Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Hi Definition and Pron

I was watching a Hi def broadcast of football and I marvelled at the clarity of the picture. i could see which loose lipped commentators had too much makeup. I actually recommend makeup for all white people in HD broadcasts. Some of them be looking blotchy when they get excited. It is wierd to watch someone go red in 720p 50 inch screen. Pretty wierd.

Sports is soo cool especially football. Seeing the whole field and being able to tell a first down even before the refs can is pretty cool. Closeups of  replays are also awesome. Basketball is equally cool too. Being able to see EVERY sweat drop is pretty useless but cool nonetheless.

I then read an article on how Hollywood is concerned about HD because it exposes some of the beauty tricks that actors and actresses use to keep looking young. Rather interesting I think. I wish that chick from Desperate housewives will finally accept the fact that she is old and needs to do it gracefully. Teri Hatcher!! Dats her name. She and Vivica Fox need to get the memo and age gracefully.  Why does Vivica insist on the A in her name? we supposed to think she is a fox ? Wierd.
 
Anyway, as my mind wandered on the ramifications of HD TV viewing, I thot about another video entertainment avenue that would be affected by HD. Porn. Porn has been attributed to being the fore runner of a lot of Internet commerce technologies. I have even postulated that Porn would indicate the new HD video medium the US will take. I don't think so anymore but porn on HD is slightly scary.
 
Why is it scary? Simple. it is vulgar as it is in normal video, the thot of a genital closeup in HD sounds revolting. Every blemish,scar and spot will be on display for their viewers to see. Given the umm.. vigorous nature off their business, i think it would be cumbersome to continually reapply body makeup  to cover the multiple tramp stamps one might have.

Isn't there a great irony in that porn revels in showing the most intimate of acts for viewing and yet a medium that shows more gives them pause? I thought that porn might play a role in helping selecting the next HD format but it looks like the studios dealt the killing blow this time.  Maybe Porn has grown too much and become so much corporation  to innovate like it used to.

1 comment:

Don said...

My boys were talking about it the other day, the whole porn in HD-DVD should be cancelled.