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Jul. 24th, 2018 09:34 pm1. Co-Worker: I was watching Shark Week, and Shaq O'Neill was hosting inside a cage with all these sharks swimming around him, and a baby shark got inside and I was highly amused.
Me: Hmmm..now if they put the current President of the US inside a shark tank, I might actually watch.
You know the world has gone insane or possibly you have, when you think it would be great fun to watch the elected leader of your country be eaten alive by sharks on television like some evil James Bond villain.
2. Hee, Peter Rosenthal skewers film critics with his review of Mamma Mia for The Onion.
He's not wrong. I mean really? Skewering pop culture or art is a waste of time. Of course it helps that I happen to love Mamma Mia. It's fun. The songs are danceable -- but then I happen to love dance music and Swedish pop songs.
Also, I've a weakness for Stella Asgard, Colin Firth, Pierce Bronsnan, Julie Harris, and Christine Baranski hamming it up.
I may pull out his review and thrust it at anyone who poops on my favs.
3. Okay...apparently everyone is doing a streaming service now..
Facebook, yes, FACEBOOK is doing a streaming channel and has new television shows. Next, Twitter and Pininterest and Tumblr will be doing one. I feel like we've officially entered the world of Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison and Adolus Huxley...
So to date in the US, we have the five or six broadcast channels, about a 1000 cable channels, about ten premium subscription channels, and over 700 and some streaming channels. So in the US we have over 520 scripted prime time television series (that's not including the reality shows, daytime dramas, news, game shows, and non-scripted talent. If we include that we're well over 1000.)
And yet, I find I'm watching less and less of it. I watched more when we didn't have all these distribution channels. I can't find stuff. I forget what is on. I have troubles keeping track of what is on. I lose interest. And I find it hard to care to when they cancel things, because I think, yeah, well, something will replace, besides...less television shows to keep track of.
Me: Hmmm..now if they put the current President of the US inside a shark tank, I might actually watch.
You know the world has gone insane or possibly you have, when you think it would be great fun to watch the elected leader of your country be eaten alive by sharks on television like some evil James Bond villain.
2. Hee, Peter Rosenthal skewers film critics with his review of Mamma Mia for The Onion.
He's not wrong. I mean really? Skewering pop culture or art is a waste of time. Of course it helps that I happen to love Mamma Mia. It's fun. The songs are danceable -- but then I happen to love dance music and Swedish pop songs.
Also, I've a weakness for Stella Asgard, Colin Firth, Pierce Bronsnan, Julie Harris, and Christine Baranski hamming it up.
I may pull out his review and thrust it at anyone who poops on my favs.
3. Okay...apparently everyone is doing a streaming service now..
Facebook, yes, FACEBOOK is doing a streaming channel and has new television shows. Next, Twitter and Pininterest and Tumblr will be doing one. I feel like we've officially entered the world of Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison and Adolus Huxley...
So to date in the US, we have the five or six broadcast channels, about a 1000 cable channels, about ten premium subscription channels, and over 700 and some streaming channels. So in the US we have over 520 scripted prime time television series (that's not including the reality shows, daytime dramas, news, game shows, and non-scripted talent. If we include that we're well over 1000.)
And yet, I find I'm watching less and less of it. I watched more when we didn't have all these distribution channels. I can't find stuff. I forget what is on. I have troubles keeping track of what is on. I lose interest. And I find it hard to care to when they cancel things, because I think, yeah, well, something will replace, besides...less television shows to keep track of.