I think it would perhaps work better if when we
respond to these x-post postings, we would make
an effort to remove CDP from the posted groups.
It would lead their posts away from our group,
and keep the group cleaner (I always thought we
were a bit more civil than those folks anyway)

My 2, Patrick <;=)

(latimerp) wrote:
But think of the entertainment we would miss. smiles. --dawn

On 13 Feb 2006 19:32:17 -0800, "dawn" <dawnwolthuis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

You call that "entertainment"? No wonder the US' television
offerings are such rubbish..... But then again, our own television
content is modelled on that, and the UK's, to a large extent or just
directly imported... 'nuff said....

Regards,

Bruce Nichol
Talon Computer Services
ALBURY NSW Australia

http://www.taloncs.com.au

If it ain't broke, fix it until it is....

"I'm a celebrity - get me out of here" - popular UK *entertainment* -
but following the soap opera on the other thread - perhaps - "I'm an
Oracla DBA, get me out of here" - would be more appropriate. <grin>

Bruce Nichol wrote:
<unsually OT>
US TV is crap. The only redemption is the science, nature, and
educational programs. (I have no idea how The Man Show got on G4
(Tech) TV, talk about desperation for an audience.) And since we're
here, I think the entire entertainment industry is crap, with remake
after remake after remake (yes, that's a pun). There is no
creativity. They got tired of re-writing new scripts around the same
themes (boy gets girl, or someone gets murdered, or someone does a
heist, or all of the above...) and decided to just re-write old
material and release it as a remake of some "classic favorite". Does
it cost too much to get people who can write original material? Or is
the modern audience really just a pack of lemmings for remakes?
(Rhetorical questions, don't expect answers or want to feed more OT
discussion)
</>

Anyway, FWIW, if you use a threaded usenet reader (or threaded mail
reader that gets usenet posts) then you don't need to worry about
reading drivel from comp.databases.slugfest. Personally I don't read
any of that trash.

4 cents (devalued US$...)
T

Tony Gravagno wrote:
There is a lot of new material and a lot of creativity, but there is a
huge risk aversion. New releases are not making money in theatres, so
they have to think of the big screen release as the advertising for the
DVD, for example. To mitigate this risk, producers try to get as close
as they can to a "sure thing" (remakes, or so they think) and the
creativity is shoved to the sidelines. Digital filmmaking (and
viewing) is going to help make some significant changes, I hope, so
that it will be cost-effective again to make good films and TV.

Too late. smiles --dawn

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Ahh yes, the eternal debate... Economics or Art?

The best stuff just tries to be good, ROI be damned - stockholders hate
that.

You are right Dawn, digital films will allow more creativity, but also more
crap.

BFaux ;-)