I find myself wondering how can adults perform kids shows. Cartoons I get because its just a voice, but things like the Wiggles, Blue's Clues, and the freaking "Doodlebops" make me question the sanity of the performers. More than them though are the parents who enjoy watching the shows with their kids too.
Maybe I am just a bad parent, but Steve from Blue's Clues seems to be just a few IQ points short of being on level with the nationally recognized IQ of a retard. I guess that's what it takes to "connect" with pre-school kids. The Doodlebops are right there with him, but they have magic on their show which seems to make it even worse in my opinion. At least I can always believe that Steve is just tripping balls which is why his salt and pepper shaker talk and had a baby named Paprika.
I have done some stupid things before, but I have never been that wasted.
On the subject of "WTF" are you thinking, how many times have you caught yourself watching a movie or TV show and thought "Nobody is that stupid." and then proceeded to watch the character on the show do something that no person in real life would ever do. And yet, people who make TV and movies seem to think we identify with these morons and their bad decisions so they keep making this stuff. Prime example, any old Bond villain. For fucks sake, you already have him, just shoot his ass and be done with it. "But NO! I want to tell you exactly what my plans are and then make some rube goldberg machine that has so many flaws a toddler could escape in order to kill you Mr. Bond."
(Does anyone smell popcorn?)
When a guy mugs you or car jacks you, they don't come up with some intricate plan, they just put a knife or gun in your face and say "Give me!" Note the car jacker or mugger almost never gets defeated because his plan was too complicated. He usually gets caught because he's just stupid.
People running in the woods to get away from the bad guy all deserve to die don't they? You are a high school track star and the creepy guy is in a wheel chair, but some how he catches up because you tripped on a twig and stubbed your big toe. Now you can't move at all so you are screwed. Maybe you should have tried going up some stairs to get away or just run somewhere off the main paved trail you fucking idiot. Just a thought. Honestly, I don't know that anyone has ever been chased in the woods by a person on a wheel chair, but I wouldn't put it past TV/movie makers to come up with something that absurd.
I look forward to the day when there is a movie or TV show in which the characters end up in a random situation and they do what a "normal" person would instead of something stupid like taking a life boat from a stranded cruise ship to "go find help".
I guess I will be looking for a LONG TIME.
Pick up the movie Behind The Mask:The Rise of Leslie Vernon. It explains why the killers in slasher mvoes can catch up to people running flat out in the woods. 1, they train like Olympic Athaleats when not on killing sprees, and 2, they booby trap the woods with oil and greese just under the leaves so you can't see it or get enoough traction to keep running.
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