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| Thread ID: 141422 | 2015-12-15 23:40:00 | We dont watch American TV. | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1412996 | 2015-12-16 19:11:00 | SWMBO and moi like different things on the box (perhaps we should rename it "the slab" or "the wafer") Solution... 2 tv sets and 2 viewing rooms with door between. Has worked well for the last 10 years. Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1412997 | 2015-12-16 19:16:00 | Solution . . . 2 tv sets and 2 viewing rooms with door between . Has worked well for the last 10 years . Ken :) Blimey -- Thats how we got ours setup as well . The main TV is in the front Lounge (which is an extension on the house) and a second TV in the back, original Lounge with sliding doors in between . The good bit -- When I get told to go watch on the other TV and shut the door , guess where the fireplace is that heats both :D Great in Winter . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1412998 | 2015-12-16 19:22:00 | Apart from the grating American accent, American programmes are generally very shallow – running around pointing guns at everyone – and their so called comedy is just not funny. We can’t understand why anyone would find American TV even slightly interesting. Which means, of course, that the only channels we watch are mainly TV1, some Prime and the occasional programme on Choice. Here we go again . Another anti American rant.. Everyone to their own . Are you a Pom by any chance?? |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1412999 | 2015-12-16 19:31:00 | I like a lot of American stuff, and I dislike a lot of it also. Just because Roscoe doesn't understand my like for it I'm not going to change my opinion. I didn't comment sooner because frankly I saw no point in the original post. Someone doesn't like something.... so what? I Love some British comedy:- red dwarf, the new statesman, brush strokes, many others. Then there's British comedy I don't get at all and don't find particularly funny (Like Dick Van Dyke sorry Terry) Same goes for American shows. You watch what you like, you ignore what you don't, and you leave others to do the same. Where's the problem? Considering the taste of other people to somehow be less worthy than your own says more about your own lack of character than their lack of taste. I hate reality TV, I can't stand talent shows, I never watch soap operas, and I don't care if anyone else does or think less of them for it. That's what choice is about, without options you have no choice. :+1: |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1413000 | 2015-12-16 20:50:00 | Some of the worst TV 'comedy' Ive ever seen over the years is from the UK . Simply not funny . Depressing . Racist . Also some of the best is from the UK . But the best TV is from the US . Of course it is, they can spend $1M++ on a single episode without blinking . With those resources of course they can produce the best and be more consistent over a longer time . Perhaps if the OP didnt just watch the made for the masses crap & looked for the US made gems . . . . . . . . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1413001 | 2015-12-16 21:40:00 | Love the older UK comedy, but the newer stuff doesn't do it for me. Just didn't see the fascination with The Office, and all those "awkward silence" glances have crept into a lot of modern comedy. American drama has come a long way over the last decade, obviously not for everyone but stuff like The Shield, The Wire, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Sons Of Anarchy, etc, were/are pretty damn good if you like that sort of thing. Also loving Gotham, Flash and Arrow. The newer British drama I've seem, I thought Luther and Whitechapel were a bit too try-hard. |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1413002 | 2015-12-16 22:03:00 | Blimey -- Thats how we got ours setup as well. The main TV is in the front Lounge (which is an extension on the house) and a second TV in the back, original Lounge with sliding doors in between. The good bit -- When I get told to go watch on the other TV and shut the door , guess where the fireplace is that heats both :D Great in Winter. Just like us, didn't realize there was other genii about. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1413003 | 2015-12-16 22:05:00 | There are things I find amusing about the differences, English and Aussie shows often use actual teenagers to play teenagers for example. Apparently most popular American Teens look like 20 something models who work out a lot. That doesn't stop me enjoying american movies/tv but it is silly. I've also never liked the tendency of american tv shows to beat you about the face with some moral message to make sure you can't possibly miss it. I prefer comedy that focuses on being funny and doesn't worry about political correctness or moral messages. Married with children is still one of my all time favourite comedies, totally stupid and I love it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1413004 | 2015-12-16 22:25:00 | I was actually being sarcastic over Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. His attempted cockney accent was so bad, that apparently it has become a legend in American acting and voice training circles about how not to do a British accent. www.theguardian.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1413005 | 2015-12-17 00:19:00 | I've also never liked the tendency of american tv shows to beat you about the face with some moral message to make sure you can't possibly miss it. And the tendency for the recorded shows that wait for a live audience to assimilate the instruction and then act on the cue card "Laugh". Or if there is no live audience, then the inserted canned laughter ... |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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