About Me, And Why I Hate Blogs

Me

Hey. What's up? That's good. I'm Phil. Pleasure to meet you. I like TV. Also movies. A lot. A whole lot. Like, if you took the amount that someone like, say, Tiger Woods enjoys golf, that is about equal to half the amount I like TV and movies.

I am a loser.

The thing is, I love stories. Absolutely love them. I'm becoming an English major so that I can write stories, and people will hopefully read them and pay money for them and I can buy things. I read books, obviously, but there are things you cannot do without a camera and dramatic music. I watch a little of everything. In TV I'm limited by time and job, but with movies I can see them whenever I want. Luckily for my wallet, I like basically everything I see. Which brings me to:

Why I Hate Blogs

Okay. No offense if you have a blog. But I hate blogs about TV and movies. Why? Because those people always seem to hate everything. Now, I understand you should be discerning. But lighten up. C'mon. Do it. Please? Listen. Almost everything you see in any TV show or movie is bullplop. Really. Its stupid, banal, completely unrealistic and overdramatic.

Got it?

Now, I understand this. I ignore it. I invest myself emotionally in the plot, and enjoy what is presented in light of the limitations of the medium and my ability to detach myself from "logic".

Scoffing? I don't blame you. But you do it too. Here's three examples:

1.) Godzilla. In Godzilla movies, a man in a horrifically obvious rubber suit destroys fake model cities. Oh, the horror. But we go to these movies and take them seriously because we know that's the kind of movie it is. Same goes for any computer-generated monster doing anything remotely meant to be scary or dangerous. Its not real, we know this, but we ignore it.

2.) James Bond. This man could take the hour hand off of his gucci watch and attach it to a train, which will proceed to explode in the shape of a Q. Its a Bond movie, shit like that happens.

3.) The Good Guys Always Win. Mostly. We know they'll win. Anything the villain does is ultimately futile. Given this, there should be no suspense or excitement while watching anything. But we suspend our knowledge of reality because its not reality, and there's no enjoyment in it otherwise.

If any of the above is true of you, you win! The key to enjoying movies and TV is in surrendering yourself to its laws and realities, and ignoring its small imperfections in the interest of more fully appreciating the story.

The Blog

This blog is the Entertainment Labyrinth. I'll be your guide to the myriad shows and movies that you don't have the time or interest to watch.

Chances are, I'll be freaking out about the shows I like and reviewing new ones because everyone that reads my Livejournal is tired of hearing it. Hopefully it'll be entertaining. Hopefully. Sympathy laughs more than welcome.