Greater Than: Arias

I'm back folks!  Don't you just hate when real life gets in the way of blogging?  Work has been bananas but I'm going to try my very best to get on here as much as possible.  I still have a ton of theater reviews to put up and quite a few film ones as well (including two that I actually liked!).  I may not be an everyday blogger, but Popinions is going to live on damn it!

In other news....

Pretty Little Liars is on tonight.  Everyone that I know that watches this show is pretty realistic about the fact that it isn't good, yet they are completely addicted.  I call it the cotton candy of television.  I have also been catching up on Game Of Thrones.  Everyone that I know thinks that it is a pretty great show.  It's a beautifully shot and acted soap opera, but I love that kind of thing so I totally agree with them.

You might be wondering what these two vastly different shows have in common.  Well, they both have characters names Aria (Arya).  On Pretty Little Liars, Aria is the worst.  She has pretty much spent the entire run of the show throwing herself at an older (and kind of boring) man/her teacher in the most snoozeworthy way possible (Girl, Pacey Witter would be pissed at you).  She also dresses like a crazy person, which I think is supposed to make her artsy and interesting but really just makes her come off as someone who just escaped from the looney bin who had access to a really stocked 99 cents store.  On Game of Thrones Arya is awesome.  She's a little girl who is more badass than pretty much anyone else on the show.  She is good with a sword and quick with her tongue.  She is the one you really want to root for.

So it must be said:

Arya > Aria

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Greater Than: Sexiest Man Alive

This week People Magazine named Bradley Cooper as the Sexiest Man Alive.  As soon as the announcement been made, people quickly started to protest that Cooper had stolen the title from the true sexiest man alive, Ryan Gosling.  Now normally I would not get all caught up in such shenanigans, but I'm thinking about pinning a flower in my hair and painting a sign because this is one protest I can totally get behind.  Because seriously?

Ryan Gosling > Bradley Cooper

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For real.

Greater Than: Ryan Murphy's Teens

It's kind of amazing how much better a show American Horror story is than Glee.  So much better, in fact, that is seems kind of unfair to compare the two.  We need a much more even playing field here.  And for that, we need to go old school.

From 1999 to 2001, Ryan Murphy presented us with a quirky cast of teens trying to make it through high school.  There was the really dumb blonde.  There was the bitchy mean girl who was masking some serious insecurities.  There was the popular blonde and the unpopular brunette who had feelings for the same dopey guy.  There was an androgynous teacher.  There was a restaurant named after a stale piece of bread. I know it may sound familiar, but Popular wasn't Glee.  It was WAYYY better.

Popular > Glee

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Go find Popular on DVD.  Now.  And there is a new episode of Glee on tonight as well.

Foster The People And A Disclaimer

Honesty time.  I don't have good taste in music.  By this I don't mean that I have bad taste in music, just that it isn't as good as it is in other areas of pop culture.  I can talk to death about the value of a television show, or the beauty of a film or the meaning of a play.  But music is a lot more simple.  I simply like what I like, don't what I don't, and can't really explain why.  I tend to prefer songs that make me feel something, although what that something is can completely vary.  I don't know.  We all have our imperfections.  This is mine.

So when I post about music, there is probably a good chance that you may think I'm crazy.  And maybe I am.  But it is my popinion, so I'm running with it.  It's why I'm using tunes to kick off the new "Greater than" feature of this blog.   Simply put, I'm letting you know that I think one thing is better than another.  And I couldn't think of a better way to kick it off than with the now super overplayed band Foster The People.

Helena Beat > Pumped Up Kicks

Helena Beat

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Pumped Up Kicks

Discuss.