Phrases, abbreviations, and acronyms to know...
Purple squirrel position-a position hard to fill, probably because of a unique skill set required.
Less professional phrases
BBW- big beautiful woman
BSDM - Bondage, discipline, dominance, and submission
Watermelon break - Playing volleyball on the beach,
some guys called a watermellon break mid game and they all looked at a
busty girl. "Look at those mellons!" No fruit was involved.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
My To-do list
Bucket list/To-Do list... We all need to write down things we would like to do
Skills
Become a better cook
learn how to classify wines
learn how to classify beer
have great social skills
become a faster runner
Learn how to fix headsets, swap cassettes, and run cable on bikes
Learn how to do more home improvement things
Become decent at sewing
To Do
make a worthwhile recipe
write children's books
have some great work experience
be admired by others
get some writing published-kind of did with my admission essay to college, but lost my copy and the Lawrence University got rid of their copies since it was more than 4 years ago
Start a business and employ people. Maybe sell it off.
Properly thank the people that have helped me in my life.-I spent nearly $50 on stamps today (10-14-2013) in case I decide to send out cards
Take some improv classes (did some in high school and was hit or miss)
Take some acting classes
Be on TV in an acting role (minor is fine)
Travel
Learn more world history then travel the world to appreciate it
Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
Physically
Go to Crossfit classes
indoor skydive
bungee jump
Races
5k
10k-Ran it in about 23 minutes in St. Louis. I had a 19:58 in high school.
half marathon-Done a few times. Got under 2 hours once.
marathon
Hell Run
Super Spartan Race-Did the 8 mile Super SPartan in 2013, finished int he top 5% and got contact dermatitis. I'd do it again.
Tough Mudder
Triathlons
Super Sprint
Sprint
Olympic- 2:47 at Pigman
70.3 IronMan
140.6 IronMan
Did
white water raft-class 8 spots in Tennessee. Would like something with a larger portion of class 8 rapids.
skydiving--did a tandem jump from 14,000 feet in 2011
Whirlyball-did a few times
Paintball-I try to go once a year after playing on a team in college
Travel-been to Washington State and saw Boeing, Ireland, Edinbrough Scotland, Liondon England.
Learn how to fix computers-I've done some cool things with MacBook Pros
Skills
Become a better cook
learn how to classify wines
learn how to classify beer
have great social skills
become a faster runner
Learn how to fix headsets, swap cassettes, and run cable on bikes
Learn how to do more home improvement things
Become decent at sewing
To Do
make a worthwhile recipe
write children's books
have some great work experience
be admired by others
get some writing published-kind of did with my admission essay to college, but lost my copy and the Lawrence University got rid of their copies since it was more than 4 years ago
Start a business and employ people. Maybe sell it off.
Properly thank the people that have helped me in my life.-I spent nearly $50 on stamps today (10-14-2013) in case I decide to send out cards
Take some improv classes (did some in high school and was hit or miss)
Take some acting classes
Be on TV in an acting role (minor is fine)
Travel
Learn more world history then travel the world to appreciate it
Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
Physically
Go to Crossfit classes
indoor skydive
bungee jump
Races
5k
10k-Ran it in about 23 minutes in St. Louis. I had a 19:58 in high school.
half marathon-Done a few times. Got under 2 hours once.
marathon
Hell Run
Super Spartan Race-Did the 8 mile Super SPartan in 2013, finished int he top 5% and got contact dermatitis. I'd do it again.
Tough Mudder
Triathlons
Super Sprint
Sprint
Olympic- 2:47 at Pigman
70.3 IronMan
140.6 IronMan
Did
white water raft-class 8 spots in Tennessee. Would like something with a larger portion of class 8 rapids.
skydiving--did a tandem jump from 14,000 feet in 2011
Whirlyball-did a few times
Paintball-I try to go once a year after playing on a team in college
Travel-been to Washington State and saw Boeing, Ireland, Edinbrough Scotland, Liondon England.
Learn how to fix computers-I've done some cool things with MacBook Pros
Sunday, February 3, 2013
TV Shows I may reference
Airwolf- Had a very similar feel to Knight Rider, except
instead of a cool car that could do anything, it had a cool helicopter. I
got my picture taken with a replica of this helicopter in Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee. People knew what I was talking about when I said Airwolf
around them, even though I'd only stumbled across it after watching the
A-Team on Hulu.
Andromeda-It was a B-level spaceship show similar to Star Trek, but with a cast that was supposed to appeal to non-nerds. Kevin Sorbo said he could have been Hercules and helped people in Greece or a star ship captain and helped people all over the universe.
A-Team- As serialized and predictable as it was, you have to know this show. Notice that however large the explosions are or how heavy the gunfire is, no one dies. That was a direcotorial descision to make it family friendly.
Babylon 5
It's a drama, so you have to watch every episode in order, but it turned out to be very good later on, though without the sensuality of Battlestar Galactia. There was good character development and change. It kept things interesting.
*Battlestar Galactica- (2004-2009) This turned out to be one of my favorite shows. Though the first and half of the second season were a little slow, the last half of the second season made it worth watching and it stayed good. This was rated as one of the best sci-fi dramas, so you generally have to watch everything in order for it to make sense. This is what a Sci-Fi show should be about, to bring up questions about relationships, traitors, military vs politics, fairness and a lot of other controversial topics. Only a few episodes can be watched out of order.
I didn't like it much when I was growing up, but in my mid-twenties, I finally came to appreciate it.
Here is a link to a standalone episode that brings up strikes, working conditions, the purpose of unions, etc. and is one of the few episodes that can be watched without needing much backstory. http://www.icefilms.info/ip.php?v=3667&
Burn Notice-A fun but cookie cutter spy show. The main character can be made fun of once you see a few episodes. Without it, my week feels like it is missing something.
Caprica-A new show that sets the premise for the successful Battlestar Galactica series. Sometimes ok, but it seems a bit overly critical of Christianity of times.
Cleopatra 2525-Kind of a B-level silly show with a Xena meets Power Rangers feel.
*Dexter-I tried watching this in college and couldn't make it through the first episode. I tried again 3 years later and just got addicted. My friend and I placed in a Halloween costume competition when I dressed as Dexter, with a henley shirt, apron, black gloves, syringe (without a needle), and knife. My friend was wrapped in saran wrap with a bloody chest knife and slit saran wrap around the puncture point and a wound made with red food dye and corn starch. The animated series was awful.
Doctor Who- If you like corny British humor, it's a fun show, just don't take it too seriously. It is a classic show regularly referenced in pop culture. If you go to a Comic Con, you will probably see people dressed as characters, and larger people with a good sense of humor dressed in blue as the Tardis. It's fun.
Eureka-It's ok.You have to watch things in order though.
*Firefly-Awesome show. I originally thought it was stupid when it aired on TV. I couldn't get over the faked Western accent in space. Later on when I watched the series from the beginning and learned about the Chinese/American influence and watched the pilot. Associated with the movie Serenity.
Fringe-A team of people investigate odd occurances, often relating to some borderline unethical expiraments on children, now grown up, that two scientists, Dr. William Bell and the main character, Walter Bishop, worked together on while experimenting with fringe science, traveling between this and another parallel world etc. Walter's son died, but Walter was able to go into the other parallel world and kidnap his double's son from there and save him, but in doing so, he made that other world unstable making the other world think they were at war with our world. Dr. Bell (Leonard Nimoy) turned out to become the owner of the largest electronics company in this world. Walter was institutionalized for several decades after having some of his brain removed by Bell at the request of Walter because Walter felt he was becoming too evil with his genius. I'd put it on par with "The Mentalist".
Hercules: The Legendary Adventures-Kevin Sorbo and Iolaus rock the B rated Greek Mythological world. It was kind of cute and funny when I saw it with Xena and the original Star Trek on SciFi when I got home from grade school.
House-It's so similar show to show. I still watch it though trying to use my knowledge of medicine to guess what they should do next, but some of the stuff is so over the top... It is just so serialized. It can make me laugh though.
Human Target-Awesome show about a former assassin turned for-hire-bodyguard. I was sad when it got cancelled.
Jack of All Trades-This seems like Bruce Campbell's fun B-rated brain child. It was kind of fun. I enjoyed the theme song. "In 1801, the revolution had begun..." It used cheap jokes to make me laugh and I was cool with it.
Knight Rider-I saw episodes of the original one. It was fun. Oh, Kit. Saw the new one as well. It was kind of something to joke about.
*Lie to Me-Awesome show about an arrogant guy that can tell if people are lying. I was sad when it was cancelled.
*Mad Men- It's a drama about working in the advertising industry in New York in the 60s. Rarely is a New York accent heard. The Italian artist talks a bit flamboyantly for the time period. I speculate why he is doing that.
Episode 2x11 "The Jet Set" is an episode with a girl with wide eyes that just fill you with joy and happiness, enough to seduce Don Draper into not working for several days and I was just thinking, oh man, I have to experience that feeling. She's supposed to be 21, but she talks, makes eye contact, and just takes so much initiative it feels maturely surreal. I know, it is surreal. It's a TV show, but man. I don't know if I could lay by the beach just drinking and being seduced forever though. I'd want to do at least something each year, perhaps each month, that I can look back on and say, "I accomplished something this month" or accomplished something huge each year.
Merlin-Still contemplating this one.
Sliders-A SciFi show with a cool premise: what would the world be like if one thing changed... which caused another thing to change, etc. Awesome to reference.
Space: Above and Beyond-A futuristic world with a decent backstory that actually tries to get in the mind of a Marine soldier, albeit against aliens and rogue robot humans. Not particularly super fast pased all the time, but sometimes interesting.
It's rare to find an episode anywhere that touches so many aspects of hard decisions during wartime and thought I'd share. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-21
This episode realistically goes into what it is like for a Marines squad to be deserted by their commanders, who probably made the right decision to leave them. Several situations come up. Should a leader deceive her crew that the radio is working and they are still getting updates to keep up hope? She does, but the squad hates her for lying to them. Should you share food or hoard it? As the squad is going through the bodies two months after being stranded, one guy finds a square foil packet in the wallet of a dead soldier, and his female leader coughs at him trying to pocket it. He says, "Hey, a guy has to have hope." The dialogue between the commanders turning ship and leaving them hits home too.
This episode tracks a solo mission of a test tube soldier and the struggles he faces killing people, questioning authority, etc. 6/10 http://veehd.com/video/2785546_SPACE-ABOVE-BEYOND-S01E13
This episode deals with what it is like for a Marine to have his younger brother enlist under a battle hungry new commander that cares more about glory than the safety of his team. What do you do? Kind of makes you sad watching it. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-17
*Stargate Atlantis-Very cool show. They had to retire the cast of Stargate SG-1. This was the transition show. Also pretty good.
*Stargate SG-1-I grew up watching this show on SciFi Friday. I would have liked it if they went into the scientific theory more, but Richard Dean Anderson wanted to keep things high level and entertaining instead of go into scientific theory in the show. Great premise though. Great actors.
Starhunter- For whatever reason, I saw the second season before the first. I loved the theme song of the second season and saved it to my phone. It was a B+ rated show. I liked the structure of the first season, but I liked the second season a bit more. It was just fun. Season 2 had a cool theme song.
Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) 1966-69
Though somewhat slow, it is a part of many people's childhoods and set the standard for a lot of future space shows. It's more of a cult thing than something people would get excited about. You like it because you have to, and it serves as a point of commonality and reference for scifi viewers. Some charaters like Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, and even Sulu now that George Takei got on facebook and reposted a lot of funny things and is openly gay and has a following because of it.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) (1987-94)
Also a part of common culture, Jean Luke Picard (Patrick Stewart), a French Starship Captain with an English accent is an icon as is Data, a logical quirky android that wants to become more human, Worf, the proud impulsive Klingon. This was a decent show.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) (1993-1999)
It was a mix of independent episodes and a continuing drama. It was decent, though a tad slow at first. The captain wasn't as iconic as Kirk or Picard. Decent storyline.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
While I don't think it was as popular as The Next Generation, since that was what people were familiar with at the time, it held its own.It's about a ship that was transported by an anomaly very far away from home, and getting back immediately would have meant sacrificing a race of peaceful people to a savage race. So Captain Janeway opted to let them live and start a 90 year (or so) journey back to earth.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-05)
I actually liked the cast. It was lighthearted, but serious at the same time. It supposedly takes place as the prequel to the original series and is the first Enterprise. They deal with some of the uncertainties of being the first to do something.
Torchwood-A spin off of Dr. Who with a bisexual main character who can't stay dead with more aliens and less lighthearted facial expressions. Season 3 has 5 episodes and is pretty decent. What should you do when powerful aliens request 10% of the world's children to use them for producing feel-good chemicals they can get high on and sell. Discussions about taking 10% from a lottery were discussed as were children from the lowest 10% performing schools, as they were children most likely to be cashing in on and not contributing to social programs when they get older.
The Invisible Man-This was one of my favorite sci-fi action shows growing up. It got a little stale later on when all the enemies realized they could use heat seeking goggles to see him though. Good balance of strengths and weaknesses in the main character.GOt a little stale later on when his weakness was known by every villain.
The West Wing (1999-2006)-Talks about the issues people on the White House political committee deal with. A few episodes can be watched as they pertain to relevant issues such as capital punishment in "The Sabbath Day" Season 1 episode 14 without needing to watch prior episodes to appreciate (unlike some dramas where everything builds on each other). Most episodes you could take or leave. 1-15 was kind of fun, talking about small mistakes that can happen that can cause big impacts.
Three Moons Over Milford.-The premise is what life would be like knowing each day could be our last. I didn't care for it much.
--The basic flaw with this theory is that people would be disincentivised from preparing themselves for the future events. Why would people go to school or work if today was their last day? There was a tad of reality interwoven into the 3rd? episode.
Jeremiah-The premise is what the world would be like if a massive majority of the adult population was wiped out by a virus. There were some interesting things, several innacuracies, but there was some deeper thought hidden in there. It was alright. Kind of like a Waterworld/Zombie Apocalypse feel without the zombies.
Xena: Warrior Princess--I watched this on the SciFi channel in grade school. When my mom asked what I had been doing, I'd say I was studying my Greek mythology since she hated it when I watched TV. When watching it in 8th grade, I refused to believe rumors that Xena was a lesbian. There was an episode where she had a son (through a centaur I believe). Sure there was a bath scene with her and her side kick, Gabrielle. Bruce Campbell shows up as the King of Thieves in a few episodes and the characters meet Hercules in an episode.
Andromeda-It was a B-level spaceship show similar to Star Trek, but with a cast that was supposed to appeal to non-nerds. Kevin Sorbo said he could have been Hercules and helped people in Greece or a star ship captain and helped people all over the universe.
A-Team- As serialized and predictable as it was, you have to know this show. Notice that however large the explosions are or how heavy the gunfire is, no one dies. That was a direcotorial descision to make it family friendly.
Babylon 5
It's a drama, so you have to watch every episode in order, but it turned out to be very good later on, though without the sensuality of Battlestar Galactia. There was good character development and change. It kept things interesting.
*Battlestar Galactica- (2004-2009) This turned out to be one of my favorite shows. Though the first and half of the second season were a little slow, the last half of the second season made it worth watching and it stayed good. This was rated as one of the best sci-fi dramas, so you generally have to watch everything in order for it to make sense. This is what a Sci-Fi show should be about, to bring up questions about relationships, traitors, military vs politics, fairness and a lot of other controversial topics. Only a few episodes can be watched out of order.
I didn't like it much when I was growing up, but in my mid-twenties, I finally came to appreciate it.
Here is a link to a standalone episode that brings up strikes, working conditions, the purpose of unions, etc. and is one of the few episodes that can be watched without needing much backstory. http://www.icefilms.info/ip.php?v=3667&
Burn Notice-A fun but cookie cutter spy show. The main character can be made fun of once you see a few episodes. Without it, my week feels like it is missing something.
Caprica-A new show that sets the premise for the successful Battlestar Galactica series. Sometimes ok, but it seems a bit overly critical of Christianity of times.
Cleopatra 2525-Kind of a B-level silly show with a Xena meets Power Rangers feel.
*Dexter-I tried watching this in college and couldn't make it through the first episode. I tried again 3 years later and just got addicted. My friend and I placed in a Halloween costume competition when I dressed as Dexter, with a henley shirt, apron, black gloves, syringe (without a needle), and knife. My friend was wrapped in saran wrap with a bloody chest knife and slit saran wrap around the puncture point and a wound made with red food dye and corn starch. The animated series was awful.
Doctor Who- If you like corny British humor, it's a fun show, just don't take it too seriously. It is a classic show regularly referenced in pop culture. If you go to a Comic Con, you will probably see people dressed as characters, and larger people with a good sense of humor dressed in blue as the Tardis. It's fun.
Eureka-It's ok.You have to watch things in order though.
*Firefly-Awesome show. I originally thought it was stupid when it aired on TV. I couldn't get over the faked Western accent in space. Later on when I watched the series from the beginning and learned about the Chinese/American influence and watched the pilot. Associated with the movie Serenity.
Fringe-A team of people investigate odd occurances, often relating to some borderline unethical expiraments on children, now grown up, that two scientists, Dr. William Bell and the main character, Walter Bishop, worked together on while experimenting with fringe science, traveling between this and another parallel world etc. Walter's son died, but Walter was able to go into the other parallel world and kidnap his double's son from there and save him, but in doing so, he made that other world unstable making the other world think they were at war with our world. Dr. Bell (Leonard Nimoy) turned out to become the owner of the largest electronics company in this world. Walter was institutionalized for several decades after having some of his brain removed by Bell at the request of Walter because Walter felt he was becoming too evil with his genius. I'd put it on par with "The Mentalist".
Hercules: The Legendary Adventures-Kevin Sorbo and Iolaus rock the B rated Greek Mythological world. It was kind of cute and funny when I saw it with Xena and the original Star Trek on SciFi when I got home from grade school.
House-It's so similar show to show. I still watch it though trying to use my knowledge of medicine to guess what they should do next, but some of the stuff is so over the top... It is just so serialized. It can make me laugh though.
Human Target-Awesome show about a former assassin turned for-hire-bodyguard. I was sad when it got cancelled.
Jack of All Trades-This seems like Bruce Campbell's fun B-rated brain child. It was kind of fun. I enjoyed the theme song. "In 1801, the revolution had begun..." It used cheap jokes to make me laugh and I was cool with it.
Knight Rider-I saw episodes of the original one. It was fun. Oh, Kit. Saw the new one as well. It was kind of something to joke about.
*Lie to Me-Awesome show about an arrogant guy that can tell if people are lying. I was sad when it was cancelled.
*Mad Men- It's a drama about working in the advertising industry in New York in the 60s. Rarely is a New York accent heard. The Italian artist talks a bit flamboyantly for the time period. I speculate why he is doing that.
Episode 2x11 "The Jet Set" is an episode with a girl with wide eyes that just fill you with joy and happiness, enough to seduce Don Draper into not working for several days and I was just thinking, oh man, I have to experience that feeling. She's supposed to be 21, but she talks, makes eye contact, and just takes so much initiative it feels maturely surreal. I know, it is surreal. It's a TV show, but man. I don't know if I could lay by the beach just drinking and being seduced forever though. I'd want to do at least something each year, perhaps each month, that I can look back on and say, "I accomplished something this month" or accomplished something huge each year.
Merlin-Still contemplating this one.
Sliders-A SciFi show with a cool premise: what would the world be like if one thing changed... which caused another thing to change, etc. Awesome to reference.
Space: Above and Beyond-A futuristic world with a decent backstory that actually tries to get in the mind of a Marine soldier, albeit against aliens and rogue robot humans. Not particularly super fast pased all the time, but sometimes interesting.
It's rare to find an episode anywhere that touches so many aspects of hard decisions during wartime and thought I'd share. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-21
This episode realistically goes into what it is like for a Marines squad to be deserted by their commanders, who probably made the right decision to leave them. Several situations come up. Should a leader deceive her crew that the radio is working and they are still getting updates to keep up hope? She does, but the squad hates her for lying to them. Should you share food or hoard it? As the squad is going through the bodies two months after being stranded, one guy finds a square foil packet in the wallet of a dead soldier, and his female leader coughs at him trying to pocket it. He says, "Hey, a guy has to have hope." The dialogue between the commanders turning ship and leaving them hits home too.
This episode tracks a solo mission of a test tube soldier and the struggles he faces killing people, questioning authority, etc. 6/10 http://veehd.com/video/2785546_SPACE-ABOVE-BEYOND-S01E13
This episode deals with what it is like for a Marine to have his younger brother enlist under a battle hungry new commander that cares more about glory than the safety of his team. What do you do? Kind of makes you sad watching it. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-17
*Stargate Atlantis-Very cool show. They had to retire the cast of Stargate SG-1. This was the transition show. Also pretty good.
*Stargate SG-1-I grew up watching this show on SciFi Friday. I would have liked it if they went into the scientific theory more, but Richard Dean Anderson wanted to keep things high level and entertaining instead of go into scientific theory in the show. Great premise though. Great actors.
Starhunter- For whatever reason, I saw the second season before the first. I loved the theme song of the second season and saved it to my phone. It was a B+ rated show. I liked the structure of the first season, but I liked the second season a bit more. It was just fun. Season 2 had a cool theme song.
Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) 1966-69
Though somewhat slow, it is a part of many people's childhoods and set the standard for a lot of future space shows. It's more of a cult thing than something people would get excited about. You like it because you have to, and it serves as a point of commonality and reference for scifi viewers. Some charaters like Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, and even Sulu now that George Takei got on facebook and reposted a lot of funny things and is openly gay and has a following because of it.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) (1987-94)
Also a part of common culture, Jean Luke Picard (Patrick Stewart), a French Starship Captain with an English accent is an icon as is Data, a logical quirky android that wants to become more human, Worf, the proud impulsive Klingon. This was a decent show.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) (1993-1999)
It was a mix of independent episodes and a continuing drama. It was decent, though a tad slow at first. The captain wasn't as iconic as Kirk or Picard. Decent storyline.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
While I don't think it was as popular as The Next Generation, since that was what people were familiar with at the time, it held its own.It's about a ship that was transported by an anomaly very far away from home, and getting back immediately would have meant sacrificing a race of peaceful people to a savage race. So Captain Janeway opted to let them live and start a 90 year (or so) journey back to earth.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-05)
I actually liked the cast. It was lighthearted, but serious at the same time. It supposedly takes place as the prequel to the original series and is the first Enterprise. They deal with some of the uncertainties of being the first to do something.
Torchwood-A spin off of Dr. Who with a bisexual main character who can't stay dead with more aliens and less lighthearted facial expressions. Season 3 has 5 episodes and is pretty decent. What should you do when powerful aliens request 10% of the world's children to use them for producing feel-good chemicals they can get high on and sell. Discussions about taking 10% from a lottery were discussed as were children from the lowest 10% performing schools, as they were children most likely to be cashing in on and not contributing to social programs when they get older.
The Invisible Man-This was one of my favorite sci-fi action shows growing up. It got a little stale later on when all the enemies realized they could use heat seeking goggles to see him though. Good balance of strengths and weaknesses in the main character.GOt a little stale later on when his weakness was known by every villain.
The West Wing (1999-2006)-Talks about the issues people on the White House political committee deal with. A few episodes can be watched as they pertain to relevant issues such as capital punishment in "The Sabbath Day" Season 1 episode 14 without needing to watch prior episodes to appreciate (unlike some dramas where everything builds on each other). Most episodes you could take or leave. 1-15 was kind of fun, talking about small mistakes that can happen that can cause big impacts.
Three Moons Over Milford.-The premise is what life would be like knowing each day could be our last. I didn't care for it much.
--The basic flaw with this theory is that people would be disincentivised from preparing themselves for the future events. Why would people go to school or work if today was their last day? There was a tad of reality interwoven into the 3rd? episode.
Jeremiah-The premise is what the world would be like if a massive majority of the adult population was wiped out by a virus. There were some interesting things, several innacuracies, but there was some deeper thought hidden in there. It was alright. Kind of like a Waterworld/Zombie Apocalypse feel without the zombies.
Xena: Warrior Princess--I watched this on the SciFi channel in grade school. When my mom asked what I had been doing, I'd say I was studying my Greek mythology since she hated it when I watched TV. When watching it in 8th grade, I refused to believe rumors that Xena was a lesbian. There was an episode where she had a son (through a centaur I believe). Sure there was a bath scene with her and her side kick, Gabrielle. Bruce Campbell shows up as the King of Thieves in a few episodes and the characters meet Hercules in an episode.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Ideas for TV show or book chapter
Thoughts for a TV show episode
I'm watching "Space: Above and Beyond" (SAB). While it isn't the fastest moving or funny show, there are admirable qualities in it, some of which I'd like to consider incorporating into a show or book chapter I write.
1. Some episodes have a theme or a tough situation they delve into. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" also kind of does this by starting off episodes with a quote that describes the lesson to be learned. SAB has a few episodes with quotes as well, and some of the episodes have a lesson or theme that is illustrated. For example, one episode was about the struggles a soldier faces as he has to kill enemy soldiers, a soldier who is more like him than he wants to admit because both he and the soldier are observing the same majestic bird at the same time. He misses the opportunity to kill the soldier and kind of regrets his hesitation. Later, he wounds a soldier who gives him something, like maybe a letter for his family. Again, the enemy is more like him than he wants to believe. Another episode goes into what it is like to loose a brother to an overeager commander who orders a suicide attack, based on glory and honor, despite the warnings from the older brother who is tries in vain to talk them down. These are wartime situations that are actually touching. Another episode talks about the discrimination felt by the invitros from flashbacks. You see prominent people held back and punished unjustly because of something they can't help that does not impact their performance and it makes you feel empathy for them.
I came across an episode that realistically goes into what it is like for a Marines squad to be deserted by their commanders, who probably made the right decision to leave them. Several situations come up. As the squad is going through the bodies two months after being stranded, one guy finds what may be a condom, and his female leader, coughs at him trying to pocket it. He says, "Hey, a guy has to have hope." Should a leader decieve her crew that the radio is working and they are still getting updates to keep up hope? She does, but the squad hates her for lying to them. Should you share food or hoard it? It took a while for the show to get to the caliber of this episode, but it was worth the wait. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-21
2. Recount a bit of history and facts into the script. People should learn something and be able to recall something interesting after watching the show. SAB talks about WWII situations and deception strategies used. Time 26:30 http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-20
3. It should have a role model, how someone should act. It is nice to have someone to look to to figure out a good way of dealing with these situations. I really like McQueen, the leader of the 58th and his dedication to the squad, buthe does go overboard and the black guy who runs the main ship denys him his unreasonable requests that would likely get him killed. The black leader of the starship rocks in his own way.
I'm watching "Space: Above and Beyond" (SAB). While it isn't the fastest moving or funny show, there are admirable qualities in it, some of which I'd like to consider incorporating into a show or book chapter I write.
1. Some episodes have a theme or a tough situation they delve into. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" also kind of does this by starting off episodes with a quote that describes the lesson to be learned. SAB has a few episodes with quotes as well, and some of the episodes have a lesson or theme that is illustrated. For example, one episode was about the struggles a soldier faces as he has to kill enemy soldiers, a soldier who is more like him than he wants to admit because both he and the soldier are observing the same majestic bird at the same time. He misses the opportunity to kill the soldier and kind of regrets his hesitation. Later, he wounds a soldier who gives him something, like maybe a letter for his family. Again, the enemy is more like him than he wants to believe. Another episode goes into what it is like to loose a brother to an overeager commander who orders a suicide attack, based on glory and honor, despite the warnings from the older brother who is tries in vain to talk them down. These are wartime situations that are actually touching. Another episode talks about the discrimination felt by the invitros from flashbacks. You see prominent people held back and punished unjustly because of something they can't help that does not impact their performance and it makes you feel empathy for them.
I came across an episode that realistically goes into what it is like for a Marines squad to be deserted by their commanders, who probably made the right decision to leave them. Several situations come up. As the squad is going through the bodies two months after being stranded, one guy finds what may be a condom, and his female leader, coughs at him trying to pocket it. He says, "Hey, a guy has to have hope." Should a leader decieve her crew that the radio is working and they are still getting updates to keep up hope? She does, but the squad hates her for lying to them. Should you share food or hoard it? It took a while for the show to get to the caliber of this episode, but it was worth the wait. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-21
2. Recount a bit of history and facts into the script. People should learn something and be able to recall something interesting after watching the show. SAB talks about WWII situations and deception strategies used. Time 26:30 http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-20
3. It should have a role model, how someone should act. It is nice to have someone to look to to figure out a good way of dealing with these situations. I really like McQueen, the leader of the 58th and his dedication to the squad, buthe does go overboard and the black guy who runs the main ship denys him his unreasonable requests that would likely get him killed. The black leader of the starship rocks in his own way.
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