As often I am an odd man out as I have never paid for any pay-TV networks or streaming piss services at all. I DO have cable, but then my family always had it since the closest TV station antennae were mostly 50 miles away as we lived in a valley.Imagine the excitement as a young boy when we had THREE channels.
Now I have more channels I do NOT WANT than I do - this by the way is why cable companies should allow channels to be à la carte, but of course the reason they never will is money and the cable companies would find out damn quickly that most people do not want 300 channels, or even 100.Most could easily get by with 25 at the most.But of course the money that the networks pay the cable companies to carry their channels, with the exception of the terrestrial 'local' channels under the ''must-carry'' rules of the FCC is the main reason à la carte will never happen.
I often smile and laugh when I see all these streaming services. It reminds me of the Monty Python sketch where George Bernard Shaw, referring to the Peince of Wales, says ''Your Majesty is like a stream of bat's piss''.I often look at what they are offering and see onlu one of two on each 'service', so why would I spend shitloads of money to get all things. I have resigned myslef to the fact that in the remaining years I have left I will never see all the films or shows that I want to see, although more importantly to me, I will never hear all the music I want to hear, inclduing some of which I have.
What I think about this strike is that it IS absolutely needed by the writers and all the other people that work in these media. But I do NOT Think this wil; ultimately make TV and movies any better.Peopl my forget or not know about United Artists - the original company was created in 1919 by aand for actors by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks.This group did not want to depend on commercial studios. But eventually, In 1967, United Artists was bought by Transamerica Corporation.
My feeling is that eventually a number of these streams of bat's piss will fold as more and more actors see that they are being cheated, as will the public also.
In my career as a letter carrier, I heard many pups baying at my heels/ from behind fences. It was generally more high-pitched and frantic than "mung-mung," but I can neither confirm nor deny that some of the breathier, bass-ier specimens may have "mung-munged" once or twice.
I thought so too -- specifically in the context of TFG -- but The Apprentice, which was by no means the first reality show prime-time gameshow, premiered in 2004. I think it was the relative success of them, that made the producers think they could get by with the Writers for a while.
I learned a thing today about the last writers’ strike. Breaking Bad was in its first season and had planned 9 episodes but had to cut back to 7 because of the strike. Show runner Vince Gilligan said he had planned to kill off one of the main characters, either Jesse or Hank, in the final two episodes.
I would say "just turn it off and read", but the British Max Headroom cyberpunk was remarkably prescient in predicting a television-addicted society and news networks without ethics that would kill for ratings.
My main gripes with The Weakest Link are 1) the contestants are, for the most part, dim bulbs, and 2) the best player almost never wins. For example, they need a rule that whomever is statistically the strongest link in a round gets immunity, with any votes against them being nullified. But I digress.
I do like Jane Lynch as host--definitely a step up from George Gray and his soul patch, one of which is now boring viewers, along with Drew Carey, on The Price is Right.
I wish the part in Max Headroom where people spontaneously combusted after watching "blipverts" was a thing. It might wean people from leaving the damn TV on all the time.
As often I am an odd man out as I have never paid for any pay-TV networks or streaming piss services at all. I DO have cable, but then my family always had it since the closest TV station antennae were mostly 50 miles away as we lived in a valley.Imagine the excitement as a young boy when we had THREE channels.
Now I have more channels I do NOT WANT than I do - this by the way is why cable companies should allow channels to be à la carte, but of course the reason they never will is money and the cable companies would find out damn quickly that most people do not want 300 channels, or even 100.Most could easily get by with 25 at the most.But of course the money that the networks pay the cable companies to carry their channels, with the exception of the terrestrial 'local' channels under the ''must-carry'' rules of the FCC is the main reason à la carte will never happen.
I often smile and laugh when I see all these streaming services. It reminds me of the Monty Python sketch where George Bernard Shaw, referring to the Peince of Wales, says ''Your Majesty is like a stream of bat's piss''.I often look at what they are offering and see onlu one of two on each 'service', so why would I spend shitloads of money to get all things. I have resigned myslef to the fact that in the remaining years I have left I will never see all the films or shows that I want to see, although more importantly to me, I will never hear all the music I want to hear, inclduing some of which I have.
What I think about this strike is that it IS absolutely needed by the writers and all the other people that work in these media. But I do NOT Think this wil; ultimately make TV and movies any better.Peopl my forget or not know about United Artists - the original company was created in 1919 by aand for actors by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks.This group did not want to depend on commercial studios. But eventually, In 1967, United Artists was bought by Transamerica Corporation.
My feeling is that eventually a number of these streams of bat's piss will fold as more and more actors see that they are being cheated, as will the public also.
How many quatloos is that?
"It stinks!"
In my career as a letter carrier, I heard many pups baying at my heels/ from behind fences. It was generally more high-pitched and frantic than "mung-mung," but I can neither confirm nor deny that some of the breathier, bass-ier specimens may have "mung-munged" once or twice.
Buy a Supreme Court justice?
I said that in 1977 but clearly no-one was listening.
I thought so too -- specifically in the context of TFG -- but The Apprentice, which was by no means the first reality show prime-time gameshow, premiered in 2004. I think it was the relative success of them, that made the producers think they could get by with the Writers for a while.
I learned a thing today about the last writers’ strike. Breaking Bad was in its first season and had planned 9 episodes but had to cut back to 7 because of the strike. Show runner Vince Gilligan said he had planned to kill off one of the main characters, either Jesse or Hank, in the final two episodes.
Anyway, pay the writers, you fucks.
Union talk makes me think of this delightful old favorite.
Also: Pay writers!
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
I would say "just turn it off and read", but the British Max Headroom cyberpunk was remarkably prescient in predicting a television-addicted society and news networks without ethics that would kill for ratings.
In which case - where's the problem?
My main gripes with The Weakest Link are 1) the contestants are, for the most part, dim bulbs, and 2) the best player almost never wins. For example, they need a rule that whomever is statistically the strongest link in a round gets immunity, with any votes against them being nullified. But I digress.
I do like Jane Lynch as host--definitely a step up from George Gray and his soul patch, one of which is now boring viewers, along with Drew Carey, on The Price is Right.
Adduce me to introlow myslef...
Gotta love the Pay Day sea shanty.
https://youtu.be/VMBviffGUHM
The thing is, that's kinda how Archie comics actually are.
I wish the part in Max Headroom where people spontaneously combusted after watching "blipverts" was a thing. It might wean people from leaving the damn TV on all the time.