Super, mega, ultra MOMI adventure.

 When I went to the museum, the first exhibit I saw was about commercialism. The first thing i saw was Star magazine covers from the last century. I saw hollywoods attempt at creating celebrities in its earliest form. At some point -probably when the first star magazine was in circulation- studios realized people will pay money to see certain  familiar celebrities. Rather than focus on innovating in the industry, Hollywood focused on hyping up the actors and actresses. This made the actors very famous, rich, and powerful. I saw the earliest attempts of this strategy right when I walked in the door.

 The next thing I saw was a display of all the bi-products of fantasy movies; there were board games, stuffed animals and anything else that can be dubbed a "collectable". It was commercialism at its finest. On display were the accomplishments of different film studios, but all I was seeing was glorified consumerism. The tour guide informed us that some movies gross more money off of merchandise then the actual film. So I’m thinking to myself  "oh great, they're gonna try and sell me a bunch of crap". Fortunately, the tour got more informative. There was more, and it didn’t have to do with buying crap.

 She took us to a video game area. There were arcades set up that were older than me. I got to show off some serious pong skills as me and Garrick battled it out for two, intense volleys. The ball came to me, I moved my paddle down. The square ball ricocheted off my paddle and trusted its way towards Garrick. He was not prepared as the box-ball went off the screen. He was unable to return the box-ball; I was the victor.

 The tour guide, guided us to some stuff that actually pertained to films; things like the outfits some famous actors have used throughout the years. They had the fat suit from Mrs. Doubtfire, which was awesome. I remember watching that movie as a kid and watching the scene where they created the fat suit for Robin Williams to wear. When I saw it, I had to touch it. That didn’t go to well, as the tour guide let out a contained shriek "don't touch anything".... the story of my life. It was worth it though.

   After that display, I realized that I had the misfortune to start the tour with the commercialism display and then made our way to the interesting and informative stuff. They had scripts from legendary movies, with famous quotes highlighted. The movie that I chose for my midterm, which I have been wanting to see for almost 2 years and have not seen it yet, had its script displayed with a powerful scene highlighted. I read it and thought about what the actors who originally read the script thought. I wondered what kind of emotions they had when they read the script, and if they had any idea of how they were going to depict the highlighted scene. It reminded me also why I picked this movie and why I have wanted to see this movie for a long time; because it's powerful, emotional, and the message aligns with my beliefs fully. Watch Network (1976); educate yourself and you’ll know what I’m talking about.