lol. I'm just as good with words like those Morning Musume girls.
did you see the link posted in the What are you doing right now thread.
Forgot who posted it up.....
morning musume girls? oh, the link, i gotta check this one out.
I was playing Jin with my brother and my friend Kooman yesterday.
My brother was watching One Tree Hill....and i said this is boring, stupid, yada yada, and said something like "Its just like Dawson's lake" and my friend said "its Dawson's Creek"
lol.....show's how much i watch american television.
american idol, dawsons creek, the oc....i don't really bother to watch them either...
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:47 am Post subject:
qilver wrote:
the quality of these shows...i don't know how some of them last..
i want to go on and rant as to how american consumerism has fueled these shows to pop icon-ish status. every teen show is vying to be the next 90210 and by the looks of it, the O.C. is going to take the plum. but then again, you must take into consideration that 90210 has also met it's demise after a few years.. it's a vicious cycle. the next thing you know.. boybands and poptarts are back on top of the charts.
in fairness.. I love the music that these shows feature. like last night.. in one tree hill, they featured iron and wine and calexico's album 'in the reins' that's a pretty cool album if you're into folk/indie music.. bedford diaries featured citizen cope's sun's gonna rise.. it's pretty cool too. you have to admit.. there's a yang in this whole setup. not all is lost.
i want to go on and rant as to how american consumerism has fueled these shows to pop icon-ish status. every teen show is vying to be the next 90210 and by the looks of it, the O.C. is going to take the plum. but then again, you must take into consideration that 90210 has also met it's demise after a few years.. it's a vicious cycle. the next thing you know.. boybands and poptarts are back on top of the charts.
in fairness.. I love the music that these shows feature. like last night.. in one tree hill, they featured iron and wine and calexico's album 'in the reins' that's a pretty cool album if you're into folk/indie music.. bedford diaries featured citizen cope's sun's gonna rise.. it's pretty cool too. you have to admit.. there's a yang in this whole setup. not all is lost.
yeah, i agree with you that some of these shows are fueled by amer. consumerism, and the shows usually fall flat as fast as they went up in popularity...it is a cycle. all this reality tv is a lot to take in, but the japanese have theirs, which is more entertaining.
although some of the music is quite good...but honestly, i don't really watch much sitcoms, i prefer the discovery channel, science/weather channel, TNT/ESPN NBA basketball, and Japanese programs.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:15 am Post subject:
K.T.Tran wrote:
I was playing Jin with my brother and my friend Kooman yesterday.
My brother was watching One Tree Hill....and i said this is boring, stupid, yada yada, and said something like "Its just like Dawson's lake" and my friend said "its Dawson's Creek"
one time this guy i know called that show "Hoover Dam."
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:06 am Post subject:
krim wrote:
the american economy is built on consumerism... there's no escaping it.
we're born to consume.
correction. the american CULTURE is built on consumerism. Everything can be BOUGHT, everything can be DISPOSED. There's no morality to it. I can criticize because in as much as I live in the country, I can still draw comparisons since I wasn't born and raised here. Too bad I'm being sucked into the whole vacuum.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:24 am Post subject:
littlemissfab wrote:
but you have to admit.. they have a RICH history to fall back on.
not so quite with their western counterparts..
oh i will readily admit that...but the consumption there is obscene...the obsession to have the lastest gadget, the best fashion, the newest model of this or that, be part of the lastest trend....i mean com'on man they just passed that law that makes it illegal to sell second hand/used electronics.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:36 am Post subject:
tabana wrote:
Yeah... I'm sure there are people in Japan putting their 36" plasma screen in the garbage, because they bought it 2 years ago.
hahaha.. i remember a friend of my mom who used to work in japan.. she managed to send 3 dvd players, 2 ps2s, 3 digital cameras back home to the philippines during the change of season... it was just on the streets.. it was in perfect working condition.. but i think they were spring cleaning or something.. when i spring clean.. nothing comes out of my room...
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