I hate American television.

Bradylama

Bradylama

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I log on to NMA this morning, hoping to find some interesting discussion that occurs every other day. And what do I see? The banner is smothered with an advertisement for another Simple Life.

"Two People Qualified to Do Nothing." Its like the advertisement practically confirms that these two girls (Paris Hilton and her Homonculus) are worthless pieces of human trash. So why are we watching them? Can anybody answer this question?

If I wanted to watch rich people make fools of themselves I'd go to a country club. You'll never find a bigger bunch of pretentious phonies than at an American country club (with the possible exception of Southern France, where we export our phonies seasonally to mingle with French phonies). Its not enough, though, that we were able to keep the wealthy and stupid isolated in their own self-denying cliques, now we're putting them on tv.

Are we really so out of ideas that we have nothing better to do than watch some rich sluts cringe at the sight of meat (and with this new season, I'm sure, a typewriter)? Shows like "Trading Spouses" and other Reality Bullshit would suggest so.

The only channels worth watching are the Cartoon Network, History Channel, Sci-Fi, Comedy Central, and the rare occasion when TLC or the Discovery channel shows animals humping each other or eating things. Comedy Central just barely makes the list, though (yes, I'm looking at you Wanda Does It).

Television sucks, and the only other things to waste time on are video games and movies, but those suck too. Entertainment is dead, we just don't know it yet.
 
Kill your God, kill your TV.

I hate TV. In general. I'd much rather spend some thime on a book or a good movie. Shit, just rent Lynch's "Lost Highway".

And no, movies do not suck, unless you're limited to watching the prefabricated action/drama/horror crap they serve you in movie theaters nowadays. Everything fuses into a supergigantic pseudoentertaining seething mass, which works by the same sterotypes and cliches: "Rap" music (it has jack shit to do with what was Rap in the 80's) and their blingz0r looks, movies like Spider Man 563/YetAnotherAmericanPieClone/Scientology boy kicks ass 4.

Oh yeah, as you might know, this gangrene extended to our beloved setting last year, as well. There is no escaping the mass mind rape, resistance is futile.

No, just kidding. Try wearing a leather jacket, steel-toed combat boots, spiked gloves, pierce your face, shave your head and methodically destroy ads, billboards and McDonalds' windows. Oi!
 
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American TV has almost always been crap since the 1970s. Don't expect much from it, period. I almost only watch The History Channel because I don't have the Sci-Fi Channel. The only shows I usually watch othewise are Lost, House, and Mythbusters. All three very good shows in my opinion. - Colt
 
And no, movies do not suck, unless you're limited to watching the prefabricated action/drama/horror crap they serve you in movie theaters nowadays.
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See, that's exactly the problem. Six screens aren't enough to play any worthwhile movies on, and I'd rather pull my nails off than have to deal with the morons that go to Google-plex theaters.

The last movie shown in my town that was worth watching was... I really can't recall. Lord of the Rings? Its just that bad.

Everybody should rent Bubba Ho Tep, though. And if you don't like it, then go jump in a river.
 
Um........... Im American, and I dont watch that shit.


Most americans consider trash like that just that, trash, and dont watch it (yes, there are quite a few clueless ones who do, but there are fools everyware on teh planet.)
 
Bradylama said:
Everybody should rent Bubba Ho Tep, though. And if you don't like it, then go jump in a river.
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I rented Bubba Ho Tep, and it has to be one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. It's almost as stupid as Nepolian Dynamite.
 
I just don't get why everyone loves that movie. When my friends and I saw it, we all hated it because it was so boring. We went to the theater to see Saw. I was the only one over 18 at the time, but we thought the movie was rated 18A, so I could get them in. In actuality, it was rated R and so we went to see Napoleon Dynamite instead.
The only funny part in the whole thing was when that cow was killed by the guy with the shotgun.
 
Meh, I don't really care all that much about television. I watch it from time to time - I've never rly been much a tv-person - and then I don't really care what I watch. Sometimes, aye, I do watch stuff like 'the simple life'. We have a channel here in Belgium that airs american rubbish the moment they make it, yet I don't mind whatching it from time to time. 'The Simple Life' makes one laugh, and it's a good opportunity to go 'Those Americans..." with your family. Why not?

That said, there is still some good American television. I liked The Sopranos, 24, the 4400, Grounded For Life,... It's not really thàt bad.

Although; old British television will never stop kicking every other sort of television's ass.
 
Jebus said:
That said, there is still some good American television. I liked The Sopranos, 24, the 4400, Grounded For Life,... It's not really thàt bad.

Although; old British television will never stop kicking every other sort of television's ass.
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Meh. The Singing Detective paved the way for HBO's better shows, but come on, the Sopranos and The Wire are probably better.

There are some great TV shows. It's reached the point, actually, where I generally find the TV shows I watch to be of better quality then the movies I see.
 
I have no idea what The singing Detective, HBO or the Wire is, but I forgot mentioning Carnivale.
The fact that American movies are bad is one hundred percent correct, though. The last good American movie I saw was Mulholland Drive (incidentally also by Lynch); and that's already four years ago.

Meh, as I said: I don't really care. I go watch American movies if I want to unwind my brain, relax, or go watch some cheap romantic tear-jerker shit if my wooing skillz are in a bad shape; but whenever I want to see a good movie I usually watch German, French or Italian cinema (in that order).
There's life beyond American cinema, you just have to find it.
 
You don't know what HBO is? :shock:

HBO makes The Sopranos, Carnivale, The Wire, Sex and the City...basically every great show on American television that has swears (meaning 24 is'nt made by them). They also do some amazing TV Movies, including Angels in America starring Emma Thompson, Al Pacino and Meryl Streep.

http://www.hbo.com/

The Singing Detective? Never heard of it? TV miniseries starring Michael Gambon. About Michael Gambon's character dealing with traumatic events in his childhood while being treated for very, very nasty skin disease.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521...0ZWN0aXZlfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=20;fm=1

Mulholland Drive? Lynch is SO overrated. Egotistical to the extreme.

It's not that american movies are all bad, I just think TV has become really, really good.
 
Colt said:
It seems some people love Napoleon Dynamite and some people don't have the humor for it. :(
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Yeah, I guess you're right. There's this line between stupid/funny and stupid that's different for everyone. Napoleon Dynamite crossed my line.

And CCR, your link is breakin' tha frames man!
 
Shut up, Paris Hilton rules.

She's rich, hot, and doesn't give a flying fuck.

Woman of my dreams. *drool*

Also, Napolean Dynamite stopped being funny after the 400th time I overheard someone quoting it.
 
calculon00 said:
Bradylama said:
Everybody should rent Bubba Ho Tep, though. And if you don't like it, then go jump in a river.
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I rented Bubba Ho Tep, and it has to be one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. It's almost as stupid as Nepolian Dynamite.
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Well, Bruce Campbell as Elvis fighting a mummy with JFK in an Old Folk's Home isn't going to be for everybody.

But you know, go jump in a river. :lol:
 
She's not even especially pretty -- just very average (when compared to what you see on TV).

Anyway.
HBO is great BECAUSE it produces shows like Sex and the City?

Are you fucking serious?

Sex and the City was the same old shit in reverse. I wouldn't really call a channel airing that show "great".
 
Everything Ashmo said. I'd probably get all of these stations if it wasn't for, how do you put it, dumb? It's better than mainstream stuff but... Bleh. History Channel Ueber Alles.

Paris Hilton is too fake. - Colt
 
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