I am restricted to network programming. Therefore, I have only one place to watch the Olympics.
When there is 5 minutes of events intermingled with 10 minutes of athlete profile, followed by 7.5 minutes of commercials, it’s pretty easy to see why this won’t work.
I’ve tried this strategy. What are the odds that, after turning the channel to avoid the commercial/bio/whatever, that I will tune back in at the exact moment that they decide to let a little piece of event coverage find its way to my screen? Pretty freakin’ slim, my friends.
Let’s see if that format gets the message through.
Clearly this whole thread bothers you. Is it safe to say we can read your post as a complaint that we are all too “whiny” for you? Following your logic, then, I will expect to see no more posts here from you, since of course you will have rectified the situation on your own and found some other message board where there aren’t as many of us misguided malcontents.
Just an observation, but aren’t you whining about whiny people?
FTR, I liked the commercial and thought it was pretty clever. (Plus Hamilton is pretty hot.) But is it that much more scary than the one with the gladiator and the skateboarder? Haven’t heard of any controversy over that yet.
I hate censorship, but it showed poor judgement to show the commercial during the Olympics. It’s a great commercial, but far too scary for little kids, who, I would guess, might watch the Olympics. Changing the channel doesn’t necessarily work when the commercial is only 30 seconds long - I doubt it would take very many seconds of a chainsaw wielding maniac before a little 'un would be scared shitless. I mean, I found it scary when they showed a little clip on the (late) news.
If people want to worry about promoting violence against women, yadda yadda yadda, they need to look toward a) the movies that this commercial is making fun of and b) Britney Spears, the root of all evil.
Lexicon, people ARE doing something to rectify the situation. They are calling the network and complaining. Yes, as a parent I can sit next to my children, clicker in hand, every single minute they watch t.v. to protect them from inappropriate commercials shown during a family-oriented show. OR, more reasonably, if I find out that some idiot network employee is allowing inappropriate commercials to be aired while young children are likely to be viewing, then I can call the network and implore them to use their fucking common sense.
Sounds like common sense DID prevail, BTW. Call me a whiner, if you’d like, but we parents are just trying to do what’s right for our children. And, of all things, the Olympics shouldn’t fall into the realm of parental guidance material.
Well, that’s your fault. If it was of capital importance, you could get more channels through various agencies.
Not really that slim. How did you get your man license, if you couldn’t pass the channel surfing section of the test? I don’t seem to have any problem.
Maybe I just have a short attention span.
Only. If. You. Don’t. Change. It. Back. You. Thundering. Moron.
If your remote only works one-way, it might be broken. Or maybe it’s too complicated a device.
Well, I started the thread and it doesn’t bother me at all. See, the thread doesn’t bother me, it’s dipshits like you that bother me.
