tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post116073604148042801..comments2023-09-30T04:12:28.281-07:00Comments on Finding Fair Hope: TV: The New SeasonMary Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160858424614843472006-10-14T13:40:00.000-07:002006-10-14T13:40:00.000-07:00I discovered House through my friend Justin a coup...I discovered <I>House</I> through my friend <A HREF="http://conceptofirony.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Justin</A> a couple of weeks ago and loved it! Offbeat indeed, but very well done.<BR/><BR/>I also forgot to mention another new show that may have legs: <I>Brothers and Sisters</I> immediately following <I>Desperate Housewives</I>.<BR/><BR/>For some reason a couple of the new shows have introduced characters who are supposed to be politically Conservative -- including <I>Brothers and Sisters</I>. Why they are bothering, I don't know. They'll never get that audience, and from their handling of the characters, they really don't seem to want to.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160844974148395732006-10-14T09:56:00.000-07:002006-10-14T09:56:00.000-07:00Isn't tv all about entertaining us? I am sick and ...Isn't tv all about entertaining us? I am sick and tired of all the cop shows, drugs, killings and such, give me something off beat anytime. I am a Lost addict, also all the CSI's and Shark is great.I also love House on Fox, that's about as offbeat as one can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160792399015482082006-10-13T19:19:00.000-07:002006-10-13T19:19:00.000-07:00Funny, Golden, but I'm a zillion times more comfor...Funny, Golden, but I'm a zillion times more comfortable pontificating about the stuff on the tube than on the state of the art of childrearing. But be assured, this blog will bounce from pillar to post including these topics and more as long as I feel like posting.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160782881537004172006-10-13T16:41:00.000-07:002006-10-13T16:41:00.000-07:00I watched All In The Family until the Meatheads mo...I watched All In The Family until the Meatheads moved out. It was about that time that it didn't seem edgy anymore.<BR/><BR/>I have never watched a reality show. The commercials for them turn my stomache.<BR/><BR/>You didn't ask me, but I'll tell you anyway, that I am lousy at playing video games because they bore me.<BR/><BR/>Let's argue about child rearing issues some more. That's more funner than the boob tube.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160772661513252962006-10-13T13:51:00.000-07:002006-10-13T13:51:00.000-07:00At the risk of sounding like a hopeless square, I'...At the risk of sounding like a hopeless square, I'll admit I dodged that because I have never played a video game.<BR/><BR/>However, I once watched one of my favorite people in the world, my nine-year-old grandson Andy, play one for about 2 minutes. I was intrigued by two things: He was manipulating a medieval character who carried a mace and chain and was swinging the instrument at everything that passed, usually sending it flying, mortally wounded. He addressed this leading character in the first person, as "I just smacked a monster," and so on. There seems to be no separation between player and game piece.<BR/><BR/>Here's the other thing I was impressed by. If a bird came in sight, the mace was swung at it, and I said, "You have to kill little birds?" and Andy said, "Yeah, I don't like killing little birds." He shrugged. "But that's my job."<BR/><BR/>That is all I know about video games except that most of them are much worse than that.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160772039773407092006-10-13T13:40:00.000-07:002006-10-13T13:40:00.000-07:00Hey! Are you dodging my question about video game...Hey! Are you dodging my question about video games?Bert Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601645383399698392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160758914516240422006-10-13T10:01:00.000-07:002006-10-13T10:01:00.000-07:00Funny thing about All in the Family. It was suppos...Funny thing about <I>All in the Family.</I> It was supposed to be a Liberal's idea of a stereotype Conservative and the audience (I suppose) was meant to identify with Meathead, but all over the country all I heard was those that thought, "Good old Archie! He tells it like it is!" Just didn't appeal to me at all. <BR/><BR/>As for "Reality" tv, I watched some of The Apprentice, and was a little ashamed of myself for doing so. Those "Bachelor" shows are most bizarre -- everybody falling in love and kissing and all that stuff. What is this thing? Not my definition of love, but close to madness anyway.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825814.post-1160758409361489582006-10-13T09:53:00.000-07:002006-10-13T09:53:00.000-07:00Even-Handed Hope, while I did enjoy "All in the Fa...Even-Handed Hope, while I did enjoy "All in the Family," I was ashamed of myself for doing so.<BR/><BR/>I have this belief that almost every show that makes it to national prominence has as a basic guideline "entertaining" the audience! In other words, in working out the details of their storylines, they try to come up with things that will hold our attention!! <BR/><BR/>I further believe that the recognition of this failing by TV's movers and shakers is what resulted in Reality Television, which was supposed to remedy the failings of 'entertainment' TV by being unscripted. HA! The movers and shakers very quickly found out that if it wasn't scripted, there would be no need for movers and shakers! So then Reality TV quickly became scripted and we were back to square one. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of scripted vs. unscripted entertainment, have you ever played a video game?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com