I should really get back into watching TV. The thing is, advertisments really piss me off. They just keep showing them! I realise that without the ads, there probably wouldn't be much TV, or I'd have to buy everything on DVD.
Its funny how when people tell stories in the form of TV shows, it can hook people. Actually its funny how stories in general can have people wanting more. Everyone seems to want to know 'what happens next'. In some ways, the internet has kind of let people know what happens next without even watching. Websites reveal the storylines to movies, shows and what not. So much so that some people probably don't even watch their TV shows anymore because they already know what happens.
I've never really believed in having stories spoiled. Its really bad when you're watching a movie, usually a thriller or some sort of mystery movie, and then they go and suggest the ending. I find it actually really annoying. I'd rather just sit back and let the people tell their story without any interruptions. I guess thats kind of why I like reading as well.
However, on the flip side, some things are just too predictable. For example, horror movies are the most predictable. Apart from being disgusted at the stuff that happens in them, thats probably why I don't watch horror movies. They're just so boring. Another genre of story which is fairly predicable is drama. Especially cheesy drama like the OC. I watch it because its addictive, and because its funny. Not funny in the conventional sense, but funny in that its... different. You can probably predict whats going to happen next because its the least likely thing to happen. Everything bad seems to always happen to Marissa too.
Somebody tell me a really good story.
P.S. Sorry for not writing a lot recently.
2 comments:
well everyone knows i love tv and tv loves me and with the advent of cable tv well my world has just expanded that much more but as a nearest and dearest has so explictly told me i do watch stupid tv shows too. if you have foxtel ali or know someone who does see if you can catch an episode of a show called laguna beach on mtv. it's stupidity (and i mean the people in it and their 'storylines') glorified. but yet stupidity can be painfully addictive. or at least that's just my excuse.
p.s i'm reading a book now about dracula and how he's still alive but with no head. scary stuff!
[helga]
p.p.s i'm getting better at poker! though it may be just through yahoo games (it's too painful to lose real money or real chocolate).
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