... that you haven't given them anything else to care about."
Yes, my current interests are that diverse...
14 posts tagged “tv”
I guess after all the stereotype is changing, as I saw this guy on MTV3's morning show and he was speaking flawless Finnish. From his name only I'm assuming he grew up here and has at least one Finnish parent.
Update: His name is Alex Nurmi and seems to be quite a popular guy, judging from his Google egosearch results.
And yes, his mom is Finnish, his dad African. We need more examples like him on the media.
During the past few days I've seen quite a few stories that involve time travelling. From an episode of Babylon 5 to the Spanish movie Open your Eyes to the novel The Forever War, I spent this weekend trying to analyse rather convoluted timelines, and finding myself enjoying them.
Interestingly enough, I know that some people close to me have certain difficulties following those plots whereas for me those kind of paradoxes are kind of normal. That's what happens when you grow up with a steady diet of science fiction.
I guess it's not a good idea to watch the National Geographic channel before a week on the move if they have "Air crash investigation" and "Inside 9/11" on air. Stupid me.
It's just that it was so interesting. I guess it has to do with my typical trait of being curious about how things work and why they are that way.
Usually I don't watch a lot of TV, but I noticed that there are two things I missed from the Mexican version: CNN en Español and Mexican football programmes.
Good luck trying to get those in Finland.
De pura casualidad durante mi visita en México me encontré un programa de discusión y análisis de tópicos de política y economía nacional llamado Contrapunto, el cual por desgracia ya ha sido cancelado. En esta ocasión la conductora y los invitados discutieron sobre el balance de México en 2007 y las perspectivas para 2008. Me quedo con los siguientes puntos:
- Aunque la economía mexicana se ha mostrado fuerte durante el año, está por ver qué tanto resistiría una probable recesión en Estados Unidos, dada la fuerte interacción comercial entre ambos países.
- Las reformas que necesita el país siguen (y seguirán) estancadas, y seguiremos con medidas a la Frankenstein.
- Aún así, no ha habido un colapso como se esperaba después de un 2006 tan crispado.
I've heard before criticism of Mexican TV saying that the actors and acresses there depicted have very little in common with the average Mexican (if there is such a thing). I think it shows a certain aspirational aspect of the Mexican psyche, where being fair skinned is desired.
Mexicans use TV to escape, not to see themselves the way they are.
Comparing this with, say, Big Brother, it's no wonder that people are starting to spend more time online than watching TV. Even when the original content comes from TV.
Hoy estaba divagando un poco y me topé con la ya bastante antigua página de los personajes de Andrés Bustamante, cómico mexicano, en Ponchito.com.
Dueño de un humor fino y no tan vulgar y gastado como el de otros cómicos como Eugenio Derbez, es sin lugar a dudas mi favorito. Lástima que no he visto sus programas en mucho tiempo, aunque algunos de sus sketches con personajes como el Dr. Chun Ga, el Hooligan o el profesor Greco Morfema están disponibles en YouTube.
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition should be callled Pimp my House (including low-rider hydraulic systems)"
-Chiva Congelado
"Maybe the reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is...
But I'm watching the Eurovision semifinals from Helsinki. And I'm actually quite moved by the small clips between performances.
Hard Rock Hallelujah!
Update: 2 of my favourites didn't go through to the finals: Andorra & Belgium... the annoying acts of Belarus & Slovenia went through instead. However, 2 that did go though that I liked were Georgia & Serbia. Now let's see what do the finals have in store, as there are some contestants like Germany that seem to have some interesting stuff.
