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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 16, 2017 5:43:15 GMT
No, wait, I'm not evolving into a super warrior. I am watching too much television.
I need to stop watching so much television.
Did you know watching too much television can hypnotize you? It can impair your cognitive and analytical functions. A good thing for me is I can notice that before the damage occurs.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 16, 2017 6:07:39 GMT
Ex-television addict here. Been free of it for more than ten years now. You're older than me, so you would remember what it was like back in the day. You went to a store and bought a television set, took it home, and plugged it in. After that it didn't cost you anything except for the small amount of electricity it used. There weren't as many channels then, but it was good. Then, someone figured out how to make people pay for their own brainwashing, and it was never the same again.  |
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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 16, 2017 7:24:42 GMT
Ex-television addict here. Been free of it for more than ten years now. You're older than me, so you would remember what it was like back in the day. You went to a store and bought a television set, took it home, and plugged it in. After that it didn't cost you anything except for the small amount of electricity it used. There weren't as many channels then, but it was good. Then, someone figured out how to make people pay for their own brainwashing, and it was never the same again. At one time some years ago I was watching over nine hours a week of "whodunits." I watched NCIS, CSI (two or three different cities), and Law and Order (one or two different variations) and I forget what all else. Now there's a channel in Richmond that shows just Law and Order SVU all day (most days). It's a good thing I'm over having to watch that. What disturbs me about some people lately is that they could go to college for what they're paying for just plain television. Sure, there's an episode of Nature on PBS with some avant-garde science once a year, but it's not like it's part of a degree in anything. I am old enough to have watched Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea when they originally aired. As a mere child with no great worldliness I didn't notice how very silly many of those episodes were. There was one episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea that left a profound and abiding memory. The mad scientist (There's one in several episodes.) created a monster (There's one of those in several episodes too.) that did whatever it was told to do through a box that looked like a transistor radio. At some point it got loose and someone got hold of the control box and said, "Die!, die!" Then it died because it did what it was told to do. That was historic, I never forgot it. I remember several episodes of The Twilight Zone, which of course is more pithy stuff on the whole than Irwin Allen. I especially remember the episode where you see a farm lady troubled by noises who finds an alien spacecraft in her loft. The aliens are about the size of chihuahuas in comparison to her. The surprise ending is she is the alien and is a giant and the spacecraft is from Earth . |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 16, 2017 8:38:51 GMT
Ex-television addict here. Been free of it for more than ten years now. You're older than me, so you would remember what it was like back in the day. You went to a store and bought a television set, took it home, and plugged it in. After that it didn't cost you anything except for the small amount of electricity it used. There weren't as many channels then, but it was good. Then, someone figured out how to make people pay for their own brainwashing, and it was never the same again. At one time some years ago I was watching over nine hours a week of "whodunits." I watched NCIS, CSI (two or three different cities), and Law and Order (one or two different variations) and I forget what all else. Now there's a channel in Richmond that shows just Law and Order SVU all day (most days). It's a good thing I'm over having to watch that. What disturbs me about some people lately is that they could go to college for what they're paying for just plain television. Sure, there's an episode of Nature on PBS with some avant-garde science once a year, but it's not like it's part of a degree in anything. I am old enough to have watched Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea when they originally aired. As a mere child with no great worldliness I didn't notice how very silly many of those episodes were. There was one episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea that left a profound and abiding memory. The mad scientist (There's one in several episodes.) created a monster (There's one of those in several episodes too.) that did whatever it was told to do through a box that looked like a transistor radio. At some point it got loose and someone got hold of the control box and said, "Die!, die!" Then it died because it did what it was told to do. That was historic, I never forgot it. I remember several episodes of The Twilight Zone, which of course is more pithy stuff on the whole than Irwin Allen. I especially remember the episode where you see a farm lady troubled by noises who finds an alien spacecraft in her loft. The aliens are about the size of chihuahuas in comparison to her. The surprise ending is she is the alien and is a giant and the spacecraft is from Earth. I saw the episode of The Twilight Zone that you mentioned on afternoon reruns when I was in 3rd grade (I think). The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode doesn't ring a bell, but there are a few of the first season episodes that I may not have seen. |
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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 16, 2017 10:04:39 GMT
At one time some years ago I was watching over nine hours a week of "whodunits." I watched NCIS, CSI (two or three different cities), and Law and Order (one or two different variations) and I forget what all else. Now there's a channel in Richmond that shows just Law and Order SVU all day (most days). It's a good thing I'm over having to watch that. What disturbs me about some people lately is that they could go to college for what they're paying for just plain television. Sure, there's an episode of Nature on PBS with some avant-garde science once a year, but it's not like it's part of a degree in anything. I am old enough to have watched Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea when they originally aired. As a mere child with no great worldliness I didn't notice how very silly many of those episodes were. There was one episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea that left a profound and abiding memory. The mad scientist (There's one in several episodes.) created a monster (There's one of those in several episodes too.) that did whatever it was told to do through a box that looked like a transistor radio. At some point it got loose and someone got hold of the control box and said, "Die!, die!" Then it died because it did what it was told to do. That was historic, I never forgot it. I remember several episodes of The Twilight Zone, which of course is more pithy stuff on the whole than Irwin Allen. I especially remember the episode where you see a farm lady troubled by noises who finds an alien spacecraft in her loft. The aliens are about the size of chihuahuas in comparison to her. The surprise ending is she is the alien and is a giant and the spacecraft is from Earth. I saw the episode of The Twilight Zone that you mentioned on afternoon reruns when I was in 3rd grade (I think). The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode doesn't ring a bell, but there are a few of the first season episodes that I may not have seen. According to IMDb the story from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was season 2 episode 24, March 6, 1966. I was ten years old. There is a "MeTv" network channel and an "Antenna TV" network channel in Richmond Virginia. Both "networks" show "classic" television from the 50s, 60s, and 70s mostly. You can see their schedules online. It was a sort of "golden age" of television. The shows that really still hold on today are the original Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Columbo and some individual episodes of various other shows like the one I mentioned. Edit > Don't forget about The Outer Limits and the original Star Trek. An episode of The Outer Limits I especially remember from childhood is The Zanti Ants.
Edit2> Don't forget All in the Family
Another rather stunning episode of VttBotS is season 1 episode 29. I must have missed that one as a child or I would have remembered it. It had an "Ames Room" (see online) that can create the illusion (on television anyway) of things being very different sizes. |
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Post by OldSamVimes on Sept 16, 2017 10:19:39 GMT
TV can be habit forming.
Who knew?
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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 16, 2017 10:37:46 GMT
TV can be habit forming. Who knew? I think they're running out of good ideas though. Movies too. When you've seen three Star Wars movies you've seen them all. Some of them you have to watch like you'd have to watch a train wreck. |
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Post by OldSamVimes on Sept 16, 2017 10:53:28 GMT
TV can be habit forming. Who knew? I think they're running out of good ideas though. Movies too. When you've seen three Star Wars movies you've seen them all. Some of them you have to watch like you'd have to watch a train wreck. I agree about the Star Wars. I was so disappointed in the one where Han Solo is killed by his teenage son. I don't watch too much TV. Right now I'm watching seasons 9-10 of Trailer Park Boys.. a guilty pleasure. |
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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 16, 2017 11:29:04 GMT
I think they're running out of good ideas though. Movies too. When you've seen three Star Wars movies you've seen them all. Some of them you have to watch like you'd have to watch a train wreck. I agree about the Star Wars. I was so disappointed in the one where Han Solo is killed by his teenage son. I don't watch too much TV. Right now I'm watching seasons 9-10 of Trailer Park Boys.. a guilty pleasure. When it first started I thought The 100 would be worth watching. "Look! Good writing again at last!," I thought. I soon noticed not only is it not good writing, it isn't even professional mediocre writing. You can't possibly follow it. It appears the writers were confident Hillary Clinton would be president now. I suspect Dr. Abigail Griffin is supposed to be as interesting to us as Hillary Clinton and Thelonious Jaha as interesting as Obama. That didn't work out and the story lines are gone all off any track. Following most television series lately is a problem. You can't just watch one episode, you have to watch each one from the beginning of the series to have a clear idea what's going on. That's what people are doing, buying the DVDs and "binge watching" to have any idea what the series is about. That's part of the problem I've noticed that led to this thread. |
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Post by OldSamVimes on Sept 16, 2017 11:35:20 GMT
I agree about the Star Wars. I was so disappointed in the one where Han Solo is killed by his teenage son. I don't watch too much TV. Right now I'm watching seasons 9-10 of Trailer Park Boys.. a guilty pleasure. When it first started I thought The 100 would be worth watching. "Look! Good writing again at last!," I thought. I soon noticed not only is it not good writing, it isn't even professional mediocre writing. You can't possibly follow it. It appears the writers were confident Hillary Clinton would be president now. I suspect Dr. Abigail Griffin is supposed to be as interesting to us as Hillary Clinton and Thelonious Jaha as interesting as Obama. That didn't work out and the story lines are gone all off any track. Following most television series lately is a problem. You can't just watch one episode, you have to watch each one from the beginning of the series to have a clear idea what's going on. That's what people are doing, buying the DVDs and "binge watching" to have any idea what the series is about. That's part of the problem I've noticed that led to this thread. That's one reason Columbo is my favorite show ever. You don't need to watch them in any particular order, every show is self contained. |
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