Mal ,'Jaynestown'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
advertisers shouldn't be paying for me as a TiVo user
Problem is, the less they pay for you, the less of your TV you stand to get.
What sacrifices (or suggestions) are we TiVoheads willing to make to accomodate that?
Making peace with the onscreen bugs is totally not a way I'm willing to go.
What sacrifices (or suggestions) are we TiVoheads willing to make to accomodate that?
Per-show subscription fees. It's time.
Honestly, I think it's up to the advertisers to make ads that make me want to backup the FF and watch. I actually do do that for movie trailers that flash past. Or the Comcastic ads that have been running of late, or the cute Target ads with people dancing.
I stop to watch that Gap "Khakis swing" ad when watching oooold tapes of shows it sponsored back in the 90s. It was generally more fun than the actual programming around it.
"Or move their existing ones. How committed is SciFi to a Tuesday line-up?"
I don't know. I don't think we fit on that Friday though - that was always "Space and Alien Night". I mean, we're holding our numbers alone on Tuesday so if I were them, I'd try working with two different nights to launch all the new shows they're working on.
Then again, only they know all the variables they're considering. So who knows. Maybe they're clearing a spot for that Galactica prequel.
Colin is kind enough, or at least circumspect enough, to believe that there's rational thought involved. This is the network of "we don't do space-based science fiction except for the space-based science fiction we do, and professional wrestling is scifi, or at least it's fiction and there's gravity involved."
if you notice the product placement, they are doing it wrong
And yet if you don't notice it, they're not selling anything. "Subtle" is a relative term -- I mean, if there's a logo onscreen, I assume it's product placement. If I don't see the logo, I have no idea what the product is, and therefore no incentive to buy it even if it is product placement.
Yeah, what Jessica said. I know what Robin's saying about it seeming natural, but so many people are hip to product placement (and seeing logos disguised when it's not) that all logos come under scrutiny.
OTOH, someone drinking a can of Coke or a bottle of Bud is a lot less -distracting than the mock-ups you sometimes see.