Channel 4 Suck At Showing Movies!

[IAN P]

Classic example today,Seven Days Till Noon(cracking film),about 5 minutes to the end a bloody full length banner of whats on next bottom of the screen.Film4 are just as bad with their squashed end credits,i dont need to be told whats on next,i can press a button on the remote.

[dremble wedge]

name='IAN P']Classic example today,Seven Days Till Noon(cracking film),about 5 minutes to the end a bloody full length banner of whats on next bottom of the screen.Film4 are just as bad with their squashed end credits,i dont need to be told whats on next,i can press a button on the remote.

Seven Days Til Noon and Seven Minutes Til 'Countdown'

[Fellwanderer]

name='IAN P']Classic example today,Seven Days Till Noon(cracking film),about 5 minutes to the end a bloody full length banner of whats on next bottom of the screen.Film4 are just as bad with their squashed end credits,i dont need to be told whats on next,i can press a button on the remote.

But it would appear that their research tells them that that is what their viewers want - and if you believe that, you'll believe anything



It is truly pathetic that they treat their viewers as morons.

[rskershaw]

name='IAN P']Classic example today,Seven Days Till Noon(cracking film),about 5 minutes to the end a bloody full length banner of whats on next bottom of the screen.Film4 are just as bad with their squashed end credits,i dont need to be told whats on next,i can press a button on the remote.

Channel 4 aren't alone in doing this. ITV talk over the end soundtracks of films. That would be bad enough, but the end credit sequence is usually cut down to almost nothing anyway. Very annoying if you want to check credits or listen to the music.

[Joenoir]

For one awful moment I thought they were going to show Deep Throat!

See Censorship on tv thread to understand my confusion!

[IAN P]

I couldnt even edit it out with my dvd recorder,i would have lost too much of the film.It will be on again at some point i guess

[Moor Larkin]

Film Four are promising two weeks of British movies in their ad-breaks at the moment. Not sure when it starts.

[Fellwanderer]

name='Moor Larkin']Film Four are promising two weeks of British movies in their ad-breaks at the moment. Not sure when it starts.

I know their ad breaks are long but surely they're not that long!

[DocRobertPepper]

name='Moor Larkin']Film Four are promising two weeks of British movies in their ad-breaks at the moment. Not sure when it starts.

it starts Monday at 1pm



some good films and some we have all seen time and again

[Carmel]

name='IAN P']Classic example today,Seven Days Till Noon(cracking film),about 5 minutes to the end a bloody full length banner of whats on next bottom of the screen.Film4 are just as bad with their squashed end credits,i dont need to be told whats on next,i can press a button on the remote.

That so anoys me too, why do they have to do it as you said just look at your tv book or press a button on your remote, so many films have been ruined by this annoying habit.

[Fellwanderer]

name='DocRobertPepper']it starts Monday at 1pm



some good films and some we have all seen time and again

No doubt as to the one I'm most looking forward to - The Riddle of the Sands



Delighted [especially for orpheum ] to see they're also showing Those Glory Days.

[ProfMarcus]

name='IAN P']Classic example today,Seven Days Till Noon(cracking film),about 5 minutes to the end a bloody full length banner of whats on next bottom of the screen.Film4 are just as bad with their squashed end credits,i dont need to be told whats on next,i can press a button on the remote.

I have heard it suggested that TV companies do that to stop viewers recording movies and keeping them till kingdom come, thus avoiding buying DVDs and starving the makers of royalites. 7 Days To Noon is available on DVD. Worth every penny, too.

[Fellwanderer]

name='ProfMarcus']I have heard it suggested that TV companies do that to stop viewers recording movies and keeping them till kingdom come, thus avoiding buying DVDs and starving the makers of royalites. 7 Days To Noon is available on DVD. Worth every penny, too.

That thought had gone through my head as well. It certainly makes sense - from a commercial stance

[1stas]

name='Fellwanderer']That thought had gone through my head as well. It certainly makes sense - from a commercial stance

Not only adverts but don't you just hate all those sponsership idents - Cadburys or is it Harveys Furniture before, after and in the middle of Corry.



BT, Sainsburys.........



How about a new thread - the most annoying bloody ident!!!

[ProfMarcus]

name='Fellwanderer']That thought had gone through my head as well. It certainly makes sense - from a commercial stance

Is there any other stance in this benighted age?



. . . Incidentally, Fell, yours is my favourite avatar on this site.



Cheers,



Prof

[1stas]

name='1stas']Not only adverts but don't you just hate all those sponsership idents - Cadburys or is it Harveys Furniture before, after and in the middle of Corry.



BT, Sainsburys.........



How about a new thread - the most annoying bloody ident!!!

me again!



and what about during the end credits when your trying to listen to that incredible piece of music that was featured in the film and all of sudden you get some camp queenie voice telling you what's on next - this is normally on the freeview channels - BBC3 etc - you can just imagine them sitting there very late with a bottle of Gordons - sorry I should get out more - but you know what I mean!

[Fellwanderer]

name='ProfMarcus']Is there any other stance in this benighted age?



. . . Incidentally, Fell, yours is my favourite avatar on this site.



Cheers,



Prof

I'm not surprised, it's mine, too - but then, she is absolutely gorgeous!

[DB7]

name='1stas']me again!



and what about during the end credits when your trying to listen to that incredible piece of music that was featured in the film and all of sudden you get some camp queenie voice telling you what's on next - this is normally on the freeview channels - BBC3 etc - you can just imagine them sitting there very late with a bottle of Gordons - sorry I should get out more - but you know what I mean!

What's a "camp queenie"?

[Dave Rattigan]

Damn! I missed it!



Really wanted to see that. Interestingly, James Bernard won his only Oscar for that film - as writer, not composer.



Actually, despite the annoying habit of cutting off (or squashing) the end titles like that, I find generally Channel Four are among the best for films. They show the best range of films, and you're more likely to find it in something at least approaching the right ratio.



And I'm grateful that anyone at all has reinstituted the habit of showing old films in the afternoon. They seemed to disappear for a long time, but the last couple years has seen a resurgence between Channel Four and BBC2.

[ProfMarcus]

name='Fellwanderer']I'm not surprised, it's mine, too - but then, she is absolutely gorgeous!

Even at my age, I often find myself longing to have a shower before sprouting hair and fangs.