In the EPG it lists Virtually Famous as an online panel show.
So why is it on TV?
So why is it on TV?
Trivial things that annoy you about TV
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Originally Posted by silversox:
“Yes, I really hate it when characters in American TV say 'Hey'
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“Yes, I really hate it when characters in American TV say 'Hey'
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If you don't like the American language probably best not to watch American shows.
Originally Posted by The Gatherer:
“If you don't like the American language probably best not to watch American shows.”
“If you don't like the American language probably best not to watch American shows.”
I don't if I can help it!!
Dunno if its been mentioned but I hate it when I go from live tv to On Demand on Virgin Media and the music/ads start blasting out super loud. I mean incredibly loud and the difference is just stupid. Just cus your advert is really loud doesn't mean I'll take notice of it!
Probably already mentioned but the massive overuse of the novelty tilt-shift effect which makes real scenes look like a model village.
It's often never even done with the special lens but just with some areas put out of focus.
It's often never even done with the special lens but just with some areas put out of focus.
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“I've been watching Pointless repeats recently and there's probably been a mention before about the scripted 'banter' with the hosts and contestants.
One that's been annoying me lately is when AA introduces Richard, Richard always says 'Hiya.......................Hi everyone'.”
“I've been watching Pointless repeats recently and there's probably been a mention before about the scripted 'banter' with the hosts and contestants.
One that's been annoying me lately is when AA introduces Richard, Richard always says 'Hiya.......................Hi everyone'.”
I've been to a recording of Pointless and the banter is not scripted. We also saw the autocue and it said "Xander ad-libs" when speaking to the contestants.
Originally Posted by RoseAnne:
“I've been to a recording of Pointless and the banter is not scripted. We also saw the autocue and it said "Xander ad-libs" when speaking to the contestants.”
“I've been to a recording of Pointless and the banter is not scripted. We also saw the autocue and it said "Xander ad-libs" when speaking to the contestants.”
He ad-libs the same things all the time though
Security in Star Trek is just sooo bad. You'd think that being on a flagship of a military arm of the Federation (which Starfleet is) would be a safe place to be. But no, anyone can just break into the engine room and point a phaser at it to cause it to explode. Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. And no such thing as CCTV on a starship, either. 
Sky movies where they only have one or two films in a series.
I was browsing through the newly added section and they had X-Men and X-Men 2 listed but don't have the third in the initial series available.
I was browsing through the newly added section and they had X-Men and X-Men 2 listed but don't have the third in the initial series available.
1. At the end of the national news, on the change to regional news, the national presenter says something like "and now the news where you are". Something insufferably patronising about it. "Where you are, the poor unfortunate wretches who don't live in London". Fiona Bruce and George Alaghia are the worst.
2) any documentary on any channel except bbc will, after an advert break, spend time recapping what we've seen already. In case it's been swept from our minds by the unbelievable excitement of adverts..
2) any documentary on any channel except bbc will, after an advert break, spend time recapping what we've seen already. In case it's been swept from our minds by the unbelievable excitement of adverts..
Originally Posted by A_Zombie:
“Security in Star Trek is just sooo bad. You'd think that being on a flagship of a military arm of the Federation (which Starfleet is) would be a safe place to be. But no, anyone can just break into the engine room and point a phaser at it to cause it to explode. Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. And no such thing as CCTV on a starship, either.”
“Security in Star Trek is just sooo bad. You'd think that being on a flagship of a military arm of the Federation (which Starfleet is) would be a safe place to be. But no, anyone can just break into the engine room and point a phaser at it to cause it to explode. Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. And no such thing as CCTV on a starship, either.
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Yeah - and in 22nd century (or whenever) their hyper-super computers go "Off-Line" - do they still have Windows XP in that age?? It never happened in Captain Kirk's era!!
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“Programmes, usually documentaries, where they are hunting for something - monster croc or unseen jungle monster where they keep saying 'will they catch what they've came for' and you well know that there was never any chance whatsoever of them ever doing it.”
“Programmes, usually documentaries, where they are hunting for something - monster croc or unseen jungle monster where they keep saying 'will they catch what they've came for' and you well know that there was never any chance whatsoever of them ever doing it.”
Like this
Quote:
“Megalodon: the Monster Shark Lives. Megalodon explores the myth around the massive prehistoric shark. Did it die out 200 million years ago, or is it still alive today? You decide.”
“Megalodon: the Monster Shark Lives. Megalodon explores the myth around the massive prehistoric shark. Did it die out 200 million years ago, or is it still alive today? You decide.”
Ok, it's bollocks!
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“Players on quiz shows who use the excuse 'It's before my time'”
“Players on quiz shows who use the excuse 'It's before my time'
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Urgh this really really annoys me too - especially when the questions are ridiculously easy. I saw some quiz once where the young lad had never heard of Abba, and seemed to relish in his ignorance. I mean fair enough, it's not ever going to be lifesaving information, but even so.
Originally Posted by Apple22over7:
“Urgh this really really annoys me too - especially when the questions are ridiculously easy. I saw some quiz once where the young lad had never heard of Abba, and seemed to relish in his ignorance. I mean fair enough, it's not ever going to be lifesaving information, but even so.”
“Urgh this really really annoys me too - especially when the questions are ridiculously easy. I saw some quiz once where the young lad had never heard of Abba, and seemed to relish in his ignorance. I mean fair enough, it's not ever going to be lifesaving information, but even so.”
It's especially stupid because they'd never object to, say, a question about Victorian poetry or Edwardian plays by saying 'it's before my time'. Yet they seem to think that things like research into fields like TV and popular music is in some way irrelevant to going on quiz shows.
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“Players on quiz shows who use the excuse 'It's before my time'”
“Players on quiz shows who use the excuse 'It's before my time'
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this also annoys me, the battle of Waterloo was before my time but I could tell you about it quite specific detail
When characters pretend to drink from obviously-empty cups. It brings me right out of the scene.
People dry swallowing pills.
This might be particular to cartoons and Disney but it's annoyed me since I was a child - people putting on / taking off necklaces in about a second, when we all know it takes half an hour, seven strategically places mirrors and a whole lot of swearing before you can do it.
Waffle in quiz shows. "I know it's not a because blah blah blah... it might be b because blah blah blah... I think I'll go with c."
People dry swallowing pills.
This might be particular to cartoons and Disney but it's annoyed me since I was a child - people putting on / taking off necklaces in about a second, when we all know it takes half an hour, seven strategically places mirrors and a whole lot of swearing before you can do it.
Waffle in quiz shows. "I know it's not a because blah blah blah... it might be b because blah blah blah... I think I'll go with c."
Originally Posted by james_W85:
“this also annoys me, the battle of Waterloo was before my time but I could tell you about it quite specific detail”
“this also annoys me, the battle of Waterloo was before my time but I could tell you about it quite specific detail”
Especially when they say they were born in the early/mid 90s.
Most of history is before their time FFS!
actors carrying supposedly heavy sacks or boxes, but you can easily tell that they're empty and as light as a feather
Originally Posted by maycontainnuts:
“actors carrying supposedly heavy sacks or boxes, but you can easily tell that they're empty and as light as a feather”
“actors carrying supposedly heavy sacks or boxes, but you can easily tell that they're empty and as light as a feather”
As featured in EE tonight for instance, surely the props people could put a few telephone directories in. And characters always have brand new suitcases even when they are supposed to be seasoned travellers.
Why are all the newspapers outside the corner shop in EE six weeks old ?
Why do people on TV buying cigarettes never mention the brand, it's always ''My usual please'' even when they've never been in the shop before.
Another quiz show one.
On Two Tribes in the penultimate round when one team is on 4 points Richard always says.
Tribe you need this point to go though.
Other tribe - if you don't get this point you will be going home.
or a variation on that.
Why? It's obvious that if one team gets to 5 then the other team is going home. Just more pointless waffle and faux tension.
On Two Tribes in the penultimate round when one team is on 4 points Richard always says.
Tribe you need this point to go though.
Other tribe - if you don't get this point you will be going home.
or a variation on that.
Why? It's obvious that if one team gets to 5 then the other team is going home. Just more pointless waffle and faux tension.
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