A Lack of TV...
As you may or may not know, I pride myself on not being addicted to TV. The hundreds of millions of people who go go home after work and flop in front of the TV disgust me. Look at them, they're motionless, they barely move or think, they just tune out and let it all wash over them. There's no interaction or input from them, other than channel hopping and going for a cuppa during advert breaks.
In my opinion, TV is the 'prison for your mind' that Morpheus was talking about in The Matrix. It traps people, to the point where they won't go out for fear of missing a program. You have very little say regarding the delivery of ontent on those channels, and like I said earlier, the only choice they have is to flip the channel.
I on the other hand, don't even own a TV, it's pleasing. I don't find myself sitting in front of mindless crap just because there's nothing else on. I choose not to fritter away my life with this medium. However, this isn't to say that I don't watch any TV shows, because I do. There are a few programs that I choose to grace my eyes and time with, and for those, I download them via the fabulous intarweb, and then watch them at my leisure/pleasure.
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Two such shows I enjoy are waiting for me to watch them. The first, KYLE XY is about a boy who appears to be a 16 year old newborn. Everyone else thinks he has Anmesia, but we, the viewers know better, partly because 'everyone else' is stupid. This show puts to good use the 'Usual character is actually amazing' concept, and generally has at least one scene per episode that makes you go "woah!" and wish you were Kyle.
The second show, and maybe even more exciting is the first episode of season 2 of Prison Break. I won’t mention what happened at the finale of season 1, but shall we just say that after all that planning by Michael Scofield, the end was kinda lame. It’s one of those “how the frig are they gonna get out of that?” kind of situation.
Despite all this TV goodness for me to zonk out in front of, I might not get round to watching either of them tonight. I may be going to See Pirates of the Caribbean tonight. If I do, I probably won’t get round to watching the TV eps.
Also I’ve been hugely busy recently, which is why I haven’t been posting as much as I should have. However, this is a story for another time. It’ll probably be the next post, as I’ve actually written most of it already!
So, sorry for the boring intermediary post, I’ll try and spruce things up tomorrow…!
In my opinion, TV is the 'prison for your mind' that Morpheus was talking about in The Matrix. It traps people, to the point where they won't go out for fear of missing a program. You have very little say regarding the delivery of ontent on those channels, and like I said earlier, the only choice they have is to flip the channel.
I on the other hand, don't even own a TV, it's pleasing. I don't find myself sitting in front of mindless crap just because there's nothing else on. I choose not to fritter away my life with this medium. However, this isn't to say that I don't watch any TV shows, because I do. There are a few programs that I choose to grace my eyes and time with, and for those, I download them via the fabulous intarweb, and then watch them at my leisure/pleasure.
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Two such shows I enjoy are waiting for me to watch them. The first, KYLE XY is about a boy who appears to be a 16 year old newborn. Everyone else thinks he has Anmesia, but we, the viewers know better, partly because 'everyone else' is stupid. This show puts to good use the 'Usual character is actually amazing' concept, and generally has at least one scene per episode that makes you go "woah!" and wish you were Kyle.
The second show, and maybe even more exciting is the first episode of season 2 of Prison Break. I won’t mention what happened at the finale of season 1, but shall we just say that after all that planning by Michael Scofield, the end was kinda lame. It’s one of those “how the frig are they gonna get out of that?” kind of situation.
Despite all this TV goodness for me to zonk out in front of, I might not get round to watching either of them tonight. I may be going to See Pirates of the Caribbean tonight. If I do, I probably won’t get round to watching the TV eps.
Also I’ve been hugely busy recently, which is why I haven’t been posting as much as I should have. However, this is a story for another time. It’ll probably be the next post, as I’ve actually written most of it already!
So, sorry for the boring intermediary post, I’ll try and spruce things up tomorrow…!
Ryaninja flipped out at 5:14 pm
Throw me a Stabby Shuriken - 3 thrown so far!
3 Comments:
Prison Break is filmed in North Texas. Have a buddy with an amazing array of beautiful girls that are friends, and he / they have partied with the crew of the show. I on the other hand am married with two kids and I party with The Wiggles. Ryan, email me and i will give you his myspace page and you can see the talent of which i speak. mmmm luxury pie
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I don't have your email address!
Must. See. Pie.
Is your friend called Gust?
yes and i i will email you
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