The Fockers?
The Press?
Me, In St. Louis?
My Maker!
Yes, please... I like a very wide variety of music though I find as I get older, the louder, more distorted something is, the less musical value I find in it. I'm not a fan of about 99% of the rap and/or country out there either. Like my views on movies, it seems to me a lot of it promotes, or celebrates being a DUMB-ASS of one sort or another. But of course, that's just my opinion.
...on DVD I guess you could say I mostly like chic-flick type stuff (romantic comedy)but I'll watch other stuff now and then if I can find something of value in it. On movies (and the media)in general: I feel there's a resposibility that comes with having the power to make movies that a lot of people abuse. If you're in the position to make a profound statement or possibly have an affect on the world, don't you think it should be a positive and/or encouraging message? I'm not saying everything should be the same happy, positive story, but some of the garbage out there just promotes horrible behavior and lacks basic morals in an already seriously screwed up world. (Frank Capra had it right.)
I'm a TV JUNKIE! Seriously... In 1993, when I quit "tokin' doobies", and subsequently lost 95% of my friends, I bought a new TV and traded vices. (...not that I didn't sit around and watch TV stoned before that.)
I mostly watch sitcoms but some dramas, too. I watch more TV in a day than most people watch in a week. (someone's got to do it.) I like things that stir my emotions and offer an escape from overthinking my own life (or lack thereof).
Some current favorites are; (listed by the weekly schedule) How I met Your Mother, Big Bang theory, Two And A Half Men, New/Old Christine, Chuck, Heros, Medium, Pushing Daisies, Back To You, LOST, CSI (the original only), My Name Is Earl, The Office, 30 Rock, SCRUBS, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, ER, Numbers, Men In Trees, and SNL, which I've watched since it premiered (in '75). I also still watch shows like Friends, Frasier, Seinfeld, Raymond, Arrested Development, and Mad 'Bout Chew. Finally, my favorite show ever was Northern Exposure.
Since purchasing an HDTV, I'm watching a lot of Discovery HD Theater and PBS-HD shows that seem to bring tears to my eyes on a daily basis. Anyone that claims TV only rots your brain, and there's nothing on worth while... You know how much it would cost, and how long you'd have to live to see all the things they can bring you in the comfort of your own living room? (for instance, a four year project, tracking and filming snow leopards in the Himalayas.) Sure, there's more bad than good on, but if you sift through the crap, (same as with music) there are some really amazing things to be found.
"Stop living in the 19th century, man... embrace the tube!"
Books are for people without cable. I've never really enjoyed reading much, but then I've read more .. in the past decade than all the other reading in my life combined. (so it's not like I can't or don't read anything at all.) I'm somewhat ADD so it's too easy to get distracted and either read the same line over and over or just space out entirely. (Back in my day they didn't have a term for it (ADD) so I was just a rotten kid that didn't apply himself.)You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words, why spend weeks reading (and re-reading, in my case) something that I could watch in a couple of hours while probably staying better focused on the subject?