# It's official ... AMC will show anything now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960 "2007-10-16T22:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/1 "2007-10-16T22:05:40Z")
As I type this, _Catwoman_ is just getting started. Oh. Dear. God. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/2 "2007-10-16T22:07:55Z")
\*My storyboarding teacher said that it is useful to watch bad movies to learn what not to do. The lesson of what not to do with Catwoman is to not make _Catwoman_. What movie started the slippery slope. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/3 "2007-10-16T22:18:24Z")
So, what does the “C” stand for now? Crap? ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/4 "2007-10-16T22:22:38Z")
There’s not enough beer in the world to get me through that movie. It’s almost as bad as the Mr. Freeze Batman movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/5 "2007-10-16T22:24:30Z")
At the same time TCM is getting better. A few weeks ago I was irked by their Burt Reynolds marathon, but I’ve stopped several times recenty and was thrilled to see _Nicholas & Alexandra_ on (commercial free) last night. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/6 "2007-10-16T22:26:25Z")
AMC has an excellent original series though – Mad Men, drama, set in a NYC ad agency in 1960. Almost no one’s heard of it though. Anyone who’d like Mad Men wouldn’t watch AMC on a bet. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/7 "2007-10-16T22:31:06Z")
I miss the days of the Javelin and AMX. By gum, AMC made some nice cars before the Gremlin and Pacer. Oh, the _movie_ channel… Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/8 "2007-10-16T22:35:51Z")
I’ve noticed the improvements at TCM as well, **Sampiro**. I can remember when the closest they’d have gotten to _Nicholas & Alexandra_ would have been _A View to a Kill_. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/9 "2007-10-16T23:13:03Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I’ve noticed the improvements at TCM as well, **Sampiro**. I can remember when the closest they’d have gotten to _Nicholas & Alexandra_ would have been _A View to a Kill_. [/QUOTE] Is this some other TCM with which I have yet to become acquainted? Because you can’t mean Turner Classic Movies. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/10 "2007-10-17T00:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I’ve noticed the improvements at TCM as well, **Sampiro**. I can remember when the closest they’d have gotten to _Nicholas & Alexandra_ would have been _A View to a Kill_. [/QUOTE] Are you thinking of TMC, The Movie Channel? TCM, Turner Classic, has shown true classics from any year and any country since day one. AMC, though is a fucking joke. The commercials are bad enough (what true movie fan is going to watch a movie edited and with commercials, even if its one they have never seen and really want to see?), but the movie choices are a laugh. Seriously, if they’re going to show the shit they show, they should really change the name, for honesty’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/11 "2007-10-17T00:51:16Z")
I can’t resist the urge to quote a Usenet joke about how far AMC has fallen: “When they started showing [a European mini-series], I was impressed, as, finally, they had broken all three things they had stood for: not American, not a Movie, and certain not a Classic” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/12 "2007-10-17T01:19:13Z")
What’s the “now” in the thread title? AMC has been like this for about a decade. However, not only is it the current home of Mad Men, but it also was the home of Remember Wenn (when, when, when will they do the DVD?), the best sitcom ever not to have originated on a network. And according to Wiki: > [@](#): > > The series was slated for a fifth season, but was abruptly cancelled when new management took over AMC. Which tells you everything about the management of AMC. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/13 "2007-10-17T01:50:18Z")
AMC has been the home for **Hu$stle** , though the last season of the show was a slight dropoff in quality. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/14 "2007-10-17T03:40:36Z")
Earlier tonight TCM showed _The Jazz Singer_ and then some Vitaphone shorts featuring old vaudeville acts. TCM has never shied away from niche material and is the only place on TV that shows silent films. It’s also the only place on TV that actually runs ads denigrating pan-and-scan and praising letterbox. Not a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/15 "2007-10-17T03:50:47Z")
Doesn’t anyone feel that AMC shows the same old shit, over and over? I think Cable stepped in with PayPerView and has put AMC almost out of business. I go to NETFLIX now for my stuff. And so to bed. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/16 "2007-10-17T05:31:29Z")
_Now_? **Catwoman** has been in regular rotation on AMC for several months now. I know, because they always insist on showing commercials for it when I watch **The Three Amigos** at two in the morning–another movie they show quite regularly. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/17 "2007-10-17T10:55:13Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Is this some other TCM with which I have yet to become acquainted? Because you can’t mean Turner Classic Movies. [/QUOTE] Busted. I was making an unnecessary joke at Fiona Fullerton’s expense. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/18 "2007-10-17T12:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] Doesn’t anyone feel that AMC shows the same old shit, over and over? [/QUOTE] Of course they do. So do HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, The Movie Channel, Flix, etc. So for that matter does TCM, although their rotations are larger and their “shit” is generally quite a bit better than average. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/19 "2007-10-17T12:29:30Z")
I have this terrible creepy feeling that AMC is going to get down to showing nothing but two movies back and forth into eternity: 1. **The Egg and I** 2. **Papa’s Delicate Condition** I’ve been thinking about this all night and I haven’t slept. My nerves are shot. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960/20 "2007-10-17T12:35:49Z")
Some time ago, some friends and I did a bad superhero movie night and watched Catwoman and Elektra back to back. Catwoman was so bad that we actually wound up enjoying Elektra quite a bit. What the hell was the target audience for Catwoman anyway? 45 year old crazy single women with too many cats and dead end jobs? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-amc-will-show-anything-now/422960.md?page=2)