reality tv

is mostly a sign of failing creativity...

take it to the limit one more time

that's what 24 seems to be gearing up to do... won't be surprised to see waterboarding and all sorts of tortures before the end... they can justify it with some logic like exposing the american people to the reality of what our government does in our name under the guise of protecting us might wake people up to the inhumanity we allow and support and cheer on while simultaneously condemning others for doing the same...

just watch the news with your mind open if you need more proof...

besides, it's fox, so they've got to made the bleeding heart liberals look bad, pathetic, even corrupt... will jack shake them all up by the end of the show?... will the show shake all of us up?... what sort of surprise is in store?...

yawn, pass the chocolate :)

another idol

missed crystal, who is a favorite of mine and andrew, who is not, so woke from a nap as tim was singing and he so made simon and company flat out wrong when they started on him in the first show of 24 by saying he didn't belong and kept on him week after week until finally simon admits tim has something this week by saying he went from zero to hero in two weeks... he's not my favorite, but he's got what an american idol winner needs, just like last year's winner...

and they seem to like the bruce springsteen clone, but lee still does not do much for me... he might make it another week, but he does not belong in the top five or beyond... aaron, on the other hand, just might... i think he snuck ahead of michael and tim this week for the fifth spot...

the judges have played with soiban's head lately and she's just got to shut them out, stop listening, stop thinking, and just sing because she's got the best voice on the show this year by far... and her response to the judges attempt to box her into a specific style was so right...

michael disappointed me this week, sleepy and not as emothional as the song needed to be... he looked like a tooy big little boy singing a song and that song needs a deep man (or woman) telling a story with a tear in the eye and a cry, not a wine, but a serious plea in the voice... still, he deserves to be ahead of others and not be in the bottom two...

katie was kind of odd for me this week, needs more maturity and energy, but she's got style and personality and definitely remains in my top four...

casey sings a song that was not really elvis, but a reminder of a time white singers stole blank singer's songs because of the racial prejudice of the time... a lloyd price song made even more popular by little richard, except for the prejudice white folk of the 50s who went for the elvis version, though not that much...

and in the end, andrew and lee are gone for me... casey is shakey this week as is michael and the rst, the top five... crystal, soiban, tim, katie, aaron (the last three in variable order)...

sg:u fail

no time for much tv this week, but caught the news episode of sg:u and continued to lose interest in the lost survivor st:voyager firefly wanna be that pitifully fails and once again only attempts to prove how stupid people are and how limited tv writer imaginations are... pretty much the popular destiny of human space travel is to wander aimlessly through the universe fighting with each other and everyone else, but like humans are on this planet... the stupid destructive virus spreads into the universe and goes on and on...

so sad...

more idol

i watched the singing show, but missed the elimination show and last night found out the judges used their save and good news, cuz michael deserves to go farther but it also shows how young the audience has become and black male singers do not seem to be too popular with idol voters...

no surprises, still the same top few, crystal, soiban... katie has risen, casey probably, and rounding out the top five, almost anybody except andrew... since two have to go, tim, aaron, lee, and michael are at risk... i say lee, though people seem to like his bruce springsteen imitations... time keeps surprising everyone with his positivity and pure pleasure in singing... aaron could have a bad week, but he's got a lot of raw talent for his age... michael might not win the young crowd over, but any way you look at it, i see the top four staying crystal, soiban, katie, and casey... though not necessarily in that order...

rah rah...

craig is not my only friend

i missed last night's debut of craig's new robot sidekick and tonight hung out with my friend jackson to share a pizza for my birthday while watching idol and the womens ncaa championship game and then i found time for craig... we really do have a similar thread running through our brains...

tv has been way in the background lately, how about you?

sg:u

so now that i have cable i am finally figuring out that the sci-fi tv show stargate:universe is an actual tv series and not a movie or web thing or whatever and today they had a catch-up marathon and i am getting to see a half dozen or so shows and i am finding it too much like survivor and lost and not enough like stargate (which was about at the limits of my tolerance for war and conflict and personalized human drama and, ultimately, soap opera)... at least there was a team of interesting characters, serious ideals, humor, and intelligence (even if it was sci-fi and sometimes fake intelligence) in the show... so far sg:u us all about surviving, kind of like st:voyager, though there were some interesting aliens and other characters and a bit more storyline in that one...

i'll watch a few more episodes and hope...