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Television Killed The Film Star
The past few months I have been watching television shows to no end. I used to prefer film to television but I think it’s the other way around now. Films tend to get more money for production which consequentially results in higher quality productions. They also don’t take as much dedication as television shows: you can watch a film in one to two hours whereas shows consist of entire seasons (which are usually 12 + hours long).
Those are the reasons for why I used to prefer films. But now I find the dedication that shows demand to be exceedingly rewarding. Character development and plot lines can be so much more thoroughly developed in shows than in films. I love “getting to know” the characters over a long period of time. It makes for a more enjoyable experience. The production quality of shows has also went way up in the past number of years. This is especially true of shows produced by the likes of Showtime and Starz. Most of the shows I enjoy come from those companies. Television shows on cable and the major networks suffer from content restrictions. Showtime and Starz (and others like HBO) do not. I like my shows to include some blood, profanity, and sex jokes. Not because they are preferable in and of themselves necessarily (although that may be the case with sex jokes) but because they make for a more adult-oriented experience (darker and more complex themes and characters and so on). The only current show that I regularly watch that is produced by a major network is The Office (US). Interestingly enough, it may be my favorite show ever made, although I admit that shows of different colors and stripes can be difficult to compare. My other favorites are not for the faint of heart:
Dexter: a show about a serial killer who hunts other serial kills and murderers.
Spartacus: historical epic about the trials and tribulations of, well, Spartacus and company and the events leading to the Third Servile War.
Californication: a sex comedy about a man whose romantic troubles lead him to drown himself in alcohol and sex.
Shameless: a comedy-drama about a poor Chicago suburban family that tries to survive without parental guidance or parental help of any kind.
The Implications of Atheism
Awesome Vid
In case you haven’t seen it already, here’s a video that has recently been flourishing on the internet. It’s a fake but still awesome.
Funny short clip
What happened to Joaquin Phoenix?
Most people who keep up with such news probably already know Joaquin Phoenix announced his retirement from acting a few months back. If people were surprised by that, I think people are even more surprised with his change of personality (not to mention his change in looks). To be honest, I don’t exactly know what his personality was like before, but I don’t think he was quite like he is now. Psychologists have a field day with this stuff. My only question is: could this be nothing more than an elaborate acting experiment on his part? Probably not, but it’s possible. If you don’t know what I am talking about whatsoever, watch the following clip of Joaquin on David Letterman.
How truly bizarre is Facebook?
Here is an hilarious video I came across the other day concerning what Facebook might be like if it were to happen on a more face-to-face level? No matter how ridiculous the video may seem, it raises some interesting questions about these vast online social networking sites–like Facebook or MySpace. Such as questions dealing with the nature of friendship: in what ways are such sites beneficial and in what ways are they determinental to one’s friendships or to one’s conception of friendship? Or with self-other perception: to what extent is our social networking self an accurate representation of our “real ” self (or our non-social networking, non-digitalized self)?
“QUESTIONS THAT HAUNT ME”
The following is from an email I received from a friend. Some of these are quite brilliant while some are pretty stupid. Enjoy.
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If you have sex with a prostitute against her will, is it considered
rape or shoplifting?
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Can you cry under water?
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How important does a person have to be before they are considered
assassinated instead of just murdered?
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Why do you have to ‘put your two cents in’… but it’s only a ‘penny
for your thoughts’? Where’s that extra penny going to?
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Once you’re in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were
buried in for eternity?
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Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
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What disease did cured ham actually have?
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How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be
a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
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Why is it that people say they ‘slept like a baby’ when babies wake up
like every two hours?
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If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
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Why are you IN a movie, but you’re ON TV?
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Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in
binoculars to look at things on the ground?
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Why do doctors leave the room while you change?
They’re going to see you naked anyway.
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Why is ‘bra’ singular and ‘panties’ plural?
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Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a
horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
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If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about
him?
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Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane ?
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If the professor on Gilligan’s Island can make a radio out of a
coconut, why can’t he fix a hole in a boat?
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Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours?
They’re both dogs!
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If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why
didn’t he just buy dinner?
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If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from
vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
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If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
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Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same
tune?
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Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
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Why do they call it an asteroid when it’s outside the hemisphere, but
call it a hemorrhoid when it’s in your butt?
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Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at
you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the
window?
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Why politicians are awesome
Here are a few videos highlighting some of the great moments from this election season:
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