Writers Strike Affects Heroes

[Kendamu]

Meh. If it affects Adult Swim, History Channel, Food Network, or Discovery Heath at all (which I doubt it will for most of those) I'll just go back to watching Homestar Runner, AVGN, Marvel/DC, Ask a Ninja, etc.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Behold, the rise of new media.

If the strike goes over two months, TV is punked.

[Roseangelo]

Instead of rerunning crap from the last few months, why not open the vaults and rerun cool old stuff? Imagine NBC showing Johnny Carson instead of Jay Leno? Hell yeah!

[Fledermaus]

I'm thinking this could be the big push to get internet media rolling... Step one in replacing television, which we know it's gonna happen someday.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Instead of rerunning crap from the last few months, why not open the vaults and rerun cool old stuff? Imagine NBC showing Johnny Carson instead of Jay Leno? Hell yeah!

Why not just completely slit their wrists and let Youtube program NBC? Would it be neat for a day or two? Yeah, but it would also alienate them to anyone under the age of thirty.

[PAAATE]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

No more Daily Show, Colbert Report, Conan, Letterman, etc.

*screaming, trying to kill myself with a rusty knife*

I need Conan The Cone-man.. (Wtf?.. I just woke up.. I'm not functional yet..)

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Fledermaus

I'm thinking this could be the big push to get internet media rolling... Step one in replacing television, which we know it's gonna happen someday.

Ugh. I don't know, it's just that when I think of Internet media, the first thing I think about is Youtube blogs, which makes Cavemen sound pretty good in comparison.

[Jo Dawn]

Am I totally missing it? I mean, I love TV and all... There are some shows I would absolutely HATE to miss (about two) and dont, from week to week... But it's not important enough for me to have a fit over.

But is this really that important? Why do we put so much importance on something like a television? Are people that intent on escaping reality?? Are we that bored a people?

I think we are just HIGHLY, very highly spoiled. And that saddens me.

Read a book. They're always better than TV and it excersizes the mind. Plus it takes you away from reality much more than TV and their insipid commercials ever will. For those who claim they 'cant concentrate' on books, then you haven't done it enough, heh. And if you really cant? Then go outside. Plenty of stuff to do there.

It's JUST tv, people.

[odupianist]

I like how Colbert tied in the strike with his run for the presidency.

"I want to say to my supporters, this is not over. While I may accept the decision of the Council [to drop him off the ballot in SC], the fight goes on! The dream endures! ... And I am going off the air until I can talk about this without weeping."

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

But is this really that important?

Yes.

Read a book.

To some people, dramas are a book. Dont be so goddamn snide and high-horse humping because you think none of us do the same f*cking thing.

People like this? They need a life more than they think we do.

[愛]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

To some people, dramas are a book. Dont be so goddamn snide and high-horse humping because you think none of us do the same f*cking thing.

People like this? They need a life more than they think we do.

I'm just glad someone said it so I didn't have to.

I don't watch TV all the time. Well, I do, but I don't have active attention to it. I do, however, watch a few of my favorite shows. And it's what, an hour or maybe two out of an evening? The rest is spent on reading, games, school work...sometimes going out into the city. Not everyone is a mindless drone who lives for TV. It's just affecting shows that are viewed by a large audience, and this is going to be a big problem.

[Peanut]

I don't think I've even had my TV turned to my digital cable input in about 2 months, and previously I did it to watch a single episode of Code Monkeys. Prior to that, I had the cable in my room unhooked for at least 8 months. Most people say that they don't watch TV, but I find that's usually not true. I however, really don't watch TV at all. I'd rather play a game, read or go out on my spare time.

HOWEVER, I do still think this is a huge deal to a lot of people, and I think it's ridiculous for anyone to assume that people who love TV are somehow worse than them, or that you're a better person for reading books more than watching TV. That's just completely f*cking ridiculous.

[Kendamu]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

Are we that bored a people?

Come live in Terre Haute, IN (a boring, money-sucking town) for a few months while paying $498 a month in bills while only making $536.00 a month at work.

Kind of hard to have a life when everything outside your home wants that $38 of yours and TV's free.

[Jo Dawn]

Hehe, I knew people would get talking on this.

Didn't mean it in a snide way, I was just asking, people. Calm down, hahaha.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

To some people, dramas are a book. Dont be so goddamn snide and high-horse humping because you think none of us do the same f*cking thing.

People like this? They need a life more than they think we do.

How does that mean people like that need a life? And why is everyone so defensive? It was a general question, I never once said 'I think...' or 'I believe...' to any of it, I was just bringing another debatable point of view. But the hyper defense is kinda laughable. Apparently we can't debate like adults. Stop being so defensive.

Come live in Terre Haute, IN (a boring, money-sucking town) for a few months while paying $498 a month in bills while only making $536.00 a month at work.

My dear, I live in a village with no shops, restaurants, stop lights or library... much less any kind of entertainment value.


Again, calm down, people. I never said it was MY opinion. (Aside from the fact that we are a spoiled people. Which we are.) I was just bringing a new side that no one else thought of.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

Are people that intent on escaping reality??

Yes. Possibly why WOW is as big as it is.

Anyway, the only real can't miss show I have at the moment is Heroes. BSG won't be for several more months. If I can't escape via TV, I guess I could go through some of my comics I haven't read all of yet.

[Spike Spiegel]

Who needs TV when you have Youtube and TMNT and Batman TAS DVDs?

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Marty McFly

Who needs TV when you have Youtube and TMNT and Batman TAS DVDs?

Because it's a bummer when your favorite copyright law breaking post gets deleted. Still doesn't stop me though from watching them while they're there.

But Batman DVDs sound good right now.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

Again, calm down, people. I never said it was MY opinion. (Aside from the fact that we are a spoiled people. Which we are.) I was just bringing a new side that no one else thought of.

No, you're not bringing a "new side", in fact, "I'm a country girl so y'all wasting your lives depending on television" card has been played several times in discussions regarding this and other subjects from caring too much about certain shows to salivating over individual character

You know what? YEAH, we are f*cking spoiled, we f*cking should be. People spend months, years, weeks to put food on the table in their jobs or to entertain people, as do those who work to develop the visual itteration of dramas, camer work, technican work, stunt work etc, that the finished result makes them feel proud and us proud of their accomplishments.

You dont get that from "reading a book", except maybe a tutorial book to accomplish such things.

[Jo Dawn]

I'm not a country girl. Nor have I ever claimed to be. Nor have I ever taken part in a discussion about this before. So I'm not real sure where you came up with that info.

And, um, yeah it is a new side to, as I said, THIS conversation. This conversation about this strike. And I never said anything about people wasting their lives.

I never said reading books made one better than anyone else.

I think it's ridiculous for anyone to assume that people who love TV are somehow worse than them, or that you're a better person for reading books more than watching TV. That's just completely f*cking ridiculous.

I agree. I never said that, nor did I allude to it. I simply gave an alternative to watching tv. No more, no less.

I find it hilarious that everyone is so defensive that they are MAKING UP things to be mad about!

This is ludicrous that no one here can have an adult debate without freaking out like a child.

Calm down. It's stupid to act this way.

[Aelia]

Dontcha know? Television is SERIOUS BIDNESS!

Truthfully, the only show I really care about is Heroes. That's about it. More than 90% of my television-related entertainment comes from DVDs and video games. I rarely ever watch television unless they are showing something good that I don't own on DVD.