No Right Answer: Most Disappointing Television Channel
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I was going to say Cartoon Network because they said that they would play cartoons until the end of time but now they have live action or Nickelodeon for giving that annoying internet freak Fred a TV show and movie.
But as I think about it, it's Mtv because of 16 and pregnant. For basically encouraging teens to get pregnant to get on TV.
But as I think about it, it's Mtv because of 16 and pregnant. For basically encouraging teens to get pregnant to get on TV.
If you thought Jersey Shore was bad, word of advice, don't watch Geordie Shore, it makes the cast of Jersey Shore(especially the most stupid one of all, Snooki)look like geniuses
MTV used to be something that one could claim defined a generation. Now it's a visual manifestation of everything wrong with society.
SeeFee's hilariously horrible original movies are at least something to laugh at. Yes, some are just so bad they aren't funny, but they make perfect "bunch of guys get together and riff it" material.
But even as both a sci-fi and a wrestling fan, I also ask: why the fuck is there wrestling on a sci-fi channel?
SeeFee's hilariously horrible original movies are at least something to laugh at. Yes, some are just so bad they aren't funny, but they make perfect "bunch of guys get together and riff it" material.
But even as both a sci-fi and a wrestling fan, I also ask: why the fuck is there wrestling on a sci-fi channel?
There's one redeeming factor about MTV. It is the absolute perfect counterpoint to any instance of someone taking a label too literally. Though I would still probably say it's more disappointing than SyFy, since SyFy at least provides some meta-entertainment with their ridiculous monster and disaster movie titles. It is legitimate fun to just come up with crazy movie titles that could totally pass for a SyFy movie.
The same is happening to The Discovery Channel. Everything for one reason or another needs to be turned into reality drama, whether it's protesting Japanese whalers, running a chop shop, crab fishing, or flying a plane in Alaska.
I used to fucking love The Discovery Channel back in my teenage years, but the only thing worth watching now is Dirty Jobs and the occasional Mythbusters.
I used to fucking love The Discovery Channel back in my teenage years, but the only thing worth watching now is Dirty Jobs and the occasional Mythbusters.
MTV wasn't my thing admittedly but like they said MTV didn't have original programming and when they started to you had VH1 and all it's itterations and all of MTV's iterations to fall back on and TODAY you have YouTube which does what MTV did except better. MTV simply couldn't survive today if they went to music only stuff.
Sci-Fi channel on the other hand made science fiction shows so when it stopped showing those shows that were great stuff there was no where else to go. You can't go to YouTube and find any original series on there that can even hope to have a BSG level of special effects even today (BSG came out in 2003 in case you forget). Now they only have a single good show on there (Eureka) and the rest is just guys trying to be friends shadows to get their names, or wrestling. So Sci-Fi channel going stupid was like the one oasis in the desert drying up for SciFi fans. Now we just wait for the sporadic rains of things like Prometheus or whatever other sci fi movies to come out that isn't complete trash. But what bugs me the most is that they could still do good stuff because like I said the void they left hasn't been filled and can't be filled easily.
So yes MTV might have a larger impact and result in you being annoyed at kids these days but sci fi was the only one of its kind and has yet to be replaced.
Sci-Fi channel on the other hand made science fiction shows so when it stopped showing those shows that were great stuff there was no where else to go. You can't go to YouTube and find any original series on there that can even hope to have a BSG level of special effects even today (BSG came out in 2003 in case you forget). Now they only have a single good show on there (Eureka) and the rest is just guys trying to be friends shadows to get their names, or wrestling. So Sci-Fi channel going stupid was like the one oasis in the desert drying up for SciFi fans. Now we just wait for the sporadic rains of things like Prometheus or whatever other sci fi movies to come out that isn't complete trash. But what bugs me the most is that they could still do good stuff because like I said the void they left hasn't been filled and can't be filled easily.
So yes MTV might have a larger impact and result in you being annoyed at kids these days but sci fi was the only one of its kind and has yet to be replaced.
MTV: Not disappointing since the invention of YouTube.
Syfy channel: Previously the only place to get science fiction.
Now you can't get science fiction. At all.
Yeah, Syfy is definitely more disappointing, just because it was the only option and it's taken itself away.
Syfy channel: Previously the only place to get science fiction.
Now you can't get science fiction. At all.
Yeah, Syfy is definitely more disappointing, just because it was the only option and it's taken itself away.
We used to have Space Channel, up here in Canadia. It was basically Sci Fi as it was intended to be. Which means Farscape reruns, all the Star Trek series, the Tales from the Crypt HBO series and all the horribly bad flicks you'd watch as guilty pleasures around 2 or 3 AM. Science Fiction exploitation material or just, y'know, Ed Wood's filmography. Around each holiday, they'd pull out a little week-long special of thematic movies or shows. Halloween was obviously the best.
Plus, they more or less kept the whole "horror host" tradition alive, just with more nerdy quips and less slinky dames in Goth outfits.
Does that still exist? I can't find it in my cable provider's listing. If that still exists in that form, I'm sure as shit pushing to subscribe to it again.
As for SyFy - yeah. This screams of New Management and of someone just going "Fuck them nerds, I'm out to make some dinero! Let's option Wrestlemania and buy or produce a fuckton of shitty ghost-hunting shows!"
As a whole, though, I have to agree with everyone else in that specialty channels are losing their edge. The only way they can survive is by turning into a turgid morass of whatever focus groups decide people want to see. Even National Geographic - Freaking NatGeo, one of the most respected print institutions - is letting its TV cousin turn into "Derp, let's talk about aliens, conspiracy theories, vampires and Atlantis for the 32rd time!"
Plus, they more or less kept the whole "horror host" tradition alive, just with more nerdy quips and less slinky dames in Goth outfits.
Does that still exist? I can't find it in my cable provider's listing. If that still exists in that form, I'm sure as shit pushing to subscribe to it again.
As for SyFy - yeah. This screams of New Management and of someone just going "Fuck them nerds, I'm out to make some dinero! Let's option Wrestlemania and buy or produce a fuckton of shitty ghost-hunting shows!"
As a whole, though, I have to agree with everyone else in that specialty channels are losing their edge. The only way they can survive is by turning into a turgid morass of whatever focus groups decide people want to see. Even National Geographic - Freaking NatGeo, one of the most respected print institutions - is letting its TV cousin turn into "Derp, let's talk about aliens, conspiracy theories, vampires and Atlantis for the 32rd time!"
I'd argue one with you on that... Whatever his name really is "the Situation" is a complete retard, see: the Comedy Central Roast where he made a complete idiot out of himself, whereas Snooki at least wasn't horribad when appearing on WWE. Granted saying one rock is marginally smarter than the other isn't really much...Kitsune Hunter said:
I have to say this, MTV is far worse than Syfy (I still hate that they changed the name). Syfy at least still has some enjoyable shows on there, and they still show old shows every once in a while. I still get a laugh at just seeing how bad some of their original movies can be, in which I will often make a joke about something and compare it to a Syfy channel original movie.
On the other hand I do not watch MTV whatsoever, I can feel my braincells dying whenever it is on. I never liked MTV even when I was little. There was only one show that I discovered on MTV2 that I found entertaining and that was "Celebrity Death Battle". Other than that show MTV is crap, in my opinion
On the other hand I do not watch MTV whatsoever, I can feel my braincells dying whenever it is on. I never liked MTV even when I was little. There was only one show that I discovered on MTV2 that I found entertaining and that was "Celebrity Death Battle". Other than that show MTV is crap, in my opinion
And another thing SyFy bring back night stalker! The black and white one! But you can tell their demographic change. They renamed SciFi for the people who couldn't spell it. I forgot they should cut episodes of warehouse 13 with episodes of Friday the 13th the series and see if anyone notices. Cause it's the same show.
Definitely agree with this outcome. Dammit...I want my music videos and Liquid Television back!
Actually, speaking of disappointing cable stations, I have a suggestion for the next topic...
Which cable news channel is the MOST too far slanted to be considered news? MSNBC or Fox News?
Actually, speaking of disappointing cable stations, I have a suggestion for the next topic...
Which cable news channel is the MOST too far slanted to be considered news? MSNBC or Fox News?