Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Bob's Burgers


Bob's burgers is a super cool adult swim type show. But it's really nothing like other shows like the Simpsons or Family Guy or American Dad. Do you want to know the things that set it apart from other shows? Good. I shall tell you. This is probably why you're here. Maybe.
My biggest reason for saying it's set apart from other shows, is by way of its humor. Sure it's still the weird, sometimes sexualized humor you expect to get from adult swim, but it's never hurtful. They never make fun of someone for being who they are. Generally, the jokes are universally made, so everyone would think they are funny, instead of just poking fun at a few characters.
Another reason as to why I personally really like Bob's Burgers is because Bob's family all accept each other. Even though every single one of them are extraordinarily weird for their own different reasons, they all love each other. Excluding Louise, they are all almost always ready to support each other no matter what.
An added bonus is that some of the humor can be easily related to. Especially with Tina, the teenage girl. For example, in one episode, she spent a good amount of time just lying on the floor and groaning because she was having a pretty crappy day. I can honestly say that there have been days where I've kind of wanted to do that. And that's the main difference between other people and Tina. Other people usually don't act upon the random urges they get, unlike Tina, who's never afraid to be herself and do what she wants.
You still need another reason? How about I give you one you can't resist? eh, eh? Well, I guess you might be able to resist it. I you don't like a few musical numbers! That's right folks. Musical. Numbers. Every once in a while the family will have a cool song and maybe dance thrown in there. And who doesn't love those? I know I do. Music makes the world go round people.
Although it is on adult swim now, it originated with Fox Family. But don't let that fool you. It's definitely a must watch.
It's been going for five seasons now, and has been confirmed for a sixth as of January 8th. Although it might take a few episodes before you really get into to, I personally think Bob's Burgers is a wonderful show that more people should watch. It provides harmless entertainment that is still funny after being watched several times over.
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Taylor Swift




Taylor Swift is awesome. Hands down. Period. The end.
Well maybe not the end. You might need some convincing. Well it's your lucky day because I'm going to tell you exactly why Taylor Swift should be someone you look up to.
First and foremost. She has recently become an out spoken feminist. Do you know how cool that is? Women cop a lot of crap all the time for being feminists, when really, all we're asking for are equal rights. But that's another blog post. All I'm saying, is that Taylor Swift is publicly standing up for women. And it's pretty hella awesome. I did use the word recently. That's because, if you have ever listened to some of her older songs, they weren't exactly the nicest to her exes new girlfriends. But that's what makes her even cooler. She's like a real life example of character development. She speaks out against women being mean to women now. She used to not want to be associated with the word feminism at all. But then she learned what it really is, and she changed. What's that mean? You got it. It means she's amazing.
Second off. She's done taking crap from the media. Shown by her 25th birthday tweet:

That's right people. She's not dating anyone. She has statement several times that she is happily single and yet people still refuse to stop trying to lump her with every guy she takes a picture with. In fact her love life has been a pretty popular topic for quite a while now, even though, her personal life and therefore privacy shouldn't be violated the way it always seems to be. It's honestly getting ridiculous. And she's not afraid to say so either.
Thirdly. She's down to earth. People can relate to things she posts on social media. Like pictures of her adorable cat.
And as an added bonus; she's also on Tumblr. That's right. Tumblr. Possibly the best social media type site known to man in this day and age. It makes sense though, seeing as how Tumblr is largely made up of feminism and the LGBT community and such.
And I could go on. But I won't. Because that would feel a bit too obsessive. Anyways. Your take away should be: Taylor Swift is a role model for being able to change who she is for the better, and for letting that new person actually be herself.
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Picture sources:
http://www.justjaredjr.com/photo-gallery/660544/taylor-swift-2014-acm-awards-05/
https://www.fanlala.com/news/taylor-swift-tweets-birthday-wish-media

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Supernatural




As you may or may not know by now Supernatural has just aired its tenth season. How can a show go that long? Well, obviously, it has to be pretty darn tootin awesome. And Supernatural is. It's a show everyone can get into because it's overflowing with multiple genres. Its action packed, thrilling, funny, dramatic, and much more.
 It's the fighting with angels, ghosts, demons, Lucifer himself, and many more unimaginable things that give this show its action base. It can get gory at times, but it usually doesn't go over the top. The classic supernatural gore tends to have the camera pan away when someone gets murdered instead of showing the persons actual death scene and shows blood thrown on a wall or something instead.
It's those said creatures and gore that help give Supernatural a thrilling feeling. It can be pretty scary at times. It isn't only jump scares either, fear can run through an entire episode just because of what kind of monster the characters are dealing with. I tend to be at the edge of my seat, wondering if someone is going to die again.
Although hunting down monsters is the main plot for the first two seasons, it changes during  season three and begins to focus more on saving the world and dealing with character issues.
There are a lot of really funny moments in the episodes that are basically there just to slightly ease up on the tension. The more common, and usually the best, funny times are when there is a miscommunication between humans and angels. (Which usually happens when something pop culture is mentioned because angels don't keep up on that stuff.)
Supernatural does have a lot of drama in it throughout the whole entire show. It ranges from family drama to the end of the world drama, and includes everything in between.
The actors have really good chemistry as well, and it really appears throughout the show and helps make the on screen relationships that much better and realistic.
However, one thing I don't care for about the show, is how the writers don't allow any of the main characters a good, long love life that will last throughout the show. Don't get me wrong, characters have lots of relationships, but none of them last. The two most common reasons for them not working out is because either the characters love interest dies, or the character lets them go because 'they don't get to have a normal life'. Actually, generally all female characters get killed off, and it's something I wish would be changed.
With all of these things, Supernatural is one of my favorite shows. I love how no matter what the main characters go through, no matter how hard a situation can get, you know they'll figure out a way to fix things eventually.







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Sources:
https://www.tumblr.com/search/Dean%20Winchseter
http://www.queenobscene.com.br/2012/04/especial-supernatural.html