dvo47p
March 30th, 2003, 01:21 PM
Dust to Dust
Episode 22 -- Mar 21, 2003
"Bad Timing"
http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekwinterfarscape02.htm#Ep22
Well, stay tuned for Battlestar ****ing Galactica, I guess.
Which just adds insult to injury, doesn't it? I mean, it's bad enough that they go and cancel the only show on the Sci-Fi Channel that I have the slightest interest in watching. Then they have to take that money and put it into shows based on the 1970's. They just showed a miniseries on Children of Dune, from 1976. Next up is a miniseries based on Riverworld, which was 1971. And they take this moment -- the series finale of Farscape -- to spring the news on us that after that, they're doing a remake of Battlestar ****ing Galactica. Hey, I thought science fiction was supposed to be looking to the future. Wha happen?
You want worse? Here's worse: I don't even know about this stuff from watching the commercials. Who watches commercials? No, I know all about the Sci-Fi Channel's upcoming lineup because they've started using that hideous technique of promoting future shows while the show that's currently airing is happening on the screen in front of you. They're "bottom-thirding," which means that every time they cut from a commercial break back to the show, they put an animation on the bottom third of the screen that tells you that there's a new Shannen Doherty reality series coming in a couple weeks. They do this right over the show. Then, presumably, they run ads over that show telling you to watch the next show, and so on and so on, until eventually I guess there just aren't any TV shows left. Broadcast TV will just be an endless loop of promos for itself.
Is it too early to call for a consumer revolution on this? I pay good money for satellite TV; I don't need this nonsense. My fantasy is that the people rise up and march on the TV stations with pitchforks and rakes. Failing that, can we at least boycott the Shannen Doherty show, which I wasn't going to watch anyway?
Anyway, I don't mean to go on about it, but if I complain about the promo clutter, then I don't have to think about the last minute of the actual show. Which is the moment when all the goodness and kindness of the world was snuffed out like a candle, and all I was left with was Battlestar ****ing Galactica. You can see why I'd want to avoid dwelling on it.
Episode 22 -- Mar 21, 2003
"Bad Timing"
http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekwinterfarscape02.htm#Ep22
Well, stay tuned for Battlestar ****ing Galactica, I guess.
Which just adds insult to injury, doesn't it? I mean, it's bad enough that they go and cancel the only show on the Sci-Fi Channel that I have the slightest interest in watching. Then they have to take that money and put it into shows based on the 1970's. They just showed a miniseries on Children of Dune, from 1976. Next up is a miniseries based on Riverworld, which was 1971. And they take this moment -- the series finale of Farscape -- to spring the news on us that after that, they're doing a remake of Battlestar ****ing Galactica. Hey, I thought science fiction was supposed to be looking to the future. Wha happen?
You want worse? Here's worse: I don't even know about this stuff from watching the commercials. Who watches commercials? No, I know all about the Sci-Fi Channel's upcoming lineup because they've started using that hideous technique of promoting future shows while the show that's currently airing is happening on the screen in front of you. They're "bottom-thirding," which means that every time they cut from a commercial break back to the show, they put an animation on the bottom third of the screen that tells you that there's a new Shannen Doherty reality series coming in a couple weeks. They do this right over the show. Then, presumably, they run ads over that show telling you to watch the next show, and so on and so on, until eventually I guess there just aren't any TV shows left. Broadcast TV will just be an endless loop of promos for itself.
Is it too early to call for a consumer revolution on this? I pay good money for satellite TV; I don't need this nonsense. My fantasy is that the people rise up and march on the TV stations with pitchforks and rakes. Failing that, can we at least boycott the Shannen Doherty show, which I wasn't going to watch anyway?
Anyway, I don't mean to go on about it, but if I complain about the promo clutter, then I don't have to think about the last minute of the actual show. Which is the moment when all the goodness and kindness of the world was snuffed out like a candle, and all I was left with was Battlestar ****ing Galactica. You can see why I'd want to avoid dwelling on it.