bbc's charlie brooker on the state of MTV.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:00 pm

it's programming like this on viacom that just perpetuates and also validates the "dumb american" stereotype. shameful, and i'm glad the bbc take shots like this. this country needs to wake up and smell what we're broadcasting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7mwTK564o

habitualbeatscamp · Post by **habitualbeatscamp** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:05 pm

For real..

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:20 pm

He does have an amazing way with words it has to be said. His piece on aspirational tv is one of the best things I've seen in a long while

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59OJ17raqWw

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:33 pm

seckle wrote:it's programming like this on viacom that just perpetuates and also validates the "dumb american" stereotype. shameful, and i'm glad the bbc take shots like this. this country needs to wake up and smell what we're broadcasting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7mwTK564o

That girl and all her friends want flaying.

Shonky wrote:He does have an amazing way with words it has to be said. His piece on aspirational tv is one of the best things I've seen in a long while

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59OJ17raqWw

Heh heh. Little sod hat is my favourite of his utterings. Simply brilliant.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:35 pm

well...

95% of americans are idiots. you have to make idiot tv shows to appeal to the masses.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:42 pm

unklefesta wrote:well...

95% of americans are idiots. you have to make idiot tv shows to appeal to the masses.

I get the feeling the UK's not too far behind to be honest

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:44 pm

Shonky wrote:
unklefesta wrote:well...

95% of americans are idiots. you have to make idiot tv shows to appeal to the masses.
I get the feeling the UK's not too far behind to be honest

England is turning into mini America in lots of ways.

Stop doing it, you silly sods.

alfie · Post by **alfie** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:49 pm

i now use shitcake in everyday conversation thanks to charlie.

i don't agree that all americans are thick as pigshit though- there are a decent minority who get tarred with the idiot brush.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:58 pm

two oh one wrote:
Shonky wrote:
unklefesta wrote:well...

95% of americans are idiots. you have to make idiot tv shows to appeal to the masses.
I get the feeling the UK's not too far behind to be honest
England is turning into mini America in lots of ways.

Stop doing it, you silly sods.

Yeah is a great shame, but seems inevitable. The amount of twats that are going to go bankrupt by not realising that they can't afford £30k loans on a £15k job is ridiculous. I kind of think the inevitable recession might be a good thing in some ways, might actually make people realise what's important in life - and no, it's not trainers.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:01 am

alfie wrote:i now use shitcake in everyday conversation thanks to charlie.

i don't agree that all americans are thick as pigshit though- there are a decent minority who get tarred with the idiot brush.

Yeah true, but I only really meet the ones that come to the UK. To be honest most of the dimmer, quasi-illiterate posters on here are all english, which doesn't say much about perceived intellectual superiority.

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:02 am

Shonky wrote:
unklefesta wrote:well...

95% of americans are idiots. you have to make idiot tv shows to appeal to the masses.
I get the feeling the UK's not too far behind to be honest

x2, i dont like the way everything seems to becoming americanized over here...i want out

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:08 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xU57gP0Kzw&NR=1

To get back to the Charlie Brooker theme here's his little piece about getting your ideas on the tv - does seem to be rather too close to the truth judging by the shit that does get made.

harlesden · Post by **harlesden** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:09 am

deamonds wrote:
Shonky wrote:
unklefesta wrote:well...

95% of americans are idiots. you have to make idiot tv shows to appeal to the masses.
I get the feeling the UK's not too far behind to be honest
x2, i dont like the way everything seems to becoming americanized over here...i want out

co-signed

i'm going to be typically british about it and complain to everyone but not actually do anything about it

rock on

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:18 am

I don't actually want to leave the UK, I just wish it wasn't run by stnuc, who seem to get voted in because of the "doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in" arsehats not voting, and the people that keep consuming shit which means that other stnuc get richer and then keep the endless tnuc cycle perpetuated.

So basically if you kicked out the capitalist shitbags, the consumerist twats and the apathetic fucktards it could be quite a good place for the half a million or so left.

alfie · Post by **alfie** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:18 am

cb on jamie 'fat tongue' oliver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWkWQ-39KLo

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:21 am

alfie wrote:cb on jamie 'fat tongue' oliver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWkWQ-39KLo

Saw that one a few minutes back. He does point out the hypocrisy very well.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:30 am

what i find irritating to no end about the gross hypocrisy of our media conglomerates here in the US is that they export this sense of hysteria to the rest of planet via these lowest common denominator plots and show concepts. everything is extreme on our tv here. we're bombarded with sensationalisms everywhere we turn. the more outrageous and sensational, the more viewers. britney spear's falling to pieces....great...let's put it on prime time at 8pm, instead of talking about the deficit or the fact that china owns 3/4 of our national debt. anything but the cold hard reality.

don't discuss the real issues, but watch MTV and join the cycle of helplessness. we're bankrupt financially and we bomb people in the name of democracy. there are days where it makes me ill.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:40 am

Nice

"cretins who use the word 'party' as a verb" lol

The mother would irritate the fuck out of me, mine would beat me to an inch of my life if thats how ungreatful I was about a brand new 5 figure car.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:42 am

Harlesden wrote: i'm going to be typically british about it and complain to everyone but not actually do anything about it

rock on

i wouldn't say that's unique to england though. apathy is a generational problem that's all over the western world. we are the generation that never went through a world war, or famine, or holocaust. we've never had to ration our food, or run to a bomb shelter, so when horrible things happen in the world it's not a reality in our lives. someone else's problems. not mine, etc.

habitualbeatscamp · Post by **habitualbeatscamp** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:47 am

pdomino wrote: mine would beat me to an inch of my life if thats how ungreatful I was about a brand new 5 figure car.

Seriously.. Then my dad would come by and finish the job.

How many peoples parents can't even afford a fuckin lexus??

Materialistic lifestyle TV, only the poor people love it...

bbc's charlie brooker on the state of MTV.

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