Comments on: Reality Showdown http://telephonoscope.com/2009/07/24/reality-showdown/ Talking back to the television Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: kvanaren http://telephonoscope.com/2009/07/24/reality-showdown/#comment-15 kvanaren Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:37:30 +0000 http://telephonoscope.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-15 Yeah, the reunion episode was an opportunity for MTV to even further underline their opinion about the subject, which did give the whole episode a strongly pro-adoption bias. It also cracks me up that somehow Dr. Drew has become our go-to therapist for people who have been on TV somewhere else. (If you're a regular person, of course, your only option for nationally televised counseling is Dr. Phil). Yeah, the reunion episode was an opportunity for MTV to even further underline their opinion about the subject, which did give the whole episode a strongly pro-adoption bias. It also cracks me up that somehow Dr. Drew has become our go-to therapist for people who have been on TV somewhere else. (If you’re a regular person, of course, your only option for nationally televised counseling is Dr. Phil).

]]> By: darci http://telephonoscope.com/2009/07/24/reality-showdown/#comment-14 darci Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:34:16 +0000 http://telephonoscope.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-14 I totally agree with you – other than Catelynn, all the moms were super annoying…they either didn’t understand the seriousness of the situation, or wanted to shirk the responsibility, or just played into whatever their idiot boyfriends wanted. Thank goodness for her and Tyler. Thankfully, MTV got it right and realized that this was the one sane couple that should be applauded for their strength. I just channel surfed upon it the other day, and was pleasantly surprised. I only saw the reunion episode, but I think that was enough to sum up the whole season for me – got a nice quick rundown of all the stories, without having to have all the added melodrama. Overall, they did a good job of not glamorizing teen pregnancy, which in itself was a big win, plus Dr. Drew seemed to agree with us as he railed all the other couples pretty hard other than Catelynn and Tyler. Also, this is MTV, so I was paying attention to the music they used, and they actually made some really good song choices in this episode – I love Tokyo Police Club and so glad they featured three of my favorite songs, “Graves,” “Juno,” and “Nursery Academy.” If you liked those songs or this episode, I have them posted at : http://modestcomplexity.blogspot.com/2009/07/16-and-pregnant.html I totally agree with you – other than Catelynn, all the moms were super annoying…they either didn’t understand the seriousness of the situation, or wanted to shirk the responsibility, or just played into whatever their idiot boyfriends wanted. Thank goodness for her and Tyler. Thankfully, MTV got it right and realized that this was the one sane couple that should be applauded for their strength.

I just channel surfed upon it the other day, and was pleasantly surprised. I only saw the reunion episode, but I think that was enough to sum up the whole season for me – got a nice quick rundown of all the stories, without having to have all the added melodrama. Overall, they did a good job of not glamorizing teen pregnancy, which in itself was a big win, plus Dr. Drew seemed to agree with us as he railed all the other couples pretty hard other than Catelynn and Tyler.

Also, this is MTV, so I was paying attention to the music they used, and they actually made some really good song choices in this episode – I love Tokyo Police Club and so glad they featured three of my favorite songs, “Graves,” “Juno,” and “Nursery Academy.” If you liked those songs or this episode, I have them posted at : http://modestcomplexity.blogspot.com/2009/07/16-and-pregnant.html

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