03 October 2006

Why TV Sucks... especially Jerry Bruckheimer

Allow me to go onto a tirade...

CSI. It's like a drug. But at the same time it isn't. I admit, I was never really into it in the first place. Perhaps I'm not its target demographic. I don't know who is. But seriously, I think it's aimed at information junkies. You know the type. The ones that are constantly searching for keywords in people's conversations so they can look it up on the internet later, or now, on wireless enabled phones and palm pilots.

It's for this reason that I find CSI addicting. It's like it gives you this inside view. You seem to actually learn something... Be it about supernotes or how rare Fire Ants are in Las Vegas. Perhaps it is this educational aspect that draws all its viewers. The other day, there was an episode on Supernotes. I looked them up. I really didn't know much about them before that. It WAS interesting, I'll admit.

But one thing that CSI fails miserably in is character development. I know I haven't watched the show much, but I don't seem to really care about the characters one way or another. It seems that the show isn't really about the characters though, it's about the technology, the cool factor, the special effects. I don't know 'bout you, but I'm sick of them. Any character development seems forced.

I only watch CSI because Seiko likes it, although with all the highly technical language, I'm not sure what she gets out of it. At least it gives me an opportunity to explain high-level english words and phrases to her. Not sure how useful it would be though, unless she decides to go into criminology.

Another thing about CSI is that it just isn't realistic, and there's a whole lot of conjecture, too. It's supposition based on supposition based on supposition.

And one more thing... Jerry Bruckheimer is a genius. He's got three shows with different names and the same storyline set in three different cities. It's like if they launched Star Trek:TNG DS9 and Voyager at the same time but they were all really popular. Talk about Ratings hog.

Give me Battlestar Galactica any time.

The Picard Song

This is crazy well done:

02 October 2006

Red Bull Goodness

This is actually a really cool sound byte of Red Bull Cans. I can imagine how much work this would've taken.