dunder mifflin, this is laura.: The Emmys 2009 - changing technologies! Is TV safe?

Rather predictably, I am an awards show fan. So naturally, my friend Bay and I had a date with The Emmys live this morning. We were all geared up at 10am for the Red Carpet Show and then BAM. Straight into the actual ceremony. "WHAT?" I hear you all gasp. NO RED CARPET SHOW! Outrage right?

But then I thought: "hey I can just watch all the interviews/view all the photos on the internet later".

And then I had ANOTHER thought: "WHAT IF THE INTERNET IS THE REASON WHY THERE IS NO RED CARPET SHOW?" Are things like red carpet shows and even the awards ceremonies themselves now being phased out because people would rather read the quick list of winners and view the celeb dresses/suits online at their own leisure? I just sat and watched red carpet interviews on YouTube and checked out the fashion in photo galleries on various websites and it was a very tedious experience, waiting for things to load. It's sort of static too. When you watch the awards, it's all planned out for you, you just sit and watch the interviews, the celebs lining up in front of the cameras on the red carpet. On the internet you are constantly stopping and starting, pressing play, pressing next. It's quite annoying.

Part of the fun of awards shows is sitting and watching the red carpet with friends or family, mocking the heinous outfits, celebrating when your favourites win or hating when they don't! It's an interactive thing to do and enjoy with your fellow human beings! It should be relaxing! It shouldn't be a solitary activity on the internet. That is that. I'm sure other people feel this way about types of shows that they like too.

I'm thinking this topic might be something I should consider for my essay, as it's something I feel pretty passionate about. Hmmm...

There was some more food for thought during the Emmys too! Who'd have thought The Emmys would be such an intellectually stimulating experience, right? One of the writers from Mad Men commented in his acceptance speech that he isn't afraid of the internet taking over, because it just means having more choice in things to write/create. Which I suppose makes sense, I think everything just needs to have their place, you know, TV shows remaining on TV etc. If that makes sense... I think what I mean is that some technologies should NOT converge. Like we shouldn't eventually watch TV shows on our mobiles. TV should be a shared experience.

I dunno, maybe I'm just stuck in the past. One day I plan on writing for a TV show and I'd like the medium to still be alive when I get there!

Anyway, here are my favourite dresses of the awards!