I have, as a wannabe hipster, professed my love of stupid television. It has been a great way to relax, kick back after a long day at school or work, and just watch peoples houses being torn down and build up, or pretty people getting their silly dreams thorn down (you want to sing. Ever listened to yourself?). But lately, I don't enjoy it all that much. I get bored, and get out a newspaper and then turn the TV off because it is disturbing my reading.
I think that TV has been dumbed down the last few years (that, or I've become a lot smarter). Am I the only one who does not need to be reminded after each and every cut-scene or commercial break what the presenters are doing? Is it possible that other people also read the effing program guide, thus understanding, when they start watching the show halfway through, that when Adam and Jamie is standing with a heckload of bronze mirrors and discussing reflection angles, it might be Archimedes' death ray they are building?
I do not need the feeble attempts at dramaturgy in Are you smarter than a fifth grader?:
Host: And which category do you choose for the X dollar question?:
Guest: Hmm...
(Commercial break)
Host : We are back, X dollars is at stake, and Guest, what will you pick?
Guest: Hmm... I pick Y!
Host: He picked Y! Now the question for Y is...
(Commercial break)
(Repeat for his answer, whether he will use one of the cheats, whether the answer is correct...)
I do not need over-explanations.
I do not need extra drama added to topics that are interesting in themselves.
I do not need extra human stories.
I do not need bickering because it makes people more "real" or makes "better TV".
I want entertainment and learning, and lately, books and newspaper seem to do that job much better television.
(not that I do not adore Grey's anatomy, House or Big Bang theory...)
I think that TV has been dumbed down the last few years (that, or I've become a lot smarter). Am I the only one who does not need to be reminded after each and every cut-scene or commercial break what the presenters are doing? Is it possible that other people also read the effing program guide, thus understanding, when they start watching the show halfway through, that when Adam and Jamie is standing with a heckload of bronze mirrors and discussing reflection angles, it might be Archimedes' death ray they are building?
I do not need the feeble attempts at dramaturgy in Are you smarter than a fifth grader?:
Host: And which category do you choose for the X dollar question?:
Guest: Hmm...
(Commercial break)
Host : We are back, X dollars is at stake, and Guest, what will you pick?
Guest: Hmm... I pick Y!
Host: He picked Y! Now the question for Y is...
(Commercial break)
(Repeat for his answer, whether he will use one of the cheats, whether the answer is correct...)
I do not need over-explanations.
I do not need extra drama added to topics that are interesting in themselves.
I do not need extra human stories.
I do not need bickering because it makes people more "real" or makes "better TV".
I want entertainment and learning, and lately, books and newspaper seem to do that job much better television.
(not that I do not adore Grey's anatomy, House or Big Bang theory...)
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