Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Good TV, Bad TV
I don't generally watch a lot of tv anymore. The reasons are many, but it all boils down to two things: lack of time and lack of quality shows. Reality tv has reduced most channels to clearinghouses of retarded drek that cater exclusively to the lowest common denominator of society (Hello, Billy Joe Lowbrow) . As a result, we tend to go out and buy (on DVD or iTunes) the shining gems that are actually worth watching. Recently, it's been Babylon 5. We're just about done with the first season and it amazes me how intricate and well-constructed the storyline is. They cleverly plant the seeds in Season One for things that will shake the foundations of the Universe in Season Five. Now that's good tv! Some other small screen diamonds are Firefly and the Dresden Files. Both shows were excellent and yet were doomed to cancellation after only one season. Apparently, they weren't dumbed down enough for the unwashed masses. A couple of series that I haven't really managed to get into yet are the new Battlestar Galactica and Heroes. I wanted to like the new BG, but memories of the original series got in the way. As for Heroes, it's more a time issue. I might snag the first season on iTunes and watch it that way. It sounds intriguing.
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Agreed... most TV is garbage. There are a few gems out there, but they're buried in the usual avalanche of conformism, desperate capitalism, and overbearing network politics. Ugh.
Regarding underappreciated gems, though, YES! Firefly was utterly fantastic, and Dresden was well-done also. (I've recently fallen into the series of books, and they're a mighty fun read.)
Avatar (an animated series on Nickelodeon) is like a weekly dose of crack for our household. It's kickass, high-quality stuff, and frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't been forcibly canned. (Any show I actually like tends to get the Kiss Of Death pretty fast...)
What I've seen of Avatar is pretty good, yes. Never seems to be on when we are flipping channels, though, for some reason. Don't even get me started on how bad cartoons have gotten lately. If adult tv has been dumbed down, children's shows have been completely lobotomized. Kids aren't stupid, people! But modern children's programming is doing its level best to make them that way.
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