Hi Ezhill,
Why don't you go watch something funny on TV and lighten up a bit.
If you don't like cinema and you'd prefer to be sad and miserable then go sit in the corner by yourself and don't watch it.
- But don't try to ruin everyone else's fun.

Don't have a cow man Compilation | The Simpsons
http://youtu.be/X3sdZw1gThE

Fester -
Harrison Ford from Air Force One

"Get off my plane!"

Yes I agree that the past was not that better. Present must be better than the past naturally. But new inventions should lead to a better civilisation. Has cinema brought that? Certainly not. It has made the life more miserable.In the past crimes were committed by a few rowdies. But now fraud, corruption,lack of honesty and integrity have been decentralised. Very few remain honest. We are born not to have fun only. Let us also be a bit serious about the unpleasant environment created by the so called modern gadgets.
Civilisation should take us towards a better world where people lead a
friendly life sans animosity and acrimony. I don't think cinema helps in that direction.

TV is like free speech.
I can be wielded as a weapon to influence people in a malevolent way
But it can also be used as a tool to defend the innocent and be a facilitator of good..

There's pro's and con's.
The world is always changing.
Change is always met with challenge.
Human progress, sometimes it feels like regress.
In an of itself TV isn't bad, the content however is what we are questioning are we not?

You want to tell me that Home and Away doesn't attempt to show young people the adult world and help and prepare hem growing up?
That Bold and the Beautiful doesn't give mums a small break from the tediousness of raising kids, that Weekend sports with a beer doesn't give blokes a few hours to unwind and relax after working all week, that people aren't inspired by cooking and home renovation shows?
That people that like gardening and painting can't find programming suitable to their own tastes or that the news (as fake as it is) doesn't create a more unified society up to date with current affairs and events that have an impact on their lives.
Or that for some of us that yell at the news, it doesn't provide a relief valve to throw in ya 2 cents at the stupidity of the world.
That it doesn't provide an income for thousands of people who create content we all watch if we put up with the ads.
Even he damn ads inform us o products and services that can help us in our lives.

I'm not going to let you put TV down unchallenged without getting real, and making you be more specific than saying 'Cinema is evil'.

You can't just say 'Cinema is hijacking society'.
The argument deserves to be challenged and refuted.
What about millions of people who have learnt so much more than they ever would've if not for TV?

What the hell are you even talking about?
That TV can't be used for a tool for good like telethons to raise money for sick kids in hospitals?
Or as a training tool for surgeons than must operate on them?

Go to google right now and ask this:
'do surgeons learn through video of procedures'
"Yes, surgeons absolutely learn through videos, using them extensively for initial skill acquisition, preparation for complex cases, and post-procedure self-evaluation, often alongside traditional methods like reading and simulation, to improve technique, understand anatomy, and boost confidence before operating."

Until you acknowledge the good, not just the bad, I feel your entire argument is flawed and lacks merit.

Pro's and Con's
- It can be a tool of good and a tool of bad, but it's human progress.

If you want to get real and say that some programs certainly can lead some people astray, then sure I'll agree with you that it can have a negative impact on people and society, but you can't have that without also acknowledging the good.

TV is a part of life and it's not going anywhere, so live with it, find a show you like or read a book instead.
You can complain about it all you want, but you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

"What about millions of people who have learnt so much more than they ever would've if not for TV?"
Alright people learn many things from TV and cinema. Has this learning helped to change world to a better place to live in? These media will have only a temporary influence on good things. But children and the wicked take bad things shown strongly and even practice them in their life. Poverty adds to this kind of development. Hungry man is not affected by good sermons from media or from religious men. Let us give priority to teach human values to our future generations. Let us not allow the media to play negative role .Now They are monopolized by the bad elements who are least bothered about truth, honesty, integrity etc and who live every day separately and they do not understand that life is a continuity.

The overall influence of moving pictures has been negative.
That is not to say that there have not been positives also, but the balance is negative.

Yet moving pictures are only a part of a larger trend, called "media".
"Media" literally means indirect living.
Instead of facing life itself directly, people isolate themselves and live life THROUGH a medium.

This can result in a sedentary, passive lifestyle, as well as succumbing to comparisons, comparing oneself to others and often feeling inadequate and as a result attempting to disingenuously live the life of others.

NEVERTHELESS, the choice of having a healthy, independent, wise and fulfilling life or otherwise, must always remain with the individual, and in the case of children - with their parents.

It is relatively better for people to make poor choices, then learn and gradually become wiser the hard way, than to force others (who are not one's children or pupils) to go through the motions of a good life resentfully and without learning anything.

Attempts to wilfully improve society, tempting as they may be, are a mistake, akin to deciding that primary schools should no longer teach about integers, but go straight to teach fractions. This world is a school and people must learn their lessons in order, or they will not understand anything.

Strength will be gained when people themselves (and on behalf of their children) learn to say 'NO' to devices that are not helpful.