Television
Lisa and I watch television most nights before we go to bed - to unwind from the day.
I have to say that I'm impressed: television seems to be getting better (at the same time as some alarming things are happening, but that's another story) than the TV of the 70's, 80's, and even early 90's. I don't know what's causing this phenomenon, but it's welcome.
House is still my favorite television show. If you've not seen this show, you should check it out. A wonderful character: mysterious, sharp, and a classic anti-hero. The interactions between and amongst the characters is compelling and fun. Unfortunately, the quality of the episodes in season 2 seem to have dropped off a bit. I'm still hoping it makes a turn around, though.
Grey's Anatomy is quickly becoming another of my favorite shows. Unlike House, I feel that it started out much slower, but it's turned around wonderfully. The characters in Grey's Anatomy are more real than most shows -- which can be a blessing and a curse, as some of the more recent episodes have proven. It's not necessarily a feel-good show, but it strives (and I think succeeds) to be a genuine look at real people.
ER: what can I say? It's a classic. Well done, good writing, fun characters, dramatic and rich setting where all sorts of dramatic/heartbreaking/funny/exciting things can happen. I haven't seen all the seasons of this yet (maybe we're up to season 4 or 5 on DVD?) but it's really fun. Although I could do without quite as much gore.
Lost: everybody talks about it, everybody seems to love it, but... what can I say? I find it irritating. I've seen all of Season 2 so far, and we own Season 1 on DVD, and are most of the way through it... I find the whole "you don't know what's going on, and even if we give you any new pieces of information about the island, they'll raise more questions" aspect of it incredibly irritating. It's not even clear, watching the show, if there is any outcome of this storyline that could be believable and not the whole "it's strange mystical stuff you can't possibly have guessed," which is my least favorite fantasy/sci fi story ending. Blah. But, we'll probably watch it longer -- maybe they'll give us some scrap.
Home shows: Trading Spaces, Flip that House, Holmes on Homes, etc, etc, etc -- there's a million of them. Lisa and I like to do home improvements (or at least the idea of them -- actually doing them is sometimes hard and unpleasant. :-) and these shows are fun for ideas, and just to see what other people are up to. Mostly mindless television. :-)
That's our TV schedule these days. Like I said, I think it's fun -- I like seeing well-crafted stories and characters, and television these days provides.
I have to say that I'm impressed: television seems to be getting better (at the same time as some alarming things are happening, but that's another story) than the TV of the 70's, 80's, and even early 90's. I don't know what's causing this phenomenon, but it's welcome.
House is still my favorite television show. If you've not seen this show, you should check it out. A wonderful character: mysterious, sharp, and a classic anti-hero. The interactions between and amongst the characters is compelling and fun. Unfortunately, the quality of the episodes in season 2 seem to have dropped off a bit. I'm still hoping it makes a turn around, though.
Grey's Anatomy is quickly becoming another of my favorite shows. Unlike House, I feel that it started out much slower, but it's turned around wonderfully. The characters in Grey's Anatomy are more real than most shows -- which can be a blessing and a curse, as some of the more recent episodes have proven. It's not necessarily a feel-good show, but it strives (and I think succeeds) to be a genuine look at real people.
ER: what can I say? It's a classic. Well done, good writing, fun characters, dramatic and rich setting where all sorts of dramatic/heartbreaking/funny/exciting things can happen. I haven't seen all the seasons of this yet (maybe we're up to season 4 or 5 on DVD?) but it's really fun. Although I could do without quite as much gore.
Lost: everybody talks about it, everybody seems to love it, but... what can I say? I find it irritating. I've seen all of Season 2 so far, and we own Season 1 on DVD, and are most of the way through it... I find the whole "you don't know what's going on, and even if we give you any new pieces of information about the island, they'll raise more questions" aspect of it incredibly irritating. It's not even clear, watching the show, if there is any outcome of this storyline that could be believable and not the whole "it's strange mystical stuff you can't possibly have guessed," which is my least favorite fantasy/sci fi story ending. Blah. But, we'll probably watch it longer -- maybe they'll give us some scrap.
Home shows: Trading Spaces, Flip that House, Holmes on Homes, etc, etc, etc -- there's a million of them. Lisa and I like to do home improvements (or at least the idea of them -- actually doing them is sometimes hard and unpleasant. :-) and these shows are fun for ideas, and just to see what other people are up to. Mostly mindless television. :-)
That's our TV schedule these days. Like I said, I think it's fun -- I like seeing well-crafted stories and characters, and television these days provides.
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