Desensitize
pandora
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Last evening JB and I sat down to have dinner and chose a new show we recorded from the DVR
Rizzoli & Isles. Nice, a new show and its about two attractive smart career gals.
One is a homicide detective, the other a medical examiner.
Cool, this should be good.
Feeling pretty brave as of late watching shows like Saving Grace, Rookie Blue, an occasional Bones or CSI,
I'm confident I can handle this show, though "scary" has never been part of my repertoire.
What I soon found out was that this new show is nothing like those shows.
It opens with a cruel torture, rape, murder, abduction, of a husband and wife,
this in just the first 5 minutes. This portrayed very realistically.
Eating dinner had now become a chore and I was feeling more than a little squirmy.
We debated finding something lighter but thinking we had maybe been through the worse
we should give it a fair shake.
Story-line traces the history of the detective and a serial killer now in prison
who has trained another psychopath to continue in his footsteps, great!
Just what the world and TV needs, more serial killers.
The episode, attempting to take it to the limits, goes on to include Necrophilia.
Was this truly necessary? Bodies being left in the woods to be "visited".
A place my mind just does not want to go to, most especially during dinner, ugh.
Pour some more wine, its just a TV show, but is it really?
No, it's a mirror to the ugly side of the human race, of the human mind.
It's beginning to affect the evening.
Well, we made it through some anxious moments and the entire show.
Good to know the heroine prevailed.
Unfortunately the killer lives on for future torment
being that Rizzoli's morals would not allow her to shoot him in cold blood,
big mistake but good for future episodes.
So here I am to ponder.
I feel things like this and keep them with me far too long,
like a bad dream.
I guess this can be debated as to whether it is good or bad
but I would rather keep the sensitive me.
I would also rather keep the world around me sensitive.
Keep it feeling, caring, keep it shocked by the horrors.
But with each bombardment of a new generation of exceedingly gruesome horror
this seems more unlikely.
It seems likely the human race will continue to become desensitized.
While growing to be less sensitive to the pain and violence against each other
we may slowly even lose this war against evil,
because we must care to win.
Rizzoli & Isles. Nice, a new show and its about two attractive smart career gals.
One is a homicide detective, the other a medical examiner.
Cool, this should be good.
Feeling pretty brave as of late watching shows like Saving Grace, Rookie Blue, an occasional Bones or CSI,
I'm confident I can handle this show, though "scary" has never been part of my repertoire.
What I soon found out was that this new show is nothing like those shows.
It opens with a cruel torture, rape, murder, abduction, of a husband and wife,
this in just the first 5 minutes. This portrayed very realistically.
Eating dinner had now become a chore and I was feeling more than a little squirmy.
We debated finding something lighter but thinking we had maybe been through the worse
we should give it a fair shake.
Story-line traces the history of the detective and a serial killer now in prison
who has trained another psychopath to continue in his footsteps, great!
Just what the world and TV needs, more serial killers.
The episode, attempting to take it to the limits, goes on to include Necrophilia.
Was this truly necessary? Bodies being left in the woods to be "visited".
A place my mind just does not want to go to, most especially during dinner, ugh.
Pour some more wine, its just a TV show, but is it really?
No, it's a mirror to the ugly side of the human race, of the human mind.
It's beginning to affect the evening.
Well, we made it through some anxious moments and the entire show.
Good to know the heroine prevailed.
Unfortunately the killer lives on for future torment
being that Rizzoli's morals would not allow her to shoot him in cold blood,
big mistake but good for future episodes.
So here I am to ponder.
I feel things like this and keep them with me far too long,
like a bad dream.
I guess this can be debated as to whether it is good or bad
but I would rather keep the sensitive me.
I would also rather keep the world around me sensitive.
Keep it feeling, caring, keep it shocked by the horrors.
But with each bombardment of a new generation of exceedingly gruesome horror
this seems more unlikely.
It seems likely the human race will continue to become desensitized.
While growing to be less sensitive to the pain and violence against each other
we may slowly even lose this war against evil,
because we must care to win.
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I love cop shows and suspense movies, I just don't feel I need to witness the gory details of murder or war. I couldn't even watch tropic thunder because of the opening scene with the head.
I agree - the Disney Channel is the best ....
This stuff doesn't bother me, don't ask me why.
I like this detective serial killer, edge of your seat kind of thing, but I'd much rather read about it than see it all over tv.....for three reasons.
one...i don't want to see all the gore, my imagination does it well enough, thank you very much
and second.....the picture i have in my head of the characters always gets ruined when i see the movie/tv show
and third..and MOST importantly..I don't want my grandkids watching this stuff...my kids are grown so they watch what they want...but I notice, that a lot of prime time programming is ALMOST as bad as cable stuff..
Seeing a movie/tv show after I've read the book, ruined! (that's what happened when i read dean koontz's odd thomas series (even if you don't care for koontz's older stuff, you really should check out odd thomas...very cool stuff)....well....i do have to make one exception...the first couple of harry potter (hey ive got kids and grandkids) movies were true to the written versions..and somehow, somehow, they actually got the picture in my head to carry over to the picture on the screen..good one!
anyway, i much prefer paranormal.....possibly realistic stuff that's a bit on the scary/paranormal side without all the blood, guts and gore.... now that stuff scares me a little, especially since ...well, that's for another thread
I DO agree that it doesn't need to be all over the tv
just as i believe that all that SEX doesn't need to be a part of every darned tv show out there.
i mean i know stuff like true blood, etc. is on premium cable, but holy geeeezzuuzzzz freakin keerriiiiissst.....i embarrass my own self watching that stuff sometimes...looking around to see if any of the kids might be peering down the steps...(btw...its not my show..its my daughter's...but anyway)
stuff like that...its all over regular broadcast tv these days too....sex, violence, language, general lack of morals or social values...all over tv...EVEN...or should i say ...ESPECIALLY CARTOONS!
its all way out of hand.
and ever catch a daytime soap or a "talk" show....O.M.G.!
I'm all for free speech, making a buck, freedom in broadcasting or whatever the hell kind of protection it is...but man o man, no wonder our kids are the way they are....for real
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
Might i suggest Phineas and Ferb a wholesome show about : the series follows two kindhearted suburban[1] stepbrothers[2] on summer vacation. Each day the boys do the same exact thing, often bringing them into conflict with their sister, Candace. The series follows a standard plot system; running gags occur every episode, and the B-Plot almost always features Perry the Platypus (A.KA. Agent P), acting as a secret agent to fight an evil scientist named Heinz Doofenshmirtz. The two plots intersect at the end to erase all traces of the boys' project just before Candace can show it to their mother.
Great Musical number in every episode.
Hard to want to hurt someone when watching.
I think show is ALWAYS on in the background at my house. I can sing the whole song............lol.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
oh geez i have to deal with SPROUT
and Barney...ughhhh...I cannot STAND Barney
I think he's probably a pedophile under that purple suit :twisted:
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
Give me a funny movie or TV series any day, I'd much rather laugh...
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
I agree laugh, its good for the soul. I'm gonna remember this and stick to the funnies, that's what I need, it does me good.
I better get with it on the latest cartoons before Grandkids too, I know none of these! :oops:
thanks all for sharing
I like Dean Koontz's older stuff more than any of his new stuff. I started reading his stuff in jr. high. Loved it. I don't like the newer stuff. Boring to me. I LOVE Horror. Movies, books. Love to be scared. Gore for gore? Boring. I love the paranormal stuff too.
That said, seeing any of it in reality would shock and scare the hell out of me. I don't think one is desensitized by seeing it on tv. I am more sensitive now that I'm older to those things but, I still don't think horror has the effect people think it does. Maybe on you but I wouldn't generalize that to everyone. They have to think up new horrible things to do on tv because people get bored of it, on tv. No one would get bored of seeing that stuff in reality. Because I like it on tv doesn't mean i wouldn't care if it was real and happened to someone.
People who get ideas or whatnot from the movies\tv\books, well they were just twisted to begin with and such is life and humanity. They don't need much to get them going in that direction anyhow. Blaming any type of media is a moot point.
I can't wait for the next GOOD scary movie!
"New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."
I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone
"This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
Me to...
Well that and Selena Gomez (Who will be 18 on the 22nd, just sayin').
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Ew, didn't know you could make the disney channel feel slimy.
"New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."
I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone
"This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
It's a gift. I can actually make anything slimy.
For example, the smiley I used, "cool", that's really a perv smiley. Look at it close.
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Is it even creepier considering your av?
"New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."
I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone
"This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
Okay, I'll admit, my daughter's the reason I have to watch the Disney channel. But come on, I gotta enjoy something from it.
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See, I always thought guys with daughters would not be as slimy as those without..... but I guess I might be wrong there.... :?
"New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."
I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone
"This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
UGH. It's better to keep these ugly TV fantasies out of a good mind and soul.
If something is making me feel upset because it's so spiritually ugly, I turn it off. No apologies. :?
{{{{Pandora}}}} <--hugs for Pandi
There was a hot women thread a while back, i put Selena's pic on there, i got ripped by all 400,000 registered user's. Funny thing is i did more to break balls than anything, but she is gona be Beautiful Woman. i like good scripted T.V. with a Moral, like the stuff i grew up with. Your daughter's lucky in one way, i wish i had the Disney channel growing up. Also her dads a PJ fan.
He's playin with you.
Oh I know, or i'd have been a lot meaner
"New music, new friends. Pearl Jam."
I like our socks. I hear we make a fine sock. I always say, You might not love our records, but I think you'll like our socks. - Stone
"This record is us speaking out in class." -EV on PJ
The Backyardigans
Lots of Immagination, singing and songs, but not to annoying! and moral equality between Boy and Girl and different ethnicities, but suttely, not in your face, just matter of fact kind of. Very intelligent childrens programming.
Who's Jeff? What did I miss?
I missed Jeff on here...no way...he's not here...
I'm gullible, I know
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
Psst, the EvenFlow Dude, my evidence, looks like Jeff, if Jeff shaved, he's been here since 2003, Nobody's been here that long!, 7 years very few post, it doesn't take
i used to dislike the backyardigans..but now i kinda like them
they do have some good storylines
and pajanimals...i love "lullabye"
and the kids sing it too.
my "just barely" 2 yo grandson sings it soooo cute every night to me at bedtime
i just love that
jo
http://www.Etsy.com/Shop/SimpleEarthCreations
"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~