Usually I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I noticed that there are two things I missed from the Mexican version: CNN en Español and Mexican football programmes.
Good luck trying to get those in Finland.
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Contrapunto
De pura casualidad durante mi visita en México me encontré un programa de discusión y análisis de tópicos de política y economía nacional llamado Contrapunto, el cual por desgracia ya ha sido cancelado. En esta ocasión la conductora y los invitados discutieron sobre el balance de México en 2007 y las perspectivas para 2008. Me quedo con los siguientes puntos:
- Aunque la economía mexicana se ha mostrado fuerte durante el año, está por ver qué tanto resistiría una probable recesión en Estados Unidos, dada la fuerte interacción comercial entre ambos países.
- Las reformas que necesita el país siguen (y seguirán) estancadas, y seguiremos con medidas a la Frankenstein.
- Aún así, no ha habido un colapso como se esperaba después de un 2006 tan crispado.
Unreal Mexican TV
I've heard before criticism of Mexican TV saying that the actors and acresses there depicted have very little in common with the average Mexican (if there is such a thing). I think it shows a certain aspirational aspect of the Mexican psyche, where being fair skinned is desired.
Mexicans use TV to escape, not to see themselves the way they are.
Pearls from YouTube
Comparing this with, say, Big Brother, it’s no wonder that people are starting to spend more time online than watching TV. Even when the original content comes from TV.
Ponchito
Hoy estaba divagando un poco y me topé con la ya bastante antigua página de los personajes de Andrés Bustamante, cómico mexicano, en Ponchito.com.
Dueño de un humor fino y no tan vulgar y gastado como el de otros cómicos como Eugenio Derbez, es sin lugar a dudas mi favorito. Lástima que no he visto sus programas en mucho tiempo, aunque algunos de sus sketches con personajes como el Dr. Chun Ga, el Hooligan o el profesor Greco Morfema están disponibles en YouTube.
Quotes for tonight
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition should be callled Pimp my House (including low-rider hydraulic systems)"
–Chiva Congelado
"Maybe the reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is…
… that you haven't given them anything else to care about."
Yes, my current interests are that diverse…
I can’t believe it…
But I'm watching the Eurovision semifinals from Helsinki. And I'm actually quite moved by the small clips between performances.
Hard Rock Hallelujah!
Update: 2 of my favourites didn't go through to the finals: Andorra & Belgium… the annoying acts of Belarus & Slovenia went through instead. However, 2 that did go though that I liked were Georgia & Serbia. Now let's see what do the finals have in store, as there are some contestants like Germany that seem to have some interesting stuff.
You know a Champions League match is important
When you can see it in 4 different channels in TV…
TV series: Heroes
Yesterday I had to stay at home doing a project for my marketing class instead of going to my French lesson, and since I finished early I turned on the TV.
Luckily for me, they had the season’s beginning of Heroes, a TV series with a super hero premise straight out of the comic book tradition. As corny as it may sound, the plot is quite engrossing and the quality of the series is really good.
Pity that it is on Mondays at the same time as my French class. I’ll have to get the DVDs when they’re out.
There’s too much violence on TV
That’s why I seldom watch it these days.