I think I'd rather see private funding than totally market-driven advertising-supported "art" for the rest of humankind's existence.
Don't HBO and Showtime serve this purpose?
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Mar 02, 2005 7:47:07 am PST #3356 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Mar 02, 2005 7:47:24 am PST #3357 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, that was Rob C
Oh, thank goodness. And I'm glad to realize why I was confused.
DavidS - Mar 02, 2005 7:48:45 am PST #3358 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The potentate of totin' freight.
That's a Hall of Fame slogan.
brenda m - Mar 02, 2005 7:52:30 am PST #3359 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
TAR: I just dont' see how he could have such a hate-on for Rob without having watched the All Star. Which leads me to believe he's kind of an idiot. We'll see.
Speaking of cable, anyone hear about this:
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R), Alaska, is beginning a push to apply the same stringent standards, which render network programming so flaccid, upon cable and subscription radio and television. That means no programming TV-14 and up until "late-night" hours.
"Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area...I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air. There has to be some standard of decency."
I sympathize with people who have kids, but why can't the busy-bodies leave adults the fuck alone once in a while?
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2005 7:53:50 am PST #3360 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
V-Chip, people!
Sean K - Mar 02, 2005 7:56:10 am PST #3361 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
subscription radio
Like my fucking HBO, I paid for it, I want indecency any old time of the damned day.
Cashmere - Mar 02, 2005 7:56:22 am PST #3362 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
V-Chip, people!
OFF BUTTON!
Jessica - Mar 02, 2005 7:56:53 am PST #3363 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area...I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air. There has to be some standard of decency."
If. You. Don't. Like. It. Then. Don't. Watch.
juliana - Mar 02, 2005 7:57:24 am PST #3364 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R), Alaska, is beginning a push to apply the same stringent standards, which render network programming so flaccid, upon cable and subscription radio and television.
::headdesk::
Go away, Stevens.
Y'know, if parents are worried about the indecency in cable channels, why not just not have cable? Alternately, if the government really wants to get into it, why not force cable companies to make their offerings a la carte?
tommyrot - Mar 02, 2005 7:58:01 am PST #3365 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area...I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air. There has to be some standard of decency."
Fucking fuckwit fuckers. The difference has always been that since cable is elective and paid-for, that the broadcast rules don't apply (especially for non-basic cable).
Also, the FCC had lately adopted the attitude of: "We can regulate all this stuff, because Congress never said we couldn't."