When asked to do a blog for class, I almost choked. Me, do a blog? What was that instructor smokin'? Well, as I went ahead and did the reading required for class, I realized, "He's smokin' truth." I finally have a say about something? My assignment for my first blog was to watch a television series and talk about it and its advertising. Readers, I didn't watch much T.V. before this assignment. So, I borrowed my good friend Jens' comcast for a while, another words I camped at her house and sat down to pick out a show and watch a show that interested me, easy, right? Families are watching this stuff every evening? Really? Mom and dad, and little suzy and johnny are sitting together watching this ...... mess? I like sports as much as the next guy, but what the heck is all this noise surrounding it? Is it just me that feels like the television is just screaming at me? Does anyone else notice that your blood pressure raises everytime the commercials come on? Why did I all of a sudden feel inadaquate and less than worthy.
I did find one bright spot in advertisment. One that made me actually think, and feel something other than discontent. Google Chrome has a comercial that you can find at: http://youtu.be/R4vkVHijdQk I was moved by the idea of doing something like that for my daughter. I may or may not use Google Chrome,(who am I kidding, I know I will) but the commercial definately puts a softer edge to the huge company. The commercial allowed me to feel that Google had family in mind when creating this product. I actually feel more inclined to use it more often. Funny how an advertisement can have that effect.
Now I had a little more ease with looking through all these shows and picking one that I would have an interest in, or possibly let the reader in on some obscure corner of my soul. "I'm this kind of person because I watch detective shows." Or I'm a Trekkie because I like syfy." I don't by the way. My point is, with all these choices, how do you have time to find a good new show? Let's take the average T.V. watcher, they get home, do dinner, homework for kids, mom and pop run through they're routines. Finally 8 o'clock comes and you can sit down for prime time television, you already have shows that you like to watch for that night, every night, how do you just decide, "Ill watch this new show instead."? So, I settled on a show that tickled my brain and my funny bone. "House"
Now in its eighth season, The show has the pizzaz it had 3 years ago when I saw it for the first time. Even with new additions Odette Annable and Charlyne Yi. Dr. Gregory House has seen some time in prison as of late. I gathered that he ran a car into his girlfriends house, couldn't tell you why though. Having had my share of bad relationships, I can only imagine the reasoning behind it. I picked up the story when he was getting ready to leave prison. Being his chipper self, he made alot of friends while inside. To be honest, it was kind of predictable. I somehow knew that his crazy cell mate would save him from the hardened leader of the white gang. Really guys? Couldn't you at least made the bad guy at least interesting? Of course he's going to meet a hot doctor at the prison, because that would make sense that a prison would hire a 120 pound beauty to be alone with hardened criminals. You kidding me? Come on hollywood, I've been to the doctor, there is no hospital that has the ratio of hot doctors this guy runs into. Though I find the show entertaining, it's completely bogus. Anyway, he meets the ever so attractive Odette Annable, and does some diagostic work. And saves the day for some lucky slub that he met in prison. Round and round we go. Unfortunately, writers get in this rut, where they find a template and wear it out.
Therefore I get bored and change the channel cause I can tell you that he's gonna save the patiant and say something snarky and all is good. I did enjoy what I watched, but not enough to actually finish the show. This is the problem I found with each show I tried, and failed to enjoy. Ladies and gentlemen, I am just bored with television. To me it's all blurring together and becoming one big noise. I hope someone can even understand my ration.
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