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Friday, June 11, 2010

Netflix Will Abduct Your Taste Level

I hate to brag (pfft) but I'm somewhat of a movie aficionado, as Hemingway would say (although in this case, I'm passionate about any mind-melting media rather than bull fights).
So as I pulled up Netflix to see what was new in the Television Show section, I noticed a few things that I feel need to be shared with you.
1. Let me give you a fraction and you guess to what it refers. 19/39
Correct. 19/39 new TV shows recommended for me were "Barney" videos. Another 10 or so were "Bob the Builder." "Dr. Who" and "Bonanza" got thrown in for good measure, because, come on, you've got to be a well-rounded person right?

2. "Ken Burns' The Shakers"
Here's the little blurb about it:
"Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns directs this look at the unique religion and the peaceful and productive pastimes the Shakers practice on a daily basis. In this engrossing exploration of a little-known part of American culture, Burns brings to life the history, politics, and dynamic personalities that made the Shaker phenomenon possible -- and that make it symbolic of all that America is and was."

Interesting that summary-writer-guy wrote "practice" in the present tense. He doesn't mention the fact that the Shakers DIED OUT because they believed in celibacy FOR LIFE. I'm pretty sure that's the opposite of productive. Who the heck wrote this summary anyway? Stephen Glass? That person should get paid bank for bolstering the Shakers' reputation up to at least minutely significant. Wait, what's he trying to say by them being "symbolic" of America anyway?

3. "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff"
This one was a real contender. There's a giant swan-shaped building on the cover.

4. Winner: "Where Are All the UFOs?"
I'm currently still watching this one. 21 minutes into it and one woman has already claimed that a government official beat her with a nightstick to keep her from talking about aliens.
Highlight from 1960 film footage:

Interviewee: "They told me that language is no barrier to them anywhere. They can speak any language."
Reporter: "So they told you that in English?
Interviewee: "Yes."
Reporter: "What were their clothes like?"
Interviewee: "The women had a radiant red box-pleated skirt, and a black velvet-appearing blouse, and a black and red tam--or beret-- and the men had clothes very similar to our Greyhound Bus drivers."

Thank you for that insightful fashion update, Joan Rivers.

I won't ruin the rest for you. You just need to watch it.

Plus it's on the History Channel, so...it's gotta be true, right?

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