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swingman

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 18:59 Post subject: Discovery Channel has become crap	Quick Quote Quote

It all started with shit like American Choppers and other reality crap tv. And now they've reached a new low with some prog with Sarah Palin. Have these people just gone blind/mad?

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 19:21 Post subject: Re: Discovery Channel has become crap

swingman wrote:

It all started with shit like American Choppers and other reality crap tv. And now they've reached a new low with some prog with Sarah Palin. Have these people just gone blind/mad? Mad

No Sarah Palin in DC here in Sweden. Laughing

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 19:30 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

well, discoveries can be good AND bad www.psygamer.net ::::

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 19:55 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

DC started going down the drain years ago already. Series filled with pseudo scientific horse crap. But I loved Time Team for example, still their digging sites often turned into an archaeological disaster area And Scrap Heap was fun (the British version) Formerly known as iconized

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 20:12 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Has?

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 20:25 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Time Team rocks Baldric! They show too much car/mc programs nowadays I want history/war history/Animals/Science and belly dancing shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 20:30 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I watch a lot of Discover Channel and Animal Planet. Mythbusters is fun but damn they're doing so many reruns these days. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! "The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 22:30 Post subject:

Frant wrote:

I watch a lot of Discover Channel and Animal Planet. Mythbusters is fun but damn they're doing so many reruns these days.

and still taking licence fee's

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 23:29 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I switched to Nat geo and Viasat history.. Love those ww2/hitler shows late night.. And not too many damn RERUNS!

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Posted: Fri, 16th Apr 2010 23:51 Post subject:

Namarie wrote:

I switched to Nat geo and Viasat history..

Love those ww2/hitler shows late night.. Very Happy

And not too many damn RERUNS!

problem with national geographic is that they have a large % of shows in SD Sad

as crap as discovery can be at times, at least they are 24/7 in HD.

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Posted: Sat, 17th Apr 2010 00:10 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

National geo and History channel are where it's at these days, discovery is outdated

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swingman

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Posted: Sat, 17th Apr 2010 00:28 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

My problem lies with them trying to inject drama into pretty much everything and following the same formula. Some guys building a bike which would be interesting by itself but they have to go and ham it up with (probably) fake tantrums to create 'tension' but it all has a happy ending. Some guys chopping wood somewhere in the wilderness and 'omg omg this machine/truck broke' and 'how will we ever get this done?' bullshit. Some guys fishing in the middle of nowhere and 'omg omg we haven't caught enough fish' and blah blah. Some guys drilling for oil in the middle of nowhere and 'omg omg this thingamajig broke' and 'we're all going to die' and blah blah. Some guys 'fighting' some whaling ships in the middle of nowhere and 'omg omg we're going to throw stinky butter at them and they'll be all stinky'.

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Posted: Sat, 17th Apr 2010 00:33 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I guess you don't like the American way of living then Formerly known as iconized

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swingman

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Posted: Sat, 17th Apr 2010 00:39 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

It's not that. People build bikes, drill, fish, cut wood all over the world and face the same challenges or probably even bigger ones in countries that do not have the degree of mechanisation as the developed countries. Nobody makes such a fuss or drama about some small/big thing going wrong somewhere. You could make a discovery channel type program for any profession because all jobs have their own problems/deadlines/challenges. I better not give those twats any more ideas.

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Posted: Sat, 17th Apr 2010 05:15 Post subject:

moosenoodles wrote:

Frant wrote:

I watch a lot of Discover Channel and Animal Planet. Mythbusters is fun but damn they're doing so many reruns these days.

and still taking licence fee's

I don't pay TV license... I never open the door when they come or answer the letters that they send out regularly.

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