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Women are ruining TV
This story cracks me up. It's good to see the US hasn't cornered the market on crazy old coots.
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http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...ore_pa203b.jpg So, what do you guys think? Are women ruining TV for the rest of us? |
Younger generations are ruining television far more than women are. Networks and television shows try to appeal to a "younger" audience. What they really mean when they say that is a "dumber" audience. Very few shows presume that the viewer has even the cognitive capacity to turn on the TV to begin with, let alone comprehend complex story arcs and subtle character development.
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If it were true that women were responsible for all reality TV, maybe. =p But laying that kind of responsibility at an entire gender's feet is ridiculous. I mean, the guy described cooking shows as gendered. What does that say about him? |
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The guy seems just old-fashioned to me. I can't speak for the UK, but I am pretty sure men also have "ruined" television. But then, when was television that great? So there are cooking shows, reality shows, quizzes, and so on. Yea, thats all because women "run" the networks. I guess he's never heard of demographics and catering to an audience. People (in general) like dumbed-down television more than they like scientific explorations in astronomy - and I am pretty sure this is not just in the US or UK. Maybe he needs to get with the times and understand that women have nothing to do with this. |
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If anything I feel like TV has been better the past few years as execs catch on to what the public really wants when they're not voting over the phone. 24, Heroes, Lost, and other similar shows have been phenomenal as far as success goes, and people are starting to recognize the value of underground appeal, as well, as we saw with the browncoats that cropped up after Firefly was canceled, or the revival of Futurama and Family Guy.
Adult Swim has certainly given everyone in the TV business a lesson in demographics, that's for sure. They may not have the best programs available, but they're taking risks, and its paying off. |
Maybe in sports. I don't mind seeing women sports announcers, but many of them seem clueless about it. They're just there for looks. And diversity.
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I think this guy is your basic old dude who is uncomfortable with change. The picture of him with the monocle really seals it for me. In this age of uber-political-correctness, we're always trying to please both our eyeballs at the same time.
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Women are the reason that most people watch television. I invite you all to quote me for truth. Guys want to watch women. Women tend to enjoy television by women for women.
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As for TV, I agree with what Skexis said about it getting better recently. Up until the last year or two I honestly can't remember the last time I found more than one interesting show per season. Now I've got something every night of the week, and have actually considered investing in a Tivo at some point. Not that I'll ever get one of course, since I'm convinced it would come to life one night after learning enough of my preferences and murder me while I sleep. |
Im going to say this once, because I think deep down every guy here knows this - the reason women are ruining TV is because they dont show enough cleavage.
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I agree with the above posts. This guy is just old-fashioned. Women are no longer tied only to the house. He needs to get out of the 1950s.
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Patrick Moore is the fucking shit, and all you fuckers better recognize.
The problem is that he's mostly right. In a media environment dominated by the BBC, the prevalence of women has lead to an increased surge in banal television. Just look at all the daytime programming for old women and stay-at-home moms. Soaps and talk shows. He's also right about Star Trek. Captain Janeway sucks. |
I dunno, Lifetime original movies tend to be pretty good for a quick laugh.
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I can't say much about BBC but. I don't know, personally I think recent drama series (like late 80s 90s and very recent times) are much more hard hitting then the stuff they use to have back like 40 or 50 years ago, the story also has gotten more complex and some of them deal with very contemporary issues, more so then what they use to. I also think what constituted "political correctness" is a moving target. I mean, back in the old days, its all about showing basic family unit with each character play their perspective gender/social roles, with occasional stereotypical social "outcast" thrown in the mix to show that they are for diversity but only perpetuates an over simplification of reality. That's not to say there are no ground breaking TV shows that rise above all that in the old days, just saying that people tend not to remember the media wasteland that was the early Television. |
I want that man to be my crazy grandpa :3333:
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>.> <.< More boobs FTW. ------------------------------------------------------------- Nah, on a serious note, leave that for the internets. TV doesn't need anything like that, especially considering most of the women then put on TV (especially the BBC) *shudders* |
Note to all: Patrick Moore fuckin ownz
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If this guy thinks women are ruining television, he obviously hasn't seen any shows put on by SpikeTV.
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