As my weekend ends, I recollect on it with a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Friday night, I saw The Fiery Furnaces. I will do a short recap on the show tomorrow.
Saturday I caught up on all the tv I did not have time to watch during the week. Nothing important happened on television, which isn't a surprise, I know, but as I am reading Klosterman's chapter called "Being Zack Morris" I recall this passage:
We like the "process" of watching these shows. The idea of these programs being entertaining never seemed central to anything, which remains the most fascinating aspect of all televised art: consumers don't demand it to be good. It just needs to be watchable.
I like good television, Deadwood is one of my favorite shows and critically acclaimed. But I will also watch The O.C. or Gilmore Girls occasionally because it's distracting from reality and I don't have to think for 45 minutes. My guilty pleasure this season is America's Next Top Model. Yes, it helps that in airs before Veronica Mars and that it has a queer girl in the cast this cycle. I also find myself saying out of character things like, "That dress is hideous!" or "She's such a bitch!" I've begun to care about these "reality characters" far more than I want to admit. I have come to the conclusion the people on reality tv fall in to one of three categories:
1. Someone you want to spend time with.
2. Someone you hope never crash lands on your island.
3. Someone who is not unlike wallpaper.
Ultimately, I want Kyle to win because she stands out from the wallpaper only a little, and the makeover that turned her into a brunette last week transformed her from valley girl cute to sexy. She probably has some annoying quality I'll come to loathe as the season progresses, but right now, she's my pick to win.
After work today, I did a mainstream movie double-header at the multiplex. Serenity and Flightplan. I tried to lower my expectations before walking into the theatre to see Serenity. The part of my brain who loves all things Joss Whedon was happy; the cynical part, let out a sigh of relief. Serenity is a good movie but I want to see a new episode next week, which isn't going to happen. Hopefully, Whedon & Co. will continue to produce "Firefly" films yearly (or at least every other year). Flightplan was an okay suspense film.
Also, check out Tom Vek.