Thursday, October 31, 2019
The Morgue ep 105 SPECIAL EP. MTV conspiracy
Hi welcome back to the MORGUE Today is Halloween so what better way to kick off the holiday like a special holiday bonus episode. Today we will be talking about the MTV conspiracy. Now this conspiracy theory is one about television as a whole. Every one that grew up with 80's MTV will always say that this was the golden age of MTV, then you can look at the next and even the next decade thought that there MTV was the better. This is not only evident for MTV but also Cartoon network. Cartoon Network has some surprisingly dark tones in some of there TV shows like Adventure Time and Regular Show. Now the shows themselves are not dark on their own, but they can include sub plots or characters that mean a more darker meaning than one would think. One repeating dark theme in all theses cartoons is in their final season the big bad guy isn't a typical bad guy. He's some big corporate guy telling them that they can't do the show anymore until they prove why they should continue. This is extremely evident in the final season of The Amazing World of Gumball were this is the main plot of many episodes in that season. I think this explains why were never satisfied with TV like we were when we grew up with it. As much as these show runners these creators want to keep their passion going they can't because ultimately the big man who cuts the checks decides what gets to be shown. Now this makes it seem like we should attack the big man right? Well no we should be mad with ourselves because we tell the big man what we want to see. These creators want to keep making these shows but because the general mass wants something new and bold we then cut off these versions of television we love. Now your probably asking yourself how is this scary and that is because the older we get the less satisfied with television we'll be. Tv will never be the same.
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This is a really interesting take on how both businesses and the general public control and almost limit what entertainment and information is available to society. What has led you to look into this particular topic?
ReplyDeleteI got into this subject by simply watching cartoons network and MTV. It eventually lead to me picking up on how my parents vs other teens reacted to 2010's MTV vs when they grew up. Cartoon Network has almost always had this thread, so it naturally made me curious.
DeleteThis is a cool way to look at it. I can see how this would relate to myself. I used to love TV and watched it all the time. Nowadays I barely turn on or sit in front of the TV. If I'm in front of a TV it's usually to play PS4 or something and I don't get into TV shows like I used to.
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