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TVcandoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-71085685011440095012020-01-17T22:32:00.000-05:002020-01-20T15:37:29.484-05:00Did I Mention Supergirl Before?I am generally disappointed by comic stories because writers rarely, if ever, have the imagination to reach for the potential of comics. Too often, they succumb to cliches, the same old tropes, the same old ignorance, the same old delusions that humanity accepts as reality and truth. As if it is <i>the only possible</i> reality and truth. <br />
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I'll get one of the most obvious distractions from following the story out of the way up front. It is tough to look at any futuristic Sci-Fi with all the 20th-21st century make-up piled on every face. Especially when it's too obvious. <br />
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Truth is, I really want to like <i>Supergirl</i>, in spite of it drooling soap opera drama, illogically constructed story lines, and contrived plot twists to resolve conflicts created by the ridiculously blind and insensitive moments that supposedly genius characters create only to pray for some higher power to save them or fix them or guide them or whatever. So rarely do we imagine a reality that is anything other than the standard age old human beliefs. I mean, why do we read books or watch movies or TV, to see the same stories we live around us? Where is imagination? <br />
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So I am binge watching four seasons of <i>Supergirl</i>. <br />
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I don't know if I can look past the third grade dialogue and not much more mature emotional development of the characters to keep watching. Some of he decisions are just so stupid, so selectively ignorant, so ingrained with ultra-fear-based bible-belt small mindedness, so underdeveloped, contrived, unaware, virtually blindly unconscious. So much co-dependency, it's practically clinical. All the embarrassed giggling, the cluelessness, the self-centered way-too over-emotional ten second attention span. I don't think they are even reaching for a high school audience. It's so prepubescent at times, and maybe it reaches the level of tweens. Amazing, really, most DC comic books are more mature, logical, and better written. <br />
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The eye candy is keeping me watching, looking up from time to time, the overall comic story keeping me listening, with one ear. The tweeny soap opera is tough to ignore. Thirteenth Earth birthday is so ironic, I mean, if she was thirteen, she'd be a very immature thirteen. The shallowness is so boringly predictable. Then, sadly, for libbo, it looks like she wears ass-padding. Some of the lines are so appropriate... <br />
<blockquote><blockquote>Supergirl....: If you hurt her...<br />
White Martian: You'll what?... whine at me?</blockquote></blockquote><br />
Did you ever notice that the bad guys almost always have natural teeth, or even bad teeth, except the top villains, of course. You can always tell. The good guys, and the top villains, on the other hand, always have perfect teeth, too perfect, actually, especially the stars. Suspending reality can only go so far. <br />
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The most consistent flaw is, in almost every episode, Supergirl fails due to insensitivity, egocentricity, and self-centered-ness and then in the last minute or two, a complete change of character is contrived to save the day. From her own consistent mistakes. And she just loves the applause too much. <br />
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Not to mention the typical alcohol dependency. <br />
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What may be the most disappointing thing is her immature, insecure, weak, illogical, egocentric mind. So I play games and <a href=https://youtu.be/MRz3pEp6_o8 target="_blank">glance up</a> now and then, <a href=https://youtu.be/MRz3pEp6_o8?t=11 target="_blank">pausing</a>, rewinding, <a href=https://youtu.be/MRz3pEp6_o8?t=14 target="_blank">stopping</a>, even. Pity to prude who lies about her feelings, for a lying prude stands alone. And the alien in the ridiculously see-through disguise hangs out at the alien bar and nobody, not one human or alien, sees through it. Denial is the human way, but aliens do it even better. So pathetic. Then there's the unbelievable sudden shifts in emotions, again, making them more unbelievable. No depth at all. Before we wander off to some better entertainment, before all intelligence gives way to illogical fallacies, let's not forget about human frailty, of course, the essence of human drama. Naturally aliens have the same guilt, flaws and weaknesses. Duh. But her selfish insensitivity and egocentricity overwhelm the experience of this show. <br />
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Besides the self-centered immaturity, he fake teeth are distracting too. lol.<br />
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Sadly, the story is seldom good enough to overcome that. <br />
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And then they did it, religion, delusion, madness. <br />
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People really don't know the difference. <br />
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Worse, people think there is one. <br />
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Narf :)<br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-43694111011352310712019-09-25T04:22:00.001-04:002019-09-25T04:22:10.432-04:00CBS Still Sucks<a href=https://backgroundtv.blogspot.com/2018/06/cbs-sucks.html target="_blanK">The App</a> is destroying the experience. Watching some shows twice, or more, because the App doesn't remember what I do watch and worse, forcing shows I don't watch to the top of my "Shows You Watch" list... I'm less apt to turn on CBS these days than ever before. <br />
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I was enjoying <i>Instinct</i> but watching it a second time shows the poor casting flaws. Too many soft faces with too much make up and staging just does not fit the attempt as serious police drama. Too much wasted dialogue trying to explain the obvious as if a viewer can't see what is going on. The explanatory dialogue breaks the tension of the serious moments. <br />
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Contrived, unbelievable, poor TV. <br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-53740808717515984632019-07-25T11:56:00.001-04:002019-09-23T23:11:12.984-04:00Bad Spectrum, Bad SyfyIt took just ten minutes of browsing Spectrum's guide, after not viewing cable for a couple of years, at least, for me to decide that I miss nothing it has to offer and I would rather not waste my time with it. Not even considering the money. Anyway, staying at Jackson's place allows me to explore the service and I am not even not impressed, I am ignoring it. Seriously background TV, as in, background noise. Then there is Syfy, a channel that has very little to do with Science Fiction, so the name change finally makes sense. I found what might have been science fiction, something called <i>Atomica</i>. Soap opera acting, almost pedophilic, definitely voyeuristic sexism, and a whole lot of scientific ignorance. What can be expected from a pretend Sci-Fi channel that pushes mostly bad horror shtick. <br />
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This is the first impression. An hour into the film, not much changed. From the motorcycle helmet to the golf shots, it's just wrong. Dragging a body sideways on sand? Sure, anyone with supermodel muscles (meaning lack thereof) can do that, right? Maybe it was hydraulic, and how long without food or water in radiation? What sort of radiation? Where are these people, anyway? Maybe I was nodding off when they explained what the "Red Zone" is and what planet they are on. And first time at a power plant for the supermodel facilities engineer, but she's also a doctor and scientist and she's whatever else the plot line needs? The people who wrote and made this film obviously were not. <br />
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Take her first task, getting the communications back up, seems to be forgotten. Then the guy goes from super creepy mysterious all-knowing to super needy hapless back to super creepy mysterious and in-charge. And back and forth. The men need full-out space-contamination suits, the sexy supermodel wears a skin tight body suit and a motorcycle helmet. So many other contrived situation and ultimately, ignorance. Hold out your finger so I can carefully chop it off and naturally, instant cauterization so no extensive bleeding. The list can go on all night. Suspending believe is part of science fiction. Suspending logic, not so much. <br />
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On a cable TV note, I never understood the business plan of cable. I mean, I understand it from the cable company's perspective, but it appears to screw the consumer and there are supposed to be laws and regulations to protect consumers. They charge a heck of a lot of money, yet they still sell commercials like network TV. So they double dip into our pockets and nobody thinks that is wrong? Network TV puts on plenty of shows without charging, so why does cable get to get a by on monopolizing our money? <br />
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Anyway, back to the really bad TV,,, so why, by the end of the film, am I at all interested in a sequel? I read Charlese Theron may be in it. Maybe she will insist on more authenticity, logic, continuity, story and character depth, less pandering to male voyeurism, and fewer exploitative sexism, near nudity, and butt-crack shots. <br />
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The things we do to pass the time on days off, aye? lol lam...<br />
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Narf :)<br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-4310372193728946952019-02-05T22:48:00.000-05:002020-01-17T22:36:29.494-05:00Indie or Outed (Part Two)This one is in progress... <br />
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RE: E texts and assorted files. <br />
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<a href=https://dirtdramadetails.blogspot.com/2019/02/to-know-is-not-to-do.html target="_blank">from here</a><br />
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The <a href=https://incaseitmatterstoyou.blogspot.com/2019/02/watching-tv-and-eating-after-softball.html target="_blank">great American crime</a> continues. The news media said nothing. $24 dollars in trinkets. 30 pieces of silver. $3.4 billion dollars bought trillions of dollars and millions of lives. How can you be proud to be an American? Maybe you didn't know. <i>100 Years</i>. Nothing has changed. <br />
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<center>how can you not be angry?<br />
how can you not scream?<br />
maybe you really didn't know<br />
or thought is was a bad dream<br />
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how can it not make you crazy?<br />
do you even know what I mean?<br />
how can you really be proud<br />
of what this country has been?<br />
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don't tell me about the glory<br />
don't wave the flag <br />
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<a href=https://e-the-real.blogspot.com/ target="_blank">to there</a><br />
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<a href=https://rhetroric.blogspot.com/2011/06/blogs-and-other-strangers.html target="_blank">and all that comes before and after</a><br />
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we shall continue someday... <br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-13063666937022436122019-02-03T03:07:00.000-05:002019-09-23T23:19:49.605-04:00Innie or Outie? (Part One?)The background TV for tonight, at least for the moment (it's one of the shows I added to the Amazon "watchlist" as I browsed through the other day. I've already started two or three and deleted them from the watchlist after a short watch. I wish the "History Channel" did not lose it's mind and go stark raving conspiracy crazy. Someone should really put our a <i>real</i> History Channel for the intelligent rational minds who want fact and not convenient coincidences and left field suspicious speculation. <br />
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The show's blurb goes like this...<br />
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<blockquote>There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names. Many of history's monumental thinkers have come to the threshold of this great mystery. It is the common link between all religions, all sciences, and the link between our inner worlds and our outer worlds.</blockquote><br />
and opens with the opening of <i>Auguries of Innocence </i> from Blake, you know...<br />
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<blockquote>To see a World in a Grain of Sand<br />
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower <br />
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand <br />
And Eternity in an hour</blockquote><br />
And ok, I can buy into the opening, the link is energy, but I am hearing way too much religious dogma already and the premise is this is fact, not simply reasonable logical theory or merely something really nice to believe. So we are selling the word <i>akasha</i> as whatever anyone else calls the things they worship, bow to, believe in, and/or blame for everything that is. Ridiculous manipulatons in the first ten minutes have my finger reaching for the delete button. Tell me something new. <br />
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<i>The embedded intelligence of the matrix of time and space.</i> <br />
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Lots of clever words, but so repetitious. <br />
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Lots of quoted truths, but so repetitious. <br />
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My instinct says the endless sales-pitches that ultimately asks for money, control, or belief (which is control, even if it doesn't seem like it because it feels given more than taken), something it does not come right out and say up front is strong in this one. <br />
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And I come to the same question. <br />
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What's the point?<br />
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Everything is connected. <br />
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So?<br />
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Everybody seems to need something to believe in, some explanation for their existence, some godhead. This one is selling <i>akasha</i>. <br />
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It's so much fun, for those who love words as I do, to put power into words, but the fun ends when we start believing the words matter more than we do, and by we, I mean everything, everything, all. <br />
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Logos, aye?<br />
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So I watch and listen and I wonder, real connections or optical coincidences? Everything is illusion, after all. <br />
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Until people accept everything without ego, there is only pointless repetition. Embedded intelligence? If you are not laughing, you are not here. Who believes this is true because it is true, and not because they need to believe it is true, understands. <br />
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A question?<br />
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a statement?<br />
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Both?<br />
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What's the word for both? lol. <br />
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So this long winded movie appear to want to convince the viewer that all religions are of the same origin. <br />
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It is stating the obvious. <br />
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<blockquote><blockquote>The true crisis in our world is not social, political or economy. Our crisis is a crisis of consciousness. An inability to directly experience our true nature. An inability to recognize this nature in everyone and in all things.<br />
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In the Buddhist tradition, the Bodhisattva is the person with an awakened Buddha nature. A Bodhisattva vows to help to awaken every being in the universe, realizing that there is only one consciousness. To awaken one’s true self one must awaken all beings.<br />
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There are innumerable sentient beings in the universe<br />
I vow to help them all to awaken.<br />
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My Imperfections are inexhaustible<br />
I vow to overcome them all.<br />
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The Dharma is unknowable<br />
I vow to know it.<br />
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The way of awakening is unattainable<br />
I vow to attain it.</blockquote></blockquote><br />
What do you do when this is no longer a <a href=https://doorofperception.com/2013/11/inner-worlds-outer-worlds/ target="_blank">revelation</a> and you are left with sadness and loneliness for you've found no one for who this is not either a revelation or simply, above their heads?<br />
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Repeating the truth becomes boring for one who knows the truth. <br />
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What's next?<br />
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Maybe <a href=http://benroth.info/home/ target="_blank">he knows</a>. <br />
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This is happening in real time!<br />
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lol.<br />
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It is. <br />
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Did I emotion (emote?... I think I meant mention) it was a bacon ritz cracker?<br />
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Can we go out to play now?<br />
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Narf :)<br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-89920508497115398712018-06-27T20:33:00.000-04:002018-06-27T21:21:18.277-04:00CBS Sucks<p align=justify>Ok, so I watch mostly CBS shows these days because I have CBS and Hulu on my computer and no other TV access. Actually, except for a few days spent watching friend's homes, it's been more than two years. I miss some show on BBS America and Syfy and a few others, but there are more than enough shows on CBS and Hulu to fill the limited time I have for TV. So when I say CBS sucks, I am mostly reacting to <i>"CBS Cares"</i> and the simple fact that they are canceling three shows I watched. That's not caring. Canceling shows is the suckiest thing a network can do. It's disrescpectful to artists and audiences to not invest a few more dollars (relatiely) to create at least once finale so the show, the artists, and the audience can feel the network has an ounce of respect for them, or us, even. <br />
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No network is better, but I only have CBS to bitch about these days. <br />
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So <i>Scorpion</i> is the one I'll miss. Dorky geniuses and the eye candy were fun, even though the writers flat out sucked and relied on a formula that required so much suspended logic it was a cartoon. I'll miss <i>Zoo</i> because it had an interesting premise even when the plot was forced to typical super-villian proportions. I wish they'd have just tried to actually deal with an evolutionary shift without personalizing an evil mastermind, because the shift is going to come eventually anyway.The writers did not have enough imagination to enter that reality, alas. Then there's <i>Wisdom of the Crowd</i>, which also had a good premise and was failed by writers with limited imaginations. Unfortunately, even the best shows stink sometimes. <br />
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<i>Ransom</i> is still on the chopping block and I won't miss it much, but I am watching it because there's nothing else among the shows I d watch on except <i>Instinct</i>, which is another new show with a touch of <i>Elementary</i>, but it breaks the mold with a gay lead character and I like expanding the rigid norms (why do you think science fiction is my favorite genre?). The writers are not bad. either. <br />
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So what <i>do</i> I watch? <br />
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Of course you just must know, right? <br />
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Insist a little? lol <i>Big Bang Theory, Bull, Criminal Minds, Elementary, MacGyver, NCIS, NCIS:LA, NCIS:NO, Star Trek: Discovery, Young Sheldon</i> and more gone and then, primarily thanks to curiosity and self-induced boredom, new ones I'll check out are <i>God Friended Me, Happy Together, Murphy Brown, Magnum PI, FBI</i>. <br />
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Well, you asked. <br />
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I may check out <i>Salvation</i>, though the title suggests religion and there's way too much religion in the physical (or what we call real) world for me to want to watch it in my fictional entertainment. I don't enjoy watching war movies either. I push past the macho nationalism, blind faith patriotism, and self-righteousness (and ignore the religious references as well as I can) in order to relate to characters and let them become family in my mind. It doesn't happen often, but it's fun when it does. <br />
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Sure, I could go on and on about why I watch what I watch and how I relate in my mind, but then, the title of this entry doesn't point in that direction, now does it? Besides, I'm distracted by <i>Hamilton's Pharmacopeia</i>. I remember Qualudes. You know I do, because of the capital Q. Humans minds are so clogged with fears.<br />
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The <a href=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lilith target="_blank">serpent</a> <a href=http://www.groundzeromedia.org/the-alien-kill-switch/ target="_blnk">in</a> <a href=https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/768800/David-Icke-queen-shape-shifting-lizard target="_blank">the</a> <a href=https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/71tw0a/lets_talk_about_that_serpent_in_the_garden_of_eden/ target="_blank">bible</a> <a href=http://www.sherryshriner.com/sherry/serpent-illuminati.htm target="_blank">is</a> <a href=http://rationalfaith.com/2015/09/a-talking-snake-and-the-alien-connection/ target="_blank">an</a> alien? (wha <a href=https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/lilith/ target="_blank">Lilith</a> <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith_Fair target="_blank">fair</a>?... blame Hulu lol). <br />
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Not just <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone target="_blank">abalone</a>!<br />
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Narf lol :)<br />
</p>candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-47898280618221335292018-06-16T23:42:00.001-04:002018-06-17T00:40:07.028-04:00X-Files RevistedSo I watched <a href=https://backgroundtv.blogspot.com/2018/05/remembering-x-files.html target="_blank"><i>The X-Files</i></a> from the beginning through the 9th season, a season I did not really get into because the show was about Mulder's obsession for a truth about aliens among us and without Mulder, the show was less interesting, less fun to watch, and less believable. It required Scully to switch gears and put her skepticism aside and take on the Mulder obsession, which she did not do well. <br />
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So now I am watching the new <i>X-Files</i> and once again, right off the bat, Scully is as inconsistent as ever. Her know-it-all skepticism is back with a vengeance and I'm ready to turn off the show in the middle of the first episode of season 10 because tat feeling of poor writing and betrayal of character is back with a vengeance too. I watched episode 1 through to the end and sure enough, Scully does another complete 180 (how can anyone take her character seriously, the inconsitencies in her character reduce her to little more than a sail in the wind attached to Mulder's tail). Then, as if to flaunt viewer stupidity, the smoking man returns as the enemy when he was looking out for Mulder in the last few seasons and burned alive on camera in the last episode of season nine. <br />
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It'll be interesting to see how they explain this. The super soldier DNA, perhaps. So why is he aging into decrepitude like any ordinary human? <br />
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First, though, There'll be some odd semi-comedic horror stories. <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-89762031783197158532018-06-09T01:18:00.000-04:002018-06-09T01:18:55.879-04:00Losing BasketballI used to be able to lay and loved to play, but I haven't had anyone to play with for a few years and that's sad, but this meaningless complaint is more about losing interested and enthusiasm about watching professional basketball. I still sometimes watch college, but the pros lost me when the game turned into a ridiculously inconsistently controlled contact sport and the bullies took over. It's the way our culture has always been to some extent from early school days trough middle school and high school. It's finally reached the White House, but the bully culture was not in professional sports much. In fact, most sports were a refreshingly bully free and the bullies were booted out. Talent, finesse, skill, and above all else sportsmanship and a consistent enforcement of the rules made sports a level playing field. <br />
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Maybe money changed that. Or simply the culture shifted and ignores the unfairness, inequality, inequity, immaturity, and bias in order to cheer the flavor of the moment The Lebrons, the Trumps... cheered as heroes no matter what they do (and if really observed, they do very immature, arrogant, entitled, unsportsmanlike, and unethical things that few if anyone else would ever get away with). The real winners who win with skill, finesse, and talent on a level playing field are disrespected and constantly accused of cheating.<br />
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Take the last game of the NBA season for one small but undeniable example. Curry s called for a technical in the first quarter for almost nothing, at least nothing the video could show. Lebron chases a around the court referee arguing a call verbally and with gestures and the ref ignores him. The immature and entitled baby they call king of the nba is why this game is the only game I watched all season. I may have watched part of one last season, but I stopped watching pro basketball. It is nice to see a throw back team is dominating once again. <br />
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Unfortunately, the nba and the media still gave a lot more time to the bully that they did to the classy winners and they even tried to provoke division and controversy when interviewing Durant and I was impressed at how well Durant cut the question off and shot down the attempt with a firm and direct response. That is what deserves respect and air-time. Only Steven A and Rachel Nichols pointed out the truths, that Lebron and Cleveland quit, pulled a "No Mas", and showed no class or respect for the fans or the game. Curry, Durant, and the Warriors showed unprecedented class and sportsmanship. <br />
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Most of the media blitz focused on how amazing their king has been and was even in getting swept in the nba finals and sure enough, the excuse was already scripted, Lebron played the last three games with a broken hand. That he broke it by punching a wall during a antrum after the first game was downplayed. Instead of pointing out how immature, selfish, poor sport, stupid, and self-destructive the poor king really is to the impressionable children who have been convinced to idolize the him, the party line ignored that important life-lesson fact. No wonder the bullies are winning. <br />
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Good to see one lose for a change. <br />
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Good to see his arrogant boast to win 9 championships failed. Oh, he did make it to 9 championship games with a lot of help from very biased referees, but he lost 6 of them. <br />
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Better than Mike, yeah right lol. <br />
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So maybe most people ignored how he pushes people around on the court and gets away with it almost every time. How he gets extra points every game because he's sent to the foul line on so many soft touch foul calls. How he throws tantrums on the court and gets away with challenging officials way more than anyone else. How he apparently throws tantrums off the court and can be self-abusive with a dangerous temper. I blame the nba because they let him get away with never having to live up to the standards of play and sportsmanship enforced for most everyone else. Just look at what's ignored n the White House. <br />
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I don't watch the news, I seldom watch sports, I don't watch basketball anymore. <br />
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I miss the sports. <br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-5308179408654186462018-05-09T20:48:00.000-04:002018-06-16T23:21:02.474-04:00Remembering the X-Files (I and II)Watching the episodes of the original series from one to the last, I am slowly, gradually, subtly reminded of just how much religious referenced I had to ignore just to keep watching the mysteries beyond that one explanation so many people seem to so easily buy into. Patronizing. Pathetic. Poor writing. Even Mulder invoked god for the story line, breaking his character's agnostic presentation. The writing is really very inconsistent sometimes, which destroys the illusion of characters and leaves the same old discussion in almost every show. The writers probably think it is mandatory to reach a larger audience and keep them from throwing the towel in on all the paranormal, but that sort of pandering to the ignorant frightened masses is the antithesis of a intelligent science fiction or fantasy. <br />
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I just admit, it is getting a bit too soap-operatic for me and I am not following the story line closely enough to know what is going on in the back stories (or some of the front stories, even). This was especially true as season eight rolled along and Mulder's incorrigible drive to find the truth was missing. I think that was what drew me to the show in the first place. Season eight found Scully playing the Mulder role and a new guy who, unfortunately for him, is forever unappealing to me because he tried to be Scully. It just didn't work for me. It's sad when people don't seem to fit their characters anymore. Even worse, as with too many shows, the characters have to be stupid to get into the dangers they get into. <br />
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Even Mulder stopped following his "trust no one" creed, probably because the writers were not smart or creative enough to write better stories. <br />
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Maybe if I watched it with someone who'd discuss it, it would be more fun. <br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-25559623746802631102017-12-04T02:12:00.000-05:002018-04-28T02:13:35.051-04:00DiscoveryWhy in all the logical progression of the <i>Star Trek</i> stories does <i>Discovery</i> resort (revert?) to referencing <i>souls?</i>. Throughout the series the writers were always very philosophical, virtually agnostic. They pointed out how so many different species have so many god concepts just as so many different civilizations on Earth have ad and still have so many different god concepts. Yet <i>Discovery</i> poignantly mentions losing <i>souls</i> when people are killed. <br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-85108595851675502352017-07-13T00:30:00.001-04:002017-07-13T00:30:01.579-04:00The StrainThe Strain<br />
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I never watched it when it was on originally. Maybe because it was on FX and I seem to see FX as a mediocre station. Maybe because I was watching other things at the time. So after running out of shows I wanted to watch on Hulu and with CBS in the summer hiatus mode, I decided to watch <i>The Strain</i>. I guess I was hoping for an intelligent biological sci-fi story based in science. <br />
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Sadly disappointed, I find it more like <i>The Walking Dead</i> that I turned off after a few shows. <br />
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The arrogant self-important CDC Doctor is a real turn-off and returning to his bottle made him even less fun to watch, but <a href=http://screenertv.com/television/the-strain-season-2-zach-casting-change-max-charles target="_blank">this</a> is enough to to turn off the show. A story seems to want to bring out the worst, rather than the best, in people. A story in which all of the characters, the good and the bad, turn into the same sort of killing machines leaves little hope for humanity and offers no redeeming qualities. <br />
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For the moment, it's not even worth any more time here. <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-26524413267324619972017-05-15T00:28:00.000-04:002017-05-15T01:42:50.000-04:00New Space AgainWatching <i>Legion</i> tonight. I like the music made by the group called <i>Legion</i>, but they are two different experiences and I am enjoying the TV show. The opening of the fourth episode was interesting. Empathy vs Fear. Enjoying the ride so far.<br />
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Meanwhile, in this new space (different from the last new space, but in some ways the same), I don't watch as much TV. I work full time now, leaving a lot less TV time. Mostly it is the same shows, with a few new ones. I am marking this time here for when I have the time to cull through the listings to list what I watch here. <br />
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Missing a TV watching friend. <br />
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that woke up something deep inside<br />
the child still wonders what is real<br />
when we are not afraid to feel<br />
remembering the fine line between fantasy and reality<br />
in the magic of believing, anything can be<br />
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Maybe I'll list them all someday.<br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-26216959365919667802016-10-30T01:45:00.000-04:002016-10-30T01:45:03.888-04:00Watching The InternetBetween CBS and Hulu I have more TV than I can watch in any given week, but I still miss shows I enjoy on Syfy, BBC America, and some other shows on some other stations. So I looked at the list of shows on the right side of this blog and found that I was able to check out a bunch of the ones on the various check these out lists and haven't taken the time to update those lists but at least I can mention the shows I've been able to check out here. Showing me that it has been a while since I updated, these shows were last year: Wayward Pines (FOX), Primeval: New World (BBC), Last Man on Earth (FOX), Dominion, Almost Human (FOX), Under the Dome (CBS), The Last Ship, The Crazy Ones (CBS), Halt and Catch Fire. <br />
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These shows were caught up with recently: 11.22.63, BrainDead (CBS), Chance (Hulu), McGyver (CBS), The Librarians (TNT), Timeless (NBC). All the shows listed in this entry are done or on hiatus or not interesting to me so the current ones I am watching are Chance, McGyver, and Timeless. I think The Last Ship and Halt and Catch Fire will be back. <br />
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I'll list the rest of what I am watching and maybe even babble about them another time... <br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-34780258932844327472016-09-24T02:30:00.002-04:002016-09-24T02:56:46.449-04:00MisfitsWhile there are some in the <a href=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/dec/09/ten-reasons-miss-misfits-e4-superheroes target="_blank">establishment</a> who propose that the British Sci-Fi Comediy TV Show <i>Misfits</i> was just as good all five seasons, but after watching the first three seasons I agree with those who say the show <a href=http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-misfits-season-3.html target="_blank">sucked</a> and really <a href=http://theyoungfolks.com/featured/tv-show-feature-is-misfits-worth-watching-anymore/13974 target="_blank">went</a> <a href=http://www.wewantinsanity.com/am2/publish/Peter_Dawson/When_Good_Shows_Go_Bad_Misfits.shtml target="_blank">bad</a> after the second season. Even during the first two seasons I found it challenging to consider it Science Fiction. The science is basically absent and if logic was a smile, this show would be missing most of it's teeth. The story lines stretched the limits of logic to the point of annoyance at times. I mean, they don't even follow the proper rules of killing zombies. <br />
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The sophomoric humor provided a juvenile amusement mainly because you can tell the main character was enjoying being an obnoxious stereotype of a teenage sex-hound so much. Then, he suddenly disappeared without any reference and and was never mentioned again. His replacement seemed to try to follow in his footsteps, but several rather unpleasantries kept him from being enjoyable. First, he was a lot older so he presented must less forgivable for his misogynistic sexual hungers. He definitely did not appear to be enjoying life or himself so he was more pitiful than amusing. What started as a group of teenagers doing community service (shades of <i>Breakfast Club</i> blended with <i>Heroes</i> without as much eye candy, with less character building and bonding, and without much (if any) of the intelligence of either story line. Mix some <i>Idiocracy</i> or <i>Dumb and Dumber</i>, with less clever humor, in and we may have <i>Misfits</i>. <br />
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Sheer boredom and a desperate need for distraction and that often ridiculous hope for some redemption for anything as well as a few very good reviews of season five kept me sort of watching through the third season. Mostly I was typing, playing chess, reading, or falling asleep while the show was on. One annoying aspect of the show is that while it is rated MA, it is so variable in sound volume that watching it late at night is only ok if you have no one sleeping anywhere within earshot. <br />
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The first two seasons are silly fun with an amusing and potentially fascinating premise if you can get past the gratuitous sex (complete with the unrealistic Victorian practice of leaving underwear on that TV shows seem to continue) and womanizing. Season three introduces a main character way too old to be in a teenage community service group hanging out with and flashing his penis at teenagers, no less children. The missing ridiculously irresponsible teenager humor is replaced with an uncomfortable feeling way too serious for illogical soap opera the show turned into. The acting went downhill as well, not just in quality, but in the sense of fun and character development that gave the first two seasons as sense of novelty and amusement. <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-79122301165214337932016-09-17T01:50:00.000-04:002016-09-18T18:52:13.030-04:00CBS All AccessI turned to CBS because I wanted to watch NCIS and it seemed to be either the only or maybe the best way to watch current CBS shows. CBS has a lot to learn from other TV streaming sites. It is slow and when watching with commercials, it cuts the show up poorly. Hulu has a much cleaner interface that plays much more smoothly and remembers shows watched and where viewing left off. CBS does not provide a very convenient or enjoyable user experience. <br />
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So far I have not found a way to identify shows I have watched on CBS All Access. That adds a very annoying waste of time when returning to a series because it forces the need to guess and watch through the first commercial and some of an episode before realizing I already watched that episode, then repeating that until I find the episode at which i left off. The slowness of loading adds waiting time and further diminishes the user experience. I suppose one solution is to keep track in a spreadsheet or some other document I maintain, but that is just another inconvenience. <br />
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Another flaw in the site is their choice to put only selected episodes of some shows on the site. This destroys the continuity of a show and diminishes the desire to watch a series. I've found that I will put up with these things for a series that was true long time favorite, but that shortens the list of shows and ultimately, makes paying each month less likely. More likely I will sign up once or maybe twice a year for one month each time and catch up on the top favorites, not watching shows that do not have full seasons available and not checking out much of anything new. <br />
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CBS needs to understand the online viewing audience they seek. I'd rate the user experience fair at best and poor much of the time. It is worth the annoyances for specific shows but I will let go of most shows I used to watch and might have watched on CBS. <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-18812482206491528002016-09-12T03:04:00.000-04:002016-09-18T19:05:09.958-04:00HuluThe primary inadequacy at Hulu is lack of current season programs. So the choice is go pay somewhere that provides current seasons or wait until a few months (or longer) after the season ends to watch the shows. Unfortunately, word gets out about shows to most anyone who goes online or talks to people and I don[t want to live under a rock. In fact, one of the major reasons I watch TV is to share the experience and even when I watch by myself I want to talk to others about shows and characters and stories and waiting months or a year to talk to people about what happens in fictional entertainment is often a let down. <br />
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The second flaw is the selection. A lot of shows I would like to watch are just not there. <br />
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The user experience is good, especially without commercials. The free month was the reason I tried without commercials. . <br />
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I am a newbie to online TV watching so I may update this as I learn more. For now, I like the user experience of Hulu but wish there were more shows as well as more current shows available. <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-38344521066073195182016-09-06T13:12:00.003-04:002016-09-06T13:12:58.706-04:00NCIS 13Ok, with a fair amount of resentment for the usual corporate greed, I signed up for a free week of CBS so I can watch the latest episodes of some of my favorite shows. While <i>Elementary</i> is one of them, I am starting with <i>NCIS</i>. $6.99 a month with a ton of commercials and just one week for free. $11.99 without the commercials. So I need to decide if it's worth it and that is what I will be doing this week. The commercials are already annoying enough to be worth it, unless I get used to them and find that writing during the commercials can work for me. Thing is, watching will take a lot longer with commercials than without. Pondering the possibilities. No forward or reverse control on the video doesn't help. <br />
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NOTE: <i>If you have not watched season 13, there will be spoilers in this entry. </i><br />
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I don't remember where I left off with this show. I started with episode 1 for season 13, but decided that I am pretty sure I saw that one so I skipped ahead to episode 12 and 13. It does not look familiar, so I will watch. The typing above happened during the first commercial break. Eating (chocolate and dried papaya) happened during the second commercial. This typing is happeneing during the third commercial. Too many commercials, definitely too many commmercials. Worse, the commercial buffer poorly so they take even longer than they would take on TV. I will be writing to CBS and checking their message boards (if they have any) to see if that can be fixed. It sucks. <br />
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The show, however, is <i>NCIS</i>. I let the characters become part of my imaginary family a few years ago when I started watching regularly because it was a shared experience with Jackson we both enjoyed. I miss Jackson while watching, as I would expect I would. We watched most during the Ziva years and for me, it was Ziva and Abby who drew me in but the rest of the characters and their interactions provided just the right mix to seduce my imagination. They overcame the police-state arrogance and flag-waving blindness and military self-righteousness that turns me off in the real world and in most fiction. Even overcame the programmed plot advancement as the cast "reports" to each other systematically that is way too scripted. Some of the stories show imaginative twists, but most follow the same old format. <br />
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The characters bring me back, but without Jackson and given some time away and the buffer-delayed commercials diminish the vitality and my interest in the show. Could be that the second half of this episode is an <i>NCIS New Orleans</i> episode and I am realizing why I don't watch that show religiously. Also, Abby's brother is obnoxiously stupid, though the nature of the show would point to his naive spirit not being completely broken so some sort of hard-to-believe plot twist is likely coming. The leeway they are allowing the brother is pathetic and unreal. I half expect him to drug his babysitter and escape. Redeeming him with even a modicum of respect or validity will not be easy. Then there are the commercials, also obnoxiously stupid. Then there is the Russian enemy cliche which is getting really old, in real life too. <br />
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Hopefully the next episode of <i>NCIS</i> will overcome all these challenges. I enjoyed <i>Elementary</i> much more than I am watching this. I suppose this has become another background TV commercial even though I am genuinely trying to give the show my full attention. It is apparently not doing a good job of holding it. Red Lobster endless shrimp is really annoying my wallet lol but at least I laughed for the first time in the past two hours. I should noy be hungry, but the commercials are doing their job working on my weak spot. <br />
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I love shrimp. That is a big reason I go to Chinese buffets so often. <br />
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So this first episode back to <i>NCIS</i> is a huge disappointment. I don't remember seeing it before, but then, I have a way of forgetting episodes so I can enjoy them again. I suppose I ought to watch the episode before this one to double check whether I caught up on all the NCIS episodes we DVRed or whether I waited for Jackson to watch them with me and never got to see them because she never did. <br />
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And then the episodes flow (in spite of the excruciatingly repetitive commercials). The characters draw me in. The emotional endings that are so attractive for anyone appreciating family (or longing for family, as I do) do their thing. Every season there are some killer emotional endings... Ducky and his brother. McGee looking at wedding rings. Gibbs laying on his bed. Dinozzo's father adopting a homeless girl. The occasional sad one, Bishop's divorce, a death, potential death of main characters, and of course the build-up to the departure of one of the main characters (way too anti-climactic for me as I could not avoid the spoilers). Not to mention the surprisingly surprising surprise guest star. Will old charcters return? Will <i>she?</i><br />
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I am trying to be obscure with my spoilers when it comes to the biggest change. lol. <br />
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The highlight of the season is the main stars leaving the show. Ignoring the double standard of the good guys mentality of seeking revenge first and justice second (of course, they're only human... and we wonder why the world is the way it is... at least it reflects reality... it would be nice if it reflected an evolutionary leap in conscious awareness, but then, the show is not targeted to intelligence which is why it is so popular for so long). Ok, so ignoring human stupidity is not as easy for me as it is for many other humans. Blame it on the reflective time commercials provide. <br />
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The new FBI character fits in almost perfectly. Yes, we are into the next to last episode of the 13th season now. Casting would be fools not to keep her, no matter what they do with Furnell's character. The new MI6 guy fits great as well. It might take two great new characters to replace <i>him</i>. They again, Bishop needs to move up the chain and not be the probee and the FBI woman is another Gibbs, so keep her as a love interest for him? And of course, <i>she</i> is mentioned. Had to be there for <i>his</i> exit. Jackson used to say I should write these shows. I just say I can see the optimal emotional impact and this show seems to find that more often than most. <br />
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So <i>she</i> come back and does <i>he</i> and <i>she</i> sail off into the sunset with his dad in the final episode? Creating a new family? Is there already a love child <i>he</i> never knew about? Does dad die? Is the new FBI agent a new love interest for Gibbs? This is why many people do not like to watch TV or movies with me. My mind is writing the potential scripts as the show goes on. If <i>she</i> doesn't want to come back even for a cameo, will they finally kill her off? Or will the think she's dead and bring her back like they have with others? Will the show really be that sexist to kill off only the female leads? That would suck to know there is that much misogyny in the most popular show on TV for many years? I will hope the death was faked so the romantic ending can happen. <br />
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Ok, enough speculation. I've seen this twist before. The guy everyone almost unanimously wants dead walks into the room with his hands up. Moral dilemma. I wonder if the writers actually consider that and deliberately set it up. Then the ultimate confrontation, the power of Gibbs against the master criminal and doubling down on that, the Gibbs gut vs everyone else. Then the usual good guy turns bad guy turns good guy turns bad guy spinning wheel spins even further in a seemingly out of control ever-widening loop. <br />
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Potential new characters... Tess Monroe, Clayton Reeves, Gibb's new doctor. All approved (because they would not do anything without my approval, right?... oh, come on, we've got to laugh sometimes). Hopefully they keep all three around. Even formula says it is time to introduce a non-white main character other than Vance. They found perfect fits, especially in the FBI woman, but... they could go Hispanic (cynical, I am). <br />
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The end of season 13 was ok. Maybe excellent. Not perfect. It could have been perfect. At least closer to it. :)<br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-19392806555679813592016-08-28T10:21:00.000-04:002016-09-06T13:06:56.520-04:00ElementaryYes, the TV show based on Holmes and Watson. Yes, I watch it (when I had a <a href=http://backgroundtv.blogspot.com target="_blank">TV</a> it you recall). Yes, I started watching it again from the first episode (I am halfway through season two) when I signed up for a month of free Hulu. Yes, it absorbs me and offers a wonderful distraction (and can be addictive). When I watch shows (or read books or listen to songs or experience any fiction, I can relate to the characters as if they were real people, especially when the characters are developed well and connect with aspects of my real life. Fiction and storytelling is just ideas, after all, and what is life anyway, if not ideas we make real through our actions). I can do that with <i>Elementary</i> because I have a lot of Holmes and Watson (and Moriarty, for that matter) in me (no wonder people keep their distance, aye?). The show also strives to be more than just a <a href=http://www.indiewire.com/2014/11/by-embracing-change-elementary-season-3-emerges-better-than-ever-68293/ target="_blank">procedural</a> crime drama and often succeeds in that due to the character development. <br />
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So for most of at least two days and nights I've watched a lot of <i>Elementary</i> and it has energized my brain on many levels. The affects are not all positive, however. It does little for the body except provide potential masturbatory fantasy, though the potential for increasing exercise in order to feel more fit can come from the experience (has in the past) of even imaginary interaction with fictional characters. More viscerally, whenever I surface from the fantasy world the show and characters take me to, I feel lonelier than ever (cuz imaginary lives and delusions, much like drugs, are not really satisfying beyond the momentary experiences. They are just temporary distractions and emotional roller coasters, but we don't have the energy for such philosophical ramblings tonight as I am starting to nod off. I wish someone shared watching shows (and sharing all sorts of creative play) with me, but then, who really wants to feed and rebuild a starving child? <br />
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Shift gears out of there, fast! lol sigh. <br />
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Going with the distraction for now, the character would probably say those who <a href=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/sherlock-holmes-a-chameleon-character-with-elementary-appeal/ target="_blank">write</a> <a href=http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/09/-em-elementary-em-keeps-getting-sherlock-holmes-right/280028/ target="_blank">about</a> <a href=http://autisticsherlockinelementary.tumblr.com/post/136383681529/an-autistic-love-interest-for-sherlock-holmes target="_blank">him</a> (yes, there are people who <a href=http://www.avclub.com/author/Genevieve.Valentine/ target="_blank">write about TV shows</a>, a lot, even... no really, <a href=http://www.facebook.com/theavclub target="_blank">a whole lot</a>, just none in the life I live day to day... excuse the grinding gears, hiccup) don't have a clue as to who he is or what makes him tic (sound familiar?). <br />
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Watson's heart, even if driven by guilt, is inspiring and sometimes too close to home (as is Sherlock's insensitive arrogance, among other things). I admire Lucy Liu for many reasons (not just because she has libido's favorite body type and flaunts it well or even because she plays the accordian... hey, I'm not just all about sex and self-mockery, ya know? lol) so her playing Watson helps me enjoy her character. I love that she directs some episodes and takes her roles as <a href=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/lucy-liu-on-elementary/article7895879.ece target="_blank">seriously</a> as she does. I'm not a <a href=http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/elementary-joan-is-the-best-version-of-watson.html target="_blank">blind fan</a>, but she seems as <a href=http://www.tvovermind.com/elementary/lucy-liu-worked-as-a-stripper-in-los-angeles-in-the-90s target="_blank">fun</a> as her wry smile on the show. <br />
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Then there's the occasional appearance by <a href=http://natalie-dormer.org/ target="_blank">Natalie</a> <a href=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754059/ target="_blank"></a> (who teases really well so I'll follow her lead a bit... maybe <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Dormer target="_blank">she</a> has a good <a href=https://youtu.be/t4pczjpxq2I target="_blank">sense of humor?</a> {the crappy sound obscures a clear conclusion}. She doesn't seem to mind <a href=http://www.nudography.com/Celebrities/natalie_dormer.aspx target="_blank">nude scenes</a>, though I have not seen a shot I'd save {yes, I am a very picky pornophile, if you must judge lol... really, you don't <a href=http://ratingcelebtits.tumblr.com/post/101412202380/next-up-is-natalie-dormer-as-anyone-who-has-seen target="_blank">judge?</a> lol... oh alright, enough teasing for now... I mean, you're not even here at the moment, are you? :) }... to me, she does not look like she takes working out seriously). C+ (maybe it's teasing, aye?). <br />
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to be continued... <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-51000843485057943742016-08-24T15:29:00.000-04:002016-09-07T15:30:27.629-04:00ScorpionI definitely love looking at Katherine McFee's face and body from a variety of angles and I relate to the alienation and unique perspective that genius can present in this world and <i>Scorpion</i> provides both. That may be enough to keep me watching in spite of the stupidity of the writers. The obvious, contrived plot movements are ridiculous and sometimes challenging to listen to in spite of the visual candy. The episode ar Chernobyl may have crossed that line of contrived stupidity I can tolerate. Even McGyver had more credibility with his make-shift escapes that pushed the limits of physics beyond logic amd there was not a whole lot of science in that show. This has become <i>The A-Team</i> with big words. <br />
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I guess I could take watching this show week to week because the contrived plot movements and scientific stupidity did not pile up as much as it is piling up watching more than a few episodes in a row. I know it is partly because of the way these supposed geniuses are portrayed as emotional inepts without using any logical explanations (like savant autism, for instance). That is just one of the flaws in the writing that leads to so little character development in spite of the dramatic-effect discussions that delay action at critical times. In almost every scene, the stupidity just gets worse. <br />
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The emotional stupidity and immaturity is bad enough, but the flawed logic of supposed geniuses points to the writers and producers and cast ignorance or assumption and acceptance that their audience is as ignorant and illogical as they are. Like just one example, why couldn't Walter knock Collins out instead of listening to him for almost a minute and letting him go? To push the emotional development of Walter and then fix that by pushing even further to catch him? Stupid. <br />
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So little intelligence or logic in a story about geniuses. <br />
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Eye candy. Is it worth it? <br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-49355021736366073792016-07-31T10:36:00.000-04:002016-08-31T12:33:55.186-04:00The Continuing Saga of Life Without TVYes, the TV is still not plugged in. Being too heavy to be a functional paperweight, it remains a 55 inch, 70+ pound table decoration and occasional clothes rack. I appreciate those of you who have sympathized and even more, appreciate the recommendations for new shows. I also appreciate your valiant attempts at keeping spoilers out of my view, though some knowledge of favorite shows has trickled in and while I have not seen the episodes, I am aware of the departure of characters and a couple of show cancellations that would be rocking my world had I had the TV plugged in this season. I can still read, after all. <br />
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I know I am missing shows I really want to watch. <i>NCIS, Bones, Castle, Elementary, Rizzoli & Isles, Dr. Who, Orphan Black, The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, Scorpion, Mr. Robot, The Expanse, The X-Files, Humans, Blindspot, Quantico, 12 Monkeys, Halt and Catch Fire, Zoo, Dark Matter, Supergirl, Killjoys, Rosewood, The Shannara Chronicles, Colony, The Last Ship, The Magicians, Lucifer, Stephen Colbert, . . . </i> and many many others on the list of "being DVR'ed" shows. Then there is <a href=http://www.scifitvsite.com/2016/03/28/the-massive-list-of-currently-airing-returning-and-upcoming-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-shows-spring-2016-edition/ target="_blank">this list</a> to check out, remember, or mourn. Are you out there? <br />
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Since my TV-watching partner, Jackson, moved out (she's still in love, so yay for that), it would be quite lonely to watch major changes in shows we've come to love without her (or anyone), so maybe not having a TV is for the best. I am interacting much more than ever with actually people who are not on TV, after all. <br />
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As you may have noticed, I added another list to the lists on the right sidebar. This one will list the shows I read about that I am curious about. I suppose I could have used an existing list further down the bar of lists, but hey, I'm not as organized as I might be if I took all this seriously. Feel free to organize all this somewhere if you like. Collaborate, even. <br />
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I don't think this blog has actually come up with any formal "spoiler" identifier as the writing here is not meant to be structured or anything more than my rambling distractions afforded or inspired by glancing up at the TV that provided background audio and visual simulation for me. I mean, I am not an <a href=http://www.avclub.com target="_blank">AV Geek</a> (though there might have been a time I might have been a wanna-be... is being a wanna-be AV Geek something beneath being an AV Geek in the hierarchy of cool? lol lam... of course it was a rhetorical question and you'd have known that had you prepared for this entry by reading all of the previous entries and the rest of the written gardens, or at least the <a href=http://rhetroric.blogspot.com/2011/06/blogs-and-other-strangers.html target="_blank">blogs</a>), after all. Perhaps the whole blog is a spoiler, but not in the usual sense, aye? (self-deprecating humor or some other obscure reference?... I'll leave that for you to decide as I wander on somewhere between a smirk and a smile). <br />
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Life has become quite monotonous of late, actually. I would not necessarily attribute that to lack of TV, but who knows. Not seeing Dinozzo's departure or missing the Castle's finale might have contributed to the dulling of the events and activities offline, though the lack of funds due to long term goofing off (as in not working and not really looking for a job) probably has more to do with the lack of diverse activities. Living alone helps, no doubt. It is a minor tragedy that I've had all this time to take TV watching seriously and unplugged the TV. What new shows have I missed? What old favorites have had traumatic changes? How can the world go on without me? I suppose I miss the fictional drama I used to watch, aye? <br />
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So seriously (maybe), where is all the motivation to get back into the world of fictional reality? <br />
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I'll be right here when you want to share. :)<br />
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Actually, that is a lie. I last checked into this blog a couple of months ago, or longer. For all I know, you may have stopped by and left a thousand messages only to delete them when I did not respond. Are you that capricious? Am I that teasing taunting or irreverent? Are we ever going to find a common bed for unbridled thralls of passion? Just imagine what questions we might pose if we watched TV together. <br />
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Mockery, especially self-mockery, is strong in this one. <br />
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Loneliness too. <br />
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Narf :)candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-87431438190998133562016-04-14T05:44:00.000-04:002016-04-14T05:55:30.822-04:00Life Without TVIt has been just over a month now since I moved and I have survived without TV. I miss the imaginary friends on many of the shows and sometimes feel really sad that I do not know what is going on. I don't know if I have the discipline to sit and watch online (I don't have two computers and my phone is too ancient {not enough memory} to effectively use for the web). I read about some shows and I don't know if what I read already aired or if it is a spoiler. Sad. <br />
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I am loving music again. Music always has been my favorite form of audio-visual entertainment. Still, I want a TV-partner again. A connected TV might help lol. I guess I should explore the alternatives that will work with my "Smart" TV. Some friends have boxes that provide a whole lot. Then there are services a whole lot cheaper than cable. But which one will provide my shows? Sci-Fi and BBC America are the most important to me. USA, TNT, TBS, AMC, and a few others and the networks (especially CBS) would be enough, though ESPN and a few others would be missed. <br />
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If you happen to be an alternative to cable TV expert (or just know anything that can help), I'd appreciated it. Thanks. :)candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-3203354299411646392015-12-16T05:39:00.000-05:002016-04-14T05:44:13.399-04:00not so background these daysWhile I still am usually on the web while the TV is on, especially if I am watching TV with commercial breaks or sports, recently TV has moved into a prominent role in this life as I've not been working and my long-time best friend and roommate is moving out and I'm stressing over money so TV is providing mindless distractions and stories and characters that take me away (without the Calgone... who says I never watch commericals lol). The shows watched most are DVRed and listed on the right. I am sad that I will soon not have a TV-watching partner (she is usually on her phone browsing while watching... we must both have ADD lol). Anybody interested in the shows I watch? :)<br />
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candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-57902627864843667232015-10-14T17:18:00.002-04:002015-10-14T17:19:58.090-04:00fall 2015, sort ofsort of watching <i>limitless</i>, do you ask yourself <i>how can they not be watching their guinea pig like a hawk 24/7?</i> or in other words, <i>how can they not know he is meeting with other people while working on top secret cases?</i>... makes no sense, unless they <i>do</i> know and are waiting... other new (and a few old returning) shows on in the background include <i>minority report, heroes reborn, blindspot, rosewood, quantico, haven, scorpion, castle, dr. who, bones</i> and the fall season is just kind of starting, i think... so many scared people in panic mode on tv these days... so many sad people in crisis... so many people so serious, so concerned, so dramatic... and the details, so many conveniently overlooked when they are obvious when any small detail could change everything, save or destroy the world, make it all good or bad, gotta have the drama... living on the edge of emotion is what tv is about these days... or is that just what i choose to keep on in the background?... what about you, what do you think, feel, see, when you watch tv?... <br />
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so there's sex and violence and all sort of extremes of drama that anyone can buy into with a little imagination and willingness to overlook a logic flaw or few... the perfect recipe for anyone seeking distraction, if you are willing to overlook a logic flaw or few... of course those of us who see the logic flaws can put it in the picture and multi-layer the distraction by analyzing the storyline from an art-class perspective while continuing to indulge the story for the roller coaster of emotional distraction it can be even in the background as the babbling continues to record the awareness of the distraction as if avoiding the reason the distraction (who knows, loneliness, pain, loss, suffering, fear, illness, whatever) doesn't even exist... <br />
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What?... you mean you just watch tv?... <br />
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narf :)<br />
candoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247345559618328103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437669572366512134.post-63834590804083052152015-07-11T04:32:00.000-04:002015-08-30T04:45:27.899-04:00things we don't know?as i may have mentioned (recently, even), i generally take the history channel with a truckload of salt as way too many things i have seen on it are over-dramatized and ridiculously provocative pandering to the fears and accident-gawking tendencies of current human conciousness... whether <a href=http://www.history.com/shows/10-things-you-dont-know-about target="_blank">10 things you don't know about</a> is purely that sort of bather or whether there is fact within the dramatic presentation is not clear as far as i know, but it definitely presents some interesting premises along the way... like the show on <a href=http://www.history.com/shows/10-things-you-dont-know-about/videos/10-things-you-dont-know-about-the-mormons target="_blank">mormons</a> that claims the book of <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormons target="_blank">mormon</a> really claim that the ancestors of the native peoples of the lands called the americas were actually jewish as in the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Joseph_(LDS_Church) target="_blank">lost tribe</a> of isreal?... as expected, <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun%27s_Mill_massacre target="_blank">religious</a> <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War#Mormons_expelled_from_De_Witt target="_blank">wars</a> happen... but there are a lot of curiously dramatic presentations of facts in the series that could provike interesting conversation among open minds (or violent debaste between closed minds)... naturally, it's a human thing... so what else is new?... <br />
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