Week 7 Blog Project

Limitless

The current show I am watching on Netflix is Limitless. Only one season has come out and I just watched the 22^nd episode of the season on August 8^th.  This show is classified as a crime tv drama and has an average rating of five stars on Netflix. In this particular episode Brian, the main character, is given NZT, which is a drug that the FBI provides him with as long as he works for them. Meanwhile they are studying him because they think he doesn’t get the side effects like everyone else but little do they do know he gets an immunity shot from Senator Mora and his posy. Sans, the guy that provides Brian’s immunity shot has gone rogue and has captured a girl that Brian is in love with and used to work for Senator Mora. Brian uses NZT to find Piper and arrest Sans. Piper is the only person besides Senator Mora that knows how to make the immunity shot, which Brian is no longer receiving since Sans went rogue. At the end of the episode they capture Sans and the lab blows up and they don’t find Piper, so Brian assumes she is dead. When he returns home at the end of the night, Piper is there and explains that she escaped when the explosion happened and made it out of there with the immunity shot she finally created. It is different than the other immunity shots because she found a way to make it so the shot lasts for life and not for two weeks. She gives it to Brian and explains that she now has to leave so no one finds her. After she leaves the episode ends and this is also the end of the season.

 The creator of the show is Craig Sweeny and some of the main characters are Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

The main character dresses like typical twenty-year old’s. He dropped out of college and was always getting in trouble in high school. He smokes marijuana all the time and just chills at home if he is not working at the FBI. A lot of younger people can relate to him because he has real family issues/life problems. The other main characters are accomplished FBI agents how are very strict and knowledgeable. This show kind of reminds me of Castle. In Castle there is an agent who isn’t actually qualified to be a part of the department but comes along for his books and falls in love with one of the agents much like Brian does.

There are lots of stereotypes in this show. Like I have already said Brain is stereotyped as a college dropout who lives at home with his parents, can’t find a stable job, eats all day, and smokes marijuana. They also stereotype the FBI agents by the way they are all dressed in suits all day, every day. Even when they aren’t at work in the show they are wearing suits. They don’t do anything at work and any of them that attempt to go on dates have a failing love life and can’t get past the first date. I think the creators are targeting people in their twenties that can relate to Brian in some sense or another. If someone from another country watched this they would probably think our government is ran by complete idiots and that half the time they fool around and don’t employee the right people. They would also think that there are people working for the government that are traders or spies.

I think the creators do a really good job at relating this to their typical target audience. Sometimes the show gets a little boring when Brian goes off on his own but then they bring it back by having him do something really insane that gets himself into trouble. I personally enjoyed watching the show and can’t wait for another season to come out. 

Week 9 Blog

Topic 1:

A lot of instances I can think of where eyebrows were raised all involve my parents or an adult. Most of the times kids download music on their phones and play music in their car off an aux cord. Once I started driving I had one in my car and my parents would occasionally ride in the car with either my siblings and I or my friends and I. Of course they disapproved of our "vulgar" music and would always give me "the look" every time. My parents love hip hop music but they don't agree with some of the choices artists today choose to talk about in their songs. It was always somewhat awkward for me when my parents would do this, especially if it was one of my friends playing the music. The two kinds of music I mainly listen to are hip hop and country. Some of my favorite artists are Wiz Khalifa, Keith Urban, and Snoop Dogg.

Topic 2:

I think the idea of these students running a radio station is a great idea. I am very big on getting people to be involved as much as they can be, so I love when students come up with new ideas. I think something they could consider is broadcasting sporting events that are occurring at Linn Benton. They could also come up with some format to produce to different clubs and organizations that will pay them to advertise. I think this is also a big way they can get some funding for it as well. I also think if they were to broadcast things for the school they may consider funding them.

Week 8 Blog

Topic 1

Some of the book on the list of banned books I have read. Some examples are Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gossip Girl, and The Hunger Games. Some of these books do have some sexual scenes in them and can be a bit gory at times. On the other hand I think some of them are appropriate enough for mature children. I think some objections to a few of these book are reasonable, like Fifty Shades of Grey. I know some adult women who don't even think that book is appropriate so I do agree that sometimes books shouldn't be available in the school library. But I do think some of the books are a bit excessive to not have on the list. I read To Kill a Mockingbird my freshman year of high school and I saw no problem with it. Some people say it is too racist for students but I think that it is good to understand that this did happen and is even continuing today in some sense. If you were to look on my bookshelf at home you would find all these books and a lot of Nicholas Sparks books. I am a huge romantic and love to buy the movies too.

Topic 2

I am not a big magazine person. Even when I do go to the dentist or doctors office I don't pick them up. We have our phones now so a lot of people just choose to get on their phone real quick and go through social media while they are waiting. Some magazines that I have read are Cosmopolitan, Better Home and Garden, and Vogue. I like seeing all the different styles they suggest are new and popular. They also usually advertise products that are trending and give reviews on them. I love looking at house decor and different decorating techniques which is why I have chose to pick up Better Homes and Garden in the past. A lot of the reasons I don't read magazines anymore is because I have Pinterest and it is easily accessible from my phone. Most of the products I pay attention to are make up products. They advertise Maybelline a lot and sometimes there are more expensive products like tarte or MAC.