports movies. I would have had more respect for him if he asked if he asked, “Between the movies Cool Runnings or Miracle which do think had more implications in breaking down foreign relations?” But this jerk off throws out a question like do you think that both Rebel without a Cause starring James Dean and Porky’s were the forerunners in coming of age movies for the oft neglected teenage segment of the population and the commonly associated rebellious spirit? I mean come on buddy.
I don’t want to single out this one guy (because he may have a bit of a learning disability and that would be very insensitive on my part) but every time he opens his mouth I have to cringe in pain at the stupidity that flows from his tongue like a fountain of cheese at a fancy fondue factory. I am just waiting for him to ask, “In Teenwolf, when Michael J. Fox’s character turns into the werewolf in the middle of the game and wins it for his team is this a metaphor for how inwardly we all wish we were somebody stronger than ourselves in pressure situations or is he actually a werewolf, because that would be scary?”
That brings me to the point of this post. I have often heard people say that there is no such thing as a stupid question. I have come to the conclusion that whoever tells you this is a complete moron themselves. It is not some unicorn or leprechaun, the stupid question is out there and the stupid question guy/gal goes indeed exist, trust me. Even at the university level, where the higher minds of this world are gathering to dissect and break down information into new theories and viewpoints, it happens.
The ritual for the film class is a simple one, every Monday the professor asks us if we have seen anything good that we could relate to the class, like something with great visual effects, or excellent editing techniques that really manipulate the use of time, or a narrative structure and storyline unlike anything we have seen. Movies like Slum Dog Millionaire, Gran Torino, The Spirit, and Revolutionary Road are all excellent examples of movies that have come up. The stupid question guy though just couldn't hold his tongue and he had to ask if the professor had seen Coach Carter and what he thought of it, specifically the scene where he locks his players out of practice.
Are you fucking kidding me? First off, Coach Carter isn’t even in the top 100 of sports movies. I would have had more respect for him if he asked if he asked, “Between the movies Cool Runnings or Miracle which do think had more implications in breaking down foreign relations?” But this jerk off throws out a question like do you think that both Rebel without a Cause starring James Dean and Porky’s were the forerunners in coming of age movies for the oft neglected teenage segment of the population and the commonly associated rebellious spirit? I mean come on buddy.
I don’t want to single out this one guy (because he may have a bit of a learning disability and that would be very insensitive on my part) but every time he opens his mouth I have to cringe in pain at the stupidity that flows from his tongue like a fountain of cheese at a fancy fondue factory. I am just waiting for him to ask, “In Teenwolf, when Michael J. Fox’s character turns into the werewolf in the middle of the game and wins it for his team is this a metaphor for how inwardly we all wish we were somebody stronger than ourselves in pressure situations or is he actually a werewolf, because that would be scary?”
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