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Josh Hewitt's post : Comment I
Rachel Conner's post: Comment II
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Thanks for Dr. Nelson’s recommendation. I found lots of useful articles to read even though I am still not so familiar with these successful critics. These the link of the articles I read.

Manohla Dargis - The Living Is Easy; The Women Are Missing

Seth Schiesel- Allowing Players to Assume the Ultimate Role: Game Creators

Brian Stelter & Bill Carter- In Shift, Ads Try to Entice Over-55 Set

 

Fist of all, I read Manohla Dargis’s The Living Is Easy; The Women Are Missing. I like this article because it reminds me one of the famous topics in my last quarter classes is the women character’s position in media industry. I just saw Super 8 last week, one of the woman character in that movie Allce Dalnard goods at acting and strong fight with her sad life in the beginning of movie but she just kidnapped by the alien suddenly and becomes a weak girl who needs to be saved. Does woman characters always need to be victim and help the man heroes to exaggerate their power? The protagonist’s sister exists only for a reason that is seducing the camera store assistance in order to let him drive her brother back to town to rescue the girl. Again, women characters show in movie only because sexual reason. I don’t think it’s good for society because the huge influences from television.  

The second article that I read is wrote by Seth Schiesel. It looks like a review of the video game Little Big Planet 2. I used to addict to the Little Big Planet 1 but I gave it up since there were not big update coming out. I think the Little Big Planet 2 makes a big change about the interaction between the game and player. I think the reason why Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii can defeat Playstation 3 easily because they focus on interaction more than Sony does. The consumers prefer to buy a game that can raise friends or family’s interactive entertainments rather just sit in front of screen and play the role alone. Little Big Planet 1 has already broken out the original game style from Sony but the Little Big Planet 2 add the creating mode that make player can play and develop the game at the same time. That’s an interesting and smart innovative. I really want to Gamestop immediately after I read that article. 

The third article- In Shift, Ads Try to Entice Over-55 Set is about the new closer connection between older audiences and advertising company& media market. I agree this article because I never think media can less focus on older audiences. In stead, they are the loyal audiences and power consumers. They usually have a fixed time to watch television. I think they just spend money on media smarter and more discreetly cautious than young people. The advertising and marketing companies just need to have more credible and sincere promoting ways to make them spend money. 

Response to Articles on Slate

I used to think Television criticism has to be objective and based the main elements of TV criticism such as the story lines, camera angle, the rating, some extra meaning behind the show and etc.. I also thought the critic pointed only to the whole show, the whole production team or actors. Alan Sepinwall's new criticism way changed my mind. The week-to-week commentary focused on details of show more than other. It required more fully understand of the show such ad the rabid fans have. I though the criticism became subjective now. The TV critics are not only being a viewer but  also only being a fan to write comprehensive and attractive comments. The TV shows update every week and the quality of every season changes quickly due to variety complex reasons. Hense, the TV changes to week-to-week can catch the processing of shows more tightly.
I clicked the link about Maureen Ryan. In the first article The TV Guide, Ryan was introduced as a successful critic so I viewed lots of his commentaries through the link. The newest commentary that he posted was about the come back season of True Blood. I can realize Ryan has followed every seasons of this show and he didn't like the third season obviously. He compared the new changes of new season to third season and recaps some attractive story line for the readers. He was writing the commentary as an audiences but not critics. He is a great example of using the new way to write commentaries like Alan Sepinwall. I like reading his article.

Responses for Classmates' posts

Here are the links of my responses on Cory and Matt's blogs.

Comment I
Comment II

Have a goooood day guys :)  !!!

★★★★★★ My Media Profile ★★★★★★

1. Shows you’re watching these days, since school’s been out:
                  - The Voice (I like the different rule of the competition. )
                  - White Collar
                  - Pretty Little Liars (I don't like it actually.)
2. Peripheral Shows--shows you watch because someone else in the house (significant other, parent, roommate) watches them:
                  - American Idol (The fans are so crazy but they did influence me to follow the competition.)
                  - Dancing With The Star (Since my friend's mother went to see the live of this show, she never stopped asking me to see it with her every episode!! )
                  - Big Bang Theory (I am totally confused about all physics in it but I love Sheldon! )
3. Guilty No-Gos--Shows you think you should watch (because critics like them or your friends like them) but don’t:
                   - Two and a Half Man
                   - Mad Man
                   - The Daily Show 
4. Guilty Pleasures: 
                   - Big Bang Theory
                   - Gossip Girls
5. All-Time Favorites-- shows you’ll watch in re-runs even though you’ve seen them many times before:
                   - Heros
                   - Lost
                   - Sex and the City (Since I watched the movie, I went back to watch all seasons of this show)
6. Shows I Used to Like, But Not So Much Anymore:
                  -  Gossip Girls
                  -  Grey's Anatomy
                  -  True Blood
                  -  Ugly Betty
                  -  The Secret of Call Girl
                  -  Bones
                  -  Family Guy
7. Shows I  Resisted for a Long Time, But Now I’m a Fan!
                  - CSI (all series) 
                  - Lie to Me
                  - Big Bang Theory
                  - Vampire Dairies
8. I Would Rather Eat Charcoal Than Watch These Shows:
                 - The Secret Life of The American Teenager
                 - 16 & Pregnant 
                 - The Real Housewives 
9.Shows that I like but have been cancelled:
                 - Heros!
 And I am also watching Nikita now. I am kind of addict of detective shows such CSI and Lie to Me. Also I am used to be fan of reality shows but I hate them now. I am personally think they are boring and only media hypes.  That's all. Hope all you guys have fan in summer !
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