TV

"Oh, TV's ruining our younger generation, they'd rather watch Coronation street and have sex than get an education! Won't somebody help us?!" Shut up, Daily Mail.

A word on television.
I used to be a real addict to the TV, blindly following one show and then another, caught up in the lives (or jokes, in the case of one of my many favoured panel shows) of others.
Television has got a bad name from 95% of the crap they put on it nowadays, anyone with Sky I urge you now to delve into the lower recesses of the menu and watch Psychic TV. The stuff melts your brain, it truly does. Channel 4 STILL expect us to watch Big Brother. A show so monotonous and filled with the worst people you'd ever wish to encounter, it's a shame really, it could have been such an interesting idea. But, as always the show's producers decided to go for people with tits and people likely to get into a fight to entertain the morons with free time EVERY night at 9pm. This shit doesn't deserve to be on television when there's so much other great stuff going on.

Nowadays I usually only follow one show at a time. It lets me follow everything and know what's going on. When you think about it, TV shows take an extraordinary amount of skilled storytelling. More than a film you might say. Yes, The Dark Knight lasted 2 1/2 hours. There's rumours of a 3-hour Watchmen film being released.
Child's play. Season 1 of The Sopranos lasted 21 hours. The level of complexity and detail in that story is immense. It's currently my show of the week. I'm just about to start on Season 2. How clever is it, that a show centered around a murdering, thieving mobster who cheats on his wife, lies to his family and hides guns in his mother's retirement home can get you on his side? It's fucking clever screenwriting and it's a shame I didn't follow the show when it was around. Oh well, five seasons to go.

Another special mention of mine goes to The Office.
Well, yeah. You all think, it's fantastic.
Fuck Ricky Gervais. I'm talking the US version. It's funny, compelling and dare I say it, has better supporting characters. It's truly admirable how a show developed directly from a british sitcom can work on it;s own terms while still staying faithful to the spirit of the UK version. I love it, and you should too.
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