Usually I do not watch commercials because we have this amazing thing called a DVR. So I tape most the shows that I want to watch and then I watched them at my convenience all the while fast forwarding through the commercials. But from time to time I find myself having to watch a program LIVE. Usually the morning news (i.e. The Today Show with the occasional interruption from the local news) and of course my husband insists on watching sporting evens live (something about not wanting to know what happened or it being more exciting). Thus in these instances I find myself a typical consumer, having my life interrupted at the whim of advertising agencies and TV executives. Now more commercials I find boring and stupid and I totally tune them out. Occasionally there are funny ones, like the E-Trade commercials with the talking babies. Those crack me up every damn time. But time of year what I really do not look forward to are the horror film commercials which appear both during the Today Show and most sporting events. I mean really, the Today Show is not frightening enough, now you have to show commercials for devil movies, too. Is Ann Curry constantly saying thoughtless stupid things NOT horrifying enough?
These commercials are horrible for me. I hate horror movies, hate them. I was scared as a child by watching The Exorcist and there was no going back. I especially hate that all these movies now seem to have some sort of disjointed spooky creepy walking ghoul in them now. We can thank the Ring for that one. Really, was that necessary Hollywood. Was it? Wasn't a guy in hockey mask with a axe enough? And now they have to remake them, too. The old Halloween was not enough, it needs to be scarier. The old Freddy Krueger not scary enough, it needs to be scarier. Opps, Linda Blair hoovering over a bed and molesting crucifixes, not scary enough, we need new exorcism movies.
Still the commercials, they have to go. Really life if frightening enough without that shit being on before 8pm and please commercial makers and programmers keep in mind this little thing called a time difference. Sure it might be 8pm on the East Coast, but out here in little old California it is still only 5pm and really do not want to explain melting heads to my children.
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Hi. I just found your blog via blogher linking your post on another blog...uh, whatever that's called by you bloggers, dunno, I'm no blogger, but I read 'em and have to say I am liking yours! As a fellow SAHM, you've got me laughing! (bots can't laugh, ya know). Keep writing! Lisa
Horror movie commercials scare the bejeesus out of me. I can't imagine what they'll do to Alex when he understands what's happening on the TV.
I can watch that talking baby, exclaiming about riding the dog like a pony over and over and over. Damn hilarious!!
Aren't DVR's a blessing??
You can actually blame Japan for The Ring and all of its nightmare fuel.
Hollywood's version is actually tamer than the original.
Not that I was scarred. (I didn't even WATCH it. I was on the computer while my parents did, and I caught snatches.) My parents and brother then went on weekend trips to visit boarding high schools for him. And my mom and brother would sporadically call me to go SEVEN DAAAYS. Sure, I was sixteen and alone at home. I did not sleep. At all.
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