Anyone else think TV is crappier than ever?

[Red Fang]

I have basic satellite TV, (directv), so what's with all the bad shows lately? I don't mean lame necessarily, those shows have been around forever. I mean shows with bad subject matter, glorifying or giving attention to things that should be discouraged. Axe Men, Swamp Loggers, DEA, a show on women cops, and worst of all, now a show projecting a state of apocalypse if there was no more oil! We need to get off that dirty nasty shit, not spread propaganda on the virtues of oil. Substitutes exist for every use that are clean and ecologically sound. Has NatGeo been bought out by Exxon-Mobil by any chance? So let's hear what shows you consider bad, vent about it and you will feel better. Personally, I think they have beat the "reality TV" concept into the ground, leave that dead horse alone already. What's next, a show on shitting contests to see who "can shit the biggest"? Why not more informative nature and science shows, space travel sci-fi, and other shows where you learn something? Throw in some mindless movies or sitcoms if you must, but a show on how they make nails or bread is like watching paint dry!

 

[TeamZissou]

nope i like it

 

[Red Fang]

you like what? The shows I mentioned?

 

[RandyMarsh]

I'll admit I didn't read half of your post. However, I definitely agree that 90% of television... no wait.... 95%!!!! of television is a load of crap.

I'll refer to my most beloved stations: National Geographic and Discovery. Both have been making some real half assed shows lately involving stupid gimmicks and retarded hosts. Just give me monkeys and kick ass high def footage that I'll never get to witness in real life! FUCK!

 

[TeamZissou]

no other shows

 

[Red Fang]

why not Randy? I tried to edit in paragraph seperations but it looks the same as ever for some odd reason! weird!

But yes I agree, NatGeo has been really dissappointing lately

 

[snowtiko]

I hate TV.

 

[RandyMarsh]

why not Randy? I tried to edit in paragraph seperations but it looks the same as ever for some odd reason! weird!

But yes I agree, NatGeo has been really dissappointing lately

No worries, I'm sure it's a combination of the paragraphs and my lack of patience due to extreme booze intake tonight.

What boggles me about NatGeo and Discovery is the amount of very wicked footage they sit on, yet they play this junk.

 

[Rosy Cheeks]

I'm old enough to remember when there was only two TV channels, in black and white, and people watched just anything that was on - no matter how ridiculous - because it was TV!

Oh, and I played with Dinky toy cars and customized pine cones, because I wasn't allowed to watch.

Me thinks you're suffering from a spleenish existence in an overdrive mass-media society.

You have what, at least 50 channels, broad-band internet, still everything's boring?

There's a cure. Go out in the woods at night.

 

[Red Fang]

I take that post as a dig, correct me if I am wrong. I was happy with what was on not that long ago when Naked Science and The Universe were on regularly. I am just saying the caliber of shows in the last few weeks especially and to some extent the last year or two has gone downhill. That does not mean there is something wrong with me as you are implying, but something wrong with what they air.

 

[j6p]

Axe Men, Swamp Loggers, DEA, a show on women cops, and worst of all, now a show projecting a state of apocalypse if there was no more oil ... Why not more informative nature and science shows, space travel sci-fi, and other shows where you learn something? Throw in some mindless movies or sitcoms if you must, but a show on how they make nails or bread is like watching paint dry!

My TV cable has been unplugged since July 2003. I only watch pre-recorded material that I've been collecting over the years. Finding the worthwhile stuff has become a part-time hobby. So I only watch the shows I enjoy, such as sci-fi, science, history, and good films. Commercials don't exist.

My advice: abandon TV wasteland, because it's hopeless. Instead, go online for a few minutes and grab some real entertainment! Pretty soon you'll have several thousand good shows in your growing collection

 

[Rosy Cheeks]

No, I don't think there's anything wrong with you Red Fang, unless there's something wrong with being human.

I think most of us are victims of the society we live in, it's just a question of to what degree you're sucked in.

 

[Red Fang]

yes I watch a lot of recorded stuff too. just not a lot to record these days. and for those who think a confrontational post was "helpful", you have a lot to learn. I am just asking a question here and it is a reasonable one. I am not a spoiled rich kid who had the top cable package available and had to cut back due to the economy and now have a lower package and am whining about it. I have basic cable because of the switch from analog or I'd still have that. I admit I could never go back to analog now, even the less than spectacular lineup is better than watching a handful of fuzzy channels, yeah I know what that's like too. But common, expecting something better than all these crappy home videos shows or manswers (although once in a while that has good stuff) is not unreasonable! My gripe is mainly that Spike no longer has any Star Trek and what it replaced it with is dreadful.... history channel no longer has any good shows either.... NatGeo has gone downhill on shows too.... and the Sci-Fi channel is a watered-down version of its former self since it became available on the basic package (I used to get the premium channels every so often as a rare fluke or something). And why do cable stations have commercials? Isn't that why you have to pay to watch them? There should be no commercials!

 

[Red Fang]

oh ok I over-reacted, sorry Rosy!
no actually don't watch too much TV at all, and refuse to watch commercials, so not that "sucked in" at all.

 

[Lord Humungus]

you need to watch some nick jr, yo
yo gabba gabba, wonder pets!, the upside down show.. very fucking creative.
no commercials
and its learning!!!

seriously, get high and watch at least yo gabba gabba

*maybe i watch these shows because my 19mos old must watch them or the house burns down haha

 

[TeamZissou]

gabba gabba looks funnny gotta check that out

 

[Lord Humungus]

its really not that bad.
teaches kids to like, not bite your friends
or eat food that falls on the floor

check out the video/clip of brobee eating "theres a party in my tummy so yummy so yummy"

they get cool bands to come in and perform (aquabats, supernove, cornelius, the roots)... seriously its like an acid trip for preschoolers haha

 

[ka0tik_kreati0n]

you need to watch some nick jr, yo
yo gabba gabba, wonder pets!, the upside down show.. very fucking creative.
no commercials
and its learning!!!

seriously, get high and watch at least yo gabba gabba

*maybe i watch these shows because my 19mos old must watch them or the house burns down haha

lol my son is really into garfield the movie right now.. but he was into yo gabba for awhile there....

its really not that bad.
teaches kids to like, not bite your friends
or eat food that falls on the floor

check out the video/clip of brobee eating "theres a party in my tummy so yummy so yummy"

they get cool bands to come in and perform (aquabats, supernove, cornelius, the roots)... seriously its like an acid trip for preschoolers haha

lmao dont bite your friends! or they teach you how to dancey dance!!! LMAO

 

[Lord Humungus]

right on Kk right on!
tony hawks dancey dance was bad ass... plex teleports in the skate ramp and its on!
they even had snoop d-o-g perform the peanut butter stomp at a live event.
fuck i watch that channel too damn much

 

[THC123]

havben't watched tv for 3 years