I was trying to watch Carlito's Way the other night on Bravo. Don't worry about why, it doesn't matter. I was tired and there was nothing else on and I started and got caught up and I already feel bad about it so just shut up. Anyway, I already knew Bravo was pretty much the worst, most ad saturated waste of time on Earth, and wouldn't have even bothered normally, but I was still disgusted by the obscene amount of purile advertising they shoved in between 5 minute segments of the movie. The ads went on so long I kept forgettingwhat I was even watching! I always mute commercials anyway, but still after 10 or 15 minutes you lose interest. I just wanted to see Benny Blanco put a few slugs in Carlito's stomach, not buy anything related to cleaning, erectile dysfunction or hearing loss.
I have long belived that television is about 99% unwatchable and this only confirms that judgement.
Once they finally showed the last minute of the film (with 10 minutes of ads right before), they started running the next movie over the top of the credits. What moron thinks that's going to help their cause? I guess they are assuming their audience is made up of comatose patients, lobomy victims and strapped-down, rage filled monkeys. Granted, these constant attempts to annoy the viewer into distraction have been going on for a long time now, but addition of the coroprate channel logo in the corner, the streaming crap along the bottom and the constant interuptions are the final limit. They wonder why so many people have turned to the internet for amusment, entertainment, education. It's not that the content is so much better, but it's much easier to edit that crap out.
Advertising is universally loathed, despised and hated. Any inteligent person will do anything to avoid it. So how is it worthwhile to have advertisers pay for shows that a brain damaged hamster could write? The whole obscene charade is a tragical circus of lies and desperate screams for attention.
I don't think it's too much to ask to once in awhile sit down and watch a movie, that I'm paying for already with cable fees and not be innundated with infantile attempts to con me into buying worthless junk I don't need or want. So anyway, Carlito shoots the mob guys and then he gets whacked right before he gets on the train to freedom. By John Leguzamo by the way! He was great in this, but Empire was a big disapointment. See, look at that, my attention span has been shortened already. Bastards!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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