How Does Cable TV Find All Of These Crappy Movies ?

[billt]

over the weekend, Dish network had a free preview weekend of HBO, Showtime and cinamax, out of the entire weekend, there was not one show on any of those that was worth watching, most of the movies were  several years old and they were not that good then.

This is the whole thing in a nutshell. I remember the very first time I got cable back in 1980. I was excited about it and got the best package they offered. While it was expensive at the time, ($50.00 a month), I got everything, and every month came a new batch of movies. Now it's just the same old crap over and over, regardless of how much you pay. I've seen these movies so many times like "Goodfella's", I know damn near every line by heart. And it just keeps getting worse. Commercials are everywhere all the time. They occupy almost 50% of the air time on channels like "The Weather Channel" which you pay to get in the first place. It's all gotten out of control, and at the same time, beyond pure crap. 

[PegLeg45]

over the weekend, Dish network had a free preview weekend of HBO, Showtime and cinamax, out of the entire weekend, there was not one show on any of those that was worth watching, most of the movies were  several years old and they were not that good then.

Amen to this.
They only do these free weekends with motives in mind....it usually surrounds the premier of one of their own series shows, and they hope folks will watch, get interested, and subscribe.


And like BillT mentioned, the regular channels are inundated with commercials.

I saw all this coming way back when MTV stopped actually playing music videos.

[TAB]

9 years since I have owned a tv

[Pathfinder]

I'm going to DVR "Justified" starting this season. Can anyone give me the Cliff Notes on it? I'm going to try to record all of them if they broadcast the other 4 seasons, like they did "Breaking Bad". I went through the whole series in about 2 weeks. Blasting through commercials, watching as many a 4 episodes per sitting. I'd like to do much the same with "Justified", if it's as good.

Late to the game here, newlywed and all that (2 years and counting!  )

I like Justified. It was originally a couple of short stories by Elmore Leonard who is one of the great undiscovered writers of our time. Or was, as he died last year. He was also one of the executive producers.

Cliff Notes: Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) is a pain-in-the-ass US Marshall banished by his bosses to his home county of Harlan, KY. There, he has to deal with his criminal Dad, his boyhood chum who runs drugs and does other miscreant things, a bunch of KY women (with all of their teeth), and assorted other bad guys in what is arguably the poorest economic county in KY. Decently acted, but if you ever see Olyphant in "real" life, he comes across as a hollyweird puss-boy. So maybe great acting?

As for Breaking Bad, I couldn't watch more than the first 3 episodes. No big deal watching Malcolm's Dad be a bad guy, it just wasn't that good IMHO. I did like the promo I saw where his wife tells him she was worried about him in trouble, and he - very coldly - responded "I am the trouble".

I too have a cable bundle, and I watch History, HD2, and AHC almost exclusively. My bundle comes with HBO, so I do get HBOGo so I can watch some movies on my iPad. And the blu-ray player is smart and I can get to Netflix, Amazon Prime, et al.

But the cable bundle is expensive and mostly a waste. I may try the roku, but AHC in particular is running some decent new shows. If only they would stop running ads for their parent's (Discovery Channel) other shows about midgets, gay farmers, Oprah, Amish gangsters, and naked people running through the jungles and deserts of the world!

[tombogan03884]

If I remember right Olyphant was the sheriff in "Deadwood" that I didn't like.

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[Big Frank]

I remember Timothy Olyphant as agent 47 in Hitman. I'm not really familiar with many of his other roles. I don't remember how good he was either.

[billt]

If I remember right Olyphant was the sheriff in "Deadwood" that I didn't like.

He played the gutless pussy "Seth Bullock" in that role. Al Swearengen the saloon owner, used to roll over him like a stone.

 

[tombogan03884]

You watch Al Swearengen and it's hard to believe he wasn't the bad guy, Powers Booth was .LOL

CAUTION NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYWHERE !!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnpuEEGvEmw

[billt]

You watch Al Swearengen and it's hard to believe he wasn't the bad guy, Powers Booth was .LOL

CAUTION NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYWHERE !!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnpuEEGvEmw

Then afterwards they fed the bodies to the pigs!

[tombogan03884]

Yes, that's where Hearst Chinese guy ended up.