Assignment 5 YKK: an ignorant opinion

It’s not hard to have an opinion about something that you haven’t experienced: whether I’ll be able to make an accurate one is uncertain. My dad cut the cable when I was pretty young, so all I really remember are random game shows where people tried to earn ridiculous amounts of money by accurately throwing pies into their family member’s face and one that involved going through a “haunted house” by swinging across ropes and climbing out of claustrophobic box-rooms. Yep. Let’s not forget my brother’s favorites - Teletubbies, or the Standard Deviants: Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1. You could say I have minimal experience with any real masterpieces of television.

I think if I could watch TV shows nowadays, I’d get really quickly attached (it’s already been proved with Korean dramas) but my parents don’t allow that to happen. A good thing, probably, but leads to a lot of blank staring when the conversation over lunch is about Sherlock (which I have watched one episode of due to Mr. Wise's foresight last year and despite my scaredycat-ness (and yes, sherlock scared me a teensy bit) I already adore).

If it weren’t for all the ads, TV would be a much better place. Although mostly stuff I wouldn’t watch in my entire life, it has a couple gems. It’s not worth wading through all the channels to find anything, though. Inane use of time? Very much. I don’t watch sports or the news channels (partly because I can’t), so my conclusion: Netflix makes a better entertainment system. I don't have it either, but the idea behind it is better.

I think the fact that big screen achievements are far more publicized than the Nobel Prizes is a bad choice of prioritization on the part of the masses. What will affect us more in the future? I'm not saying that movies don't have a great impact, but the discovery of radioactivity was pretty important. Considering the fact that I know of approximately three Nobel Laureates, perhaps I can’t really say anything. Then again, I don’t know a single Emmys winner.