Okies, useless introduction thing out of the way, here's part one!
Reality TV
Now I think all who know me know that I'm not exactly a fan of reality TV, you know as it's absolute fucking garbage and aimed at people who've supped too much Special Brew that they think the Jeremy Kyle show is the height of culture! Ok so I'm generalising just a bit there, I know some good people who watch this shit, but even good people can have execrable taste at times!
Anyhow the reality TV 'phenomenon' has taken over our screens, it seems to be on every channel at every time of day and its main purpose seems to be to make brain dead cretins into Z list celebrities. You know the type, those who think that showing off their abs and/or plastic tits on national TV gives them the right to turn up at trashy nightclubs and expect to be given preferential treatment, complete with the token paparazzi to photograph them falling over at the end of the night after way to many WKD's!
I'm heading off on a bit of a tangent here, so back on topic, with the next paragraph.
Actually you know, I don't think I have one specific topic here, I'm just ranting for rantings sake, it's actually quite cathartic!
I did try and watch Love Island earlier, to try and get an idea on why this crap is so popular, however I had to switch over after five minutes, the amount of preening, mooning, bitchiness and all around moronic behaviour made my eyes bleed and my brain melted down through my nostrils! I mean holy shit are these people actually real? I've been around a few places and nowhere have I encountered such pathetic examples of humanity. I could be wrong here, but I think there's only one brain cell on that island, and all the 'contestants' have shared access to it! All they seem to care about is getting a shag on live TV! Is this what the youth of today aspire to now? Or am I just turning in to a grumpy old bastard with no concept of today's new cultural landscape?
You know the worst thing about this reality television shite? It's killing off creativity! It seems to be easier nowadays for TV execs to put something like this on our screens (or anyone of the various 'talent shows'), instead of something interesting and well made that requires a bit of investment on the part of the viewer to fully appreciate it. I know there is good TV around, but how much of it is actually shown on the mainstream channels? American Gods, Game of Thrones, Lucifer, all shows that have a good idea behind them, all getting good reviews, and yet are any of them shown on the Beeb? On ITV? Of course they're not! They're all on channels that require some form of payment, which is pure bollocks!
Anyways, I'm ending this here, it's all getting a bit incoherent and my writing skills have become a bit rusty. Apologies to anyone who does suffer reading through this crap, suffice to say, my next effort shall be far better, I just wanted to do something to set the creative juices flowing again!
