So many Critics

The three critics I chose that fit my way I view TV/Movies were Roger Ebert, Todd VanDerWerff, and  Peter Travers. The reason why I chose these critics is not only do they help me realize things I may have missed during my first viewing of a movie or and Episode.  

http://www.avclub.com/articles/remedial-chaos-theory,63144/

The first critic I would like to talk about is Todd VanDerWerff. He writes the AV clubs reviews for The NBC show Community. The reason why I love his reviews so much is that he gives such a detailed analysis of not only the episodes but also what changes that the characters have gone through. I also feel that the way he thinks about how none of the episodes are bad and the link I posted is to one of my favorite Community episodes and it is also one of my favorite episodes along with probably my one of my favorite reviews. The reason why this is one so much is how he makes the connection of how whenever the group hugs near the end of the episode and how both Jeff and Pierce are outside of the hug. I had never fully realized this and actually how much it meant within the season for this to happen until I saw this review. 

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121114/REVIEWS/121119992/1001/reviews

The next reviewer that I am going to talk about is Roger Ebert. One of the main reasons why I like his reviews so much is I have been reading his reviews for about ten years. Another reason why I like his reviews so much is because they are really simple and to the point. For the most part he give a short synopsis of what the movie is then he give a couple of paragraphs about how he really feels about the movie. The link that I posted is his review of Silver Linings Playbook. The reason why I like this review so much is that it got me to think about another aspect of the movie and that part is how the main character Pat and his dad have a similar journey.

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/django-unchained-20121213

The last reviewer I am going to talk about is Peter Travers. The main reason why like him is because I feel like his reviews are more casual and that part I really like because then I can usually get a feel of what the general public will feel about the movie. The other part of his reviews don't give a synopsis first and then his view point instead he combines them together which sort of makes it sound like a conversation you would have with someone when you ask them what you though about this movie. In the link above the writing is sort of like that. The reason why I like this review so much is it doesn't go into far about the subtext /symbolism of the film and pretty much sums up if he thinks the viewer will enjoy it. 

Tv Shows Galor and Article review

So you are going to learn from this post alone that I am absolutely addicted to watching TV shows. I roughly watch probably about four to 6 hours of Netflix or TV a day. I watch a decent amount of movies but for the most part I watch TV shows. I also found out if I am really into a show I have no saturation point. Pretty much meaning I can just keep watching a show and not stop until I am either done with a season or if the show was short lived the whole series. So lets get this list started.

1.) Current Shows: Community (TV/DVD), How I met Your Mother (TV/Netflix), South Park (TV/Netflix), Peep Show (Netflix), The Walking Dead (AMC), Psych (TV/Netflix), and GO ON (TV), Parks and Rec (TV/Netflix), Elementary (TV), and American Horror Story (TV/Netflix), Adventure Time (TV), Regular Show (TV), Amazing World of Gumball (TV), Robot Chicken (TV), Children's Hospital (TV), Doctor Who (streaming), Supernatural (Netflix) 

2.) Peripheral Shows: Once Upon a Time, Dateline Specials, Downton Abbey

3.) Guilty Refusals: Homeland and Game of Thrones 

4.) Guilty Pleasures: Price is Right, Lets make a Deal, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Paranormal Witness, Celebrity Ghost Stories, Haunted Campus. I really have no idea why I love the paranormal shows so much. 

The ones like Ghost Adventures I really like because I swear the guys in it are high or drunk for over half the show and they just make total idiots out of themselves. 

5.) All-Time Favorites: Community, IT Crowd, Black Books, Adventure Time, Firefly, Supernatural, Peep Show, That Mitchell And Webb Look, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development

My favorite show of all time is Community I watch it everyday and I have also seen every episode ten times. 

6.) Shows I Used to Like, But Not So Much Anymore: New Girl, The Office, and Fringe

I have been watching the last season of The Office and have really enjoying it the only way though it will get off this section off the list is if Steve Carrell comes back for some episodes this season. 

7.) Shows I resisted for a long time but now I'm a fan: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doll House, Fringe, Roseanne 

All of these shows I have watched the whole way through and I actually give credit to these show for helping realize not to judge a show by the name or the premise. Now I give almost every new show a chance. 

8.) I Would Rather Eat Charcoal than watch these shows: Secret Life of an American Teenager, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, Amish Mafia, Moonshiners 

I really hate the ABC Family original programs and also anything new that discovery or History channel does. 

9.) TV shows I watch every day: Community, South Park, Adventure Time, and Regular Show, SpongeBob

Article Analysis 

1.) This review is of the article "the TV guide" by Josh Levin The other article had broken link. The article itself mainly was about different critics and why/what their reviewing process is about. The article does to tend to focus on the critic Alan Sepinwall and how he changed how the way television reviews are written by writing week to week reviews instead of focusing on sweeps which allows the writer but also the readers to keep guessing on that will happen in the next episode as opposed to what will happen when ever sweeps hits. I think the big part I liked about this article is how it gave really good examples about how these types of reviews and have helped save shows and also have caused more people to getter smarter about TV viewing. 

2.) The first link that I clicked in the article was the one where it had said Spinal had been in Community. The main reason why I clicked on it is because Community is my favorite TV show and I am always looking for things I have missed in pretty much every episode. The second link I clicked on was the link to the AV Clubs reviews or the short-lived TV shows Terriers. I clicked on this one because I am also a huge fan of that show and it got my interest. What I learned from the first link was that mainly Spinal had actually had a Cameo in the episode which really surprised because now it made me wonder if they had put in any more critics that had come to visit the show surprised in as extras. What I learned from the second link I clicked is that the fan base of terriers is pretty dedicated to the show and it seems like a good bit of them read the reviews of the show because there are at least three pages of user comments on each review of the show.