TV Worth Watching

So I've made a big list of every TV show I watch and why you should too. Mainly for the hell of it. I'm bored this evening ok? And none of these shows are one right now...


Epics

Misfits




Basic Idea: Young offenders get superpowers and frequently accidentally kill people, but somehow manage to keep it all on the low down.
Best Character: Nathan - He's hilarious, and has big eyebrows.
Best Episode/Season: The one with the gorilla in the gorilla costume.
Lovable Aspects: The gorilla in the gorilla costume. Plus the fact that it's set in London rather than America
The Downside: Simon is NOT HOT. EVER. Plus series 2 got confusing.
Rating: 9/10


Dr Who




Basic Idea: Immortal time travelling man with plentiful female escorts repeatedly saving the human race, and aliens that look suspiciously like humans.
Best Character: Amy Pond or Rose Tyler
Best Episode/Season: The one where Rose goes into the other dimension and it's all sad.
Lovable Aspects: It always snows on Christmas, even though it never does in real life. The Doctor can be pretty funny.
The Downside: All the companions are always girls, and they nearly always fall in love with him. Same-y much?
Rating: 8/10


Heroes




Basic Idea: People have superpowers caused by evolution and genetics and shizz. One guy tries to steal everyone else's powers by killing them.
Best Character: Hiro and Ando
Best Episode/Season: Season 1. And probably 3. 2 and 4 sucked.
Lovable Aspects: Cute ignorant Japanese men trying to save the world.
The Downside: The Petrelli family. They're boring.
Rating: 9/10



Funnies

Cleveland Show



Basic Idea: Family Guy spin-off featuring Cleveland Brown as he moves in with a new family in Stoolbend Virgina. Probably even less politically correct than Family Guy.
Best Character: Rallo - "Oh I know y'all ain't leaving without making these beds."
Best Episode/Season: The first ever episode
Lovable Aspects: Roberta's boyfriend who desperately wants to be black, the rap battle between Cleveland Jr and Kanye West.
The Downside: THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE
Rating: 10/10


Family Guy



Basic Idea: A retard, ginger, fat kid, suicidal teen, evil genius and talking dog together in a house. Living nearby a pervert, a cripple and a black guy. Carnage ensues.
Best Character: Stewie
Best Episode/Season: The Surfin Bird episode
Lovable Aspects: Stewie being secretly in love with Brian, everyone constantly ripping into Meg, Cleveland having his roof blown off whilst being in the bath, and shouting "No, no, no, nooo!" as he falls.
The Downside: Has gotten quite old and possibly, dare I say it, over done?
Rating: 8/10



Extras




Basic Idea: Extra trying to make it as an actor, makes fun of famous people.
Best Character: Barry of off Eastenders
Best Episode/Season: Gotta be either Kate Winslet, Daniel Radcliff, Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen. Probably the latter.
Lovable Aspects: Real celebrities making themselves out to be utter pricks for humour. Gotta respect that. Watch it too much and you start to believe that's what they are like in real life.
The Downside: Sometimes it crosses the PC line so much it actually makes you cringe...
Rating: 6/10



IT Crowd


Basic Idea: Geeks mixed with Heat-magazine-reading female.
Best Character: Moss or Douglas
Best Episode/Season: The one in season 4 with the Dungeons and Dragons
Lovable Aspects: Moss's blantant Autism, Richmond, Mr Renholm and his declaring war, Douglas's sexual conquests. The funeral. Milk and street countdown.
The Downside: Not enough episodes in existence.
Rating: 10/10

Yes we are rich enough to have all of these things in our house...

I'm noticing more and more than random crap is being shoved in our face that we don't need. (well actually this has always happened, but I'm talking technology...well actually that's always happened too... let's not get too hung up on this...) So I'm going to write about the ones I've tried, and how good they have actually been...

Facetime for iPhone 4

When I first saw this it looked pretty pointless. It's basically Skype.  And the front facing camera on the iPhone is CRAP! The ad is so cheesy too, with the injured man watching his teammates as they show him a trophy they must've won without him... I always wondered why he didn't go to the game and watch from the sidelines... It's only a broken leg... Surely wheelchairs were invented for this very purpose??? But I digress, to me it seemed pointless. However I have since changed my mind. This is going to raise eyebrows and you will probably get the wrong end of the stick here, but it's really fun chatting to my boyfriend late at night on it :) NO WE HAVE NOT TRIED FACETIME SEX YOU SICK BASTARDS (we live in the same cul-de-sac, what would be the point? :L Anyway, as long as you both have Wi-Fi its a great way to communicate. Especially for me. I have a combination of both the phone AND network most notorious for poor signal, so talking over Wi-Fi handles this problem nicely. 5 stars!

XBOX Kinect

I was never excited about Kinect, because I didn't believe computers recognizing your individual limbs without some kind of green screen would be possible. I assumed Kinect was an elaborate Eyetoy. How wrong I was. Kinect does work very well. You can move your hands and legs and your avatar on screen will mimic you perfectly. (Even rather rude gestures) It really is quite cool. However the novelty wears off pretty quickly and you soon realize that they're expecting you to stand up to play a video game. And if you know me AT ALL you'll know that movement - not my cup of tea. 2 Stars...

Apple TV

We used to have a mac connected to our tv which we used to watch films and tv shows we've downloaded/ripped from the Drobo. (our hard drive) Then Paul replaced this with an Apple TV. Which does the same job but with a remote instead of a keyboard and mouse, and a simplified interface. And when it comes to computers, I HATE simplified. Computers are my thing, I'm good at them. So it's fun having things more complicated to A. Make me look like an expert more and B. confuse lesser beings. I don't like it at all. But I'd  probably still recommend it for retards. 3 Stars.

The iPad

I thought the iPad was bloody ridiculous when it was first advertised. It was just a massive iPhone!! (And at the time I didn't like those either...) And I can tell you... It pretty much IS a massive iPhone. But iPhones are great! Yeah it's oversimplified again and I'd never call it a computer in the way laptops and desktops are, but iPads have their place. I want my own one for Uni for lectures and stuff, there are some great apps for note taking. Plus playing Plants Vs Zombies on it is amazing. 5 Stars :D

The Kindle

I decided early on that the Kindle is a pointless piece of crap. And unlike the rest of the gadgets outlined here - my opinion has not changed. As far as I'm concerned, the Kindle only has 2 qualities worth mentioning:

- It's screen isn't a screen it's more like an etch-a-sketch, so the sun doesn't reflect on it.

- You can go a bazillion years without charging it.

However:

- As the screen emits no light you can't read it at night without a light. What about on a car journey? Problematic much??

- Why would you even need to go that long without charging something??? Where do you live?? The jungle???

Plus, I don't read. So totally pointless. 1 Star.