annoying people that don't watch movies

Started by Tiff, April 19, 2003, 05:50:46 AM

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Sleuth

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Quote from: cowboykurtisyou're so high and mighty. what would we do without your "lame debate" detector. i will make sure to only discuss topics that are posted by you, oh great one.
i'm gonna ban u.

why is that?

Probably because you talked him down like an asshole for having the most valid point on the thread.

Also, I really don't think he was serious about the banning
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cowboykurtis

Quote from: Cinephile
Quote from: cowboykurtis
Quote from: P
Quote from: cowboykurtisyou're so high and mighty. what would we do without your "lame debate" detector. i will make sure to only discuss topics that are posted by you, oh great one.
i'm gonna ban u.

why is that?

Probably because you talked him down like an asshole for having the most valid point on the thread.

your skin's about as thick as paper -- if you really think i was being an ASSHOLE, you're a little too sensitive. its all in good fun.
...your excuses are your own...

cine

It just didn't look in good fun to anyone.

Pubrick

Quote from: cowboykurtisyour skin's about as thick as paper -- if you really think i was being an ASSHOLE, you're a little too sensitive. its all in good fun.
no it wasn't. and if anyone's "too sensitive" it's obviously u.

u took my post personally when it wasn't directed at anyone and wasn't even offensive. u initiated the diss.

i was proving that this art/entertainment argument is stupid and all three positions are valid. next time don't be psychotic.
under the paving stones.

Tiff

I don't think i worded my point properly here. what got me really pissed off in the first place was a conversation i had with my auntie:

ME
Have you seen a clockwork orange?

MY AUNTIE
No

ME
how come?

MY AUNTIE
I don't watch many movies. i don't watch tv. i only watch interesting documentaries on sbs...

(for those of u that dont live in australia, sbs is a government-funded channel that depends on foreign programs for its content).

Really, i guess that what i was trying to say was that most of the people i know don't really understand the art of film, so they disregard the genius in it. i guess it's not really their fault because film has been commercialised to such an extent that it has, in a way, redefined the word 'entertainment'. i don't think a dictionary's definition can define such a subjective word, considering the many types of entertainment available to us, and the many varying levels of enjoyment of entertainment that appeals to different people.
"Shut the fuck up!"

Pubrick

yeah i think the original point was not as focused as that and yeah i don't understand ppl who don't watch movies.

the real crime tho is ppl who don't watch TV, cos we all know movies can be meaningful and great and whatever, but i think TV is unfairly dismissed as pure entertainment. i stopped arguing this a few weeks ago but this reminded me, TV is not as lame as ppl make it out to be. u know, it's like the neglected child, with a little encouragement he could do great things.
under the paving stones.

Tiff

true. but u gotta admit that there's a hell of a lot of shit of tv as opposed to what's at the cinemas. joe millionaire anybody? but hey, i'm not dissin' tv. i mean its my fave dirty, neglected streetkid.
Pubrick, are you referring to any programs in particular on tv?
"Shut the fuck up!"

cine

People are just ignorant if they say TV sucks.. thats like a guy saying "Movies suck" because lets face it.. TV can be just as good to the right people... some may like the Sopranos and some might the Days of Our Lives.. if they invoke empathy then I say its good..


(note: I hate reality shows. period.)

Pubrick

Quote from: TiffPubrick, are you referring to any programs in particular on tv?
yeah defintely, like Curb Your Enthusiasm and before him The Larry Sanders Show are/were a great example of innovative television. Sopranos is as classy as it gets, and on the comedy frontier no movie has ever made me laugh as hard as the simpsons did weekly for about 4 years straight.

in consistent and reliable entertainment, film has a LOT to owe to TV in keeping ppl happy while they wait a year for their next favorite movie.

the high proportion of shit shows is obviously due to how cheap it is to produce a series compared to a motion picture. but the problem is that it's all too tempting to take cheap and turn it into crapola, "how low can u go" style.. those rare occasions when the economy of television has inspired originality, at its best it has approached visionary scale, eg. Twin Peaks. sure it's entertainment, it's sumthing to pass the time, but the point made is that occasionally TV touches upon a truth far more engaging than the timeslot requires. and those are the shows and movies that i remember.
under the paving stones.

Duck Sauce

Quote from: Tiffdoesn't it piss you off like hell when you're closely related to people that regard movies as only entertainment and don't see the art in film? I swear i'm gonna go insane  :twisted:

No. More frustrated. I dont really like to think of it like I am better than people, its just we all consider different things to be art. And it they want movies to just be entertainment, then good for them, it doesnt affect me.

polkablues

Quote from: TiffPubrick, are you referring to any programs in particular on tv?

Hate to step on Pubrickses's toes here, but I have to give props to "Boomtown" at any possible opportunity.  The average episode of this show is better than 90% of the movies that get made.
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ProgWRX

this is from last season but :




ownz me.   8)
-Carlos

Jeremy Blackman

Quote from: Duck SauceAnd it they want movies to just be entertainment, then good for them, it doesnt affect me.

I think the fact that most people consider movies to be entertainment, so movies are made for what people want, does affect me.

Sleuth

Quote from: ProgWRXthis is from last season but :




ownz me.   8)

Me too.  Also, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, but that was canceled recently  :evil:
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sphinx

i think there needs to be a format change.  maybe it's impossible, since networks are locked into three seven minute segments for half hour shows.  shows on television are structured around these breaks, and it would be fun if the the creators didn't have to worry about them.  i don't know how that would be economically possible.  perhaps they could work the commercials into the program truman-show style.  but then that would ruin everything.  wraa