Chuck Taylors and The Pillows

I Love Kevin Rose Even More

If you guys have ever been here before, you'll know that I am a huge fan of Kevin Rose. If it wasn't for him I probably would of never learned html or java script, and I never would of been near of interested in computers as I am. I may not even have a blog if it wasn't for him. I would go so far as to call him my one solid role model, he is my main example of what I want to be when I'm out of college. I discovered him on a little show call "The Screen Savers," on a little channel called TechTV(then ZDTV). Not too long ago, TechTV was bought up by the media conglomerate, Comcast. They pursued by merging the station with their own video game network, G4TV. At first I thought this was a good thing, the shows I love get more support from a big company, then all us old TechTV fans learned fast that they didn't buy it to help it. I'm assuming they bought this channel to get the viewers that TechTV has gained over the years and eventually assimilate all the shows into their own. I was a little upset when some of my favorite shows were immediately canceled, but they still kept my two favorites, "The Screen Savers," and "X-Play." Very, Very Recently, "The Screen Savers" was changed drastically, the majority of the hosts were fired and they revamped it into something different. The new show is not the same, I understand that. I do kinda enjoy it, I'm part of their target audience, but I'm also the target audience of Maxim and Spike TV, not exactly the audience you want for a show about technology. Now, I can only watch "The Screen Savers" as a guilty pleasure, like a Spike TV show hosted by Rossi Morreale (but wait, G4TechTV fired him too). I can't watch the show the same way, but with what they turned it into, I don't think I'm supposed to, I really just have to realize that the show I grew to love is gone and I will only watch this new show to see my role models(Kevin Rose and Sarah Lane) and fulfill my guilty pleasure. Now, the reason I love Kevin more now. He actually said this on his blog. He told us that this is not the same show and he understands that it doesn't have what we want. He said in his newsletter that he will try to give us the content we demand. That is really awesome for him to say, I don't know if I could say the same about a show I was a contributer of. Anyway, don't throw Kevin or Sarah any smack, their trying to do what they can, you just can't do much when you're not given much. Don't diss the new hosts either, no matter how bad they are, they probably didn't want to be on a show about computers either. Honestly, I think Kevin Pereira is a talented host, just not for a show like "The Screen Savers." I don't know myself, but I would guess G4 just threw him on the show and he has to live with it. He is also doing the best he can. I know I'll probably get some hate mail from old hardcore fans of the old series, but I understand how you feel, I feel the same way, I just understand that this isn't the on-air talent's fault, any complaints should be forwarded to the higher ups at the network. Thanks Kevin for believing in the fans and never change, Later Days.