I could do with a mask about now

[threemonkeys]

I had to go to Auckland for work today. Pretty routine except for one observation - I didn't take a book with me to read at the airport/on the plane. The problem is that the book which I am part way through has the words "the next Da Vinci Code" written on the cover. I just couldn't show myself in public with a book displaying those words - almost as bad as appearing in public with the real thing. In my defence, it was a gift and it isn't as bad as that line might indicate. I'll tell you more when (if) I finish it.

Unlike me, some people are quite happy to embarrass themselves in public. Heck I know people who will state in public that the are fans of the old Knight Rider. Amazingly some do so without invoking either "retro kitsch" or "formative childhood years" as justification. I make no such claims - it was on, there was nothing else and it was sort of SF so I watched it. But even then it was pretty damn cheesy. A lot of shows were like that back then - look at Battlestar Galactica. Cheesiness does not have the appeal that it used to in drama - the reality TV market has soaked up all those susceptible eyeballs. So when BSG was resurrected, there is only the faintest odour of a certain milk product and the show is great. Why oh why then when they remade Knight Rider have they made it just as cheesy, just as unlikely, just as stupid as the original - hell, the Hoff even has a cameo. So who out there is going to stand proud and proclaim their love for this new version - I just know one or two of you will.

In related news, no new post-strike episodes of The Bionic Woman will be made. It's dead Jim.

Comments

[littenz.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I have a couple of books on the go at once for the very purpose of hiding the embarrassment of reading one of them in public. Other times I am I just don't want to damage a good book by lugging it around.

Not surprised that "Bionic Woman" popped its cogs (or debooted). It was so plodding and precious - like "Alias" without the unintentional humour.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Back when I used to travel a lot more, I did have a pile of books specifically for reading on planes. They were scruffy (second hand) slim volumes that were neither embarrassing nor boring. I read a lot of PK Dick books on planes.

[littenz.livejournal.com]

I lament the passing of the thin paperback that fitted so well the inner pockets of my jackets. The tomes of today barely fit into the outer pocket of my knapsack.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

That was another factor in not taking my current read - it being largish and my bag being full of work related stuff. As you know, I use ASIMs for plane reading these days if I have an unread one on hand as they are easy to fit in pocket/bag. No such unread one at the moment.