I remember a time when going to movies was an event. Months and months of anticipation, followed up by popcorn , dots, and kick ass movie. Now, when I am at the theater all I can think about is what I maybe missing on TV.
Why? When I see the kind of creative effort that is put into the shows on television I wonder how they can’t get these guys to write movie scripts. It has become so painfully obvious that movies are designed to get people to buy a ticket, and that’s all. Making good movies? Not a consideration anymore. Just making money.
The part that busts me up is how the studios blame Internet piracy for the drop in box office dollars. What a bunch of dildos. Here is my suggestion to you guys… come up with an original concept for once. Every movie in production these days is either a sequel or based off of a TV show or comic book. I can’t for the life of me remember a classic that will go down in the history of great movies that has been released over the last 5 years. Can you?
10-12 years ago we had movies like Forrest Gump, Titanic, Fight Club, American Beauty, and Saving Private Ryan. Now a days, we have Spiderman 3, Transformers, Harry Potter 5, Oceans 13, and a sequel to Bruce Almighty for God’s fucking sake. (All coming this summer)
Fuck that. Every one of those movies will look better on my HD-DLP- 56 inch TV when they come out on high definition DVD. Fuck, I can buy the movie, popcorn, and dots, and save 4 of my friends the fucking money it will cost me to go to the movie anyway.
In the mean time, I can enjoy the comforts of my couch while watching something that’s actually compelling, well written, and original. Not to mention that there is something on every single night.
Mondays-
You have Hero’s and this little show called Monday Night Football.
Tuesday-
The Shield, which will go down as the greatest cop show ever. (Write that down)
Wednesday-
Lost, which is hitting on all cylinders right now… amazing.
Thursday-
The Office… and
Finally two sitcoms that have broken the stereotypical sitcom molds with out canned studio laughs.
These shows are brilliantly funny.
Friday and Saturday… Go out loser.
Sunday-
and
I would venture to say that between these two shows, Rome, and The Wire… HBO alone has produced more hours of quality viewing time than any 10 movies in the last year combined.
I am telling you this now, if you look at any of these shows with a blank face and you go see shit movies like Doom and Scary Movie 4. (The 4th of a series of slapstick parodies. Real original) Save yourself the money and just get yourself a ball of yarn, because that’s all it should take to entertain a simple mind like yours.
So what do you think? At this point, what is better. TV or movies? Why? What are you watching?
Tags: Entourage, HBO, Heros, LOST, Scary Movie 4, Scrubs, Sopranos, The Office, The ShieldLike this post? Buy me a beer.
