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| The Curse of MTV(-M) and some weird tangent by jeep 01/25/2005, 11:41pm PST | ||||
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laudablepuss wrote: Firefox. What popups? And they could put the tiny dribble of content that's not already INSIDE! in the member's section. I got a subscription to Insider because I wanted to read Neyer, Kiper, and that fucking Rumor Central. I ended it right after. It was worth $5 for that first month just to dig through it. As far as their horrid TV channels, they've already maxed out their suck stat, I think. I hope. In Boston, ESPN is channel 15. It's old enough that it's probably relatively low-numbered on most other cable systems. I think it's safe to say there's incredible pressure on these channels to make more general content, kind of a bridge between sucky network TV and pinpointed one-fan-per-channel stuff higher up. They want real sports fans, they make ESPN6 "All east coast rivalry talk all the time except cheerleading during really important games on other channels". I used to think one generation's rebellion was the next generation's classics, but now I'm thinking the classics are actually edited to meet them halfway. Some franchise like Arnold Schwarzeneggar tests well among kids and then starts making Kindergarten Cop. So their parents let them see Raw Deal to anesthetize them to the violence, then Arnie meets them halfway with Last Action Hero. So I'm saying MTV only half pussied out and the rest is the younger generation following their parents' habits. Speaking of ESPN and bad habits, I love this ESPN Outside the Lines "Holy Shit, the Kids Are Playing Poker!" report coming out 25 years after I learned it. In fact I don't know a single person who wasn't taught half of Hoyle's before age 10. I do not gamble with money (ethical thing) but I don't understand the modern "gambling is a disease" thing. BDR has probably seen enough of that up close to know better, but I don't see the games themselves as being inherently wrong more than it's just inherently a choice. I see the World Series of Craps on Chapelle and I think it's funny but I don't get why it's a taboo. Let me just flip through "Living in the Tenth Century" and yep, there's the town guard rolling dice to pass the time. I'm thinking all this Gambling Anonymous bullshit is the consequence of letting Protestants gamble, which is like giving alcohol to the natives. "My personal relationship with God guarantees he loves me best, so put my mortgage on black!" In fact, my followup report for Outside the Lines is called "Gambling: Not Just For Catholics And The Chinese Anymore?" I haven't seen much of the NFL channel. Is it any good? Do you enjoy local cable access filmed in an airplane hangar? Me neither. /jeep/ |
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Pretending to show your butt is awful, just awful by 01/14/2005, 1:50am PST  Re: Pretending to show your butt is awful, just awful by 01/14/2005, 1:22pm PST The Curse of MTV(-M) and some weird tangent by 01/25/2005, 11:41pm PST Re: Pretending to show your butt is awful, just awful by 01/23/2005, 7:26pm PST Re: Pretending to show your butt is awful, just awful by 01/23/2005, 7:52pm PST Disappointed that wasn't real :( NT by 01/23/2005, 7:53pm PST you and half of 2+2 (hijack) by 01/23/2005, 11:11pm PST It's a fact. by 01/24/2005, 4:06am PST Oh you're saying he's that gimmick persona too. by 01/24/2005, 4:15am PST Sample Size Man joined just a few weeks after Monty himself did NT by 01/24/2005, 5:04am PST (and confines his deemings to Small Stakes Limit Hold'em, Monty's game) NT by 01/24/2005, 5:09am PST Speaking of awful, Numb3rs. NT by 01/24/2005, 2:54am PST Re: Pretending to show your butt is awful, just awful by 06/17/2005, 8:25am PDT |
