Wednesday, May 13, 2009
FINAL BLOG- A mostly opinionated rant on CSI
The first is the concept. It is a show about solving crimes from crime scenes in Miami where the CSI people get Hummers apparently. They solve some of the most difficult crimes. Now, I KNOW there is some psycho serial murderer watching this show taking notes on what the hardest crimes were to solve by the CSI crew. He will then use this information to terrorize some poor city. If that happens I say we put the producers in jail.
The second thing that bugs me about CSI: Miami is Horatio Cane. Need I say more? Summarization: dramatic close up, first part of dramatic witty statement, sunglasses put on, second part of dramatic witty statement, and then finally the "YEAAAAAH!!!" audio clip. His acting just bugs me. It reminds me of William Shatner sort of.
One other thing I thought of is how much sex they use in that show. It's always a dead hooker or something of the sort when they are solving the crime. All in all, it may not be a terrible show but I don't really like it and Horatio bugs me the most.
As this is my last blog of the semester, I would like to thank all the people that read my blogs. It has had its ups and downs. There were some weeks where I had to stop myself so I didn't write too much and there were some weeks where I couldn't think of anything. I tried my best to make your mandatory blog reading entertaining. Well, since I just watched the Star Trek clip, all I can think to say is thank you, of course, and Live long and prosper!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Future of Newspapers
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Red Red Blue Greeeen Red Red Blue Greeeen
Yes, the original Guitar Hero took the world by storm in 2005. It was first published by Red Octane and distributed by Activision. The original game included one guitar controller with a chord and the game. The controller has five colored fret buttons and a strum bar. The objective of the game is to complete popular rock songs from different decades by strumming the strum bar and matching up the notes on the fret buttons to the rythm of the song. Different difficulties are available so any experienced or lack of experience player can play. Also, you could rock out alone or with a friend in co-op mode where one person picks the lead guitar part while the other person picks rythm guitar or bass (depending on the song).
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Weblogs on the Space Machine
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Video Killed the Radio Star
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Welcome to YouTube....
YouTube star Bo Burnham sang it best- "Welcome to YouTube"
Well that pretty much sums it up, have a good week. Oh, wait, I have 279 words more to type. Yes, we have given the "OK" to stray away from our topics in Understanding Media and Social Changes so I will NOT be writing on sitcoms this week. I know, you are all crushed.
We all know about YouTube. It is a website that let's you put videos on it. You can put whatever you want on it (as long as there is no nudity and other rules). Personally, I think it is AWESOME. I can get lost watching random videos for hours! It has everything from music videos to political videos to whatever this is.
Now I will present some researched information that I found. The most viewed video ever on YouTube is The Evolution of Dance which, according to my last refresh, has 117,581,481 views. That is a LOT! Now on the other end of the spectrum there are very poorly viewed videos such as my Public Relations video which now has 15 views. Woohoo!
The most subscribed user on YouTube is Fred. He is a fifteen year old kid who plays the character Fred Figglehorn- a 6 year old kid who uses his mom's video camera to make videos and post them on YouTube. He has 1, 031, 781 subscribers (I am NOT a subscriber of Fred. I cannot stand him, just to make that clear.).
YouTube is a great resource for when you need a video to learn about something or just to have fun. It is taking the world by storm ranking as one of the top visited websites on the internet. It is a great way to get your voice heard and to see what other people are interested in. As I stated earlier I think it is AWESOME and it is one of my favorite websites. If you wanted to know, my favorite YouTube user is Bo Burnham (warning: questionable lyrics).
Well, that's all I got......... and boom goes the dynamite.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
The Big Bang Theory.......no not the one from science class
This show might be the smartest show on television, as you can tell from some of Sheldon's jokes. In some internet blogging I have seen it deemed as "Frasier goes to college." This is referring to how it uses intellectual humor kind of like the show Frasier, but, is also young and, dare i say, "hip" (yikes I am turning into my dad). Now, if you are worried about watching an "intellectual" show, don't be. It is not all art, literature, and wine like Frasier. When the guys aren't making physics jokes they are talking about comic books, science fiction, or video games.
The whole show revolves around these geniuses outside of the lab. Penny from across the hall is the normal factor in the show. She is just an average intelligence, gorgeous girl who befriends the guys and their jokes go WAY over her head.
I really enjoy this show. Some of my inner nerd comes out while watching it. I think it is a very creative new show (it started in 2007). Many sitcoms these days and in years past have just been about "normal" people. This sitcom takes a look into what could be a group of "nerds" that are friends. Some don't like the show because of the nerd stereotype, but I think it is all done in good fun while being hilarious.
Well, I hope you go watch The Big Bang Theory if you haven't seen it before. I am sorry for not having any links for you to go watch it. I was looking around CBS's website and I could not find any full episodes. I am sure it is somewhere on the internet.
I hope you enjoyed this blog and, to all you ladies, as Raj would say .......
(please tell me someone got that joke)