How Does Cable TV Find All Of These Crappy Movies ?

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

Mike, it is a good thing that Justified doesn't go up against Best Defense or Shooting Gallery. It would be a hard choice to make.

[Timothy]

Hey, with SONS OF ANARCHY wrapped up there's nothing to look forward to until JUSTIFIED next week..

Michael,

Explain to the layman (me) the romanticizing of crime family dramas like SOA, The Godfather, Sopranos, et al..

Regardless of Mario Puzo's and Coppolas writing, in the end, all the bad guys (the Corleones) ended up dead as it should be...  Crime don't pay...the guidos paid the ultimate price. 

What makes shows like Sons of Anarchy create such a fervor for criminals and their criminal activities so popular?  In full disclosure, I've never watched SOA or the Sopranos, not a single episode, but...I'm interested to know what draws folks who wouldn't consider breaking the law to gravitate to a drama that romanticizes crime to an extreme level.

[MikeBjerum]

Timothy,

It's like NASCAR - We watched to see what stupid thing they would do, and what they would do to deal with the consequences.

[ericcartman]

Hey, with SONS OF ANARCHY wrapped up there's nothing to look forward to until JUSTIFIED next week..

EXCEPT FOR SHOOTING GALLERY AND THE BEST DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mb

Already got the DVR set for BD & SG, but thanks for the reminder on Justified (final season).

Back in Oct. or Nov. All turner broadcast show including CNN were off the air for about 2 weeks.

Actually they were off for about a month.  Didn't miss CNN one bit, but really did miss Cartoon Network.
I don't watch Fox News either, but it does tick me off that they are constantly pulling channels over fee disputes and never give any kind of discount from the already overpriced service.

[mortdooley]

 I believe most people still have some form of high dollar subscription TV but others are switched to internet video and over the air local broadcasts only! Our main TV (55") has multiple inputs so it has Dish, Smart Blue ray, a computer with wireless keyboard and mouse and OTA. There is a USB input to put  pictures and video on the screen. We usually watch Youtube, Netflix or what I pre-record and skip the commercials. So I can keep up with Hickock45, MHP Gardener and Survival Doc or find out how to fix something on YouTube. Netflix has a lot of great programs and even more bad ones.
There was a time when CNN was on a News Loop that was updated through out the day and the Weather Channel was the same way. The goal must be to give us less while they charge more and then to find a way to give even less and charge even more until we are charged a lot for nothing.

And Yes Michael, you're on our DVR.

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[Hazcat]

I don't have any type of TV service.  Haven't for years (3 or 4) and don't miss it at all.

[MikeBjerum]

I don't have any type of TV service.  Haven't for years (3 or 4) and don't miss it at all.

In the 70's and early 80's many families in our area were choosing no or very limited TV.  I thought it was strange.  Between the expense to get the few things I like and the limited choice of any value, I am ready to pull the plug.  However, like a drug or alcohol addict, I fear the change.

[tombogan03884]

Fear not M58. I haven't even owned a tv in 10 years. Sometimes I watch local news at the local coffee shop, but otherwise everything I need I get online or from DVD's.

[billt]

From what I've been hearing and reading, cable TV is on borrowed time. The Internet is poised and ready to take over television as we know it. It's already started. You can watch several full length movies on You Tube for free. Not to mention great programs like "Tales Of The Gun", before the "History Channel" turned into "The Reality Channel".

 Then there is Hulu, Netflix, and about a dozen more I'm forgetting. Most every TV sold today is "smart" and has Wi-Fi built in. My TIVO box has Wi-Fi, and makes any TV hooked up to it "smart". I for one will be happy to see all of these cable companies on the bread line! They've been screwing us for years.

[tombogan03884]

They thought that TV would kill off the movies and radio, but they are both still with us.
The internet though, might actually be able to do it, look at all the stuff included in a phone nowadays.
We get closer to a single device for all of our communications, TV, Radio,movies, internet, phone,even online newspapers and magazines, all in one device.
All that remains is to shrink discs so they can be run on a Kindle, or Nook size unit and we will only need Desktops for industrial/business applications.