ABC- Love that Wednesday Lineup

Yesterday I went over to a friend's house (because he promised to make me dinner), and watched a couple of shows on ABC: Modern Life and Cougar Town.


Modern Life is a mockumentary about three different families: a "normal" nuclear family, a gay couple with an adopted baby, and an older man married to a young Colombian with a younger son. This was the first time I had seen this show, despite the fact that many of my friends are newly obsessed with it. I thought it was pretty funny; definitely reminiscent of the office in its filming style. The dad in the "normal" family was really funny, always trying to be cool in front of the kids, and the gay couple was also really entertaining. I am going to have to watch it again to have more solid feelings on it, but as of now, I give it a thumbs up.


Cougar Town, starring Courteney Cox, was next. I had just heard about it the night before (on THS: Courteney Cox), and I was definitely curious to see how her acting is holding up after Friends. This show made me laugh out loud a few times, and I found it pretty entertaining. To be honest, I was kind of skeptical at first but the concept wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's about a middle-aged divorceé who decides that she wants to start dating younger men. In last night's particular episode, she dates a college boy and ends up dumping him at the end. The interaction between this guy and her son is hysterical. This, like Modern Life, has my approval--for now.

Now I have even more TV shows to distract me. Nice!

Thinking of these two shows, however, really makes me realize how progressive TV shows are starting to become (here comes the media studies major in me). Seriously though, TV is now showing--more than ever before-- families that aren't your stereotypical two-parent, one boy, one girl family. I like it a lot! Way to go, USA pop culture. Starting to break out of your shell.

Zombieland: Jesse Eisenberg, I love you

I just saw the movie Zombieland last night, expecting it to be really shitty. I hate anything that has to do with zombies, after last year of having to sit through countless potential escape routes (I ate my meals everyday with 6 guys who were obsessed with zombies) if zombies were to take over the world. Anyway, it ended up being a hilarious movie, and I really enjoyed it.

Jesse Eisenberg, who also starred in Adventureland (yeah, apparently he is all about the 'land' movies), was awesome. He fits the classic nerdy, pushover, awkward guy--much like Michael Cera. He was really funny, and he fit his role perfectly. His lovable character made me want to take him under my wing, and steal him from initially-bitchy Emma Stone.

The other main actors were also great, including Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. Stone and Breslin's characters intrigued me-- they were the badass chicks who kept tricking/escaping from the two guys... But in the end they were obviously rescued by the guys (blah, come on!).

Oh, and not to mention Bill Murray's cameo appearance was hilarious.

Anyway, I would definitely advise anyone to go see this movie. And Jesse Eisenberg, will you date me?

Pam and Jim finally tie the knot

The Office definitely used to be one of my favorite tv shows, and although I still watch it religiously every Thursday at 8pm, I don't know how much I love it anymore. After season 3, it started to go downhill.

I love that Pam and Jim got married because they are tv's cutest couple, but what does it mean for The Office now? The entire premise of the show was getting these people together, and now that they are married, what else can they really do to keep the audience on their toes?

Don't get me wrong, the episode was so cute and I think they did everything they could to make it all that we wanted/had expected it to be, but the issue is what this happy ending means for the actual show. I can't imagine the show being centered on Pam and Jim having the baby. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

the online world

So, I just watched "True Life: I Live Another Life on the Web" for my new media class. It's about three girls who are essentially addicted to the internet, and who spend the majority of their time online meeting people. This topic is interesting to me because last year I was really good friends with three guys who lived on my floor...and they were addicted to online social networks/games (to say the least). My roommate and I talked about their addiction on a daily basis, and argued with them about it. Randi (roommate) I always told the boys that it is not possible to maintain the same kind of relationships online as with actual people you see face-to-face, and the boys always argued otherwise. They claimed that relationships via the internet are actually better, because more attention is paid, etc etc.

I guess watching this episode really intrigued me because it made me think that it seems inevitable that people are going to start spending even MORE time on the web via online gaming/networking... Pretty soon people may even start going to work in virtual worlds. I love the internet, but I don't think it's ever going to stop progressing. Who is going to put limits on how much time people can spend online? There has to be a limit, right? Or else eventually no one is going to want to leave the safety of their home to venture out into our vast world...

Anyway, it was just a thought.

True Life