So over the past couple of years I've become a complete cretin when it comes to my taste in the "arts" (notice my condescending quotations!!) as far as television and movies. My taste in music has changed for the better and I have a broader spectrum of tastes now, which is nice, but I have a hard time following any TV show or movie that does not involve large explosions, spaceships, aliens and also, topless aliens. This is not to say that I've become a total Michael Bay fan, quite the opposite, but the type of movies I enjoy must include either superheros and/or zombies. Ghosts are also acceptable.
So I've regressed. I don't mind all that much because I hold modern television and movies to a low standard as I feel most of them are rip offs or remakes of previous good movies, etc. I mean, I love Full Metal Jacket and I own both seasons of Twin Peaks on DVD (I ain't got money for that Blu Ray), so I do like the more avant-garde stuff I guess, but I'm also a huge sci-fi and comic book fan which, let's face it, doesn't make me the most effective critic.
Enter today's television shows. At the moment, I don't even have a functioning tv (the NBA finals are over so whatever) and I don't have HBO, Showtime ETC. I have Netflix so I could watch "Breaking Bad" if I wanted to, but I have a 2 to 3 second attention span that won't allow me to really get into anything other than "The Walking Dead" and old "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes.
My wife has gotten into "Downton Abbey" which, according to Patton Oswalt is supposed to be good. So far it's been lacking in full frontal though, something I figure every successful modern television show has nowadays. Also, there's been no contact with extraterrestrials or resurrection of the undead so thus, I am bored.
Today is hot. A good day for beer. Enjoy life.
