[Monte314]

I've noticed that if the TV is ON, it's showing garbage.

Not just the sitcoms, movies, series, commercials, etc.;but also the NEWS, Weather, Sports... even the test pattern they show before anything comes on.

It's all one giant uninterrupted CRAPFEST from the second they start grunting out their fetid stream of vile putridity until the last reeking fecal pellet hits the screen.

[Hey, that was pretty eloquent for a dog; I oughta' be on TV...]

[AnnaMolly]

Sex and the City

Desperate Housewives

Two and a Half Men

... and to a lesser extent, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. Awful cheesy trite.

... well, and then all that reality / soap opera stuff that I can't even name.



I should add the disclaimer that I don't dislike people who happen to watch any of these shows from time to time out of morbid curiosity or whatever, only people who watch them a lot and really like them and what they stand for. Yes, I've cut off female aquaintances for them loving Sex and the City. And I avoid male aquaintances who adore Charlie Harper like I avoid the plague.

I also want to mention that despite the fact that I like "How I Met Your Mother" more than I dislike it, I absolutely can't stand douches who idolize Barney Stinson and say "It's gonna be leeegen-wait-for it- ...." in real life all the time and think acting like Barney makes them cool and awesome. The same goes for House MD, incidentally. Both House and Stinson are interesting characters to watch, but they're caricatures and entirely unrealistic and should not be anyone's freaking idol. It makes you look like a douche and a wanna-be.


Oh, and to everyone who said LOST: I hate you more than I hate all the fans of the above shows
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[davai]

	Originally Posted by Monte314 To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	It's all one giant uninterrupted CRAPFEST from the second they start grunting out their fetid stream of vile putridity until the last reeking fecal pellet hits the screen.

Sounds like a regular day out at the church.

[thehammer]

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	[HIDE="Orly?"] To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. [/HIDE] Do tell, what exactly isn't lame about it? To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Well, I never thought it was particularly "deep," just a good action movie, so I guess I'm not one of the people you're describing.

And I'm sure you only watch the most perfect of shows...

[Frosted]

Originally Posted by Monte314 To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I've noticed that if the TV is ON, it's showing garbage. Not just the sitcoms, movies, series, commercials, etc.;but also the NEWS, Weather, Sports... even the test pattern they show before anything comes on. It's all one giant uninterrupted CRAPFEST from the second they start grunting out their fetid stream of vile putridity until the last reeking fecal pellet hits the screen. [Hey, that was pretty eloquent for a dog; I oughta' be on TV...]

Hmm. Did you just insinuate that you dislike everyone that watches TV at all?

[davai]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Hmm. Did you just insinuate that you dislike everyone that watches TV at all?

It's cool, they have TV in church these days.

[AusOil]

Kardashians/Jersey Shore, anything really stated as reality.
Just being in the room when its on makes me feel less intelligent.

[Anhedonia]

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	From most hated to least hated: Saturday Night Live Gossip Girl Skins(U.S) though I'm sure the UK version is just as shitty Smallville

I can assure you, the UK version of Skins is not that deplorable.

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	I'm sure I'll offend half the members here, but Big Bang Theory. If you think you're smart for finding this show funny, you could not be more wrong. God the jokes are awful.

Would watching it because I have a penchant for ridiculous things be defence enough?

Please add Pretty Little Liars & True Blood to this list.

[Frosted]

Locked Up.

I was already locked up; I don't need to watch a fucking show about jail. I despise anyone who gets entertainment from watching people do time.

[megabyte]

Dr. Phil. Ughhhh I feel nauseous every time I flip through his show or someone mentions his name.

I have a friend who watches "Smash." I can't be in the same room with her when she's watching it, I just want to vomit.

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Also "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" because the questions are stupid and Meredith Vieira has an annoying voice. I dont' know anyone who watches that show anymore, though.

[Frosted]

Speaking of game shows, Deal or No Deal... OMFG what junk. It may as well be a game show where people toss coins.

[davai]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Speaking of game shows, Deal or No Deal... OMFG what junk. It may as well be a game show where people toss coins.

At least you don't have Noel Edmonds as presenter, desperately trying to give the impression there's skill to picking random boxes. The gambling element is at least moderately interesting though, and I do admit to a sadistic pleasure now and again watching people get the odds hideously wrong and lose a fortune. Serves em right the greedy bastards.

[TheStranger]

Family Feud, just because of the relevance.

[Clicka]

These are some damn good posts. I can't stand every single one of the shows mentioned- excellent job nigs.

(with emphasis on Jersey Shore and Sex in the City; epitomize ignorance incarnate)

[megabyte]

Dr. Who fans usually annoy me as well.

[Disillusioned]

Law and Order. Because it's on seven different channels and the people who watch it watch like ten episodes a day and don't watch anything else.

[Frosted]

	Originally Posted by Disillusioned To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Law and Order. Because it's on seven different channels and the people who watch it watch like ten episodes a day and don't watch anything else.

SVU is the only one worth watching. Not because of the raping, but because the stories were superb and the cast could really act. Criminal intent sucked because of what's his face.

[Booko]

Almost anything on Hallmark Channel.*

Especially Douched By An Angel.




*They do play M*A*S*H episodes. Those are fine.

[OutOfPlace186]

Wow I am impressed! I agree with every one of your posts except whoever said they hated iCarly ha. I'm sorry but for some reason I love that show. It's actually the only thing I watch that's on tv nowadays. No worries though because they are ending the show in November. I may as well throw out my tv after that because there is NOTHING worth watching these days.

[Autumnleaf]

Originally Posted by Monte314 To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I've noticed that if the TV is ON, it's showing garbage. Not just the sitcoms, movies, series, commercials, etc.;but also the NEWS, Weather, Sports... even the test pattern they show before anything comes on. It's all one giant uninterrupted CRAPFEST from the second they start grunting out their fetid stream of vile putridity until the last reeking fecal pellet hits the screen. [Hey, that was pretty eloquent for a dog; I oughta' be on TV...]

I agree with you. Even the shows I like come with caveats. Game of Thrones and Mad Men and Dexter are propaganda in different flavors that attack traditional pillars of society. I have to not think about it and enjoy the story despite the poisoned hooks they contain. Its a wonder our society isn't more screwed up than it is. But hey, who really knows how bad things are unless you have a hell of a view to see it all from.

I view most people who watch television as well meaning but ignorant about what they are feeding their minds.

[stasis]

	Originally Posted by Autumnleaf To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Even the shows I like come with caveats. Game of Thrones and Mad Men and Dexter are propaganda in different flavors that attack traditional pillars of society. I have to not think about it and enjoy the story despite the poisoned hooks they contain.

I'd like to think that Game of Thrones actually does this, but it seems to me that the edginess of the series, in being deliberate, implicitly requires its moral transgressions to be transgressive. Which in turn requires the moral milieu being transgressed to be held by the audience in the first place, such that its narrative can thrill and captivate in that way. Propaganda, to contrast, attempts to transform. Were Game of Thrones to have the transformative effect of a propaganda piece, it would lose some of its captivation potential and be less successful as a form of entertainment. So that seems unlikely.

[Frosted]

^ I had to google 2 words from that post to understand what you were saying.

transgression
milieu

Yeah I agree, even though I have never heard of the show.

[Disillusioned]

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	Dancing with the [blank] or America's Next [whatever] Housewives of [wherever] Any reality show Anything involving rich people or celebrities and their lives

Ya, this pissed me off that every channel is showing reality shows now. I can't even watch History channel anymore because it's like 24/7 pawn stars which is retarded. I remember when the history channel used to actually have documentaries and when some television channels were actually informational and not watching random people do random shit, which is supposed to somehow be entertaining? Because I really care about watching someone cut down trees for an hour and film it. Ice road truckers? Nobody gives a fuck! Just do your job, you don't have to film it. This new generation of television is so mind numbingly boring. If someone told you ten years ago that in the future television is just going to consist of watching normal people do their jobs. You'd be like wtf!?

[Frosted]

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Ya, this pissed me off that every channel is showing reality shows now. I can't even watch History channel anymore because it's like 24/7 pawn stars which is retarded. I remember when the history channel used to actually have documentaries and when some television channels were actually informational and not watching random people do random shit, which is supposed to somehow be entertaining? Because I really care about watching someone cut down trees for an hour and film it. Ice road truckers? Nobody gives a fuck! Just do your job, you don't have to film it. This new generation of television is so mind numbingly boring. If someone told you ten years ago that in the future television is just going to be watching normal people do their jobs. You'd be like wtf!?

Yeah. My biggest gripe is how the educational channels sold out for dog shit. "home makeover" or "real sex". I remember when I was 12 I could turn on TLC and learn something. Capitalism at it's finest.

[stasis]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Yeah I agree, even though I have never heard of the show.

It's something that should be true about virtually any deliberately edgy form of serialized entertainment. A narrative mechanism that arises from the confluence of the two. Ironically, for instance, when the Pope talks about opposing what the Vatican deems a "banalization of sexuality", he is advocating the social conditions that this mechanism requires. It is in this sense that an attempt on the part of the producers to actually subvert these conditions would tend to negate itself. There's no apparent financial incentive.