TV- entertaining or not?

Today, I want to share with you some reflections on TV and its entertaining role.

As a child, I used to spend several hours in front of a screen, which was nothing exceptional that time, I think. There were so many cartoons and tales worth watching then! My favourite ones were those produced  in the Czech Republic, simple, with basic graphics, which stimulated my imagination. Nowadays,although the variety of tales for children on TV is even greater, they're so detailed and colourful that the youngest are just passive viewers; well, I don't want to say these programmes are void of educational values, but I've got an impression they're not as stimulating&thought-provoking as in the past.

The quality of TV programmes is getting lower and lower in general. At home, I have quite a lot of channels, but there's nothing interesting to watch, really. Maybe I'm a demanding viewer, but come on, who wants to watch some stupid TV series repeating again and again or films which might not be so stupid, but you can't stand even thinking about them as they have been on so many times before... Honestly, I rarely watch TV (I don't have a TV set in Poznań) and when I need some entertainment on Friday evening, I can choose : never-ending commercials/serials for idiots/some weird films I do not want to watch. What do we pay for?!

To sum up: Thanks God I have acces to the Internet.

Looking forward to holidays(or not)

I've been so busy recently, because, as every student know, the exam session is getting closer and closer. I don't know whose idea it was to make poor young people to cram in May and June, when the weather outside enourages us to do just the opposite, but, to be honest, I can't come up with any better solution, so just ignore my complaining :) I just want to add that I  WANT to study, inasmuch as we have quite a lot to learn, including literature and history of France; I really do. Just give me some more time, please... I'm fed up with all homeworks, tests, ect. It may seem that it doesn't take a lot of time to prepare for the courses, but surprisingly I always have something to do. At the moment I'm a frustrated, tired, desponded person; when my dad told me yesterday that in a month there are holidays, I said I wasn't able to think about such distant future. I hope you're more optimistic than me ;)

Elementary, my dear Watson

Today, as you may guess from the title, I'm going to write about someone who has been for years among my favourite book (and film) characters- Sherlock Holmes, created by sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the nineteenth century. He is a genius detective who lives at 221B, Baker Street in London with his friend, dr John Watson.

If I wanted to write even a short description of each story and film adaptation that was inspired by their adventures, I would have to spend hours in front of the computer, so I've decided to confine to the last TV series "Sherlock" which, as my family and friends know very well, I just adore(I've seen all the 9 episodes several times which makes me feel it's nearly an obsession).

It's totally different from every film about Sherlock Holmes produced previously, because it's set in modern London- with skyscrapers, mobile phones, computers, etc. Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a 'consulting detective' (he cooperates with the police) and a 'high-functionning sociopath' as he describes himself. In the first episode, John Watson(Martin Freeman), who has just come back from Afghanistan, becomes his flatmate and this is when an adventure begins. Their characters and dispositions are completely different which is a source of many hilarious situations (for example, when dr Watson opens a fridge to find a human head inside and he express his surprise, Sherlock asks him for tea). 

I do like the way the themes from the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle are used here. For example, the title of each episode is a slightly changed  title of the original case(for instance, instead of "The empty house" there's "The empty hearse"). What may be surprising is that, although in general one episode presents one crime, there are the elements of many others which are mentioned or shortly presented from time to time. It's hard to explain it, you must watch to understand what I mean. 

What else can I add... Action-packed, with great music which suits perfectly to each scene and humorous, it's really worth watching. Of course, I could write much more about this interesting and well-made BBC series, but it's not intention to describe episode after episode, scene after scene. I just want to encourage you all to watch it- even if you feel that detective stories are not your cup of tea, I believe you will like it, as much as I do :)