"Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in the 'he said she said' sometimes there's some poetry, if you turn your back long enough and let it happen naturally.”
- Ani Difranco
I don't think anyone really gets into the web show thing, but they are, on occasion, very entertaining. The concept is different throughout the entire web show genre: they can be a show by themselves or a continuation of TV show (these are usually called webisodes). Obviously, they can't be too long, so the average time is usually 3-10 minutes. Surprisingly, this isn't extremely short, and works well with the storyline of most of the shows.
One of my favorite places to watch web shows is Take180. Take180 is a Disney-owned website that creates web shows geared towards viewers under 18, all with episodes 180 seconds or less. They often use the input of the audience to write characters, solutions, and conflicts for the next episode, which, due to the creativity of the people watching, turns out pretty well in the end. One of their most viewed shows, I <3 Vampires, started out parodying the fans of the Twilight series, and has grown into an incredibly popular show, now in it's second season, and with accompanying "Confessions of a High School Vampire" books online. For more information, visit http://www.take180.com/
Though mostly comedy, some webshows, such as Anyone But Me, are more serious, and film episodes like a regular TV show (spread out over a longer period of time, as opposed to I <3 Vampires, which films as if over a period of a 3 or so days). Anyone But Me centers on the life of a girl and her friends as they deal with common, but complex issues faced in high school. To watch this awesome show(also in it's second season), visit http://www.anyonebutmeseries.com/
I haven't watched a ridiculous amount of web shows of web shows yet to get a decent opinion, but the ones I have watched, I love. There's pretty much a web show about everything, so Google stuff, and you'll probably find something that you like =)
I think that everyone could agree that music videos have changed music ginormously. Not only do they show the world the musician's playing style, personality, and appearance, but they also can be very artistic and deep, or just plain hilarious. Music videos bring together two elements of entertainment into a breif, and occasionally amazing work of art. Here are some of my favorites.
Artistic One of my favorite music videos to one of my favorite songs (seen below) invokes elements of art by both its topic and the way it was filmed. I'm not going to go into detail on this, because really, it's something that I can't explain in words. So just watch the video, k?
Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie
Humorous I find that the most creative and artistic videos are made for the lesser known songs that have more meaning, whereas really funny videos are for the really popular songs that everyone knows about. Most of the time I'm not sure if they're even intended to be as funny as they are, but regardless, they're very humorous. Have fun watching the video below (often known as Numa Numa).
Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone
Fan Made Fan made music videos are a huge phenomenon on YouTube and other video sharing sites. They can be made with clips from a movie or TV show, or with video recorded by the video maker. Here is a example of one that is both creative, hilarious, and fan made.
See You Again by Miley Cyrus
What are your favorites (out of these and personally)?
OK, so I don't watch an excessive amount of TV. But there are a few shows that I watch... most of them through reruns. And I'm rather obsessed with a few pairings in these shows, which I shall list below.
Spashley (Spencer/Ashley, South of Nowhere)
It's the main pairing, and their relationship is pretty much the entire concept that South is based around. They inspired the hizzel out of people, and when the show went off the air, it sort of ruined the world for awhile. The whole point of Spashley is that love has no boundries, which is something that everyone should pay attention to. Regardless of race, age, gender, whathaveyou, love is love. Check it: http://www.savespashley.com/
Dwight/Angela (The Office) I don't think that these two have a cool shipper name, but their relationship is entertaining regardless. It was sad, yet humorous when they broke up, and even though Dwight shouldn't have put Sprinkles in the freezer, he did try to give her a barn cat named Garbage, which was nice of him. But then she has to go and get engaged to Andy, and continues to have a thing with Dwight. Bad Angela. All I know is that I need to watch some more current episodes to see what's goin on.
PB&J (Pam/Jim, The Office) I'm pretty sure that their relationship may be one of the only serious aspects of The Office. The first couple of season are torturous, because you know that they like each other, but it takes time. But everything's awesome sauce when they start dating, because, as Kevin from accounting says "I thought that they'd be good together. Like PB&J...Pam Beesly and Jim!!!"
Kataang (Katara/Aang, Avatar) Screw Zutara. The entire time I watched Avatar, I kept waiting for these two to get together. I really wondered if it would ever happen because it was a show geared towards kids, and that sort of thing might be slightly inappropriate, but the random innocent kissing and the last few episodes made me uber happy. Seriously, after I watched the series finale, I was estatic for like, 2 hours. But now I wonder if their babies would be airbenders, or waterbenders, or what? Hmm...
Tiva (Tony/Ziva, NCIS) I find the way that they make fun of each other hilarious, and have I mentioned that Micheal Weatherly is gorgeous? Umm, as Ziva would say, "Does a bear sit in the woods?" Currently, I think that their relationship is still in the slow, painful, torturous building up stage, but with little moments such as the following, I'm pretty sure I can wait for a little bit =)
Twillow (Tara/Willow, Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
I'm totally a fan. Ridiculous cuteness, witchyness, gingerness, the song! Gah, it's beast. Unfortunately, Twillow is the only pairing that I'm a fan of where someone dies. How much does that suck?! I mean, things are good, and then all of sudden, boom, not alive. That's not fair AT ALL.
Fuffy (Faith/Buffy, Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
As much as I like Angel and Buffy together, Faith>Angel. Yeah, so it never actually happened. That doesn't mean that it couldn't have. I mean, the ridiculous amounts of subtext made it obvious. After watching numerous episodes, I completely believe that this pairing could have (actually, that it should have) existed. Eliza Dushku herself wanted the two to "hook up", at least for an episode. The creator of BTVS, Joss Whedon, admitted that the pairing wasn't directly intended, but says that some part of his subconscious was aware as he wrote it.
I thought I would do my first official relevent post about something easy. So here's a list of my favorite movies, and an explanation of why they're amazing.
Titanic Call it overrated if you want, but it's still an amazing movie. Who doesn't love a beast love story? Plus, these characters have depth. Rose isn't some preppy girl who just wants a boyfriend. She's an intelligent and strong willed teenager, who is confused, depressed,and tired of living with the overbearing high society idiots that she's been raised with. Jack is a poor dude with a positive outlook on life, and the short time that they spend together just makes something inside of you happy beyond words. The "Jack! I'm flying!" part? Very cool. I wuv it.
The Girl Next Door Despite heavily involving stars of the adult film industry, it's a super cute movie that most people who love awkward love find hard to hate. I personally can't find anything that I don't like about this movie; it's so adorable that even offensive or controversial subjects seem innocent and humorous when they otherwise could severely piss someone off. Matthew and Danielle are ridiculously cute though; there's no other way to say it. And Eli and Klitz make everything hilarious. So go watch it. I have it on DVD if you want to borrow it (don't try to buy it in Walmart if you're under 17...) and the UNRATED cover is cool.
Elephant Another non-love story indie movie, Elephant isn't something that I recommend to all of my friends,but it's something that people should probably see. Based on the Colombine school shooting, Elephant follows (really, the camera actually follows them as they walk through the school) the students at a regular high school on what they think is a regular day. You see many different types of students, from the "ugly girl", to the "athletic guy", preppy girls, photography nerds, and even the shooters themselves, as they are bullied in school, as they formulate their plan, and even carry out the shooting. It's very intense.
Loving Annabelle Yet another indie movie, Loving Annabelle isn't going to be everyone's "thing". Some consider it vastly inappropriate, and even I'll admit that it pushes the boundaries commonly found in a love story. The character's interactions are very realistic though (you know you want to be as confident and BA as Annabelle), and it's insanely well shot. You can hate the storyline, but you can't deny that it's a "pretty" movie. The end will probably disappoint you, but watch the alternate ending (it's on Youtube!!!). Just do it.
