> > They looked so weird. It was like when you go > to another country and you turn on the TV and everything looks a bit > ugly and unfamiliar.
So true. I am in awe when I am watching TV at family/friends/bars now. It is such a strange beast. Plasticity Maximus. On 8/3/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, > I never watch live TV any more. Or any TV, I guess. > Interesting timing of the question - we just finally got round to > cancelling our satellite TV, and last night - for the first time in a > long time - I saw a news bulletin and a police drama on TV and > couldn't believe it. They looked so weird. It was like when you go > to another country and you turn on the TV and everything looks a bit > ugly and unfamiliar. But it was the BBC. > > I felt like I was watching a parody - the weird lacquered-over news > presenters trying to be friendly to "you" from behind a desk - or, > more disturbing, standing up to introduce reports and graphics > (uselessly, but like they were poised for some kind of action). > > And in the police drama, I found myself laughing out loud at the > staging of the shots, the editing, the construction of the narrative, > the hamminess of the script and acting. > > I realised I'd been watching nothing but videoblogs for at least 3 > months. I suddenly have this incredible bullshit detector. > > The last thing I watched on TV was Lost, which ended in May, I > think. Someone I know makes a couple of shows, but one of them's a > panel discussion and the BBC video podcast that, so I usually watch > it on iTunes or on my iPod. > > Even radio has fallen away. For years, I started the day listening to > the Radio 4 Today Programme, which is full of journalists getting > aggressive with politicians, but I can't cope with its relentless > pitching of opposing points of view against each other, and the > fruitless search for a truth or admission that never comes. > Everything on TV or radio or in the papers now seems like an > expensive Punch and Judy show staged to keep children quiet at a party. > > I guess videoblogging has turned me into a freak, outside the > acceptable discourse of main stream society. On the tube home this > evening, I watched Raymond cycling round Copenhagen for 15 minutes on > my iPod. Not saying anything, just cycling along the streets. It > was really calming to watch on a hot, crowded tube. But the people > squished in next to me must have wondered what the *hell* was being > said or sung over the video to make it so interesting. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv/ > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > On 3 Aug 2007, at 23:46, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: > > It's worth noting that, despite the fact that I watch a lot of > television, > I'm generally not focusing on it. Between my job, my doctorate, > Greentime, Freetime (still technically active), the ever-impending-event > (was my wedding, now it's Dragon*Con), gym, garden, baking and brewing, > etc, etc, I don't have a lot of time in the day. > > But, I often have time when I'm cooking dinner. So, I flip on The > Simpsons and listen to an episode. When I come home to eat lunch, I > catch > up on The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. While I'm digging through a > book, editing, or updating a website, I might put on an episode of > Mythbusters or maybe a lacrosse or hockey game. My attention span is a > funny beast. I have a hard time focusing on one thing for any period of > time, but if two things compete for my attention, things get easier. > > The only thing on TV that gets my undivided attention is Battlestar > Galactica. Anything resembling "vegging out" is usually done after I've > been out with friends and I'm a little too drunk to be productive > anymore. > > I almost never use my TV for watching a movie, incidentally. I don't sit > still long enough for watching movies, and when I do, they generally > annoy > me. I loved movies until I started making my own. Then I started > noticing awkward cuts, bad performances, plot and pacing issues, etc. If > I want to get frustrated, Fox News broadcasts 24 hours a day, and > they'll > do the job much quicker than a film. > > -- > Rhett. > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > > > For one thing, making media simply takes time and that cuts down > amount > > I might watch television. > > > > These days, most of my video watching is online and through out the > > day, not at one time. > > > > I watch almost no "television programming", although I still use > my tv > > to watch DVD and VHS movies that I own. > > > > Unfortunately, I still feel that I see more tv programming than I > would > > like just by "passing by" when others are watching. > > > > Most people that I have asked who claim to like television say that > > they like the veg time. > > > > While I can still get absorbed in a good video or film, I not into > > vegging at all. > > > > Recently we had a major fire. I turned on the TV to find out what was > > up. > > > > I must admit, it gave me great information. There was just a bulletin > > on the screen that said to check out my friend Tyler's > > http://ojaipost.com vlog!!! > > > > So much for television :) > > > > Markus > > > > -- > > > > http://tools.ourmedia.org > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
