Comments on: TV Sucks

by: Jane

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:05:38 +0000

Garrison and I gave up our TV almost 9 years ago and we’ve only regretted it once - on 9/11/2001. We spent hours at our neighbors’ home and shared the experience with them. We were then able to “stop” watching after a couple of days and were not glued to the TV for weeks like many were. I have no clue what people are talking about when they start discussing TV programs, the new channels, etc. When asked about a show, I always say I don’t have a TV and it shocks people, especially when I tell them it has been almost 9 years. Then they think about it and most say “you’re not missing anything”. Exceptions seem to be people who watch sports and teenage kids who think we are dinosaurs and weirdos. We do have a 48″ flat screen and a PS 3 for watching movies and playing games, though

by: Kevin

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:45:49 +0000

Lost is tripe!

by: restless

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:14:39 +0000

Let’s face it, the one, still-shining facet of America to us and to the rest of the world is out “entertainment” industry if you can call it that. Everyone is in thrall to this I think in part because it represents some creativity and self-expression that most of us don’t get to exhibit in our jobs. There’s always the dream that one can write a screenplay or get on a reality show or become an American Idol and thus escape the petty dictatorships of the jobs we find ourselves in. And there are unique shows and entertainments being produced amongst all the slop. But each to his own trough as far as that goes. I’m in the midst of a gigantic TV-show rental project on netflix and just finished watching the entire 1st season of HBO’s Rome, which wasn’t as hot or as good as I thought it might be. Same goes for Entourage, which I turned back in after watching less than 2 of the episodes. Next is The Wire, which I’ve heard is truly outstanding. But that’s what my tv is used for and so I find myself really out of it at times when I’m at jobs and they all talk talk talk endlessly about shows present and past. I’ve also noticed a particularly repellant angle to this type of conversation: attempting to determine the age of the person you are talking with by referring to television shows of one’s youth. Jeezus, what next?