Ok, so a friend of mine is pinging me on Facebook for my disparaging comments on Bob Costas and wonders why I am so down on him. So, this is my attempt to explain my feelings on this vital-to-our-lives matter. First, let me preface this by saying that I am not a sports guy. I’m a big Red Sox fan and I love watching the Olympics. But I do not live and breathe baseball or Olympics statistics. I cannot name any athletes competing aside from those few famous names that everyone knows. I know a lot about the Red Sox but any dyed-in-the-wool fan can stat circles around me. I just enjoy what I enjoy and don’t really care to delve much deeper than that. I am not that guy in the bar who will go on for 45 minutes about some arcane subject while your eyes glaze over. Well, at least not about sports at any rate. So, that’s me. Casual fan. Continue reading “Why I Get Annoyed at NBC’s Olympics Coverage”
Tag: TV
Strange New World: No ‘Star Trek’
Orson Scott Card, a writer whose works I’ve always enjoyed but who’s opinions I’ve usually disagreed with, often vehemently, expresses an opinion I find myself agreeing with this time around. He asks why Star Trek was so popular given how truly awful it always tended to be. As a long-time Trek watcher (my sister grew up with the original series and got me into it and she and I read and shared many of the books over the years. In recent years my interest has waned and I have barely ever watched Enterprise) I initially began disagreeing with what Card was saying but found myself beginning to agree more and more. I am disappointed he didn’t actually mention Babylon 5 in his piece given that it is the one show that has a complete through-line across all five seasons having been conceived as a five-season single “novel” rather than as a series of make-it-up-as-you go episodes or seasons. But, either way, I have to agree with his opinions of Star Trek. (My only caveat is that I still enjoy Star Trek, not as deep thinking television but more as fun brain candy, more for escapism and nostalgia than for true Science Fictiony goodness.)
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