Is this clever or stupid? You make your choise, i make mine. And even if you thought it was clever, in my experience i can find many things clever which have no substance or beauty in them. Just like sugar is sweet but eating it isn't good for you.
i've never yet seen a sit-com that i could stomach (and this isn't because of christian morality, because i have none of that - but i might have a semblance of taste). For example, Married with Children? Funny, i admit, it's funny. But i don't think it takes mankind to a decent honourable direxion. i have no use for it in my life however funny it might be. i doubt the writer's could or would write anything with honourable content that would uplift the viewers - the same with Family Guy. Then again, television absolutely is not needed for anything really.
You sir, miss the entire point of married with children. It's a satire comedy of what poor/lower class married life is like. If anything, it's a constant reminder to do better in life, not only that but almost every episode covers some sort of "moral" dilemma. Al, always does the moral thing at the end. The point is that even when your down on your luck you can still be a good person.
It emphasized that point. It being funny was just the "pull" if you will to make the show entertaining as well as delivering it's message.
I don't watch TV much either. I do love good comedy and movies.... but TV is filled with trash.
Out of the 900 channels I have -- I watch Dexter, Family Guy, Lost and Heroes.
All representing something different entirely, but all with equally clever writing.
TV is no different than any other form of entertainment. It's still a time sink, but good television has the viewer walking away with some sort of lesson learned. After all, intelligence is key, and comes in many platforms -- why should TV be doomed?
I.E.
The internet has much more trash than knowledge, yet intelligent users use it for knowledge. TV is no different.
Better than allowing it to enter my subconscious mind unintentionally as they desire for the rest of the folks who watch the show.
Television is their most effective mind control tool.
I'm sure that if I watch family guy and I interpret Brian as being more human then the rest of the family, that some how subconciously I'm going to take that lesson to real life and crave animal love.
I'm positive that's going to happen.
/sarcasm off.
It's people who read into things like this that generally have a genuine moral dilemma on their hands. For instance, a person who was intrigued by bestiality but shuns his own will because it's "wrong" is the likely candidate for people making the correlation into bestiality as you have. Much like homophobes are most likely to actually be homosexual. It's a subconscious defensive mechanism to try to "fit in" and be normal.
Sir, I believe you just stepped out of the proverbial beast loving closet. (nothing wrong with that by the way, just don't hurt the animals.)
Also, if you are going to read into the bestiality bit, then why aren't you reading into the fact that Brian is one of two talking dogs on that show. The other one being his cousin, who happens to be gay in Hollywood. Does this mean that all dogs are gay in hollywood?!?! Only talking dogs are gay in hollywood? Or it means nothing, because dogs can't talk?
I'm going to go with "what is nothing, because dogs can't talk... final answer BA."
Oh and here lemme fix something for ya,
Quote:
Television is their most effective mind control tool, if you allow it to be.
There, all fixed now.
You can't control the mind of the person that doesn't allow you to. Hence, the implementation of fluoride.
I'm sure that if I watch family guy and I interpret Brian as being more human then the rest of the family, that some how subconciously I'm going to take that lesson to real life and crave animal love.
I'm positive that's going to happen.
/sarcasm off.
It's people who read into things like this that generally have a genuine moral dilemma on their hands. For instance, a person who was intrigued by bestiality but shuns his own will because it's "wrong" is the likely candidate for people making the correlation into bestiality as you have. Much like homophobes are most likely to actually be homosexual. It's a subconscious defensive mechanism to try to "fit in" and be normal.
Sir, I believe you just stepped out of the proverbial beast loving closet. (nothing wrong with that by the way, just don't hurt the animals.)
Also, if you are going to read into the bestiality bit, then why aren't you reading into the fact that Brian is one of two talking dogs on that show. The other one being his cousin, who happens to be gay in Hollywood. Does this mean that all dogs are gay in hollywood?!?! Only talking dogs are gay in hollywood? Or it means nothing, because dogs can't talk?
I'm going to go with "what is nothing, because dogs can't talk... final answer BA."
Oh and here lemme fix something for ya,
There, all fixed now.
You can't control the mind of the person that doesn't allow you to. Hence, the implementation of fluoride.
You didn't fix anything by adding words to my comment.
As I said.
Television is their most effective mind control tool and my comment was the following:
"Better than allowing it to enter my subconscious mind unintentionally as they desire for the rest of the folks who watch the show."
Operative word would be "DESIRE."
I never implied that YOU would take that LESSON, as you call it, into real life and crave animal love.
I said:
This is what they desire for the rest of the folks who watch the show.
Again.
Operative word would be "DESIRE."
We are products of our environment.
When YOUNG PEOPLE, in particular, are subjected to SPECIFIC acts over and over again, MANY can be CONDITIONED to accept these acts as NORMAL and programmed to behave in the same way.
family guy is a very funny show, but with almost any major network shows, if your awake, you can see the actual subtle hidden agendas and messages behind them
family guy is a very funny show, but with almost any major network shows, if your awake, you can see the actual subtle hidden agendas and messages behind them
I wanted to say the same thing. Could you please tell me more what type of subtle hidden agendas and messages you have found?
There is no hidden agenda. I believe Family Guy is great! A masterpiece that stabs the commoner in the heart with senseless humor that attacks the norm.
If Seth McFarlene has a hidden agenda, it's to relief this world of its tension with large doses of over-exaggerated, grotesque, odd humor. I love it