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I guess you know when your getting old

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I guess you know when your getting old when Apollo 13 movie is on AMC.
 
You know you're getting old when you remember that AMC used to be worth watching. I hadn't seen it in years. I had heard that it had gone to commercials. Around Christmas time, I was visiting my parents and started watching an Eastwood western with my brother-in-law. I had never seen the film. The movie was so chopped up I had to ask him several times what was going on. The movie was on for over three hours, but I bet they showed less than an hour of the movie. Several times I timed four to six minutes of movie between 8 to 12 minute commercial "breaks".
 
AMC used to be "American Movie Classics" Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane and Casablanca are classics. But since when did Robocop 3 become an American Classic.
 
Yeah, they radically reformatted the channel a few years ago to show "newer" movies. Part of the reformatting was accepting ads. I'm sure that the infamous "demo" issue reared it's ugly head, as did competition from the more well programmed Turner Classic Movies. At the time, TCM was finally starting to show up on basic cable in larger markets and the owners of AMC probably felt that they couldn't compete.

TCM is still excellent and I hope it stays that way! As for AMC, I rarely watch it anymore. Once in a great while they'll show something great like Jaws which piques my interest. But more often they are movies that I've seen a dozen times and would prefer to see sans the ads.

Not only that, but when they changed formats to go into the realm of younger movies, they elected to go the basic cable route of ads AND of editing movies for content. Like Apollo 13, for example - a good movie but not worth seeing peppered with ads and the lame "aw shucks" inserts dubbed over the occasional bits of saucy language in the script.

In my view, they have no more credibility as a "serious" movie channel than do USA Network or TBS. And, they once did (remember the Nick Clooney intros?). So, basically, why bother with them anymore?

Again, thank God for TCM.
 
Yes, TCM is still a really good channel.

Two of my favorites that they only occasionally air are "Auntie Mame", starring Rosalind Russell and "Witness For The Prosecution', starring Charles Loughton and Marlena Dietrich.
 
I like TCM too, but even they seem to be skewing at times a little younger. I guess it is just demographic reality. Kudos though for keeping the commercials off. I hope they can continue that. I also like their intros/outros to most movies, they keep 'em fresh and updated. Excellent cable network!
 
searadiofreak said:
I like TCM too, but even they seem to be skewing at times a little younger. I guess it is just demographic reality. Kudos though for keeping the commercials off. I hope they can continue that. I also like their intros/outros to most movies, they keep 'em fresh and updated. Excellent cable network!
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Their original programs (interviews, profiles, etc.) are excellent as well. And I love some of the obscure short subjects they dust off as fillers -- a lot of which would never show up on any other channel.

TCM only exists in its current form because Ted Turner believes in it, and because it is subsidized by the tidy profit he makes from his 9 or 10 commercial outlets. It would not survive as both commercial-free and non-premium on its own. Unless it was viewer-supported, and then we'd have begathons every few weeks like on PBS. :eek:

Really, TCM is one of the VERY few cable outlets I would dearly miss if finances forced me to go without cable.
 
Stanislav said:
Really, TCM is one of the VERY few cable outlets I would dearly miss if finances forced me to go without cable.
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I'm getting ready to dump my DirecTV at the end of the hockey playoffs because I just don't watch much any more and they've never seen fit to program, and price, ala carte.

TCM is the only service I will miss but, hopefully, I can find those interesting movies at the rental store.
 
Stanislav said:
searadiofreak said:
I like TCM too, but even they seem to be skewing at times a little younger. I guess it is just demographic reality. Kudos though for keeping the commercials off. I hope they can continue that. I also like their intros/outros to most movies, they keep 'em fresh and updated. Excellent cable network!
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Their original programs (interviews, profiles, etc.) are excellent as well. And I love some of the obscure short subjects they dust off as fillers -- a lot of which would never show up on any other channel.

TCM only exists in its current form because Ted Turner believes in it, and because it is subsidized by the tidy profit he makes from his 9 or 10 commercial outlets. It would not survive as both commercial-free and non-premium on its own. Unless it was viewer-supported, and then we'd have begathons every few weeks like on PBS. :eek:

Really, TCM is one of the VERY few cable outlets I would dearly miss if finances forced me to go without cable.
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I don't think Teddy Turnstile has anything to do with any of the channels any more since he left the Time-Warner Board of Directors. I also think he may have sold most if not all of his T-W stock. He birthed it and looked after it for a long time but since Time Warner bought out his empire it has remained solely at the blessing of T-W.
 
Stanislav said:
TCM only exists in its current form because Ted Turner believes in it, and because it is subsidized by the tidy profit he makes from his 9 or 10 commercial outlets. It would not survive as both commercial-free and non-premium on its own. Unless it was viewer-supported, and then we'd have begathons every few weeks like on PBS. :eek:
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Ted Turner has absolutely no say (what-so-ever) in what happens to TBS/TNT/CTN/NBATV/TRUTV/BOOM/WPCH/ or TCM because he doesn't own Turner Broadcasting anymore. He has no representation there. All those channels are now owned by Time Warner, which owns Turner Broadcasting.

Also, the reason that TCM is still commercial free, is that when Time Warner bought out Ted, he had a stipulation in there, that no matter what, TCM stays commercial free. (from what I heard)

GOD BLESS YOU TED, and TCM! I will agree that AMC is crap, and TCM is the best. I love their Friday night lineup when they show "B-Rated" films. ;D

P.S. I see that someone already posted a message like this, but I will still add my two cents.
 
Stanislav said:
TCM only exists in its current form because Ted Turner believes in it, and because it is subsidized by the tidy profit he makes from his 9 or 10 commercial outlets. It would not survive as both commercial-free and non-premium on its own. Unless it was viewer-supported, and then we'd have begathons every few weeks like on PBS. :eek:
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Ditto what the others have said. They posted faster than I did!
 
notalkallstatic said:
Ted Turner has absolutely no say (what-so-ever) in what happens to TBS/TNT/CTN/NBATV/TRUTV/BOOM/WPCH/ or TCM because he doesn't own Turner Broadcasting anymore. He has no representation there. All those channels are now owned by Time Warner, which owns Turner Broadcasting.
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I stand corrected -- shows how out of touch I am. I long ago lost track of who-owns-what through all the various sales/mergers/buyouts that have taken place over the years.
 
Stanislav said:
I stand corrected -- shows how out of touch I am. I long ago lost track of who-owns-what through all the various sales/mergers/buyouts that have taken place over the years.
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We forgive you...this time... ;)

Trust me, you are not the only one, I would say that probably 90% of all American's still believe that Ted Turner owns it.
 
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