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So if you don't know by now, I watch waaaaay too much television, so here's another installment of Mary's TV Critiques.
Yesterday on American Inventor, I was ticked off. One of the people I favored to win did a complete turnaround. He invented a shovel with a bag at the end to speed up emergency shoveling, which was a cool idea. HOWEVER, when given 50-friggin-thousand-dollars, he refused to make any changes besides the color, only spent 20,000 and that INCLUDED paying for his wardrobe and grooming. He insisted that his invention was already "95% done" but with $50,000, he never managed to complete the other 5%. It's sad, because he had what he proved to be a useful product, but he didn't move on to the next round, and rightfully so (at least I liked the guy who DID move on). And then he really did it...he pulled out the sympathy card "This is not for the money! It's about SAVING LIVES!" Yeah, bullcrap. If it was about saving lives, you woud have taken the advice given to try to improve the product. Instead, he was so prideful to assume his invention was perfect as is, and veiled his pride with the guise of "I just want to help people!!!" *insert fake tear here* Bah.
It reminded me of back when they had those boxing reality shows that I couldn't bear to watch. I would get so mad when the boxers claimed "I don't do this for me...I do it for my family! To give them a better life!" You know what would give your family a better life? Getting a real job with a stady income and benfits and that would NOT include your 3-year-old watching you get the bloody pup beat out of you (or doing so onto others). I am not against boxing in any way, but when they showed those supposedly touching moments where the boxing contender was crying and hugging his kids and saying he does it all for them, I just wanted to gag. No, my friend, you box because YOU want to, not to help your family. Don't give me that crap. And so, I ceased watching those shows.
American Inventor is a strange show indeed. A couple of the judges are just bizarre (esp. the little trollish guy who has seemingly done everything known to man). I feel bad for alot of the loonies who went on and said they "Gave up everything their marraige, their wedding ring, their life savings, 30 years of their life...!" for some assanine product. And I felt bad when the judges rejected little kid inventors, and they walked off trying to be brave, but muffling cries. In fact, I thought one girl who made a pair of sneakers with interchangeable designs, actually should have been put through to the next round.
I was going to review this year's America's Next Top Model as well, but I see this is already quite lengthy. I'll just say this...they already got it wrong and knocked off my two favorites- Mollie Sue and Leslie. I liked a few others as well, but not as much. Now I just got Joanie left, and they fixed her snaggletooth...I hope she wins. I also like Danielle (and am mad they are forcing her to fix the gap in her teeth--which she LIKES!), and Furonda gets my vote as most improved model on ANTM EVER!
How do I have time to type all of this, you ask? Well, I was off this week, and am painfully bored, chacking Myspace, Intercot.com and Makeupalley.com like every 15 minutes or so. Oh, and I have work to do today, which always makes everything else in the world much more interesting.
Ciao for now.
Yesterday on American Inventor, I was ticked off. One of the people I favored to win did a complete turnaround. He invented a shovel with a bag at the end to speed up emergency shoveling, which was a cool idea. HOWEVER, when given 50-friggin-thousand-dollars, he refused to make any changes besides the color, only spent 20,000 and that INCLUDED paying for his wardrobe and grooming. He insisted that his invention was already "95% done" but with $50,000, he never managed to complete the other 5%. It's sad, because he had what he proved to be a useful product, but he didn't move on to the next round, and rightfully so (at least I liked the guy who DID move on). And then he really did it...he pulled out the sympathy card "This is not for the money! It's about SAVING LIVES!" Yeah, bullcrap. If it was about saving lives, you woud have taken the advice given to try to improve the product. Instead, he was so prideful to assume his invention was perfect as is, and veiled his pride with the guise of "I just want to help people!!!" *insert fake tear here* Bah.
It reminded me of back when they had those boxing reality shows that I couldn't bear to watch. I would get so mad when the boxers claimed "I don't do this for me...I do it for my family! To give them a better life!" You know what would give your family a better life? Getting a real job with a stady income and benfits and that would NOT include your 3-year-old watching you get the bloody pup beat out of you (or doing so onto others). I am not against boxing in any way, but when they showed those supposedly touching moments where the boxing contender was crying and hugging his kids and saying he does it all for them, I just wanted to gag. No, my friend, you box because YOU want to, not to help your family. Don't give me that crap. And so, I ceased watching those shows.
American Inventor is a strange show indeed. A couple of the judges are just bizarre (esp. the little trollish guy who has seemingly done everything known to man). I feel bad for alot of the loonies who went on and said they "Gave up everything their marraige, their wedding ring, their life savings, 30 years of their life...!" for some assanine product. And I felt bad when the judges rejected little kid inventors, and they walked off trying to be brave, but muffling cries. In fact, I thought one girl who made a pair of sneakers with interchangeable designs, actually should have been put through to the next round.
I was going to review this year's America's Next Top Model as well, but I see this is already quite lengthy. I'll just say this...they already got it wrong and knocked off my two favorites- Mollie Sue and Leslie. I liked a few others as well, but not as much. Now I just got Joanie left, and they fixed her snaggletooth...I hope she wins. I also like Danielle (and am mad they are forcing her to fix the gap in her teeth--which she LIKES!), and Furonda gets my vote as most improved model on ANTM EVER!
How do I have time to type all of this, you ask? Well, I was off this week, and am painfully bored, chacking Myspace, Intercot.com and Makeupalley.com like every 15 minutes or so. Oh, and I have work to do today, which always makes everything else in the world much more interesting.
Ciao for now.