Comments on: Movie/TV Ratings

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:54:16 +0000

Hi!I would say there are some channels like Discovery/NGC/BBC which do have interesting shows which have nothing to do with saas bahu and tears..:-)
One thing that I find DD laggin behind is packaging. People are now so used to good quality signals and nice packaging, that it is usally a pain to watch it in DD. For example, when DD and ESPN telecast a match, I prefer to watch it in ESPN, as the DD stuff is usally amatuerish, with the telecast being cut during the last ball for the advert and coming back only after the 1st ball of the next over..
But CAS has made it difficult to view those channels in Chennai..:-(

By: rick

rick — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:51:27 +0000

…and in a related story, Clean Flicks is no more.

see:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4026743

By: rick

rick — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:55:16 +0000

â€œIf producers canâ€t get any big names to do their movies do ya think they will stop making the crap?â€ No. The reason is that there is a never ending stream of actors who are willing to do any movie in order to move forward in their careers. For this reason, the minute all the 'big name' stars stopped doing a particular type of movie, there is another slightly less prestigious actor waiting in the wings to fill in the role - thereby gaining status, notoriety and becoming a big name. It's not going to stop short of McCarthy-esque actions by the government or total social sharing of the ideals (which I can assure you will never happen).

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:57:20 +0000

"If producers canâ€t get any big names to do their movies do ya think they will stop making the crap?"

No.

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:38:20 +0000

Bryce… if Johnny Depp was so concerned about making a movie that he could take his children to, then why did he just finish making “The Libertine”? If actors are wanting to change so badly and not do these so called non-family movies… well DUH.. just say no!! If producers can’t get any big names to do their movies do ya think they will stop making the crap?

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:19:53 +0000

Re: #24

yes, I know, lol.

By: gary

gary — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:16:07 +0000

I was surprised by the Wedding Crashers as well.

Here is the alberta rating website. http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/albertafilmratings/

Here is an excerpt from the 14A category.

“At this level there are often elements of frequent coarse language, particularly use of the sexual expletive.

There may be elements of nudity or implied sexual activity. Sexual situations are evaluated according to the level of detail and the context of each individual scene, rather than by the specific body part or activity represented in the scene.”

Both of your complaints about this 14A movie are discussed in the Alberta Film Ratings. Other provinces or countries have different rating systems.

-G

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:15:48 +0000

There’d be lots more if we had Food Network.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:44:08 +0000

We just have basic cable too. Actually for most of our married life we didn’t even bother with cable. We only have it now so we can watch conference at home (it’s hard for Kim to sit for too long during conference sessions at Church because of his arthritis).

Actually there is very little on TV.

Oh the only essential show is Corner Gas.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:39:29 +0000

I’ve enjoyed staying away from TV. right now we have just basic cable, and yes, I do miss out on such things as most of the World Cup games, which I enjoy watching, but it’s a well enough worth sacrifice to avoid all those other cable channels that are so appealing but so shallow and empty. I’d love to sit back and watch the James Bond marathon on Spike TV, or the Star Trek marathon on SciFi Channel, etc. But those are like empty calories.