Daddy's Little Girl

In today’s episode of the Simpsons Lisa’s birthday is coming up and there is this new diary that every little girl wants, so she’s been dropping hints. So Marge sends Homer to go and buy the diary at the toy store for her but when Homer gets there Mr. Burns buys the last one. So Homer hits the mall to find her another diary or at least something that is really cool. Well he bumps into Ned Flanders and sees him buying a personal move for one of his sons, so homer to decides to do that for Lisa’s birthday. Well it her birthday and she opens the book shaped package to see that it is a tape, so she them plays it. It turns out that Homer knows nothing about her in the video he said that her favorite food was chicken McNuggets but she’s a vegetarian. After watching this tape Lisa becomes very upset because her father doesn’t care about her and doesn’t know anything about her. Now the Simpsons always has a way of taking a serious issue and making I humorous while still getting the message out. The hidden message in this episode is that in the United States there are many fathers that don’t take interest in their children, and it’s very sad. The worst part about their father not having any interest in them is because they tend to put the blame on themselves saying that its their fault that their dad doesn’t care. This may not seem like a big deal but after feeling like that the child will have self-esteem issues when growing up which can lead to many serious problems.

The Real World

In the reading for class on Tuesday we were to read an essay entitled Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. In this essay the author talks about the characters on the reality television program called The Real World. Now the only problem with this show is because its supposed to be regular people living in one house with a bunch of strangers. Now the way they choose these roommates is kind of weird to me, they interview tons of people to only pick people that will completely that they know will have problems with other people after a while. By them doing this it brings a lot of drama to the show thus they have high ratings and make lots and lots of money. This is not what reality television is to me for this to be complete reality television for me they should select all the roommates at random, just pull name out of a hat or something. Now this would be very interesting to me because it is really reality, you may have a cast that likes each other or you might have a cast that can’t stand each other. The randomness of the show is the X factor to me that will make it stand out from the others. If the producers of MTV’s The Real world were to actually do this they could then truly claim it as a reality television show. Otherwise to me it is almost like a regular old scripted drama that have been around for years.

Battle Royale

In today’s episode of the Simpsons Bart and Lisa sign up for a hockey team and fight for their parents love. In the beginning of the episode Bart joined an ice hockey team and was getting a lot of attention and love from Homer, because since Bart was winning in sports Homer loved him more. Well after one of Bart’s games Bart was shooting pop cans at Lisa and she blocked them all, well the other teams coach Apu saw that she could stop all the pop cans and the additional puck he shot at here to make sure it wasn’t a fluke, so he convinced her to be the goalie for his team. So now Lisa and Bart were on opposing teams and were always fighing for their fathers love because when one of them wone he rewared them and showed some love for them, they were going back and forth to keep getting affection from their dad. So it was the night before the final game it was Lisa’s team versus Bart’s team, so naturally they were arguing. Well Marge came in and told them that they should fight because they don’t care which one wins they love them both the same, well Homer comes in and starts flicking the lights and yelling fight, fight fight! So at the game they were tied and it came down to penalty shots, well it was Bart versus Lisa one on one, so who one, nobody it was a tie the both hugged each other at center ice and called a quits. Although this episode was very funny it brought up a serious issue in America today, this often happens in real life and many people will go all out to get affection from their parents. I belive that its not the childs fault in a situation like that they parent should be the grown up a treat each kid evenly, over an argument due to this situation we have brothers and sister that haven’t even spoken to each other for years. This is sad because you family is all you have in this world.

Movie Authors

After reading Mondays reading assignment, I found out something new. According to the reading, if you really looked at a movie it was a like a novel but what I didn’t know was that if you tried to give the movie an author you couldn’t. Think about it for a second think of the credits rolling after you favorite movie do you see all those names, there is the director, the background person, the clothing person, the cameraman, the special effects person, the actors, the stunt doubles, and the writers, in their own way they affected the movie. By them affecting the move the partly become the author of the movie. Each and everyone of the of the writers make the plot and the story line for the movies but it is all the other people that make this come to life. The director makes sure everyone stays in their role perfectly and makes sure the scenes go perfect, while the cameraman is the one who makes all this visible and gets the best angle for every shot. But don’t forget the actors they are the ones that bring the writers characters to life. In a scary movie in most mugging or murder scenes the background is usually a dark ally late at night, why because it sets the mood making everything better, the camera angle, the actors feel and emotion for the scene, it has a big effect. I mean it was just amazing to me to see all those peoples name run down that screen at the end of a move, but I guess that if you had to give a movie an author it may well be 200 people, everyone involved had an impact on it so in a way they all were the authors. I guess you see something different and learn something new everyday.

My First English 1020 Essay

Well I just got done writing my first English 1020 essay not too long ago, and it wasn’t too bad. It was pretty rough in the beginning because I wasn’t really sure what to write about or what I should be looking for in a ad for this essay. After we had class that one day and you gave us the example of the Special K, the lotion, and the other ad I can’t seem to remember right now, everything started to clear up. So I went to the store and bought a magazine so I could pick advertisements for the essay. I ended up with three I liked they were an advertisement for Diesel Clothing Co, L’Oreal Thickening Two in One Shampoo Plus Conditioner, and Hennessey Cognac. I like these ads because they showed me the mind frame of an advertiser, and how they view us young men. They perceive us as very insecure and gullible men that may easily persuaded into buying their products very easily. So, after I had my ad I needed to get started and I got to say it was hard, but I am used to it because starting an essay is the hardest part for me. So after a lot of time I finally stared and was on my way. Once I got started it wasn’t too bad, in some parts it just flowed. After I wrote it I proof read it and realized that when I was flowing I was so caught up in the moment that I skipped some words here and there. Now I finished proof reading it and I think it came out good.

The Incredible Homer?

This weeks episode of The Simpsons was about Homer severe anger problem. In this episode we see how too much anger is bad for you, but we also see how some anger is good for you. It all starts with Career Day at Springfield Elementary School, in the beginning most of the people are boring like Millhouse’s Dad but there is one last guy who turns out to be cool. Jeff Jenkins is a comic writer, he writes a comic called Danger Dog, in his interview for career day he talks about how much fun he has everyday at work. He then says that the best part about it is that all he did during school was doodle drawings of the teachers. So since everybody like the fact that he has fun at work they all decide to make their own comics. Bart’s comic is called Angry Dad, which is based on all the stupid things that Homer does and his extreme aggression after. Bart’s comic becomes a hit and it gets put on the internet by some new company. Well Homer finds out at work and gets very mad so when he got home he decided not to get mad anymore. Since Homer didn’t get mad anymore Bart had no more material so he set up a big trap that would surely make Homer raging. After he finishes setting up the trap he finds out that the company is closed so he doesn’t need the trap but its too late Homer was already half way through. At the end of the trap homer gets dumped in a pool of green paint, and then rips off his shirt and begins taking his anger out on the city by punching parking meters and light poles. The police settle him down then take him to the hospital where doctor Hibbert tells Marge that Bart saved Homer’s life by allowing him to release his anger. This lesson is true in real life because too much anger can also make you sick, it just goes to show you watching cartoons pays off.

Hamlet Simpsons Style

Today I had some spare time and guess what happened to be on the T.V.,The Simpsons so I just had watch it. The episode I saw today was about storytelling, Homer was telling them stories and one of them was Hamlet. Now The Simpsons are famous for their allusions to other famous works of art, the unique thing about there allusions is that they maintain the story like keeping it relatively accurate while still putting their comical spin on it. I don’t know if you have read Hamlet by William Shakespeare but since I had to read it in high school I will give you a quick rundown. Hamlet’s father died, and his father’s ghost comes to tell Hamlet that his uncle Claudius killed him in order to marry his Mother and become king. So Hamlet finds a way to see if what the ghost told him was for real, so he sets up a play that makes his uncle get uncomfortable because it was supposed to be a reenactment of the murder. In the end of the story Hamlet kills his Uncle Claudius but everyone else dies including Hamlet. Well in the Simpsons version this all still happens it’s just they way it does. In the end of the story Hamlet has a duel with Laertes, now the one of the swords is covered with poison and hamlet gets sliced with it, but then in a scuffle they switch swords and Laertes also get sliced with the poison sword. Since they will both die Laertes tells Hamlet what has happened, will it also turns out that Claudius poisoned some wine to kill Hamlet but his Mother drinks this instead so she dies accidentally. So now finally Hamlet kills Claudius, and then sadly Laertes and Hamlet both die. Well in the Simpsons version in the duel Claudius says that according to the rules Laertes is allowed one practice stab, but Laertes stabs himself instead of Hamlet. So then Hamlet proceeds to get his vengeance by killing Claudius, after that he was untouched but slips on the blood on the floor and dies, then his Mother kills herself because she doesn’t want to clean up the room. So although the Simpsons version their own comical twist they stayed pretty accurate, thus the writers of the Simpsons keep a great story alive and going strong.

Richer Becuase Of The Poorer

In the readings for class Monday we read about cool hunters. This was interesting to me because I never knew there was such a thing. It turns out that cool hunters are people that work for retail companies in order to find out what the consumers like. You know those annoying people in the middle of the mall that ask you if you would like to take a survey. The funny thing is that after you turn down their offer then they tell you that you will get paid five dollars or so. But besides that these people do some crazy thing to get the next fashion trend. They will literally stalk people, they will spend their days watching them and seeing what new styles their wear each day for a period of time. The people that they watch are people that live in lower class areas, this is because they stretch every dollar they have and customize their outfits. Personally I find it kind of funny that the latest and greatest trends come from people that have a very low income. What’s even more ironic is that the trends that are started in poorer areas will become the high sellers for a very expensive company such as Dolce & Gabanna or Gucci, and all the rich and famous will now be wearing that same style of clothes but with a bigger price tag. Now the rich can make money off the lower income people even if they don’t buy their clothing.