Synaesthetic Cinema: the End of Drama

In the text, Youngblood reasons that synaesthetic cinema is the only aesthetic language suitable for the "post-industrial, post-literate, man-made environment with its multidimensional
simulsensory network of information sources" However, I believe this writing came at a time before the development of hypermedia, responsive environments, and video games. In a sense, they are new aesthetic languages in which people could convey thoughts, feelings, or entire experiences to the audience. They may still have a long way to go before emulating conscious existence, but they are proving that cinema isn't the only tool available with which we may aesthetically communicate  significance in life. It can be further argued that responsive media may even be the more effective aesthetic language as the audience receives feedback for its actions rather than just playing the role of spectator to the media.However, Youngblood stands correct that the synaesthetic cinema is the first step in our journey to communicate consciousness aesthetically and the development of television has helped set off a process that is still in development today.