What has happened to Adult Swim?
I still like many of its show especially on the action side of the block. I enjoy Futurama and wish that they would bring it back. I love Family Guy for its craziness and different gags. I loved many of their older shows like Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law or SeaLab 2021.
But after watching some of their newer shows, I have come to the obvious conclusion.
They are all on crack.
I mean literally. Some of their new shows are so stupid or so over the line, that I can’t watch them. I turn them off. They lose a viewer and I am sure I am not the only one. Shows like Saul of the Molemen and Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job. They are just awful. Yes, they produce a laugh from me every once and while, but most of the time, I just wonder what the heck is wrong with these people. Their shows make no sense. There is no smart writing or other things that usually makes something funny. They rely solely on sight gags, crazy plots and things so goofy that instead of laughing you wonder if they were dropped on their heads as a child.
I don’t have a problem with some of the other shows. Shin-chan is great. I love all the pop culture references. Aqua Teen Hunger Force has its moments but is still really close to being a complete crack baby. Metalocylse is a bloody crack baby with funny lyrics. Robot Chicken is sometimes smart, sometimes just as dumb as the other shows.
But what is up? Do they think that the block is on so late that our minds aren’t working right? Or do they think that the viewers are so doped up and drunk that everything becomes funny? The worst thing is that they just reported their rating for the last quarter and they are the best they have ever had.
What does that mean? Am I and my friends the only sane ones that don’t like these shows? Or is it that we are the only sober ones.
Adult Swim I like you. You have broken new ground with your smart writing and taking risks that others haven’t. But lately, it just seems like you’re broken. I wonder more about the creators of the shows and most of all, how these shows got approved in the first place. Please return to how you were, when you were smart and funny, not dumb as a stoner.
Case in point.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
100 hours or 100 days of Christmas? Make up your mind!
I have an issue with FM 100 and really with the radio industry as a whole.
I enjoy Christmas music as much as the next guy, but having it air almost two months before the holiday is a little ridiculous. I understand that many advertisers and retailers think that it is a good idea to bring the holidays closer and closer to Halloween, but I want my Thanksgiving back.
I really have a hard time being in the Christmas mood, when a week before Halloween I am seeing Christmas products in the stores.
Nor do I feel like it when November now has become the pre-Christmas month. I understand the Black Friday rush, but before that is turkey time.
But FM 100 is making me really confused. I can even understand them changing to Christmas music November 1st, because that puts them in line with other stations. However, they always completely change their format every Sunday to put on LDS church music.
That means that FM 100 changes their format more than three times in less than 90 days. I wish that they would do one or the other.
It is now December and I am ready for Christmas music. I like the warm feelings and fun that comes with the songs. I am reminded of them on Sundays because they are the days that I spend with my family. Family usually equals warm feelings. So in this time of year, I want to listen to Christmas music. I turn on the radio ready to listen to “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and instead get “I Stand All Amazed.”
Usually I have just gotten out of church and have already heard these songs. I wanted some Christmas music as a change of pace and I got more hymns.
Why can’t FM 100 just stick with one format over the holidays? It makes it really hard for me the listener want to continue listening to them.
I enjoy Christmas music as much as the next guy, but having it air almost two months before the holiday is a little ridiculous. I understand that many advertisers and retailers think that it is a good idea to bring the holidays closer and closer to Halloween, but I want my Thanksgiving back.
I really have a hard time being in the Christmas mood, when a week before Halloween I am seeing Christmas products in the stores.
Nor do I feel like it when November now has become the pre-Christmas month. I understand the Black Friday rush, but before that is turkey time.
But FM 100 is making me really confused. I can even understand them changing to Christmas music November 1st, because that puts them in line with other stations. However, they always completely change their format every Sunday to put on LDS church music.
That means that FM 100 changes their format more than three times in less than 90 days. I wish that they would do one or the other.
It is now December and I am ready for Christmas music. I like the warm feelings and fun that comes with the songs. I am reminded of them on Sundays because they are the days that I spend with my family. Family usually equals warm feelings. So in this time of year, I want to listen to Christmas music. I turn on the radio ready to listen to “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and instead get “I Stand All Amazed.”
Usually I have just gotten out of church and have already heard these songs. I wanted some Christmas music as a change of pace and I got more hymns.
Why can’t FM 100 just stick with one format over the holidays? It makes it really hard for me the listener want to continue listening to them.
Husbands and Wives.
I think that the world has a few reasons to celebrate and few things that we need to be scared of today.
And it all has to do with husband and wife teams.
Recently, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela lost an election in which it would have made him President for life. Chavez has continued to be in power since he was first elected in 1998. During his term, he has continually reached for more power, enacting socialist reforms and putting himself in place of almost a dictator to the country.
This was his first time that he has lost an election in nine years. And who was behind the scenes leading his demise.
His (ex) wife.
Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez helped to write the new constitution that was formed when Chavez first came into power and has supported him many times. However, she publically spoke out this year in response to the continued reforms that her ex-husband had started, and helped to kick off the movement that helped to turn the elections. Ah, the power of angry ex-wives.
Next, comes the new president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, or as many know her, the former first lady of Argentina. That’s right; she accepted power from her husband. Many are not happy with this, with the problems that Argentina has continued to have. And better yet, there are allegations that Chavez illegally helped to finance her campaign. Of course, both countries are denying the allegations.
All of this may be a case in point for what is happening in the United States right now. The Clintons are trying to regain their power through Hilary Clinton. Many have criticized or hailed the last presidency under Bill Clinton. Opponents say that it is just a way that will bring President Clinton and a bad presidency back in power.
Maybe all that we need is for Hilary to get divorced. Nothing like the power of an angry ex-wife.
Links. 1 2 and 3.
And it all has to do with husband and wife teams.
Recently, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela lost an election in which it would have made him President for life. Chavez has continued to be in power since he was first elected in 1998. During his term, he has continually reached for more power, enacting socialist reforms and putting himself in place of almost a dictator to the country.
This was his first time that he has lost an election in nine years. And who was behind the scenes leading his demise.
His (ex) wife.
Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez helped to write the new constitution that was formed when Chavez first came into power and has supported him many times. However, she publically spoke out this year in response to the continued reforms that her ex-husband had started, and helped to kick off the movement that helped to turn the elections. Ah, the power of angry ex-wives.
Next, comes the new president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, or as many know her, the former first lady of Argentina. That’s right; she accepted power from her husband. Many are not happy with this, with the problems that Argentina has continued to have. And better yet, there are allegations that Chavez illegally helped to finance her campaign. Of course, both countries are denying the allegations.
All of this may be a case in point for what is happening in the United States right now. The Clintons are trying to regain their power through Hilary Clinton. Many have criticized or hailed the last presidency under Bill Clinton. Opponents say that it is just a way that will bring President Clinton and a bad presidency back in power.
Maybe all that we need is for Hilary to get divorced. Nothing like the power of an angry ex-wife.
Links. 1 2 and 3.
Google Wars! - Online story
Google has started yet another war. But this time, it is in the unexpected arena of cell phones.
Google has announced a new mobile software platform called Android. It has partnered with several different big companies and is hoping to standardize programs across carriers. Current differences in software coding prevent this from happening.
But along the way, Google has accused some major carriers as monopolizing the situation. At first, it appeared that the major carriers were against the move. However, it looks like they may be changing their tune.
Verizon announced last week that it was changing it position and that it would support Android in the future. It had previously stated that it would not allow the software, but responded to negative criticism. “Android is an enabler of what we do,” said CEO Lowell McAdam in a interview with Business Weekly. He also announced that they would be opening their networks.
Not to be outdone, AT&T came back and said that its network has been open to any GSM device and software and that it has been that way for years.
"We've not gone out of our way to tout the fact that we have this, and very few people have taken advantage of it," spokesman Mark Siegel said in a telephone interview with PC World Magazine. He later added “We think that we are the most open company in the industry.”
However, he said that the announcement was not in response to the Verizon and Google announcements.
Source articles: here, here, and here.
Google has announced a new mobile software platform called Android. It has partnered with several different big companies and is hoping to standardize programs across carriers. Current differences in software coding prevent this from happening.
But along the way, Google has accused some major carriers as monopolizing the situation. At first, it appeared that the major carriers were against the move. However, it looks like they may be changing their tune.
Verizon announced last week that it was changing it position and that it would support Android in the future. It had previously stated that it would not allow the software, but responded to negative criticism. “Android is an enabler of what we do,” said CEO Lowell McAdam in a interview with Business Weekly. He also announced that they would be opening their networks.
Not to be outdone, AT&T came back and said that its network has been open to any GSM device and software and that it has been that way for years.
"We've not gone out of our way to tout the fact that we have this, and very few people have taken advantage of it," spokesman Mark Siegel said in a telephone interview with PC World Magazine. He later added “We think that we are the most open company in the industry.”
However, he said that the announcement was not in response to the Verizon and Google announcements.
Source articles: here, here, and here.
Let our own music play
Well they have done it again. The RIAA is trying to crack down on illegal file sharing and trying to control our lives.
I agree with the fact that we need to respect copyrights and that we need give artists their fair share. However, much of the data related to file sharing points to the fact that file sharing actually increases CD sales.
Another fact that everyone neglects to mention is that when the CD sales started to go down was right after the RIAA, Best Buy, and other companies had been found guilty of price fixing and had to pay out quite a hefty fee in the class-action lawsuit.
No, now they are doing something that alienates their audience even more. They are saying that consumers can’t even make copies of their own music. “Ripping” or copying music from a CD into a digital format is considered legal under “fair use” rights. If an individual has a physical copy of a CD, they are able to use it in any format that they chose. (I’m not going into digital versions of this, because they seem to be breaking this in my opinion with DRM usage.) Once in a digital format such as MP3, users can put them in IPods, or other different devices.
Now, in another one of their cases against yet another victim, they are alleging that consumers can’t rip CDs. Part of the argument according to some sources is they are ripping them and putting them in shared folders. I still think that this is a dangerous argument. You put files in a shared folder to use on a home network or if you are traveling and still want to access your files. Also, as other articles have pointed out, we break copyright law everyday by the normal things that we do. We take pictures with advertising in the background, we forward e-mail, etc. Can you imagine what life would be like if we had to be careful of every little thing that did like that? Civilization in America would come to a stop.
Frankly, I think that the RIAA is being very stupid and that they need to just get with the program. They need to make higher quality stuff, and stop making their customers angry and try to get money out of them from suing them. And they need to remember before everyone hates them, that consumers have rights too.
one such article is here.
I agree with the fact that we need to respect copyrights and that we need give artists their fair share. However, much of the data related to file sharing points to the fact that file sharing actually increases CD sales.
Another fact that everyone neglects to mention is that when the CD sales started to go down was right after the RIAA, Best Buy, and other companies had been found guilty of price fixing and had to pay out quite a hefty fee in the class-action lawsuit.
No, now they are doing something that alienates their audience even more. They are saying that consumers can’t even make copies of their own music. “Ripping” or copying music from a CD into a digital format is considered legal under “fair use” rights. If an individual has a physical copy of a CD, they are able to use it in any format that they chose. (I’m not going into digital versions of this, because they seem to be breaking this in my opinion with DRM usage.) Once in a digital format such as MP3, users can put them in IPods, or other different devices.
Now, in another one of their cases against yet another victim, they are alleging that consumers can’t rip CDs. Part of the argument according to some sources is they are ripping them and putting them in shared folders. I still think that this is a dangerous argument. You put files in a shared folder to use on a home network or if you are traveling and still want to access your files. Also, as other articles have pointed out, we break copyright law everyday by the normal things that we do. We take pictures with advertising in the background, we forward e-mail, etc. Can you imagine what life would be like if we had to be careful of every little thing that did like that? Civilization in America would come to a stop.
Frankly, I think that the RIAA is being very stupid and that they need to just get with the program. They need to make higher quality stuff, and stop making their customers angry and try to get money out of them from suing them. And they need to remember before everyone hates them, that consumers have rights too.
one such article is here.
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One 'Enchanted' Evening
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I just have to say how pleased I am with the new Disney movie, Enchanted.
Now as a disclaimer, I actually own a few shares of Disney stock so it also makes me excited on the financial end as well.
The reason that I am so excited about this movie is that it seems like it is a return to the good Disney movies that I grew up with. Not to say that the recent movies have been bad, it’s just that they haven’t really been as timeless as “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin.” The last good movie to feature music sung by the characters was “Tarzan”, though they did have a bit in “Home on the Range.”
After “Home on the Range”, Disney decided to shut down its 2D animation studios and focus solely on 3D. I and apparently the box office think that was a mistake. The movies that Disney has produced since then have done ok, but not the response that they were looking for.
They had other 2D releases before this that hadn’t done so well like “Treasure Planet” (which I still think is an excellent movie) and others. However, there was an element that was missing in these. Music! The animated films that Disney had produced for nearly a decade, all had music in them, and a whole generation grew up loving and singing them. However, they decided that was too cliché or something and stopped putting them in the films. People became disinterested because the films did not have the same charm as the previous films did.
But during all this time, Pixar was still making money. The industry thought that was because it was 3D and the audiences responded to it. That was not the case. It was the story telling that Pixar did that made them so great. It had the charm that Disney had lost.
Then came a turn around, or so I believe. Disney bought Pixar, and John Lassater from Pixar became the new head of Walt Disney Animation. He has professed to be an animation lover in all forms and I am hoping continues the comeback of Walt Disney Animation.
The reason that I love “Enchanted” so much is that it brings much of that missing charm back. I hope that Disney takes it as a signal to get their act together. The film combines both animation and live-action with spoofs on plot, background music, in jokes to other films, and musical numbers. All without being too cheesy or goofy. They brought back the same guys who had worked on the Disney musicals from all those years ago and created something that is I would say, quite frankly enchanting.
Audiences have agreed with me. “Enchanted” has been number 1 in the box office for several weeks now, and has just been nominated for several Golden Globes.
Now, let’s just hope that Disney is as “Enchanted” as I am and will continue to bring us good films once again.
I just have to say how pleased I am with the new Disney movie, Enchanted.
Now as a disclaimer, I actually own a few shares of Disney stock so it also makes me excited on the financial end as well.
The reason that I am so excited about this movie is that it seems like it is a return to the good Disney movies that I grew up with. Not to say that the recent movies have been bad, it’s just that they haven’t really been as timeless as “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin.” The last good movie to feature music sung by the characters was “Tarzan”, though they did have a bit in “Home on the Range.”
After “Home on the Range”, Disney decided to shut down its 2D animation studios and focus solely on 3D. I and apparently the box office think that was a mistake. The movies that Disney has produced since then have done ok, but not the response that they were looking for.
They had other 2D releases before this that hadn’t done so well like “Treasure Planet” (which I still think is an excellent movie) and others. However, there was an element that was missing in these. Music! The animated films that Disney had produced for nearly a decade, all had music in them, and a whole generation grew up loving and singing them. However, they decided that was too cliché or something and stopped putting them in the films. People became disinterested because the films did not have the same charm as the previous films did.
But during all this time, Pixar was still making money. The industry thought that was because it was 3D and the audiences responded to it. That was not the case. It was the story telling that Pixar did that made them so great. It had the charm that Disney had lost.
Then came a turn around, or so I believe. Disney bought Pixar, and John Lassater from Pixar became the new head of Walt Disney Animation. He has professed to be an animation lover in all forms and I am hoping continues the comeback of Walt Disney Animation.
The reason that I love “Enchanted” so much is that it brings much of that missing charm back. I hope that Disney takes it as a signal to get their act together. The film combines both animation and live-action with spoofs on plot, background music, in jokes to other films, and musical numbers. All without being too cheesy or goofy. They brought back the same guys who had worked on the Disney musicals from all those years ago and created something that is I would say, quite frankly enchanting.
Audiences have agreed with me. “Enchanted” has been number 1 in the box office for several weeks now, and has just been nominated for several Golden Globes.
Now, let’s just hope that Disney is as “Enchanted” as I am and will continue to bring us good films once again.
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