That's right, *damn*. I almost wonder if I couldn't be an intellectual if it weren't for all of those hours of watching t.v.--and killing braincells and sucking up trivia in the process.
What's worse is that I know I may have actually gotten shows cancelled by the sheer wrongness of my having watched them. Shadowchasers, Probe, Misfits of Science...goners...my fault. Shows I watch get cancelled. It's fate's way of telling me I should be doing something better with my time. But you know what--I have a way around it, now. I don't watch shows I know I'll like in the first season. I wait until the second or third season when they get popular, that way, they can't just *cancel* them. This has worked with Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, so far. I feel guilty when I watch Invisible Man. I don't want to feel responsible for that one--if it goes. See--it's the best damn show.
Yes, I know. You probably think it's Darien Fawkes--and yes, he's way cute in that kind of, "Hey, I'm an ex-thief with a gland in my head" kind of way, which, needless to say, gets me every time. And Hobbes--Bobby Hobbes is the man. He is super-cool and capable and in the very best business a paranoid can be in. But those of you who really pay attention to how I tick know better--I want to be the Keeper. Claire is so cool. Man, I should have got a government job.
This will sound whacked, but I like the weird science aspect of the show--it's cutting edge all the way. Quantum computing. Intelligence enhancement. Neural transplants...argh...I can't take it...I love the frigging *gland*! I like that Claire screwed up on making that vaccine and it produced Werner's syndrome-like symptoms--that's a real disorder, you know. I think the people who write for this show *read* up before they do the storylines--like, seriously. I watch it and get so stoked looking for bits of real stuff. And the *spook* stuff is good, too.
(I feel guilty. Fridays, I was watching Invisible Man, and then I'd switch to FOX for Lone Gunmen. Makes me feel like it had to be one...you know?)
Now, for the Sopranos.. I know I shouldn't like that show because of the stereotypes, and the whole nine yards, but maybe that *is* why I like it. It plays well in Peoria. The stuff with Chris Moltisanti pushing tech stocks--I liked that. because that was a real angle, but some of the rest of it is very...Hollywood. I do not know if the next season will be as enjoyable as the last couple because I think it might become more "Hollywood" and fake--which is good and bad. Good, because I don't think a television show should really glorify crime, but bad, because you know it will get stupid when more movie stars want to play bit parts and the writers will have to go into "What's the next big thing?" mode. I watch it for the soap opera aspects--the family dynamics, if you want to call it that--not for the "Family" dynamics.
But on the whole, I watch too much t.v., and Vixen's worse than me--did you know she has a website devoted to Highlander: The Series? Heh heh heh. No, seriously. And I happen to owe my existence to her watching a t.v. show--I just as easily could have been a Forever Knight vampire--she definitely had a scenario in mind that would have had both Nick and Natalie alive--but I digress. You may watch a hell of a lot of t.v., yourself, if you check out my pages. Here's a test of your t.v.-watching excesses:
Have you been squinting around past the text to try to figure out what the figures in the background are?
If so, you watch a whole lot of t.v. That's the station you don't get except at three a.m. and it's always Spanish soaps and infomercials--but you still want to know what's on, am I right?
(p.s. Highlander: The Series is easily my favorite show, for all the obvious reasons. Even if you aren't Immortal, Iyou can see how the storylines can relate to moral quandaries and issues that can come up in anybody's life. It's about survival, and friendship, and loss, and making peace with the past and moving on...lots of good things. And they cast some of the most gorgeous actors...)