This is spot on. Exactly how every cheap crap show on TV is structured
"When I saw The Matrix at a local theatre in Slovenia, I had the unique opportunity of sitting close to the ideal spectator of the film - namely, to an idiot." - Slavoj Zizek
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If you want edgy, smart, high quality tv shows you have to go on cable. Network tv is full of crap because the major networks have to cater to the lowest common denominator due to their business model (ie large overhead).
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The other thing with UK tv that annoys the hell out of me so much that I will switch off is this egocentric thing of keeping the camera on the presenters face whilst they describe the thing we should be seeing. It may as well be on the bloody radio!
You will get a programme, say, about a very interesting old house and we see the presenter walking up to the house, walking through the door and into a room and we see the presenter looking round and telling us how amazing it is. We then see a brief cutaway to the room before coming straight back to the presenters face!
We don't need to see the presenter at all after the initial introduction. It's cheap and it's lazy and it needs to stop.
That's why I can't see the appeal of "reality" TV. There's like 5 mins of content and 40 mins of repetition of nothing and HEY LOOK AT ME by the hosts or whatever you call them. There's also a LOT of meaningless close ups of people's faces when they're being silent. Not acting, just staring...and you can see the wheels NOT turning.
The Jedi Master
The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
Very funny,and just about sums up why I never watch mainstream TV any more.
