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Film4: Enough is enough
Staffsyeoman
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I've grumbled about Film4 in the past, but they have excelled themselves today. The channel appears to have a programmer with a fascination for westerns - hardly a day goes by without one, even two, a day. But today? Four. FOUR! Consecutively! Admittedly, it also seems to be a haven for worn out old British B&W war films (more my taste, but would not want to undermine the point - and have they worn out Sink The Bismarck!yet??) Surely they have enough of a library for better variety.
Whatever genre you like this is going too far, surely. Now, if only I could find a way to register such disgruntlement with them..
Whatever genre you like this is going too far, surely. Now, if only I could find a way to register such disgruntlement with them..
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Still whatever about a moan about afternoon westerns the grinding inevitable Twilight and 27 Dresses is far worse!
And if any smart alec suggests Movies for Men or Movie Mix... please.
With 125 years of cinema there is an infinite variety- so why they have to plough this narrow furrow so often and so much is infuriating. The western as a genre died out for a reason...
Randolph Scott, whose performances give a tree a run for its money as to which is more wooden - yes... it is rather how the Channel 5 stable have kept Stephen Segal in the public eye (damn them...). Hope he sends them a fruit basket at Christmas or something.
It's the same story with TCM which shows the same old films over and over again who also have a fascination with showing westerns which is a shame because TCM used to be such a great movie channel.
There is one promising film channel which lauched on Sky back in June called 'Talking Pictures TV'. Yes the quality of some of the movies on this channel are not the best, but there are some which aren't too bad. Most of the films on this channel are also very rare in terms of how often they get shown on TV as well.
Film Four used to be such a great channel also in the days when it was Pay per View. But since it became a free channel, they keep repeating the same films over and over again.
I'd suggest Film4+1
Perhaps they're having an unannounced Western season
Yes on the present films out John Wayne seems to be having seasons in the .
I understand the main issue with screening films is who has the rights - sometimes all over the place, and so the cost to purchase a bank of films from a distributor/source is prohibitive as tv channels know that Joe Public can access the film online via youTube and via services such as Amazon/Lovefilm and Sky etc... The returns audience wise probably don't justify the outlay. Annoying as it is to pay a "sub" or fee to watch a film you really want to see that is what I have done for the last few years and have seen hundreds of (good/great) films that have never/will probably never been shown on Freeview/terrestrial tv. For those of you unaware there is also a thread on here that highlights the premieres coming to Freeview:- http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1525596&page=88
Up here we'd like to see some Northerns, which would be a load of people in flat caps cycling round shooting people.
I used to be obsessed with that movie (27 Dresses). I wanted to see it i the cinema when it came out but everytime I planned to go something cropped up, which may have been an excuse. Anyway I bought the DVD and watched it once before giving it to the charity shop. It was absolute rubbish! And it looked great in the trailer. Never read or seen Twilight but I don't get the appeal of it all.
More > Movies.
They are cheap filler.
I suspect the channel is having to cost cut a bit more than usual.
Have you noticed how as he's aging, George Clooney is starting to look like Randolph Scott?
ha true buts its got gadgets and the series gets more fanciful over the four series I understand. Sort of Avengers in the 1880s
Who says I don't, you pompous.....
dont be a cheapskate
This channels has renamed Movie Mix on Freeview for some reason, a channel they did mention.
I was criticising the lack of imagination in the programming of Film4. I have a large film library; I buy DVDs from charity shops; I top up the collection from the likes of the Computer Exchange. With the best will in the world you can't own every film...
So I'm not a "cheapskate"; I'm not a nihilist who will do no "good in the world instead of complaining" - simply bewildered at why a broadcaster who supports film and film production is so wedded to showing so many films so regularly from a single genre. How often do they show musicals, as an example??