Why did you have to explain the joke?!
Shhh, shhh shhhh Let him dream.
WARNING: CONTAINS CRITICAL OPINIPONS ON A SHOW THAT PROBABLY WASN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ANYWAY Spoiler As both a critic and a creative writer, I can say that it is great news to know that a show like this is not going to be renewed. I had seen a few of the early episodes of the show, and I just found it not funny. I was at the stage where my tastes were maturing and I just didn't care for the dead pan humor. That's what I feel with many of the Nick TV shows; they have a laugh track so they tell the audience where to laugh or else there would be no laughter in the show at all. And I have younger siblings, so I have to listen into the shows from time to time when I'm around the living room. Much of the humor derived from these shows is the idea of "random". I'll give you an example that'll probably work for Nick. A group of teens sitting in the kitchen, talking about a movie that came out. Then suddenly, someone shouts "Lets have a meatball fight!". It came out of nowhere, a completely random act. The fake audience is going wild. I'm not against random humor, but I am against lazy writing. The majority of jokes in these shows is just random humor. This tells me that the writers cannot come up with a joke fitting the situation. This is not creativity. This is poor and lazy writing. And yet kids love this, they eat it up. They are being talked down to, as if they were infants, and they accept this. And from what you say, it sounds like it got cancelled. Nick is not one to create shows with a planned finale and their "plots" are just open enough for them to blindly run with it for years (see Drake and Josh). Nick is one to hold onto something for years, beat it until it's dead and unfunny, and then continue beating it (again, see Drake and Josh). What is the reason for cancellation, loss of interest, ratings, contacts? I don't know. But I'm glad that at least this pimple on the ass cheek of what is the current state of "popular entertainment" is finally popped.
I've also been thinking about this, but more for the special blocks that we have set up. With everything that has a set time, there is going to be a group of people who are just not going to be able to listen to it. Maybe set up two times to give everyone a chance. And I would think that the people who are more or less listening to KHV radio are the KHV members, but I guess not many of them care for the chorus, but it's not like it would be a dominant part of what is on the radio.
nerd world problems .
So, yesterday, I went to go see Life of Pi, which is an amazing movie. It’s a movie that keeps you constantly thinking and has a movie that just makes you think about everything you had just seen. It was deep, emotional, and actually pretty violent for a PG movie. I’ll try to keep spoilers at a minimum, for my complaints are not about the movie. Before the movie started, my dad had me run back out to the concession stand to get a glass of water. Why we didn’t get it while ordering, I’ll never know. But in front of me were two guys, both of them obviously together, but they are ordering separately. Now, I could’ve just cutted into a random line and ask for a small glass, but I was a good movie goer and waited my turn. The first guy leaves, and then the next guy orders. It’s almost my turn to ask for my water, when the first guy comes back with his popcorn bag mostly empty. I’m pretty sure he just dumped it in the trash. The cashier turns around and sees the guy from before, and laughs, because he knew this crap was rediculous. What pissed me off though was that he refilled the guys popcorn before I could order. The rule should be that he has to wait in line, not use his friend’s spot to make people late for their movie. I was at least able to make it into the theater just as the studio credits rolled, so I didn’t miss anything. Of course, that was nothing compared to the hell I faced in the theater. It’s a given that you get at least one person who talks during the movie, but you hope they are on the other side of the theater so you can’t hear it. Well, this lady was right behind me. She wasn’t quiet at all; she was loud. She would talk to herself, recapping what had just happened two seconds ago on the screen. She was impossible to block out and made the enjoyment less enjoyable. There are rules for a reason, one of the big ones is not to talk. Thirty minutes in, I was tempted to yell at her “You need to shut the **** up because you are ruining the movie for everybody!” There seriously needs to be tighter restrictions on talking in the theater or just implement some kind of douchbag tax for these kinds of people.
Way to rock, Saxi!! *rock on sign* Amethyst, all of these feels. ;;
