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Post by williammcgregor on Nov 9, 2018 12:22:19 GMT
When I worked with Scottish Gas all male staff had to wear a shirt and tie which I liked
Then this daft idea of "Dress Down" Friday came along and that was the start of a drop in standards
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Nov 10, 2018 10:04:01 GMT
Every filmed drama is gloomily filmed and with muted colours,as if everything occurs on an overcast day at around 2.p.m. Visually very unappealing and immediately makes me turn over or switch off.I preferred it when it was all brightly videotaped-so much more engaging and immediate.I don't think I've ever watched the much trumpeted recent detective dramas of ITV and BBC for these reasons.Can't stand the gloom.
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Post by Alan Turrell on Nov 10, 2018 10:21:27 GMT
If it wasn't for my wife who has the tv on all the time I honestly wouldn't have one I would have got rid of it years ago there is nothing on there made today that appeals to me at all. It's a personal thing but everything I watch is pre-1980 which I watch on my laptop the only stuff I watch that's made today is football and the weather forecast I just don't like the way actors come across today I don't like the way the shows are made they make me cringe with a hey look at me attitude I don't like it as I say it's a personal thing I don't expect anyone else to agree but that's how I feel about today's tv. Having said that Talking Pictures is an exception I have watched that and it's very good.
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Post by Richard Marple on Nov 10, 2018 21:52:57 GMT
Every filmed drama is gloomily filmed and with muted colours,as if everything occurs on an overcast day at around 2.p.m. Visually very unappealing and immediately makes me turn over or switch off.I preferred it when it was all brightly videotaped-so much more engaging and immediate.I don't think I've ever watched the much trumpeted recent detective dramas of ITV and BBC for these reasons.Can't stand the gloom. That's interesting because a lot of the 1970s dramas shot entirely on film looked like that, with an added layer or graininess. This look suited shows like The Sweeney & The Professionals very nicely. I do miss non-soap dramas with videotapes interiors, some even managed to have the exteriors shot on video too. The House Of Elliott was one of the last to be shot this way. Even some comedies are shot with a film effect, which normally works best with no studio audience.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Nov 10, 2018 21:57:32 GMT
If it wasn't for my wife who has the tv on all the time I honestly wouldn't have one I would have got rid of it years ago there is nothing on there made today that appeals to me at all. It's a personal thing but everything I watch is pre-1980 which I watch on my laptop the only stuff I watch that's made today is football and the weather forecast I just don't like the way actors come across today I don't like the way the shows are made they make me cringe with a hey look at me attitude I don't like it as I say it's a personal thing I don't expect anyone else to agree but that's how I feel about today's tv. Having said that Talking Pictures is an exception I have watched that and it's very good. News, weather and assisted death from cancer. And somnolent walks in the countryside with your dog.That's all that TV portrays of today's society.I no longer take television seriously.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Nov 10, 2018 22:02:08 GMT
Every filmed drama is gloomily filmed and with muted colours,as if everything occurs on an overcast day at around 2.p.m. Visually very unappealing and immediately makes me turn over or switch off.I preferred it when it was all brightly videotaped-so much more engaging and immediate.I don't think I've ever watched the much trumpeted recent detective dramas of ITV and BBC for these reasons.Can't stand the gloom. That's interesting because a lot of the 1970s dramas shot entirely on film looked like that, with an added layer or graininess. This look suited shows like The Sweeney & The Professionals very nicely. I do miss non-soap dramas with videotapes interiors, some even managed to have the exteriors shot on video too. The House Of Elliott was one of the last to be shot this way. Even some comedies are shot with a film effect, which normally works best with no studio audience. True Richard, but they weren't as gloomy as today's productions. Monday afternoon 2.p.m.
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Nov 20, 2018 8:40:29 GMT
I just don't like the way actors come across today I don't like the way the shows are made they make me cringe with a hey look at me attitude Without wanting to get too annoyed about it, I have noticed that as well Alan. I often think that present-day soap opera actors look like 'wannabe's' (to use a current term). They are too photogenic compared to e.g. 'Coronation Street' in the 60s-80s when the actors & actresses looked like real people who would live in that neighbourhood.
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Post by Stephen Byers on Nov 20, 2018 19:31:48 GMT
Pick and others keep showing programmes about cops with cameras, speeding police car chases, border security / customs inspections - Australia is the worst for aggression, street crime & CCTV, etc., etc., etc. These programmes are repeated endlessly.
But what really pi$$es me off is that the story lines are broken up, intermixed, and then clips are repeated ad nauseum throughout each half-hour. This dilutes the content. It also treats the viewing audience with arrogant disdain as though we are all suffering from dementia and cannot remember a story line for a few seconds unless it is endlessly repeated.
Also one woman let the cat out of the bag. In Auckland having been pulled over for speeding (or something) mentioned that the year was 1998. That is that episode was 20 years old!!!!
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Post by RWels on Nov 20, 2018 19:54:03 GMT
Pick and others keep showing programmes about cops with cameras, speeding police car chases, border security / customs inspections - Australia is the worst for aggression, street crime & CCTV, etc., etc., etc. These programmes are repeated endlessly. But what really pi$$es me off is that the story lines are broken up, intermixed, and then clips are repeated ad nauseum throughout each half-hour. This dilutes the content. It also treats the viewing audience with arrogant disdain as though we are all suffering from dementia and cannot remember a story line for a few seconds unless it is endlessly repeated. Also one woman let the cat out of the bag. In Auckland having been pulled over for speeding (or something) mentioned that the year was 1998. That is that episode was 20 years old!!!! Mitchell & Webb parodied the endless recapping in their "Gift Shop Sketch". Sadly it was rather true to life!
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Post by paul carney on Nov 20, 2018 20:08:51 GMT
"I often think that present-day soap opera actors look like 'wannabe's' (to use a current term).
They are too photogenic compared to e.g. 'Coronation Street' in the 60s-80s when the actors & actresses looked like real people who would live in that neighbourhood"
Totally agree Ena's hairnet and Hilda's curlers are long gone. The penny watching working class women of Corrie and Eastenders do a grand job to be able to afford their regular £200 hair dos.
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Post by Richard Marple on Nov 20, 2018 21:38:57 GMT
At least the original Eastenders cast was mostly made up of unknowns rather than using a lot of big names.
My Dad said a few years ago he felt sorry for the cast members who could act well having to put up with such sub-par scripts.
A lot of those behind the scenes shows seem to have been originally edited for countries where they show a lot more adverts, so the recaps make a bit more sense.
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Post by williammcgregor on Nov 21, 2018 6:56:50 GMT
My biggest gripe is the way they, particularly the BBC, judge old footage by today's standards. Not just the censoring and re-editing, though that is bad enough, but having people sneering at how "wrong" everything once was. I was watching an episode of 'The Dick Emery Show' recently, and it struck me that these days it wouldn't even get through the opening credits without a twitter storm of so-called racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. Rant over! : )[/quote That was quite a civilised rant Peter but you are spot on!.... Now for my rant 😊 One of the thing's that annoy's me is (Swearing in modern TV !!) it's almost reached the stage were you get "Here's tonight's F*****g News" I'm old enough to remember NO SWEARING AT ALL on TV So we have all the do gooder's saying oh you can't say that it's Racist or Homophobic etc...but not a word about the liberal use of F**k or C**t etc on EVERY channel WHY? ....it's not clever in fact it's downright childish. Okay I know that people swear on the real world but do we have to have it in almost every drama!!! (Thoughts please)
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Nov 21, 2018 22:13:15 GMT
Good idea - they could get Listerine mouthwash to sponsor it....
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Post by Alan Turrell on Nov 22, 2018 11:55:50 GMT
I've been watching the series Wessex Tales from 1973 a period type series acted beautifully nice stories acted and written in a way that's almost alien by today's tv.
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Post by Ralph Rose on Nov 23, 2018 7:57:42 GMT
Good idea - they could get Listerine mouthwash to sponsor it.... or dawn dish washing liquid soap...
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