TV and Excessive Graphics

I don't mean to sound like Jerry Seinfeld, but what's the deal with TV?

It seems every year more reality based programs pop up. Are fictional stories too difficult to write? Are reality shows easier or cheaper to produce? Or are the so called creative types in the field just getting dumber and lazier? It doesn't take much imagination to get a group of young pretty people together and film them acting like stupid drunk primates. I guess people enjoy watching others suffer, because it makes them feel superior or just better about their own lives. I really don't know for sure, but it does appear that our imaginations and attention spans are being adversely effected in some way.

Also, another negative aspect of television are the flashy, quick cutting graphics. They're getting so bad, that sometimes I have to close my eyes just so I don't get a headache. I wonder how this effects people who are prone to seizures? Right now I pretty much Tivo everything so I can zoom through the commercials, which are the worse culprits, but, even then the excessive graphics are hard on the eyes. Even the internet is swamped with flashy graphics; Flash users take notice. Often I have to turn off Java Script in my browsers preferences, just to give my eyes a break, but then there are sites that require it, so I'll have to go back to my preferences and turn Java Script on again. I won't even go into Microsoft's bastardization of Java Script and how they are forcing everyone to use their version, making it very difficult for people using older technology or different operating systems. Don't force me to upgrade - I will leave that for another rant.

Back to the subject,...
Conspiracy theorist would say that it is all some master plan by the dark ones to dull are imaginations and shorten our attention spans. Increasing cases of A.D.D may be a direct result. Makes you wonder if there are subliminal messages in those quick cutting graphics flashing across the idiot box. Idiot box, what an appropriate term for television. I for one am seriously considering cutting out TV all together.

Now that I think about it, Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future might be pretty accurate. Just people learning, experiencing and bettering themselves, without a TV in sight. When I was younger I would have shuttered at the thought of no TV, but now it sound pretty good, maybe even necessary. When people finally wake from their delusional slumber, and their imaginations begin to stir again, you might just start seeing televisions being thrown out of windows.

I feel big changes are in store for all of us. Hopefully good changes.

Rant over.