Stupid Movies/Programs Rant.

[RICHARD]

You forgot Discovery!

Did anyone watch "When We Left Earth"?

That was outstanding!

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I love comedy. I can sit and watch old stupid movies all day.

Some of the better ones are 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Raising Arizona", "Gumball Rally", What about the 'On The Road' Flicks? I loved the ensemble movies where you watched and tried to name every star that starred or did a cameo.

I saw "Hot Fuzz" the other night and thought it was pretty funny-The Brits WRITE dialogue. They have the ability to take something weird or naughty, then present it to you in a civilized manner.

A 'gas' joke in a British movie is far more "offensive" than an American flick.

Example?

A guy slides into a taxi. As he moves across the seat, his face will get wrinkled up, he'll look down between his legs, then rush to roll down the windows and while using a newspaper to fan the air around.

The implications are the joke!

In a Hollywood comedy the same scene goes like this.

Man slides across the taxi seat. Then you get the gas noises, that are totally overboard and and sound like the poor dude doodied himself. The ethnic cabby starts to yell at the guy, "You poop my taxi!" kicks him out and everyone laughs.
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Here's my formula for movies that give me an idea as to how effort I put into watching movies....


1) Nudity. If there is a nude woman in the first 10 minutes I tune out pretty fast. It's usually an 'actress' who is better naked than in a role. "Acting" naked is really tough.

2) If the male lead has ever done an interview and lapses into voices or characters, I won't watch.

3) Human Drama isn't two people getting drunk, sleeping together and then it turns into a comedy when the gal gets pregnant.-Another offensive movie was "Baby Mama" . I saw the trailer for it. There were two stupid scenes in it.
Based on that, not interested...

4) Marketing- Make a trailer that doesn't show the whole movies in 30 seconds. Also, go easy on the promotions. I really hate to see the cups with movie ads that people toss all over the street. Don't buy every other commercial slot to promo it- And don't photoshop the actor's bodies on the posters or print ads!

5) Don't bother me with remakes either. You find some dopey actor that totally screws up the image I had of the classic.


6) With a few exceptions DON'T make a sequel to a movie that makes 50 zillion dollars, Take your money and retire.

I am still trying to figure out The Matrix. It was O.K. but, they tried to tell a story.

Like WTF, Neo?.......Why not just move to a new town and forget all the drama?


6) From the Producers of......

Scrap that line- You made one good movie, that doesn't entitle you to follow it up with another winner......

[Glacier]

You forgot Discovery!

Did anyone watch "When We Left Earth"?

That was outstanding!

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Read the book it's based on..."The World without Us." It's amazing!

If StarChoice dropped the music/radio channels, I'd probably get rid of the tv!

[Cincy'sMom]

You forgot Discovery!

And Speed!!!

Some of the best comedy on TV is Mikey Waltrip on Monday nights and Kenny Wallace on Race Day

I love comedy. I can sit and watch old stupid movies all day.

Some of the better ones are 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Raising Arizona", "Gumball Rally", What about the 'On The Road' Flicks? I loved the ensemble movies where you watched and tried to name every star that starred or did a cameo.

Another great old movie is Arsenic and Old Lace. I think we watch it everytime it is on.

[Cataholic]

There are some shows on television today that I can use, briefly, as a teaching tool for Jonah! If EVER he is up late enough to watch "Jon and Kate, plus 8" or, "Super Nanny", I use the show to illustrate how poorly kids behave, and how they seem so naughty, so disrespectful. To see such conduct with your own eyes is alot different than being told, "Hey, you are being bratty".

I will sometimes watch tv after he goes to bed (not to suggest he doesn't watch tv, he does....), and I am amazed at how nekkid most people are anymore. Was it always like this, or, have my thoughts/views changed???

[Trinityagain]

Another good old movie, IMO, "Murder by Death"...I can watch it a million times....

[cassiesmom]

"Wipeout" and I Survived A Japanese Game Show". Dumb and stupid. Sorry guys - Spike has done it best with MXC. There was a funny Saturday Night Live sketch followed with Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Janeane Garofalo and Chris Farley as the only non-Japanese character. Wipeout and Japanese Game Show are obvious knock-offs of MXC.

[smokey the elder]

MXC was a hoot! Wipeout is silly but definitely a knockoff. Summertime mind candy for when you're not really paying attention to the tube.

[RICHARD]

"Wipeout" and I Survived A Japanese Game Show". Wipeout and Japanese Game Show are obvious knock-offs of MXC.

The hosts suck and there is nothing funny about it-it's more geared to making the contestants suffer.The hosts of MXC are part of the program-the costumes and their interactions.


In MXC it's the naughty writing. You have to pay close attention to the dialogue because it's so cleverly written. It's topical and timely-the play on the contestant's names, occupations and the dubbing are what make the show.

That is the kind of clever humor that I find funny. You can say that it is juvenile, but the double entendres and veiled references make you THINK about the joke- as opposed to it just being a sight gag!

I do like the characters on MXC, They make the show more interesting!

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Does anyone do the BBC documentaries?

They are really edgy and address some topics that only show up on talk shows-and even then you have the host asking stupid questions followed by a doctor or psychologist who try to explain something that is out of their specialty.

[lizbud]

Those idiotic gameshows will turn your brain to mush Richard.
I know you are among the "easily amused", but most shows are a waste
of good air time.

[RICHARD]

Those idiotic gameshows will turn your brain to mush Richard.
I know you are among the "easily amused", but most shows are a waste
of good air time.

The only American game shows I do are Jeopardy and Wheel and Cash Cab.

All the rest are fillers when I am bored and I need a break from politics and the spawn of Jolie.

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The History Channel rocks- I can watch the "how stuff is made", Mega Machines and the war documentaries.


Speed Channel premiered a program called "101 cars you have to drive before you die"

I came across a really good, quirky program on my On Demand channel.

It's a game show where a couple is sent to a vacation spot and they have to go around and accomplish 8 tasks in 12 hours to win a week in a really nice hotel. If they fail, they go home the same day. They are given clues by cell phone and try to solve them within the time frame.

The tasks are based on the area's history, customs and people.

In one show the couple went to Cuba and they had to roll cigars, box one round in a famous gym, find a pirce of clothing worn by Fidel Castro in a museum and sing with a local band at a concert.

Another program was done in Argentina. I learned something about Eva Peron and her final resting place...It's kinda mindless but informational!

[Suki Wingy]

I'm pretty much only watch the History Channel, but I can't stand How It's Made or whatever it's called. I do love Modern Marvels though. Yesterday I watched the same program on the Manhattan Project that I think I've seen the first part of before I fell asleep, but I fell asleep again this time!