Parenthood

Awesome, I can use the blog. :)

Anyway -- don't hate me, but the first time I watched Parenthood on TV, I didn't like it. I thought it was melodramatic. But maybe I just needed to see the pilot, because I liked it yesterday. It's interesting to know that it was a movie first; I didn't know that. Or wait -- does it have completely different characters (or at least actors)? Because I think I have seen part of it. It's interesting that the director felt the need to come back to it. Also interesting because he's dealing with current issues on the TV show -- like autism and sperm donation -- that might not have been as relevant when the movie was made. Maybe that was why he came back to it.

Talking about TV yesterday made me think about soap operas, and how they're so far from having a story that's encapsulated in one episode. I mean, they wear the same clothes for like a week. And have the same storylines for months. And while a lot of it is crazy stuff like baby switching, Days of Our Lives is dealing with autism right now. Yeah. So maybe TV is trying to stay current that way; blogs + the guy in my TV guide are of the opinion that TV is more cutting-edge than film. But doesn't it all play to the masses?

--Meghan.


OK, so watching the movie, the plot was similar. But I noticed that things seemed to be taken less seriously, and this kind of plays into what I said above. I think the TV show was really kind of taking a stand on the issues, while the movie was more about being comedic.