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...kids have become so desensitized by the proliferation of infotainment outlets that they can no longer draw the line between where reality begins and ends. After all, in the age of interactive media, kids use the same PC to play consequence-free shoot-'em-up video games, such as Doom, and to communicate with real people in chat rooms. And who hasn't had the mind-numbing experience of time standing still while surfing the Web? It might not be that much of a stretch to argue that after spending hours gliding through a barrage of images and factoids, Campbell...
...much Pangloss? Frankly, as a performance manager who gets paid by what I make, I can't afford to take the gloom-and-doom position that has enveloped so many managers who appear on television and pontificate about how the good times must end. Those are the same people who mouthed the same warnings last year. Had I listened to them, my investors would have saluted my caution and conservatism--right before waving goodbye...
...going to be like f___ing Doom," Harris says. "Tick, tick, tick, tick... Haa! That f___ing shotgun is straight out of Doom...
...DREAM LIFE OF ANGELS If poor Rosetta had found a pal at one of her crummy jobs, the resulting film might have been this spare, coiled first feature from France's Erick Zonca. Marie (Natacha Regnier) is broody, draped in doom; Isa (Elodie Bouchez) is a sunny vagabond. Their friendship and rivalry are beautifully observed, magnificently portrayed...
...teenager's talk, dress and taste in music, films and video games indicates psychological trouble and what is simply a sign of the times. Most kids who subscribe to the trench-coated Goth lifestyle, or have multiple body piercings, or listen to Marilyn Manson, or play the video game Doom are normal kids caught in a toxic culture...