Bravo!
Keruvalia
18-09-2005, 05:52
No, not the cheer ... the network.
What happened to Bravo?!
Just a few years ago it was mostly James Lipton and Indie Films and all manner of the best television in America ....
Now it's "Battle of the Network Reality Stars" and "Celebrity Poker"!!!
Is there no solace from the drudgery of mundanity any more? Where is my intellectual television, damnit! Isn't intellectual stimulation enumerated in the Constitution or, at least, by proxy established with the 9th amendment?
I am seriously contemplating throwing my TV out with Wednesday's garbage and going back to just reading books.
Damn you, Bravo! Damn you!
Americans seem to enjoy all reality shows. Whoever started them needs to die slowly and painfully. Truthfully though I've never watched Bravo! so...
Pepe Dominguez
18-09-2005, 06:25
I noticed this too. Haven't watched the Bravo channel in three or four years now for that reason... AMC still has a few good movies on occasion, but not normally "indie" movies, not that I'm that big on indies.
The South Islands
18-09-2005, 06:27
Americans seem to enjoy all reality shows. Whoever started them needs to die slowly and painfully. Truthfully though I've never watched Bravo! so...
Buahahahahahahaha!!!
You think us Americans like having a new reality show crammed down our tubes every month? You make me laugh!
Cpt_Cody
18-09-2005, 06:28
Now it's "Battle of the Network Reality Stars" and "Celebrity Poker"!!!
You best not be dissin' Celeb' Poker, dawg :p :D
Keruvalia
18-09-2005, 06:30
You best not be dissin' Celeb' Poker, dawg :p :D
I'm not ... but it should be on Fox ... not Bravo .... damnit!
Keruvalia
18-09-2005, 06:32
I noticed this too. Haven't watched the Bravo channel in three or four years now for that reason... AMC still has a few good movies on occasion, but not normally "indie" movies, not that I'm that big on indies.
Hey I adore AMC. True movies from when true movies were made. What I mean here is ... well .... imagine AMC showing "Dude, Where's My Car?"
Carnivorous Lickers
18-09-2005, 12:44
Hey I adore AMC. True movies from when true movies were made. What I mean here is ... well .... imagine AMC showing "Dude, Where's My Car?"
Wait just a freaking minute? You dont LIKE watching people play poker?
I am seriously contemplating throwing my TV out with Wednesday's garbage and going back to just reading books.
Do it! And then join the club. :D
I have Bravo too, but its well the European one and lets just say by day it has trashy tv shows and by nite its of a more adult nature :fluffle:
Call to power
18-09-2005, 13:34
I would never advise reading books! C.O.M.A
just watch Tom and Jerry, spongbob squarepants and maybe a rather unhealthy dose of paramount
World wide allies
18-09-2005, 13:52
I have Bravo too, but its well the European one and lets just say by day it has trashy tv shows and by nite its of a more adult nature :fluffle:
^^
Indeed, it's just trash, and 'Police wildest chases 3!'
Valleera
18-09-2005, 14:01
To be honest, living in England I'm sick of the non-stop cramming of crap like Big Brother, The Farm and Celebrity Love Island down our throats. You no it's got to stop when the people on them are 'famous' simply for knowing/being related to a b list celebrity!
Keruvalia
18-09-2005, 16:14
Wait just a freaking minute? You dont LIKE watching people play poker?
May come as a shock, I know ... but I actually don't! Now ... I don't mind playing poker ... but watching celebrities do it on TV is just ... well ... wrong somehow.
Teh_pantless_hero
18-09-2005, 16:17
Watch Discovery: Going Tribal, Myth Busters, OCC, Dirtiest Jobs
Buahahahahahahaha!!!
You think us Americans like having a new reality show crammed down our tubes every month? You make me laugh!
Hey, our TV stations keep spitting them out so I guess our fellow people like them. I can't see how they are interesting but new Survivor and Big Brother seasons keep coming out and that Fear Factor show is really nauseating.
Neo Kervoskia
18-09-2005, 16:20
I think we should invade the UK and eat their leaders. Reality TV started there, then we'll burn down Bravo!, NBC, CBS, ABC, TBN, TNT, MTV, C-SPAN, CNN, Fox, and others. Reality TV that involves any manner of people living in house in the "real world" or living on an island must be destroyed.
Cannot think of a name
18-09-2005, 16:30
Hey I adore AMC. True movies from when true movies were made. What I mean here is ... well .... imagine AMC showing "Dude, Where's My Car?"
That's the AMC of old. Once they started running ads the C became questionable. Then it was simply American Movie that was the requirement to get on the channel. I wish I had a good example to prove this, but peruse their schedule I'm sure you'll find a movie that you will question it's status as a "Classic."
Then one night they played "Frankenstien Conquers the World" (supposed to have been "Godzilla vs. Frankenstien"....serious, look it up on imdb.com) which wasn't even American.
Not that I mind foriegn films, especially when we're talkin' 'bout Godzilla movies and thier clones, but the mission of that channel has shifted enough that the name is off.
Ashmoria
18-09-2005, 17:10
bravo got bought by NBC who quickly realized that there is no money in highbrow entertainment. so we are left with the name and in reality it is "stuff that nbc couldnt put on its regular schedule"
the same thing has happened to A&E and AMC