Channel 4 showing Die Hard 2 tonight at 9pm
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The film was made in 1990 and is not the normal sort of film shown by Channel 4 (ITV used to show this back in the 90's).
Is this a sign they have just given up on Saturdays after a few years of terrible ratings, or are they just trying something different in an attempt to bring in viewers to what has become a really difficult night for them?
Is this a sign they have just given up on Saturdays after a few years of terrible ratings, or are they just trying something different in an attempt to bring in viewers to what has become a really difficult night for them?
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They rely on the early evening Come Dine With Me marathon to boost their share and prevent their Saturdays from being completely disastrous. In primetime it is pointless trying to compete too hard given the level of competition and so repeats and films like this are probably the best option. I'd imagine they will also repeat the LOTR trilogy again this year as those always seem to rate well, like the POTC films for the BBC, even after numerous showings.
And definitely a desperate ratings grabbing move on behalf of C4 who used to never show this type of Hollywood movie let alone peaktime.
Seems odd they would scrap Big Brother and then shamelessly chase ratings with this.
C4 was supposed to be a channel of distinction but I guess their revenue is feeling the pinch
Why are people surprised at this?
Channel 4 gave up any pretence of being different 10 years ago!
A few years ago they showed Police Academy!:eek:
The real channel 4 would never have showed Police Academy.
Channel 4 changed in all but name in 2000/ 2001.
Something that's going to appeal to older, wiser people, but still has the interactive element for the viewer.
Usually they show something thats been on film four a few months ago.
think you'll find it was HD;)
Funny how we have to put celebrities in our shows and yet in the States they do it with real people and it is far better (and surely cheaper to make too?)
Channel 4 are much better at showing movies than ITV, FIVE and the BBC, just the selection they have aren't as great as the other channels.
Wasn't listed in the RADIO TIMES as HD although I would have expected C4 to air it in HD- I didn't watch to check
That's the weirdest speech ever. There's a terrorist situation going on and he's just talking gibberish!
Well, they omitted No.10, for the odd reason of having shown it on another of their channels earlier in the year, but there's a Star Trek weekend coming during October on Film4 - so no doubt Wrath of Khan will end up early afternoon and end up getting censored.
And when they did show Wrath of Khan, it was also on a Saturday. They all were.
I watched a bit of Die Hard 2 in HD and thought it looked pretty impressive for a 20 year old film.
Remember seeing this at the cinema,they had a 5 minute promo for a new tv series which started on Sky 1 the weekend before called "Meet The Simpsons"
I don't have a listings schedule to hand for that far back so was going off memory.
That said, I do remember that. Ah, I remember the days when the Simpsons was funny.
The late night showing of Wrath of Khan was also censored. I complained to C4 at the time and they admitted they put the daytime version out by accident.
That's bound to be the version we get next time, then, which I see is in in two weeks - Oct 16th 4.40pm. Then again, it was reclassified as a 12-cert last year, so it can't really be that bad these days, surely?
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/HVF027738
Cuts that I saw when it was shown on C4 was the earwig going into Chekov's ears and the dead workers at the space station.
Yip, channel 4 have become a chaotic mess. They've completely lost they're 'personality'.
They've become channel 5.
The Woolworths of television.