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Television channels pay huge amounts for films these days, but you wonder if they really care about the things they’ve bought once the big licence has been handed over. The treatment that channels actually give to the movies that they show belittles the amount of effort they put in to actually advertising it (especially if it is a really new blockbuster).
At the moment my pet hates are many and all channels are guilty as charged, some being more guilty that others. Okay, I know some of the stuff I’m complaining about can’t be helped, but it still gets on my nerves and is probably the reason that I still buy DVDs.
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Fine, I understand that ITV and Channel 4 are funded by the advertising, but surely major films don’t deserved to be chopped up into bite sized chunks, often stopping the action at key moments and spoiling the whole mood of the film. Yes, you can go and get coffee or go for a toilet break, but it really doesn’t replace the flow of the narrative. Sky are even worse, breaks seemingly every 40 seconds (well, on some channels anyway.)
Credit Cutting
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Grr, if you’ve just spent a lot of money on a film and are willing to show the whole lot (admittedly broken up by adverts) why the hell do you have to cut the end credits. This seems to happen mostly on films where I spend the whole time wonder who that supporting actor was and where I’d seen them before, or what song had been playing in the café during the fight scene. All these questions and more are brutally torn away from you as you watch the beginning of the credits dissolve into an advert or one of the Channel logos. Channel 4 have the decency to keep the credits on a lot of their movies though, so all credit (no pun intended) to them.
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In the late 1980’s and early 90’s ITV was famous for its motherloving. Now if you’re confused by that statement, I’ll fill you in. Films such as Robocop were shown on ITV after the watershed, so you’d think that the violence and swearing would be left in, right? Well, no, and instead of leaving it blank, someone up in their little office somewhere thought it would be fun to have a go at filling them in with some slightly more savoury (if stupid) phrases. Hence, the sanitised version of Robocop went into history as the biggest comedy since Monty Python, with a ‘motherloving’ here and a ‘forget you’ there it was a right hoot and impossible to watch with a straight face. Who could forget the famous Die Hard quote of ‘Yippee Ki-Ai Keimosabe’ Hm, needless to say this was repeated with glee all over the country, especially by those who knew what the original words were.
Well, that’s my rant over with for now, I don’t expect any of these things to change in the near future, although the last one at least gives us some comedy to the proceedings. Maybe one day a TV channel will be created for film lovers and all these things will be in the past, until then keep watching you motherlovers.
At the moment my pet hates are many and all channels are guilty as charged, some being more guilty that others. Okay, I know some of the stuff I’m complaining about can’t be helped, but it still gets on my nerves and is probably the reason that I still buy DVDs.
Adverts
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Fine, I understand that ITV and Channel 4 are funded by the advertising, but surely major films don’t deserved to be chopped up into bite sized chunks, often stopping the action at key moments and spoiling the whole mood of the film. Yes, you can go and get coffee or go for a toilet break, but it really doesn’t replace the flow of the narrative. Sky are even worse, breaks seemingly every 40 seconds (well, on some channels anyway.)
Credit Cutting
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Grr, if you’ve just spent a lot of money on a film and are willing to show the whole lot (admittedly broken up by adverts) why the hell do you have to cut the end credits. This seems to happen mostly on films where I spend the whole time wonder who that supporting actor was and where I’d seen them before, or what song had been playing in the café during the fight scene. All these questions and more are brutally torn away from you as you watch the beginning of the credits dissolve into an advert or one of the Channel logos. Channel 4 have the decency to keep the credits on a lot of their movies though, so all credit (no pun intended) to them.
Swear Filters
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In the late 1980’s and early 90’s ITV was famous for its motherloving. Now if you’re confused by that statement, I’ll fill you in. Films such as Robocop were shown on ITV after the watershed, so you’d think that the violence and swearing would be left in, right? Well, no, and instead of leaving it blank, someone up in their little office somewhere thought it would be fun to have a go at filling them in with some slightly more savoury (if stupid) phrases. Hence, the sanitised version of Robocop went into history as the biggest comedy since Monty Python, with a ‘motherloving’ here and a ‘forget you’ there it was a right hoot and impossible to watch with a straight face. Who could forget the famous Die Hard quote of ‘Yippee Ki-Ai Keimosabe’ Hm, needless to say this was repeated with glee all over the country, especially by those who knew what the original words were.
Well, that’s my rant over with for now, I don’t expect any of these things to change in the near future, although the last one at least gives us some comedy to the proceedings. Maybe one day a TV channel will be created for film lovers and all these things will be in the past, until then keep watching you motherlovers.
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He doesn't break it's neck. He stabs it as there is blood on the collar.
Anyway, by far the worst cutting of a film was by Channel 4 again for Die Hard. They cut everything out. But the most stupid thing they cut was the scene involving Powell talking about how he shot a kid and could never draw his gun again. Then when he shot Karl at the end, everyone who was watching it for the first time would be wondering why such dramatic music was playing and why it was so amazing - people were dying all the way through. Stupid Channel 4!
Anyway, by far the worst cutting of a film was by Channel 4 again for Die Hard. They cut everything out. But the most stupid thing they cut was the scene involving Powell talking about how he shot a kid and could never draw his gun again. Then when he shot Karl at the end, everyone who was watching it for the first time would be wondering why such dramatic music was playing and why it was so amazing - people were dying all the way through. Stupid Channel 4!
i hate it when they completely cut scenes. Like when C5 showed Terminator 2, they completely cut the scene where Robert Patrick breaks the dogs neck. Bah.
Grandprix wrote:
> I know. That really annoys me. Another thing that annoys me is when I go to the
> cinema with a few mates, I'm the only one who wants to stay for the credits.
Same here. I insisted on staying for the Pearl Harbor credits (yes, I went to see it....*bows in head in shame*....twice, even though it was crap the first time!). I was sure that Danny Trejo was one of the Japanese pilots. I was wrong though. It doesn't happen too often, but I was wrong on this occasion I admit. Never happen again though...
> I know. That really annoys me. Another thing that annoys me is when I go to the
> cinema with a few mates, I'm the only one who wants to stay for the credits.
Same here. I insisted on staying for the Pearl Harbor credits (yes, I went to see it....*bows in head in shame*....twice, even though it was crap the first time!). I was sure that Danny Trejo was one of the Japanese pilots. I was wrong though. It doesn't happen too often, but I was wrong on this occasion I admit. Never happen again though...
Yeah, good post.
It really annoys me too. Channel 4 are the worst for adverts. They always cut to their damn breaks in the middle of an important speech or something. I don't mind breaks when I am just watching a film but when I'm recording it, it does annoy me a lot more.
I remember 2 years ago when Channel 4 showed the Royal Rumble (I liked WWF back then). They cut to a break half way through The Rock's speech! I mean what kind of retard cuts out his speech?!
And the cutting of credits annoys me too. I have True Lies recorded off the TV and there are no credits. I can't remember what it was I was waiting to look for but since there were no credits, I couldn't look for it. What's worse is they do actually have the credits, but they split the screen into 2 - one very large part showing an advert for another film or whatever is on next, and the really small part for the credits. Credits nowadays are hard to enough to read without quartering their size!
One good thing about films on TV though, is what is said about them beforehand. Most of the time, it's something along the lines of "strong language and scenes of sex and violence from the start. This is......"
Of course occasionally, you get a total muppet who can't speak properly or gets it all wrong. Once I remember some woman saying "it's another hard case for Muldy and Sculler". I mean how dumb is that?! And the woman who introduces Hunt for Red October when I recorded it can barely speak! "Thean Connery and Aleccc Baaaaaldwin now sthar in our late night thriller, The Hunt for Red Octhober..." Don't get me wrong, she was very talented....Nah, she wasn't at all actually. :-D
It really annoys me too. Channel 4 are the worst for adverts. They always cut to their damn breaks in the middle of an important speech or something. I don't mind breaks when I am just watching a film but when I'm recording it, it does annoy me a lot more.
I remember 2 years ago when Channel 4 showed the Royal Rumble (I liked WWF back then). They cut to a break half way through The Rock's speech! I mean what kind of retard cuts out his speech?!
And the cutting of credits annoys me too. I have True Lies recorded off the TV and there are no credits. I can't remember what it was I was waiting to look for but since there were no credits, I couldn't look for it. What's worse is they do actually have the credits, but they split the screen into 2 - one very large part showing an advert for another film or whatever is on next, and the really small part for the credits. Credits nowadays are hard to enough to read without quartering their size!
One good thing about films on TV though, is what is said about them beforehand. Most of the time, it's something along the lines of "strong language and scenes of sex and violence from the start. This is......"
Of course occasionally, you get a total muppet who can't speak properly or gets it all wrong. Once I remember some woman saying "it's another hard case for Muldy and Sculler". I mean how dumb is that?! And the woman who introduces Hunt for Red October when I recorded it can barely speak! "Thean Connery and Aleccc Baaaaaldwin now sthar in our late night thriller, The Hunt for Red Octhober..." Don't get me wrong, she was very talented....Nah, she wasn't at all actually. :-D
I know. That really annoys me. Another thing that annoys me is when I go to the cinema with a few mates, I'm the only one who wants to stay for the credits.
Television channels pay huge amounts for films these days, but you wonder if they really care about the things they’ve bought once the big licence has been handed over. The treatment that channels actually give to the movies that they show belittles the amount of effort they put in to actually advertising it (especially if it is a really new blockbuster).
At the moment my pet hates are many and all channels are guilty as charged, some being more guilty that others. Okay, I know some of the stuff I’m complaining about can’t be helped, but it still gets on my nerves and is probably the reason that I still buy DVDs.
Adverts
---------
Fine, I understand that ITV and Channel 4 are funded by the advertising, but surely major films don’t deserved to be chopped up into bite sized chunks, often stopping the action at key moments and spoiling the whole mood of the film. Yes, you can go and get coffee or go for a toilet break, but it really doesn’t replace the flow of the narrative. Sky are even worse, breaks seemingly every 40 seconds (well, on some channels anyway.)
Credit Cutting
----------------
Grr, if you’ve just spent a lot of money on a film and are willing to show the whole lot (admittedly broken up by adverts) why the hell do you have to cut the end credits. This seems to happen mostly on films where I spend the whole time wonder who that supporting actor was and where I’d seen them before, or what song had been playing in the café during the fight scene. All these questions and more are brutally torn away from you as you watch the beginning of the credits dissolve into an advert or one of the Channel logos. Channel 4 have the decency to keep the credits on a lot of their movies though, so all credit (no pun intended) to them.
Swear Filters
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In the late 1980’s and early 90’s ITV was famous for its motherloving. Now if you’re confused by that statement, I’ll fill you in. Films such as Robocop were shown on ITV after the watershed, so you’d think that the violence and swearing would be left in, right? Well, no, and instead of leaving it blank, someone up in their little office somewhere thought it would be fun to have a go at filling them in with some slightly more savoury (if stupid) phrases. Hence, the sanitised version of Robocop went into history as the biggest comedy since Monty Python, with a ‘motherloving’ here and a ‘forget you’ there it was a right hoot and impossible to watch with a straight face. Who could forget the famous Die Hard quote of ‘Yippee Ki-Ai Keimosabe’ Hm, needless to say this was repeated with glee all over the country, especially by those who knew what the original words were.
Well, that’s my rant over with for now, I don’t expect any of these things to change in the near future, although the last one at least gives us some comedy to the proceedings. Maybe one day a TV channel will be created for film lovers and all these things will be in the past, until then keep watching you motherlovers.
At the moment my pet hates are many and all channels are guilty as charged, some being more guilty that others. Okay, I know some of the stuff I’m complaining about can’t be helped, but it still gets on my nerves and is probably the reason that I still buy DVDs.
Adverts
---------
Fine, I understand that ITV and Channel 4 are funded by the advertising, but surely major films don’t deserved to be chopped up into bite sized chunks, often stopping the action at key moments and spoiling the whole mood of the film. Yes, you can go and get coffee or go for a toilet break, but it really doesn’t replace the flow of the narrative. Sky are even worse, breaks seemingly every 40 seconds (well, on some channels anyway.)
Credit Cutting
----------------
Grr, if you’ve just spent a lot of money on a film and are willing to show the whole lot (admittedly broken up by adverts) why the hell do you have to cut the end credits. This seems to happen mostly on films where I spend the whole time wonder who that supporting actor was and where I’d seen them before, or what song had been playing in the café during the fight scene. All these questions and more are brutally torn away from you as you watch the beginning of the credits dissolve into an advert or one of the Channel logos. Channel 4 have the decency to keep the credits on a lot of their movies though, so all credit (no pun intended) to them.
Swear Filters
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In the late 1980’s and early 90’s ITV was famous for its motherloving. Now if you’re confused by that statement, I’ll fill you in. Films such as Robocop were shown on ITV after the watershed, so you’d think that the violence and swearing would be left in, right? Well, no, and instead of leaving it blank, someone up in their little office somewhere thought it would be fun to have a go at filling them in with some slightly more savoury (if stupid) phrases. Hence, the sanitised version of Robocop went into history as the biggest comedy since Monty Python, with a ‘motherloving’ here and a ‘forget you’ there it was a right hoot and impossible to watch with a straight face. Who could forget the famous Die Hard quote of ‘Yippee Ki-Ai Keimosabe’ Hm, needless to say this was repeated with glee all over the country, especially by those who knew what the original words were.
Well, that’s my rant over with for now, I don’t expect any of these things to change in the near future, although the last one at least gives us some comedy to the proceedings. Maybe one day a TV channel will be created for film lovers and all these things will be in the past, until then keep watching you motherlovers.
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