Posted on 11/19/2006 8:53:37 PM PST by Snickering Hound
ROME was the best TV show, ever. I can't wait for the second season. However, I couldn't watch the show with my wife, because she'd boot me from the room for knowing the fate of all the characters.
Mrs. Melas says it's time that you discovered Macy's where you can get clothes that are more flattering on adults than teenagers.
Sorry man, I don't get the attraction. The Unit is about as entertaining as a root canal, only my dentist is a better actor. Nice concept, lousy delivery.
There is one thing that I think the advertisers are missing:
It is my experience with my peers that our generation is far more likely to have strong product or company loyalty than the younger persons.
Discussed this with 2 other ladies a week ago, and I have bought the same undies brand for over 35 years. Appliance and furniture doesn't get replaced often, but clothes wear out, no matter how carefully one buys.
I won't change from At&T because the new "phone companies" are basically piggybacking on the infrastructure that Bell and AT&T built. I am product loyal in a wide range of categories. Autos & trucks and gas , oil, tires and maintenance items for same. Food items, from literally soup to nuts. Non-food items used in running the household, along with OTC medical items.
It's alot like finding an author who keeps my interest thru a book. I seek out that author again and again.
Not respecting my purchasing power now after 30+ years of loyalty isn't very smart.
But then, the "executives" making these decisions are mostly under 40, also. They don't even understand the application of the word loyalty.
TV programming stinks. If it weren't for a few sports games, 24,FOX, and a handful of history channel shows, I wouldn't even own a TV
You and I think alike!
Thank God for the History Channel.
I have Directv and am always surfing - can't believe I pay for this etc. So then I look at PPV movies and what's on Starz, HBO etc. - still nothing I want to watch.
The only things I want to watch on satellite are HGTV, football, CMT and rarely RFD. The only shows I tape are Jeopardy, House, and Friday Night Lights - all are over the air.
I did watch the last 3-4 weeks of DWTS to see how Emmitt was doing and was surprised at the quality of the dancing near the end of the series - outstanding. Clips from earlier in the series showed most couples mailing it in, but that's why they were eliminated.
The other night a Neilsen interviewer called and wanted my opinion on tv (he said he was from Neilsen - he was brusque, eating chips or something noisy).
I was never given a "none of the above" option but had to pick my favorite channels etc. - I tape from 3 different networks so that was difficult at best. Anyway this type of thing went on for 6-7 minutes and I finally told him it was taking too long and I did NOT care enough about tv to go through this because I would rather surf the net, read, work on my photography or talk to friends/family on the phone - all before watching tv.
There is a particular demographic in their commercials thats always the chump loser. Always.
"Screw TV. What about radio? I live in a sizeable market and there is not a single 'Oldies' format FM station here. I'm not a Boomer myself (Gen-X, born in '75) but I like the music of the '60s better than anything else available.
There used to be a series on the radio in KC, late nights on Friday and Satuday nights, called "When Radio Was," and they'd run the old radio comedies and serials. They were GREAT!"
Better yet, get an XM Radio, they have a great 60's channel.
"I have Directv and am always surfing - can't believe I pay for this etc. So then I look at PPV movies and what's on Starz, HBO etc. - still nothing I want to watch. "
I do too, and I've found the same situation. What do I do? Turn it off. It's just TV.
Of course, I tend to not watch channels with commercials, except Discovery, Science, History, and Comedy Central. I hate being yelled at every 5 minutes to buy crap I don't want or need, and I resent the way corporate America sells us stuff now, it's either a guilt trip or it's manipulation of the basest sort. I also find the "kids" and "baby" commercials to be cloying and insufferable, I can't wait for this culture to get over it's children obsession.
I opted out of the consumer society/rat race a couple of years ago, and I learned that commercial TV is the syringe for the drug, where people mainline their addictions.
The best feature of my TV is the "off" button.
I thought the whole point of make believe was so that it didn't reflect your life. Why would you want to watch something that mirrors reality? When I watch TV, it's because I want to be entertained and get lost in a fantasy, not because I want to watch my day get replayed.
Everybody loves Raymond except me - I think he's a moron.
House is a self-proclaimed atheist and acts like one. THe only thing on network TV worth watching is 24 on Fox.
Grey's Anatomy is a cheap copy of Sex in the City. The same lisping narration by the same over-sexed tired old actress leads smarmy soft-core porn story lines that teen age girls love to watch.
Brother Cavil (Dean Stockwell) is the most interesting Cylon of all save for Caprica 6.
No, I'm sorry to say that I missed it. When I was a boy, my heroes were my father adn James Arness. They were about the same size. But to me, the were 10 feet tall.
No, I'm sorry to say that I missed it. When I was a boy, my heroes were my father adn James Arness. They were about the same size. But to me, the were 10 feet tall.
Ah! Well, my daughter is 25. By your description, if she was a teen, I probably wouldn't allow her to watch it.
This just in: Boomers continue to want the entire world's resources to be directed towards their whims. Me me me me me me me me me.
(The above is a generalization only and is not directed at any particular individuals, especially FReepers. It's mostly the other crowd that exhibits this behavior anyway.)
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