Xmas Telly....!?!?
27 December 2013, 11:17 AM
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Xmas Telly....!?!?
Is it me, or has telly programming this Xmas been utterly abysmal?
I know we live in a world of multi channel TV, yada yada... But even so, the telly on the five main 'national' channels has been truly uninspiring, to say the least. Most of it looks like it's just any other day's telly, any time of the year.
Humbug!!
Hell, I'm even surprised ITV1/2/3/4 didn't do its usual 'party trick' of airing Liar Liar for days on end.
Highly inadequate lol.
I know we live in a world of multi channel TV, yada yada... But even so, the telly on the five main 'national' channels has been truly uninspiring, to say the least. Most of it looks like it's just any other day's telly, any time of the year.
Humbug!!
Hell, I'm even surprised ITV1/2/3/4 didn't do its usual 'party trick' of airing Liar Liar for days on end.
Highly inadequate lol.
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27 December 2013, 11:45 AM
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We live in a time where morons dictate the TV output. The most popular programmes are the soaps and reality TV with an occasional period drama and something like Dr Who thrown in.
Therefore the TV companies feed the moronic masses rather than any of us with a brain!
I just watch movies, series like Breaking Bad and Walking Dead and the occasional documentary on Discovery as mainstream TV is dumbed down sh1te for the most part!
WTF BBC are doing with the tax we pay them is beyond me these days!
Therefore the TV companies feed the moronic masses rather than any of us with a brain!
I just watch movies, series like Breaking Bad and Walking Dead and the occasional documentary on Discovery as mainstream TV is dumbed down sh1te for the most part!
WTF BBC are doing with the tax we pay them is beyond me these days!
27 December 2013, 12:07 PM
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Totally.
The whole catering for the lowest common denominator. A race to the bottom.
Do you remember, for example, those insightful and sometimes techie docos from the likes of Equinox, Arena, et al? There was a really excellent one on F1 turbo engines, way back in the day (go check it out on YT). No music. No distracting camera angles. Just Martin Jarvis' dulcet tone delivering nothing but a narrative of pure fact. It was fascinating.
(Albeit, not particularly 'Xmassy' lol).
Can you ever imagine anything like that being commissioned these days!
Gutting.
The whole catering for the lowest common denominator. A race to the bottom.
Do you remember, for example, those insightful and sometimes techie docos from the likes of Equinox, Arena, et al? There was a really excellent one on F1 turbo engines, way back in the day (go check it out on YT). No music. No distracting camera angles. Just Martin Jarvis' dulcet tone delivering nothing but a narrative of pure fact. It was fascinating.
(Albeit, not particularly 'Xmassy' lol).
Can you ever imagine anything like that being commissioned these days!
Gutting.
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27 December 2013, 12:18 PM
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No. I agree.
We were out on the Christmas Day at mother in-law's, where we watched some of our own Laurel and Hardy videos. TV programming itself was cr@p. The only gripping thing was Eastenders that MIL watches, where Genine (sp) gets nicked after so much of unnecessary build up that I could have punched David on MIL's TV screen!
Since then, I've tried TV a few times at ours. Hopeless.
Mind you, just before Christmas I did see two good things quite late on TV. One was a story of some very hypocritical Irish Catholic nuns where they make some outlaw (?) girls' life terribly miserable. Another one was Mr. Khan's Christmas Special, which was a hilarious satire. My son and his dog brought some very grim, real story based film in to watch yesterday, in which an Iranian woman gets stoned to death.
I didn't want to watch it, certainly not on Boxing Day. But there was nothing decent on telly.
I'm now glad that I feel better, I have some work to do, and some people to see. Sod TV.
We were out on the Christmas Day at mother in-law's, where we watched some of our own Laurel and Hardy videos. TV programming itself was cr@p. The only gripping thing was Eastenders that MIL watches, where Genine (sp) gets nicked after so much of unnecessary build up that I could have punched David on MIL's TV screen!
Since then, I've tried TV a few times at ours. Hopeless.
Mind you, just before Christmas I did see two good things quite late on TV. One was a story of some very hypocritical Irish Catholic nuns where they make some outlaw (?) girls' life terribly miserable. Another one was Mr. Khan's Christmas Special, which was a hilarious satire. My son and his dog brought some very grim, real story based film in to watch yesterday, in which an Iranian woman gets stoned to death.
I didn't want to watch it, certainly not on Boxing Day. But there was nothing decent on telly. I'm now glad that I feel better, I have some work to do, and some people to see. Sod TV.
27 December 2013, 12:19 PM
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Totally.
The whole catering for the lowest common denominator. A race to the bottom.
Do you remember, for example, those insightful and sometimes techie docos from the likes of Equinox, Arena, et al? There was a really excellent one on F1 turbo engines, way back in the day (go check it out on YT). No music. No distracting camera angles. Just Martin Jarvis' dolcent tone delivering nothing but a narrative of pure fact. It was fascinating.
(Albeit, not particularly 'Xmassy' lol).
Can you ever imagine anything like that being commissioned these days!
Gutting.
The whole catering for the lowest common denominator. A race to the bottom.
Do you remember, for example, those insightful and sometimes techie docos from the likes of Equinox, Arena, et al? There was a really excellent one on F1 turbo engines, way back in the day (go check it out on YT). No music. No distracting camera angles. Just Martin Jarvis' dolcent tone delivering nothing but a narrative of pure fact. It was fascinating.
(Albeit, not particularly 'Xmassy' lol).
Can you ever imagine anything like that being commissioned these days!
Gutting.
as you say distracting camera angles +1
Mart
27 December 2013, 12:24 PM
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Totally.
The whole catering for the lowest common denominator. A race to the bottom.
Do you remember, for example, those insightful and sometimes techie docos from the likes of Equinox, Arena, et al? There was a really excellent one on F1 turbo engines, way back in the day (go check it out on YT). No music. No distracting camera angles. Just Martin Jarvis' dulcet tone delivering nothing but a narrative of pure fact. It was fascinating.
(Albeit, not particularly 'Xmassy' lol).
Can you ever imagine anything like that being commissioned these days!
Gutting.
The whole catering for the lowest common denominator. A race to the bottom.
Do you remember, for example, those insightful and sometimes techie docos from the likes of Equinox, Arena, et al? There was a really excellent one on F1 turbo engines, way back in the day (go check it out on YT). No music. No distracting camera angles. Just Martin Jarvis' dulcet tone delivering nothing but a narrative of pure fact. It was fascinating.
(Albeit, not particularly 'Xmassy' lol).
Can you ever imagine anything like that being commissioned these days!
Gutting.
Mart
27 December 2013, 12:42 PM
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The problem is simple.
1970: four channels, 40 interesting NEW programmes made per week = 10 per channel.
2013: TWO HUNDRED channels, 40 or less interesting NEW programmes made per week = 0.2 per channel. Now you can't show 0.2 of a programme, so FOUR MORE channels are showing sh!te even when the one has a decent one on...
There is no end in sight, sorry.
1970: four channels, 40 interesting NEW programmes made per week = 10 per channel.
2013: TWO HUNDRED channels, 40 or less interesting NEW programmes made per week = 0.2 per channel. Now you can't show 0.2 of a programme, so FOUR MORE channels are showing sh!te even when the one has a decent one on...
There is no end in sight, sorry.
27 December 2013, 12:44 PM
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I do. 
But as F1 eludes to, if nobody else, then the BBC at least, has a duty to satisfy its, ahem, 'forced customers', as regards its regular scheduling. There simply seems to be no effort shown whatsoever.
Not good enough.
But as F1 eludes to, if nobody else, then the BBC at least, has a duty to satisfy its, ahem, 'forced customers', as regards its regular scheduling. There simply seems to be no effort shown whatsoever.
Not good enough.
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27 December 2013, 12:48 PM
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The problem is simple.
1970: four channels, 40 interesting NEW programmes made per week = 10 per channel.
2013: TWO HUNDRED channels, 40 or less interesting NEW programmes made per week = 0.2 per channel. Now you can't show 0.2 of a programme, so FOUR MORE channels are showing sh!te even when the one has a decent one on...
There is no end in sight, sorry.
1970: four channels, 40 interesting NEW programmes made per week = 10 per channel.
2013: TWO HUNDRED channels, 40 or less interesting NEW programmes made per week = 0.2 per channel. Now you can't show 0.2 of a programme, so FOUR MORE channels are showing sh!te even when the one has a decent one on...
There is no end in sight, sorry.
Like Marmite. Spread very thinly. Diluted.
Ergo, 90% of TV at any given moment is repeats, filler...... utter tripe.
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27 December 2013, 06:43 PM
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Certainly, 'reality'-****ing-TV has a lot to answer for.
Who would've thought, at the time, that the first Big Brother, which was a well-meaning social experiment, would've spawned all the **** reality stuff we see today. And its equally **** FB/Twitter-bothering devout 'disciples'.
Who would've thought, at the time, that the first Big Brother, which was a well-meaning social experiment, would've spawned all the **** reality stuff we see today. And its equally **** FB/Twitter-bothering devout 'disciples'.
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27 December 2013, 07:13 PM
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Last year I settled back to an opera, on BBC 2 I think,was actually quite entertaining evening viewing
This year we relied on good ole Morecambe & Wise.
This year we relied on good ole Morecambe & Wise.
27 December 2013, 07:29 PM
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It's not as if I can simply forget the **** TV, and just revel in The Ashes instead; such is England's apparent downfall.
Although, yesterday/today, they did have their best day (with the ball) in the series, to date.
Like that's some crumb of comfort. : rolleyes:
Although, yesterday/today, they did have their best day (with the ball) in the series, to date.
Like that's some crumb of comfort. : rolleyes:
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27 December 2013, 07:39 PM
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I had to pay for a film last night (which broke my fecking heart) on Sky Store because there was nothing to watch and I had watched everything I had previously recorded, not impressed considering it was Boxing Day.
I really dislike having to pay BBC money to entertain the low lifes as well with silly reality shows which I can't stand. I bet half the low life scumbags who watch that sh1te don't even have TV licenses either!
I really dislike having to pay BBC money to entertain the low lifes as well with silly reality shows which I can't stand. I bet half the low life scumbags who watch that sh1te don't even have TV licenses either!
27 December 2013, 07:44 PM
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I'm sure I just seen liar liar somewhere on the EPG lol
The guy Martin program is the only thing I'm looking forward to watching tbh, even worlds strongest man has gotten off to a slow start
Mick
The guy Martin program is the only thing I'm looking forward to watching tbh, even worlds strongest man has gotten off to a slow start
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27 December 2013, 07:46 PM
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Yup, ask me to throw a couple of thousand at my car and I'll tell you it's a fantastic idea and I should have done it sooner, ask me to spend £4.49 on a film and it's like getting me to donate a kidney.
It's a funny old world lol.
27 December 2013, 08:10 PM
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What was good though, was a section in last night's King of Speed. The bit when Idris Elba was being hooned around the closed streets in that NASCAR, er, car.
It was awesome; the almost instantaneous immediacy of the huge acceleration and the roar of that V8 monster was intoxicating.
Damn, I really wanna have a go in one - the ultimate hairy-arsed blokes' car. How much fun did that look - what a hoot.
It was awesome; the almost instantaneous immediacy of the huge acceleration and the roar of that V8 monster was intoxicating.
Damn, I really wanna have a go in one - the ultimate hairy-arsed blokes' car. How much fun did that look - what a hoot.
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28 December 2013, 07:47 AM
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What was good though, was a section in last night's King of Speed. The bit when Idris Elba was being hooned around the closed streets in that NASCAR, er, car.
It was awesome; the almost instantaneous immediacy of the huge acceleration and the roar of that V8 monster was intoxicating.
Damn, I really wanna have a go in one - the ultimate hairy-arsed blokes' car. How much fun did that look - what a hoot.
It was awesome; the almost instantaneous immediacy of the huge acceleration and the roar of that V8 monster was intoxicating.
Damn, I really wanna have a go in one - the ultimate hairy-arsed blokes' car. How much fun did that look - what a hoot.
Good on the Yanks to let something like that loose on the streets in public, if they had tried that here there would not have been pedestrian or member of the public for six miles through stupid HSE crap.