October 18, 2010

Reformatting

I really want to talk about television, and now that I have cable back I really can again.

Fall season has been amazing so far! The summer finales (Mad Men I am looking at you ^_^) have been thrilling. Pictures and hopes clips to come. Just got a new computer...YAY! It is really fast!

Watching House now (Season 7 Episode 4). Huddy relationship making me happy, making me even happier in this episode: the medical story.

I am unfocused at the moment, so won't butcher the episode with any more. Can't wait to get back to blogging.

By the way I realize I sound like a huge nerd...but I'm am a nerd for TV and I cannot contain that anymore. I just love it so much!
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October 5, 2010

The Cleveland Show: Cleveland Live



BOO!

Masturbation is fun, but there was no need to videotape you self pleasuring yourself Seth McFarlane!!! You put yourself into the annals of TV History? You were not that important to the development or evolution of tv. This episode proves that there is very little clever thought left in this creative team. Forced gimmicks with the breaking of the fourth wall, "adlibs", spontaneous audience shouts, failed attempt of humor with circuit city marketing...all of it is fail!

Go back to focusing on Family Guy and try revive that show...don't waste your time and energy with this crap!
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September 9, 2010

Gerber Commercial - United Babies (2010)


The use of babies is unfair!!! They are so cute. And this commercial stuffs every frame with a new babyface to look at that is adorable. You know what they say: Never work with babies or animals cause they steal the stage...what did they say about working with like 30-50 babies?

Gerber pulls at the heartstrings with this ad...and does a great job at marketing to the entire baby population. Because generally when you think of Gerber you remember their trade mark baby who isn't exactly ethnic. But with the use of this replacement technique, they are able to include a slew of different "types" quickly and create a unity between them through the optical illusion of continuity.

Cute
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Long time no post...

But hopefully that will change soon!

Summer season is running right into and through to the Fall season...YAY!!! Now I never have to go without TV ever!!!

But a few commercials soon to come...
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July 21, 2010

TV Goes On...Even if I Can't Write About It

So There has bee a lot of TV that I haven't written about. Guess I better get on that...NOW!

Here is a minicap (ooh, gotta add that to my glossary) of what has been happening on TV. Included in this minicap are:
Rescue Me
Hawthorne
White Collar
Psych
Hell's Kitchen
Futurama
Lie to Me
Warehouse 13
Covert Affairs
Rizolli & Isles
Memphis Beat
Tosh.0

Shows not part of this but GUARANTEED a show/episode review soon: True Blood and Dark Blue
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July 17, 2010

>_< 2010 Kia Soul Hamster Commercial | Black Sheep Kia Hamsters Video



Until now I've posted the commercials I've liked...this is an example of a commercial I HATE!!!

I mean WTF? You may or may not remember how these commercials w/the hamsters started. All these hamsters were in their hamster wheels around the city...as if their wheels were "wheels", like cars. Then a Kia cruised up and yea a actual car is better than a hamster wheel, any car but Kia= hammster wheel. Shitty commercial too, but at least it made since. Now it seems they've decided to make these hamsters the new Kia mascot--BAD IDEA!!!

It is a bad commercial for several different reasons:


  • Even if you remember the first commercial [and statistically I have to say enough people don't because they don't care about TV that much] this one doesn't equate the car to the hamsters...at all. Some hamster a singing about cars...who cares? And to a lesser note they are now just making hamsters=people.
  • "The Choice Is Yours" by Black Sheep...ok, they were trying to make a real statement, and you pose your Kia car against a toaster-a washing machine-two guys running under a cardboard box? STUPID! Sure there a re a few hamster wheels lying around, but not predominately featured...
  • ...what is featured? hamsters doing people things. Why? Why why why why why....

This makes me think too much, and hamsters don't make the car cool. "The Choise Is Yours" does not make the car cool. Comparing the car to random appliances does not make the car cool...What are you trying to sell this car as? Youthful? If this is what the youth likes then I'm scared for our youth!



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July 16, 2010

Glossary of Terms

Ok, so I realized I haven't blogged in a few days and figured I'd let you all in on some of the words I may or may not write on here, of course fully expecting you to follow me. So her are some terms I've coined (that doesn't really take rocket science to figure out):

For Commercials:

Network Commercial - commercial that promotes the network (ex. Boom-De-Yadda Discovery Channel commercial)
Product Commercial - commercial that promotes a product [one that can be bought in a store](ex. Tostitos Salsa commercial)
Show Commercial - commercial that promotes a show (ex. House commercial)
Charity/PA Commercial - commercial that promotes a charity (ex. TRUTH commercials)

Some may argue that all commercials are all product commercials cause they are all selling us something whether its a new show or an organization, and I agree...but I think that is generalizing the commercial too much especially since they aim to target different areas of our thinking. Though of course Product Commercials still have further sub divisions.

For TV:

Comedy
Drama
Dramedy - This is a broad term that incorporates your comedic/dramas (Rescue Me), quirky/dramas (Nurse
   Jackie), serio/comedies (Glee) but what i'm excited about in this particular term is that more and more
   shows can consider themselves a part of this grey area category. Life is ALL dramatic or ALL comedic and
   shows that reflect life a definitely refreshing.
Sitcom - usually 30 mins, 4-camera show, though shows like 30 Rock and The Office are breaking the
   standard 4-camera sitcom formula.
Hour-Long - usually a drama but with shows like Weeds (which I would put in the dramedy category) are
   starting to change that formula.
Tear-Jerker - think Grey's Anatomy
Mini Series - John Adams, Rome
Webisode - often a little something extra from a show with its auxiliary characters
Episode
Season

For My Blog (I may make up several words while writing things here):

Minicap- It's like a recap but instead of just doing one show one episode a minicap will include several shows
   spanning several episodes.

I'll continually update this post as I write more and pontificate on what terms and phrases I use to describe what I see.
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July 10, 2010

Sprint - HTC EVO™ 4G Firsts

I don't like Sprint...I'm a Verizon girl... but the praise for this commercial truly goes out to HTC. It has such a brilliant and simple concept. Evything gets updated. Good ideas come along in our lives and then they get built upon. The wheel becomes the car becomes the train. Flight starts small, them gets jummosized until we can take orbit. And starting with small little computer chips we've built ourselves a technological world that has put entertainment and communication at the tip of our fingers, culminating in The Evo. What I enjoy is that starting with the microchip we move to entertainment--both music and video--when the next dominoes are cassette tapes, a-tracks, vhs' and I'm pretty sure I saw a Beta tape, and then we get to the heart of the commercials with what cellphones were, what they've become and the next evolutionary step...The Evo. commercials like this make me want the product, which I'm pretty sure is the point so good job!

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July 8, 2010

2010 Emmy Nommination...with a few notes ^_~

The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, airs Sunday, Aug. 29 at 8/7c.
They are here again! Emmy time! This looks like an exciting year in television. I feel like there may be things missing, but when you only have so many slots available to nominate people too you have to distill things down. I think these are great nominations (except SNL) and I can't wait to read what all the critics and reviewers have to say about what this spells out for TV.
One thing is clear though, the categories are so black and white that it is hard to route for certain choices...I'm talking about your dramedy here, your funny/dramatic or more commonly quirky/dramatic series. I'm looking at you Nurse Jackie...comedy? Eh... I do have some laugh out loud moments, but thats not what your content is about. But up against Dexter you stand NO chance. TV is getting complicated, which is beautiful and great and there should be more shows like that giving people like me headaches about the labels.
LOST...finale nom...doesn't deserve it I think. But what a beautiful series. Visually stunning shots and well as locales. Writing moving, composition...I want to make Micheal Giacchino compose a musical and then let me star in it, and he should win in his category Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score). Anyway...


See the list of some of  nominees below (for a full list go to Emmy website here or by clicking on the title):
Drama Series








  • Breaking Bad
  • Dexter
  • The Good Wife
  • Lost
  • Mad Men
  • True Blood








How are you supposed to choose? Breaking Bad, Dexter or Mad Men? I love LOST and TB (and don't watch The Good Wife) but it's a different game with those three. They appeal to the mind, to our deepest morals, show raw, deep, deranged emotion and giving it a sympathetic face....my hear goes pitter patter for this!
Comedy Series















Another genre where I only miss one show (I haven't gotten on board with Curb...yet) and the rest are great...but interesting choices. 30 Rock, Modern Family and The Office are true comedies, and both The Office and 30 Rock have won before (the shows in general, including actors) so i think it should go to Modern Family. But Nurse Jackie and Glee a GREAT shows...they just aren't quite "comedies". Glee almost should be categorized as Variety, Music or Comedy Series. Curb is good I hear...
Lead Actor in a Drama Series








HIM...that is all. Who else can so expertly make you feel how you feel about him...look at his character on paper...he is a PSYCHOPATH. By the literal definition of psychopath. No remorse for his deaths, he enjoys the struggle, he doesn't want to stop--which is kind of the ideas they've been playing with this last season...but he kills at least 13 people a season...1 an episode for 4 seasons...thats 52 people!!! And yet I feel so bad about his recent loss...Rita...
Lead Actress in a Drama Series








Not gonna lie, only watch two of these and between January Jones and Mariska Hargitay...



Supporting Actor in a Drama Series













OMG! Did you see this season of Breaking Bad? YES! HIM...beautiful work. And to think his character wasn't originally supposed to stick around. He MADE this season, Cranston was beautiful no doubt but Aaron was completely full in his performance.
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series








Understated performances, but quite captivating. And a little eerie at times.
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series








I don't think he will win, but I really enjoyed the closing of his chapter in my life. Monk was a quirky, brilliant, sad, brave person who was crazy. A lead character in the show was his shrink. It was a sweet send off with great laugh out loud moments.
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
I want one of the Modern Family ladies in this category... I don't watch united States of Tara, yet. Gimme a break I watch A LOT already (see Summer List 2010)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series








I'd be happy for any of these guys to win. It is a brilliant ensemble piece and they each deliver...but Ty Burrell has found his role. He is able to be goofy to appeal to his lanky/geeky looks and do physical comedy, a trick he is QUITE talented at. I mean Charlie Chaplin/Jim Carey physical gags that are visuals feasts. Almost lyrical...I hope he wins most.
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
I don't think this needs an explanation. ^_^


Reality-Competition Program















Don't Care!


Reality Host







See Above!


Variety, Music or Comedy Series
  • The Colbert Report
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • Real Time with Bill Maher
  • Saturday Night Live
  • The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Really, just to stick it to the network for kicking him off too early. Although I believe if they can't find 5 good Variety, Music or Comedy Series shows then they should just put 4. Saturday Night Live has NO business being nominated for any awards. Sorry SNL, I just used to watch the good episodes you had...
Will post full list later...
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NEW Old Spice Commercial - "Questions"



I just love these commercial. The ad is targeted towards men AND women. It's a men's product afterall, and yet by having an attractive man, whom men want to be and women want to be with, speaking to the women as if to say "hey girls, if a man is wearing this product he'll talk to you too...and look, he'll be awesome like me!" and of course every man wants to be that guy to get a girl...obviously he has no trouble with the ladies. Brilliant psychological ploy. AXE body products has a similar tactic to have girls influenced by using them to suggest they'll like the men better becaus e the man will be better. But these commercials are witty while those only have a superficial, erotic, blunt approach to the message.

The other two commercials that aired during the Super Bowl are below.


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