The Beach
I’ve been becoming a little more cynical as I age. Just a part of life. South park did an episode about it. Not as extreme as that but still. Just seeing some things as lame or just having a sour way about something.
Sitcoms and Stories
Most of the TV shows I watch are comedies. Sitcoms follow generally the same formula in terms of characters, stories, jokes etc. For example, alot of sitcoms involve stories to do with the relationship of at least two people. In terms of The Office however, it’s almost the entire cast.
I saw a tweet today about how a recent Rules of Engagement epis0de involved a story about poison Ivy and how that story has been done to death. Yep. You can bet that anytime a set of characters go into the wilderness, someone will even mention poison ivy.
There are a couple of shows I think are done well and original. Modern Family shows the happeneings of three different but related families of various different types. The stories are original and I seem to be able to relate to some of them too.
Community is also a great and original show. The various different types of episodes from the Wild West style paintball to the zombie themed episode to the episode done in 6 different alternate universes. Community even had a whole story happen in the back ground of an episode with one of the main characters.
These two shows are examples of new, fun and definitely creative and well done shows.
Most sitcoms have the same rehashed characters and storylines, for example, take How I Met Your Mother and any Chuck Lorre show and its just about the various mostly sexual relationships of the characters. Or to back in time abit, Newsradio and Just Shoot Me, alongside other shows of that time, follow the same workplace formula. The couple everyone knows will get together, the useless boss who the employee’s have various problems with, the guy everyone makes fun of etc.
It’s good to have shows that do not follow this same basic formula and are new, fun and creative such as Modern Family or Community and still funny. Keep at it sitcom creators and try not to use the same rehashed stuff used in most sitcoms.
Something To Do
After September I was a free man. No high school, and believe me, high schol may have been boring and annoying at times but it was something good to do everyday. You know, when you have those moments of nothing to do.
Sure there was the HSC to do preparations for but that doesn’t take all day everyday and there isn’t always something good on TV, trust me. So, you remember as a kid how you’d be like “I’m bored” and Your dad would say “Read a book” and you’d say “Dad, I said I am bored. I don’t want to be MORE bored”. I swear, that’s got to be a Calvin & Hobbes comic strip.
So I started reading recently. Looking at what’s in the house and getting suggestions from friends. Not hooked on phonics or anything just giving a hoot. All I’m saying is, if you are really bored, give it a shot. There’s a few good free ones on those digital apps on the i-devices so give it a shot.
On a related note, as a fan of Comic Books, printed, paper comic books, it feels kind of ironic to be such a fond user of these i-devices. Computers, iPads and iPhones…just what it feels like.