Media RANT

Sometimes I wonder if television and movies run out of ideas. Watching Disney Channel and Nickelodeon with my sisters, I noticed that a lot of these shows deal with teen actors within the show, dancers, musicians, and spoiled rich kids. Though each show has it's own comical factor, the central idea for each has become, in my opinion, a bit cliche. Not only cliche, but a lot of the shows have become increasingly predictable on these channels. You know that everything will work out in the characters' favor. Even though each show has different characters and different conflicts, I can't help but feel bored when watching these channels with my sisters, unless it's Spongebob. I can't handle cheesy actors for show after show. Not only are these kiddish shows becoming cliche, but same are other popular shows. For example, the CSI shows like Bones, CSI (all of those ones..), Hawaii Five-0, Criminal Minds, etc. all revolve around crimes. I know that this is very popular among the population, but I think they're boring. Don't the crimes get old after awhile. One show that I thought was original, however, is Once Upon A Time. Though the characters are based off of well-known fairy tales, I think that the show is great. The characters were all cursed and brought to live in the modern world without remembering anything from their past life. But the curse would be broken upon the chosen one. I like how the show goes back and forth between the present and the past because it shows why they act like they do and it shows how relationships were made in their old life. They not only bring in well-known fairy tales, but also new characters, which gives this show some originality. Although this show is original, it sort of copies the movie Enchanted in it's idea of having a fairy tale character experience life in the modern world.