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GMTV (1993 - 2010)
My heart bleeds for the 'worlds hardest working mother'. RIP, this is a sad day for inane and tactless presenters everywhere.
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ITV Discussion Thread
That's the loosest definition of "new logo" I've ever seen in my life. Nasty, nasty IPP.
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ITV Discussion Thread
That's the loosest definition of "new logo" I've ever seen in my life. Nasty, nasty IPP.
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Don't feed the Gondolas. It has kind-of been succeeded by The Panel in that it has some of the same sort of people (Dara O'Briain is recurrent much of the time) and discusses topical-lite type news, but most of the time just degenerating into comic rants about random things.
It's not that great at all now, certainly nothing like the Gay Burne haydays, seems overtly zelebrity driven, with Pat the Plank Kenny being unable to carry out any of the more probing/intimate interviews Gay used to do (whilst still being able to mix in light stuff very much at ease). It has hads its moments though, like a while back when a man walked down onto set swearing viciously at the host. The next weekend he proceeded to drive his car through the main entrance doors of RTE's studios.
RTE International
Inspector Sands posted:
I thought Tara was great, remember enjoying 'Never Mind The Gondolas' in particular (although that has now finished)
Don't feed the Gondolas. It has kind-of been succeeded by The Panel in that it has some of the same sort of people (Dara O'Briain is recurrent much of the time) and discusses topical-lite type news, but most of the time just degenerating into comic rants about random things.
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The Late Late show was often worth a watch, especially if they'd flown over a British guest. Not seen since Gay Byrne left however.
It's not that great at all now, certainly nothing like the Gay Burne haydays, seems overtly zelebrity driven, with Pat the Plank Kenny being unable to carry out any of the more probing/intimate interviews Gay used to do (whilst still being able to mix in light stuff very much at ease). It has hads its moments though, like a while back when a man walked down onto set swearing viciously at the host. The next weekend he proceeded to drive his car through the main entrance doors of RTE's studios.
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I suppose that I have to leave that as a possibility, but I can recall fairly confidently having seen Trash of the Titans on C4 a while back where the w word was left in, RTE2 have definitely also shown it with everything intact, I don't know whether or not they would receive a similar or same edition as C4 get in from America.
Channel 4 butchering The Simpsons
Barney Boo posted:
There are a number of imports that seem to get dodgy butcherings on their C4 showings - Friends also comes to mind, but is it definitely C4's compliance people doing it, or just some lowest common denominator safe edit that's put out for international syndication?
I suppose that I have to leave that as a possibility, but I can recall fairly confidently having seen Trash of the Titans on C4 a while back where the w word was left in, RTE2 have definitely also shown it with everything intact, I don't know whether or not they would receive a similar or same edition as C4 get in from America.
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Now I'm sure this will come across as needless whinging by an obsessive fan, but what's the bloody point in these actions? Is it so they can bung in another three or four 4Music promos? Or make space for a Big Brother voting promo, complete with 1 minute warning about how to vote correctly via phone/text?
It just seems like really lousy behaviour.
Channel 4 butchering The Simpsons
Has Channel 4 no respect for The Simpsons? It seems that whenever I've watched episodes lately some skits have been murdered by dreadful editing. The episode with Apu's wedding recently left in Homer as Ganesh having been subdued, but cut the just preceding scene where he was established as faking being Ganesh. I missed the start of "Trash of the Titans" earlier, the double use of W-nkers was edited out as I thought it would be, but they also cut the "luring children to a Gingerbread House" joke and part of how did Homer solve the trash problem (Bart: "Dealing drugs?" Lisa: "Drugs?" Marge: "I'm gonna go with drugs too."). I'm pretty sure other scenes were shortened too, but can't put my finger on exact ones.Now I'm sure this will come across as needless whinging by an obsessive fan, but what's the bloody point in these actions? Is it so they can bung in another three or four 4Music promos? Or make space for a Big Brother voting promo, complete with 1 minute warning about how to vote correctly via phone/text?
It just seems like really lousy behaviour.
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I think they look fine. Nice evolution of a brand that is no where near out of date nor needing a complete overhaul.
The Sport Thread
Brekkie posted:
And these new BBC Sport graphics (as seen above) really do look ****, especially on the Olympic News stream where they crop up every few seconds. Such a shame considering how great the standard BBC Sport ident is.
I think they look fine. Nice evolution of a brand that is no where near out of date nor needing a complete overhaul.
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I think they look fine. Nice evolution of a brand that is no where near out of date nor needing a complete overhaul.
The Sport Thread
Brekkie posted:
And these new BBC Sport graphics (as seen above) really do look ****, especially on the Olympic News stream where they crop up every few seconds. Such a shame considering how great the standard BBC Sport ident is.
I think they look fine. Nice evolution of a brand that is no where near out of date nor needing a complete overhaul.
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The close ups looked a bit like he was mildly incontinent and having a bit of trouble squeezing a big one out though. The position and design of the cauldron on the roof is spectacular though.
Beijing Olympic Games 2008
nwtv2003 posted:
The man running round in the air lighting the torch was fantastic, not much impresses me, but that was good.
The close ups looked a bit like he was mildly incontinent and having a bit of trouble squeezing a big one out though. The position and design of the cauldron on the roof is spectacular though.
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Because London 2012 will have a defined budget. Money is no issue to the Communist Party when this is their one and only chance to show the world how fabulous China is.
Just watching it, I imagine the intention is to try to make sure that no country will ever be able to top this opening ceremony.
Beijing Olympic Games 2008
MovieMaker posted:
@ the eye! - What a stuipid thing to say! What makes you think London couldn't top this?
Because London 2012 will have a defined budget. Money is no issue to the Communist Party when this is their one and only chance to show the world how fabulous China is.
Just watching it, I imagine the intention is to try to make sure that no country will ever be able to top this opening ceremony.
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Beijing Olympic Games 2008
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