Still Digging

I can't say that I'm yet back in the realm of normal music work but I'm certainly trying.  I did manage to accomplish one of the last big tasks on my "to do" list around the house so hopefully that'll free me up both mentally and literally to focus much more on music creation.  My week off is fast approaching so I need to really get my proverbial sh*t together.  My finger is not doing well so I have a feeling that I will indeed be seeing a hand specialist fairly soon.

I don't want to go off too much on a tangent but I must say that the state of film and television really truly disappoints me.  I'm actually in fear that film in general is slowly being destroyed as a format and this both terrifies me and makes me incredibly sad.  These are very strange days that we're living in, to say the least, and it's sad that even the few things that I really enjoy are being destroyed before my eyes.

Being a bit bored and morbidly curious, I decided to watch the first episode of "Yellowjackets" of which I keep hearing about on commercials and such.  Episode one was free...to lure you in, of course, and I actually really liked it.  I was really glad to see that it didn't have the usual bullsh*t writing that I can't stand in most modern TV series and it actually held my interest.  So, I decided to plunk down the $11 to try a month of Showtime.  Well, wouldn't you know...episode 2 almost immediately made me want to vomit and I don't think I'll be continuing with the show.  How do people a) watch this stuff and b) find it so compelling, especially to "binge" watch?  This is a total mystery to me, much more of a mystery than what apparently "actually happened" out there to the Yellowjackets.  Binge watching in general makes zero sense to me, and might possibly be one of the dumbest things ever, in my opinion.  I mean, if you happen to like something, why burn through it?  Senseless.  Also, I can't help but wonder if this is some new subscription ploy, where the networks are either getting good writers to write the initial episode, just to suck you in, and then revert to the usual silliness, where the B or C strings writers take over and can't seem to understand how actual human dialogue would work in the real world.

Even worse, I decided to try the first episode of Prime's new "Dead Ringers".  I barely made it 10 minutes into it; I actually almost stopped at the opening scene.  Again, why/how do people watch this?!  I'm rather shocked that Rachel Weisz would want to be part of a such a poorly written series.

Lastly, if you need more proof that movies have gone into the toilet completely, I just happened upon a trailer for a film, no joke, called "Winnie the Pooh:  Blood and Honey".  Um...there are no words for this one, and if you haven't already watched the trailer, you simply must, just for the groan factor.  I'll give you a hint...it's a horror movie :)  Yeah, it's supposed to be THAT Winnie the Pooh.  Apparently, this is just what the world needs right now, and angry, axe wielding Winne the Pooh.  And, people ask me why I supposedly waste my time watching old Sherlock Holmes films and such...?

If that's not enough for you, Tommy Wiseau of "The Room" fame (if that's what you call it) has apparently been given another shot at making a movie.  Why?  I have no clue.  The new one is called "Big Shark" and is apparently about a huge land shark attacking New Orleans.  I know - makes you want to run right out and see it, huh?  Sigh.  I think we're doomed (actually, I'm pretty sure of it).