Top 10 Things That Used to be Cool But No Longer Are

1. Star Wars
Wow, this made quite a change. Star Wars went from being the coolest movie series ever to being a big joke. It all goes back to the prequels and the special editions, smearing the good name of the originals. Darth Vader has become the butt of the joke, of course, appearing on my least favorite shirt ever (The Many Emotions of Darth Vader) and appearing in comical(?) Volkswagen commercials. George Lucas forgot what made Star Was great and that is why it's no longer cool.

2. Guitar Hero
When Guitar Hero came out, it was awesome and a very innovative game. Guitar Hero 2 was a huge seller as well, but then they got lazy. A new game came out seemingly every two months and the gameplay got worse and worse, even if the songs got better. Guitar Hero 3 kind of sucked, looking back at it. And do you know anyone who bought Guitar Hero: Van Halen or Metallica? Rock Band took over that brief music video game fad.

3. M. Night Shyamalan
This man was on top of the world after writing and directing The Sixth Sense, one of the greatest films of all time. And what happened after that? Unbreakable, while I never saw it, is supposed to be really good. Signs was okay, a bit hit or miss perhaps. But every movie after that got exponentially worse, it would seem. The Village, while interesting, was anything but good. The Lady in the Water was a disaster, putting it lightly. The Happening is one of the greatest unintentional comedies of the 21st century, and The Last Airbender may have outdone it in 2010.

4. Reality/Talent show TV
I would argue that it never was, but obviously a ton of people disagree with me. The fact that things like Big Brother and Survivor are still on TV just blows my mind, quite frankly, but the biggest thing is the talent shows. American Idol, the X Factor, the Voice, whatever. They're the same thing with a few different gimmicks (in the Voice they don't see who's singing!!!!!!). Do we really need all of these? Oh and how about Dancing with the Stars? Who doesn't want to see C-list celebrities dancing competitively?

5. The Office/Two and a Half Men
With the departure of Steve Carell, The Office has had NOTHING going for it. Similarly, Two and a Half Men has been a load of crap since Ashton Kutcher came on. I hate Ashton Kutcher with the burning passion of a thousand suns.

6. Barack Obama
He was maybe the most charismatic and exciting presidential candidates in our history and beat John McCain pretty easily. But what has he done for me lately? Nothing. He continues to be an American apologist and spend money we do not have. Obviously I'm in the minority here because it looks like he's getting re-elected but my reasoning is that he's done nothing to get re-elected. If Mitt Romney ran a halfway-decent campaign Obama's past 4 years would make everyone vote for Romney. That's not the case, however.

7. Green Day
Green Day was awesome from about 1994-2004. Then their music got way too self-important and there's just something irritating about a 40-year-old Billy Joe Armstrong trying to be my age. And now they only release music once in a blue moon and while it's decent, it's not even comparable to Dookie or even American Idiot, their two best albums. Their last album was 2009 (though they've got one coming out soon). To find out what truly pisses me off about Green Day, you gotta see the video of Armstrong's rant at the I Heart Radio Music Festival this past year. They only gave him like 20 minutes or so and he flipped out like an 8-year-old because he didn't want Usher to take up his time. In Usher's defense, he actually released music in the last 3 years.

8. Skateboarding
If you can do that Shaun White X-Game type stuff, go right ahead. Otherwise, you're just getting in everyone's way. Nowadays longboarding is the thing, and there's no better way to tell everyone on a college campus that you're a huge douchebag than to longboard to class.

9. Will Smith
He's not really in movies anymore, Men in Black 3 being his first movie since 2008, and it wasn't great. Aside from that, this man used to be the biggest celebrity in the earth, having a successful music career in his early days and becoming the biggest box office draw of the early 21st century. Somewhere, somehow, something happened. And it's far more than Willow and Jaden doing their best to destroy the Smith legacy by releasing terrible music and not knowing how to act. Will Smith, as likable as he is, just isn't significant anymore.

 10. Monday Night Football
It's still got the theme song and stuff, but it's not the same. John Madden and Al Michaels are gone, Michaels now on Sunday and Madden now retired. And then there's the whole matter of it being on a cable network, which is a bit strange. Conversely, Sunday Night Football has gotten so much better and has virtually the best game every week.