Trailer Park Boys

So i started getting into this show within the last couple weeks and it is hilarious! I actually took a break from watching it to write this. The show is about life in the trailer park and centers around three friends Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles. Ricky and Julian seem to end up in jail at the end of each season I've seen so far, and every new season starts with them getting out. A really funny character is the trailer park's supervisor Lahey and his assistant Randy. Lahey just drives around thinking he's a cop and has all this authority, and his assistant Randy is a kiss-ass and he never wears a shirt. this show has a relaxing feel to it with real soft music playing along to the opening credits, but is still full of dysfunctional funny situations. Everyone in this show just drinks all day long and shoots off guns for random things like dogs barking too loud, i guess it could be considered white trash or redneck humor. For example Ricky lives in a car and Bubbles lives in a shed. Every time i watch this show i seem to find something that I'm able to think back about all next day and laugh about.

 

 It's stupid shows like these that help make me laugh after a long day of work and homework.

South Park 2013

Ah I can't wait for this fall for my favorite show to start up again! I have seen every episode of South Park at least twice. All the old seasons I've probably watched about five times. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have my exact sense of humor, and i mostly love how they will make fun of anyone and they just don't care. Kind of like how i mentioned in my last post about how stand-up comedians can say whatever they want and get away with it, I feel like Parker and Stone have really perfected that in comedy. South Park has made fun of so many different groups of people and celebrities and are still going with it. Parker and Stone have really pushed and pushed the boundaries of what is allowed. During the 1999 Oscars Parker and Stone dressed up as Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow high on Acid! That is just completely hilarious and describes the attitude of South Park.




Parker and Stone did have trouble with one episode that caused a lot of attention. South Park's episode "201" poked fun at the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Muslim extremist threatened Parker, Stone, and the network so the show was not shown in any repeats and is not available anywhere. I could just see Parker and Stone writing this episode being like there's no way we'll get away with this one haha. Well anyways I can't wait for season 17 of South Park this fall!

Tracy Morgan

So there was an episode in 30 Rock where Tracy Morgans character, Tracy Jordan, made some gay jokes in one of his standup acts, which resulted in an attack from the militant gay groups. This is also something that has happened in real life with one of Tracy Morgans stand up comedy shows. In real life many stars put down Morgan because of this and the media make a huge deal about the whole situation making Morgan look like some kind of monster. I always was very drawn into stand up comedy because it always seemed like comedians could get up on stage and say whatever they wanted. I heard stand up comedians make fun of 9/11, killing and raping children and women, and every religion you can think of. And are those comedians having to come out after every show with an apology? I have to say i was upset over the whole thing.




I am not trying to come across as a gay-basher in any way at all so don't misunderstand me, but it pisses me off when Morgan says two or three jokes about homosexuals and is crucified over it when other comedians say sooo much worse and its fine. I don't feel like it is more dangerous for gay people living in today's world than any other group of people. Christians and Jews are probably the most persecuted groups of people and almost every comedian i've heard poked fun at both groups with no major consequences. A close friend of mine goes to see stand up comedians all the time, and he sits right in the front row knowing full well that he is going to be dumped on and he rolls with the punches. you can't get offended by stand up comedians, and if you are maybe that form of comedy is not for you, but C'mon people lets not ruin the sacred art of stand up comedy for the rest of us!!

Denzel Washington

So i figured i would use some of my blogging time to give respect to my favorite actor, Denzel Washington. Some of the first movies that I saw with Denzel Washington that made me love him were Remember the Titans, John Q, and Antwone Fisher (all three of these movies are still part of my favorites). Then I saw Training Day (One of my favorite movies of all time hence the main picture) and was crazy of Washington's acting roles. The more films i saw with Washington the more I felt loyal and just wanted to watch all his films. Some of his overall favorites, besides what i mentioned before include He Got Game, Man on Fire, American Gangster,  Book of Eli, and Safe House.



The other day I looked up Denzel Washington to see any new films he was in and saw that he is almost 60!! wow compared to athletes who are done after a couple decades, these actors keep going. I realized that I don't keep up with movies as well as i used to as a teenage when i had nothing else to do ha, but i should start keeping my eye out for new actors that i like. I just hope Denzel Washington doesn't sell out at the end for cheesy movies. In my eyes that looks like Sean Connery in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Even though i liked the movie, still a very cheesy movie for a talented actor like Connery.

Cartoons

So there are many TV shows and genres that i enjoy, but i would have to say that my favorite genre is adult cartoons! Some of the shows that i really like are American Dad, the Simpsons, South Park, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In a broader sense i guess i would say that comedy is my favorite genre for TV because i love shows like 30 Rock or Curb Your Enthusiasm. Specifically cartoons are my favorite hands down. Its comforting for me watching cartoons, which probably goes back to my childhood. I always watched cartoons as a kid, and would even wake up every weekend all excited for the Saturday morning cartoons (anyone remember those??). I was never allowed to watch shows like the Simpsons when i was younger so of course i obsessed over them and i have been loving them ever since. Honestly one of my favorite things to do is to put on an episode of the Simpsons to fall asleep to.










I never did any blogging until i started taking Professor Bjorn's online classes, but i have to say this is really fun being able to babble on about film related material that is of interest to me (with the hope that people are actually reading them!). I remember reading in our book about the Disney's first big cartoon success with the film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." I like to go back and look at how certain types of film originated, and most importantly to me what those types of films have paved the way for and given us now.

Sound

So i have been thinking about chapter 6 over the weekend. I find it so interesting reading about how certain aspects of film were created, and how it compares to what we have today. That seems to be my mindset as I'm reading through the chapters. In regards to chapter 6 its wild how cinemas during the silent film era actually had live musicians playing to accompany the film, which sometimes would consist of a 75-piece orchestra!


And then Edison had his kinetophone, which did not work well at all, inspired progress to what we have now. I have to say i love being in a theater for a nice action/war movie and the whole theater is shaking from the speakers, however it would be so cool to go back in time and experience a film with live musicians playing.

Another part of this chapter that was new to me was finding out AT&T was responsible for fixing the technical flaws in film sound. I mentioned this as well in the discussion board for last week, but i just found it funny because i just switched my phone plan to AT&T the week i read that!

30 Rock

So i'm sitting here buried in hw, and my mind started to drift to my relax time later on once hw is all done for the night. Lately this one hour relax time before bed consists of a big bowl of ice cream and sitting back and watching a tv show. One that i have been following recently (and yes will definitely be the one i stuff my face with ice cream to tonight) is 30 Rock.


This show is about a fictional tv show called the 'Tracey Jordan Show.' It's interesting because all the actors have to play actors. Most of the scenes in the show are filmed right in the Tracey Jordan Show's studio and set. It got me thinking back to Charlie Chaplin and how he always acted as another person while in films. ah if he could only see how we have evolved! look back at his films, and then back to the complexity of films/tv shows that we have now-a-days such as this one. I have to say thank you Charlie for being such an influential and important part of laying the foundation for what I now enjoy during my short relaxation times!