Modern TV Has a Massive Problem

Majel Barrett Roddenberry: Lwaxana Troi is Auntie Mame of Star Trek, a mother from hell!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhTCFXQpC0

The $10,000 Trinitron

No matter how good this TV was in 1981, the technology was still limited to 480i. I'm not sure if 480p was even possible at the time. When DVDs were introduced in 1996, they were still 480i.

No matter how high-tech the TV claimed to be, it still had the same fundamental limitations.

The computers that existed in the early 1980s generally output a 240p signal, although a few machines had options for higher resolutions.

In the 1990s, a friend of my mother's was showing off her 33-inch CRT TV. She asked me how much I thought it cost. I correctly guessed $3,000. Soon, however, that expensive TV would become obsolete as HDTV came along. Some of the final CRT televisions could accept an HD signal before flat-screen TVs became common.

In my final years in Utah, I saw someone giving away a 33-inch TV on the curb. I thought maybe I could use it as a video game display. It was so heavy—probably around 150 pounds—that a friend and I nearly killed ourselves trying to lift it together. I eventually had to give it away before I moved.

Shortly after arriving in Indiana, I saw another 33-inch TV sitting on a curb. I convinced the owner to haul it to my house. Again, I wanted to use it as a video game display, but I eventually gave it away. A young couple wanted it for their son's video game system.

How Hollywood Sells Kids Stories Parents Don’t Want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEiZ1YTy7so

Why Everything You Watch Sucks After Season One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqoniQcpm04&t=41s

This video is spot on describing how political agendas destroyed Resident Alien.  

Other shows have suffered similar fates.  It has been a really bad trend.

The first season was a blast. The alien is very intelligent, but socially awkward, so he tries his best to blend in.

The one thing ‘Breaking Bad’ couldn’t show you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUxDyPEck7g

Eli Wallach was a MUCH better Mr. Freeze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwKvIV8NsvI

It is hard to imagine Eli Wallach from The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly being on Batman.

The queen decided to toll the bell in mourning for Kennedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2aCX4s1gR4

"The Crown" is a great show.

Hayden Panettiere, star of 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' dies at 36

https://abcnews.com/US/hayden-panettiere-dies-36/story?id=135698473

She was very good in 'Heroes'.  The series was great in the first season, but the second season faltered quite a bit.  It lost any momentum that it had.  The show recovered in later seasons, but was still cancelled.

YouTube Shorts are going to change

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9DwiHTO4bUw

I don't really like YouTube shorts for a few reasons.  

1. The videos repeat over and over.

2. I can't easily add shorts to a playlist.  They used to allow this, but they stopped.  It might still work on the iPhone YouTube app.  

In a web browser, I found a workaround, by changing the address to look like this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DwiHTO4bUw

3.  Shorts are designed to get people addicted by getting them to scroll all day long.

Twilight Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1zGLSe2bg

The last 2 humans alive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YTs_N18yD4

I've seen part of this show.  When I get back on Hulu, maybe after Black Friday, I would like to finish it.

https://www.hulu.com/series/the-last-man-on-earth-ebb4d292-6d2c-4b93-98e6-b03406954151

Freeze on one of these

https://youtube.com/shorts/PUHRN24_PSI?is=AR6dp-T0cs-c6LQ-

The real reason why the Simpsons are yellow

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: The Voice of Hawaii That Touched the World

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N96uQ-g4BH4

I assume that most people have heard this version at some point.  It is beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg

The real reason you think SNL sucks now

TV Detector Vans: Did They Work? ...YES! And Here's How!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mSHKsyWDw

Starbuck meet Xena Warrior Princess!

Jamie Bamber on the magic of Battlestar Galactica

What It Was REALLY Like Working With Chevy Chase?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG4lWCH5vXk

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Bill Murray about Chevy Chase: "When you become famous, you've got like a year or two where you act like a real a--hole... It happens to everybody. You've got like two years to pull it together — or it's permanent."

The Mandalorian Reactions

  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQjQKfvegGtngR7nBc4kk9e18fBlOWBXL

The Secret Behind Walter White’s Intimidating Mustache

Rules the Cast of Get Smart Had to Follow

Hugh Laurie Speaks Up about the Real Story behind House's Cancellation

Bugs Bunny in the Backrooms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYsNXCQ0170

Springfield - A city on the grow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3jb1WzFfIg

Doctor Who Officially Cancelled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72riHRakW4k This is what happens when a once great show gets worse every year.

The Pitt

I have just watched The Pitt for the third time on HBO Max. It is one of the best shows I have ever seen. It is also so detailed that it rewards repeat viewings.

The Pitt is an emergency room drama. You could call it a soap opera, but it is an exceptionally good one. The show gives us a large cast of characters to care about, and it does an impressive job of making each of them feel distinct and important.

This show is far more graphic than most other medical dramas, but tries to be a realistic depiction of an emergency room.

'The Pitt', Fixed-Fee Cast Salaries

https://deadline.com/2024/11/the-pitt-cast-salaries-fixed-fee-model-tv-1236168485/

The Pitt on HBO Max

Last night I watched the first episode of The Pitt. My first impression was that this was not the type of show that interests me, but by the end of the first episode I very much wanted to see more. I think the show is a thinly disguised soap opera, but it succeeds because it makes us care about the characters.

I'm not sure about the format in which every episode represents a single hour in the shift of an ER doctor. In this respect, it is like the TV series 24, where each episode represents one hour and all 24 episodes cover a single day. In The Pitt, events are heavily compressed for storytelling purposes. Sometimes a doctor walks into an exam room, makes an assessment in 15 seconds, and then walks out again. That is hardly realistic, and the relentless pace is noticeable, but it allows the show to pack more story into its 53 minutes.

My personal experiences with emergency rooms have varied by location. In a small city or town, the ER staff were helpful and the facilities were not overcrowded. But in the heart of a large city, the ER was overcrowded and the experience was a complete nightmare. That is the kind of emergency room The Pitt is portraying.

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