Sunday, December 17, 2006

Weekend Update

I've got a few more things I wanted to mention.

First, Saturday Night Live sucks. Let me rewind a bit. When Mad TV first came on the air, it was a breath of fresh air. SNL was starting to get stale, and Mad TV filled that late night weekend comedy void. But then around season four or five, Mad TV went right into the toilet. As shitty as SNL was, it was still better than Mad TV.

However, the quality of SNL continued to decline, until the only segment that was consistently funny was Weekend Update. But now, even that's terrible. The whole show's just a wasteland. It's pathetic, really.

In fact, I'd say that Studio 60, which takes a behind the scenes perspective at a late night live comedy show, is far and above better than SNL or Mad TV. The jokes that they do on the "show" are much funnier than the shit those other writers come up with.

Switching gears (hehe, switching gears to talk about a show about racing), there's awesome news about Tim Minear's new series Drive. Nathan Fillion is attached! Check out the blurb over at TV.com. And no, I'm not going to mention the 800 pound gorilla in the room. If we ignore it, maybe it'll go away.

Finally, I've seen a handful of websites and whatnot refer to the Nintendo Wii as a "niche" product. I disagree. The PS3 is a niche product, the Wii most certainly isn't. Nintendo has captured 100% of their base. I would wager that anyone who's ever played a Nintendo product in their lives (and enjoyed it) is going to buy a Wii. Not only that, but I'd also wager that people who have never played video games before are going to buy a Wii.

Shit, it's $250 and it comes with a game. You don't get a game for 600 mother fucking dollars if you buy a PS3, you just get an overhyped piece of shit that plays Blu-Ray discs. You don't get a game for 400 goddamn dollars if you buy a 360, you just get what appears to be a quality gaming machine until it implodes 2 weeks after your warranty runs out. But for 250 bucks, you get a compact little box with a game (technically, it's like 5 games in 1) that kids and adults alike can enjoy. That's not a fucking niche, assholes.

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