Poll: British Escapists! You need this!

[NinjaDeathSlap]

An American giving other nationalities shit for the prevalence of reality TV? My sides.

I despise talent shows as much as the next mentally balanced person, but considering that all the other, awesome stuff there is on TV, and that (from what I've heard) British TV has a very good reputation around the world, I don't think we're doing too badly thanks; and even if we were, I doubt that pro-wrestling, the sort of thing that 95% of people stop thinking is cool at around the age of 12, would be quite the way to go.

 

[SadakoMoose]

An American giving other nationalities shit for the prevalence of reality TV? My sides.

I despise talent shows as much as the next mentally balanced person, but considering that all the other, awesome stuff there is on TV, and that (from what I've heard) British TV has a very good reputation around the world, I don't think we're doing too badly thanks; and even if we were, I doubt that pro-wrestling, the sort of thing that 95% of people stop thinking is cool at around the age of 12, would be quite the way to go.

I dunno, I'd say a good majority of wrestling fans these days are above the age of 12.
Even then, you don't know crap until you've seen Hollyoaks...
or X factor...

 

[Cavan]

I really don't understand why you felt the need to mention British Escapists in your title over simply stating that you like wrestling and want to get other people involved in it.

'British Escapists I have something your pansy television does not have' = stupid
'Hey guys I really like wrestling and these are the reasons I like it and here are the places you can find it' = a conversation.

 

[king_katchit]

As a Brit over the age of 12 that still loves pro-wrestling, I'm quite happy watching it without requiring the validation of the masses. Saying that, I don't really watch all that much TV these days anyway.

On the subject of FWA, I used to watch it a fair bit when the wrestling channel was still around. I also did go to a show they did in Coventry about 8 years ago. I got to meet Mick Foley, who is a legend. Terry Funk also took the hardest bump I have ever seen onto bare concrete from the second tier.

Which is impressive for a man the age of 137.

 

[SadakoMoose]

As a Brit over the age of 12 that still loves pro-wrestling, I'm quite happy watching it without requiring the validation of the masses. Saying that, I don't really watch all that much TV these days anyway.

On the subject of FWA, I used to watch it a fair bit when the wrestling channel was still around. I also did go to a show they did in Coventry about 8 years ago. I got to meet Mick Foley, who is a legend. Terry Funk also took the hardest bump I have ever seen onto bare concrete from the second tier.

Which is impressive for a man the age of 137.

I know right?
Although, I think I've seen worse:

 

[Loop Stricken]

There's very little I actually watch on telly nowadays. it boils down to Doctor Who, Top Gear, Torchwood whenever they make a new series aaaaand I think that's it outside of the occasional one-shot drama thing the BBC does.

Ordinarily I'd mention comedy series like HIGNFY and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, but recently I've just forgotten they're on entirely.

 

[RagTagBand]

Over compensating 'men'?

Yes, Over compensating men.

Sorry, Did I give you the impression I was talking about the actors? No. I was referring to the Audience. I said it was FOR over compensating men, not BY over compensating men.

It is a Soap opera, that's all it is, except "Manly men who are men" would balk at watching a soap opera so they fill it with violence to disguise the fact that they're watching a soap opera. Poorly.

And it's not even that good in terms of pro-wrestling, I know people who are fans of Pro-wrestling and even THEY don't like the British versions.

Nobody wants to watch it, and it is no better than the crap already on television anyway, So putting it on television would do exactly jack shit to up the quality. All it would do is make people change the channel.

And i'm sorry but I don't give a shit about ANYTHING purely for the fact that "It comes out of my country". So what? We're pretty good at spreading chlamydia and getting far too worked up about football too, Should I be tearing up and humming the National anthem the next time I hear about some football firm has burned a car?

If the entire Pro-wrestling circuit in Britain went under tomorrow nothing of value would be lost.

Why do you care anyway? Just watch your uber-niche drama series and stop acting like everyone else ought to consider it as brilliant as you.

 

[BrotherRool]

Oh no, deary me only QI, Doctor Who (Not Torchwood, Torchwood sucks), Sherlock, Being Human, That Mitchell and Webb Look (or equivalent), Have I Got News For You, Live at the Apollo, The Office/Extras/Whatever Rick Gervais is making at the moment, Swansea beating Man City without needing to spend billions of pounds, Top Gear, Spooks .... and so on.

I feel so trapped, if only I could watch some bad drama or two men punching each other I'd be able to get over having the best and most original groundbreaking shows in the world to watch

 

[Fishyash]

I'm guessing most people have already said what I am going to say:

I don't like wrestling. Also, I am very disconcerted that you were willing to say such a thing about Top Gear!

Honestly I am not a big fan of television as a whole now. However when I did watch television more often, the main shows I were watching were British shows.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Over compensating 'men'?

Yes, Over compensating men.

Sorry, Did I give you the impression I was talking about the actors? No. I was referring to the Audience. I said it was FOR over compensating men, not BY over compensating men.

It is a Soap opera, that's all it is, except "Manly men who are men" would balk at watching a soap opera so they fill it with violence to disguise the fact that they're watching a soap opera. Poorly.

And it's not even that good in terms of pro-wrestling, I know people who are fans of Pro-wrestling and even THEY don't like the British versions.

Nobody wants to watch it, and it is no better than the crap already on television anyway, So putting it on television would do exactly jack shit to up the quality. All it would do is make people change the channel.

And i'm sorry but I don't give a shit about ANYTHING purely for the fact that "It comes out of my country". So what? We're pretty good at spreading chlamydia and getting far too worked up about football too, Should I be tearing up and humming the National anthem the next time I hear about some football firm has burned a car?

If the entire Pro-wrestling circuit in Britain went under tomorrow nothing of value would be lost.

Good is subjective. Although, I think your friends are a bunch of turncoats...
As a wrestling fan myself, I take offense to the idea that wrestling is on the same level as a soap opera.
Soap Operas are deliberately mediocre schedule fillers, written by committee and network mandate, for the sole purpose of distracting Daytime TV watchers.
Pro Wrestling requires a degree of craftsmanship and finely honed skill.
By and large, in regard to Britain's pro wrestling, you DON'T see much in the way of melodramatic story lines. While I do agree that a the majority of wrestling fans are male, I still say there are almost as many female fans. I'd say that that the sheer athletic spectacle is the main draw.
Please, don't use that crappy 'WTF' episode of South Park as a reference point.

 

[dimensional]

Im British and I consciously gave up watching TV back in 2000 because I just thought that the vast majority of it was really bad now my personal tv cant even get broadcast programs and it really dosent bother me, it would take something huge to get me to start watching again I just have a much better time expending my time reading,playing games occassionally watching films improving my skills at chosen hobbies and studying what I choose to study.

The wrestling could be of the highest standard but generally although they may impress me in some ways they dont usually entertain me same with boxing really (or any sport actually).

 

[The White Hunter]

British TV could likely be improved by cutting down on reruns of subpar american comedies, the systematic execution of everybody who perpetuates the presence of reality tv, and the re-hiring of some actual fucking writers.

Jaded. Angry. Grumble.

This said I watch things online and play games, mostly because British TV is shit.

 

[Xenowolf]

-huge snip-

Only thing I can say is... Well, no I cannot say anything, so... Take it away Bender!

I was going to make a post about how English television is arguably in a better state than American television and maybe some other places, but then I saw this post and I went "hmm..yeah that's more or less what I was gonna say"

Yeah, even though it is mostly crap, I'd say it's still better than American, deue to the fact there is still some good stuff on the BBC *cough cough* QI *cough cough*.

 

[Generalissimo]

so let me get this straight, you want professioanl wrestling, on the BBC, ITV, dave, or other UK based channel(s)

no, just no. why? because it gets old doubleplus quick. seeing guys in spandex with lurid coluring attack each other doesn't hold the attention of your average brit for long, i should know as i bump into them on a daily basis.

so basically, you're advocation isn't a popular one, and even if it did make it's way to british screens, it wouldn't stay on long because of the inevitible backlash from long time viewers.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Sorry but no, I don't give a danm for wrestling including real ones and I never will.

 

[Yuno Gasai]

Wrestling really does nothing for me, black mirror however actually gets me slightly aroused thinking about how awesome it is.

This, if you replace 'aroused' with 'excited'.

The pig episode.. No, just no. It was too awkward.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

There are the few occasional gems on TV that I watch, but other than that, most of the stuff on TV is shit. It?s just a slew of endless reality TV (although "fantasy TV" would be more appropriate), pretentious cookery shows and exploitative rubbish that only fuels my unabated hatred of humanity (half-kidding). I'm not a fan of wrestling; sweaty hypermasculine men (and women, and no, it's not attractive) rolling around the floor with each other in an overly dramatic staged match is about as entertaining to me a

Also, fuck you, X Factor. Fuck you for corrupting our children's minds into thinking that all they need to be successful is enter a "talent" show, tell some blatantly fake sob story about a relative dying and have some retarded gimmick that only the lowest common denominator would find remotely entertaining. Fuck you for raking in so much money and using utterly despicable people like Cheryl Cole who don't even know talent themselves. Fuck you for dominating our media with your publicity stunts. And fuck you for feeding lies to these naive idealists and then passing them off to be poorly handled by record companies.

 

[TStormer]

Wresting is reality TV in which the middle aged women are replaced by sweating half-naked men.

Neither appeal to me.

 

[daveman247]

No.

 

[SadakoMoose]

There are the few occasional gems on TV that I watch, but other than that, most of the stuff on TV is shit. It?s just a slew of endless reality TV (although "fantasy TV" would be more appropriate), pretentious cookery shows and exploitative rubbish that only fuels my unabated hatred of humanity (half-kidding). I'm not a fan of wrestling; sweaty hypermasculine men (and women, and no, it's not attractive) rolling around the floor with each other in an overly dramatic staged match is about as entertaining to me a

Also, fuck you, X Factor. Fuck you for corrupting our children's minds into thinking that all they need to be successful is enter a "talent" show, tell some blatantly fake sob story about a relative dying and have some retarded gimmick that only the lowest common denominator would find remotely entertaining. Fuck you for raking in so much money and using utterly despicable people like Cheryl Cole who don't even know talent themselves. Fuck you for dominating our media with your publicity stunts. And fuck you for feeding lies to these naive idealists and then passing them off to be poorly handled by record companies.

Yea! And what's worse, THEY GAVE SIMON COWELL A JOB!
I thought we shook off those Stock Aitken Waterman jerks back in the 90's!