F ing television is shite ain't it?
I've got it on in the background, no sound, the One Show is on.
2 blind folded, presumably "Irish" dancers, they're wearing green sweaters, are prancing up and down 2 lines of eggs, I assume not cooked, presumably to show how precise their dancing is!
Really, is that honestly entertainfuckingment?
Television, is so f ing awful, with few exceptions, I prefer to repeatedly watch "House of Cards" and "Homeland" on Netflix even though I know them both off by heart!
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Surely it's enterfuckingtainment.
I know some on here are not fond of the BBC and sometimes rightly so but unfortunately like with many cuts it's the Arts and Culture that get hit hardest. BBC 1 keeps all its popular programmes whereas BBC4 only broadcasts a handful of new shows a week.
You now have the power to control what you watch, when you watch it. If you're channel hopping or find yourself watching boring stuff, it's entirely your fault. It's bad planning.
That's the trouble with Beeb 4 too many repeats.
Same with Film 4, whose library must consist of about 6 films, X-Men (yawn) Men in Black, endless Bruce "the vest" Willis and those ones with Liam Neeson, Fast and Boring etc., etc.,
I haven't subscribed to any alternatives like Sky or Amazon as it appears to be all of a muchness.
When Eastenders was first broadcast, I was married and my wife liked it, so I used to watch occasionally. The other day I accidentally, while channel hopping, caught a glimpse of it and bloody 30 years on, Ian bleeding Beale is still in it, Christ Almighty.
Clearly shows ambition and does he really have the nerve to call himself an actor?
It's got so bad that to avoid the television, I've agreed to go to a show tonight with the missus where the The O'Flaherty Dance Pair perform 'Dances With Eggs'.
Will report back.
They had, Zero Dark Thirty on the other week at about 1.30am and it wasn't available on catch up or whatever their rewatch service is called!
So, 70% of movies go Cinema - PPV (that's Sky Store or Blu Ray etc) - Sky - Netflix - Film4 - BBC/ITV, then back to Sky and Netflix. This cycle usually takes a few years.
So you can't really compare Film4 which is a subscription-free channel, to Sky or Netflix. F4 used to be a subscription channel but they figured, they could package up older films and use advertising for revenue instead.
Ultimately, those channels have a finite list of movies. Sky has about 1200. Netflix has about 5,000 I think, Film4 has about 100. If you are not watching on demand, it feels like the same old shit being repeated. That's the user's fault for not understanding what they're paying for.
Best way to use Film4 is to go through a week's worth of movies on the TV planner and record the ones you like. Build your own movie channel. If you do this across all channels, you really don't need to spend 20 quid a month on a subscription, especially if you go to the cinema or use PPV.