AMC and VH-1 both have Austin Power's International Man of Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies AMC does air.
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> AMC and VH-1 both have Austin Power's International Man of
> Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think
> AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies
> AMC does air.
>
I've seen some odd choices on AMC as of late. The 1999 Anna and the King (Jodie Foster) is listed as 2 1/2 stars. One would think a "classic" would have more stars. White Men Can't Jump is going to Classicfy your TV next Saturday, The Ref on Sunday.
Earlier this week, Super Troopers was on. Not a classic, hardly a movie, and sadly American.
> Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think
> AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies
> AMC does air.
>
I've seen some odd choices on AMC as of late. The 1999 Anna and the King (Jodie Foster) is listed as 2 1/2 stars. One would think a "classic" would have more stars. White Men Can't Jump is going to Classicfy your TV next Saturday, The Ref on Sunday.
Earlier this week, Super Troopers was on. Not a classic, hardly a movie, and sadly American.
AMC is obviously going after a younger demographic who considers anything before 2000 a "classic".
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XL
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> AMC and VH-1 both have Austin Power's International Man of
> Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think
> AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies
> AMC does air.
AMC over the past few months, have even been premiering theatrical releases, like "Two Weeks' Notice" and "Insommenia."
AMC was also the defendant in a lawsuit in early 2005 from a (or more than one) cable company over it's new direction. The older movies simply don't have the audience they used to. I don't know what AMC's numbers are like, but I can't imagine they are too impressive.
I would venture to say that if the "ala carte" system were in place, I can't see too many people paying a few bucks a month for this network and the network would eventually go dark. Or increase their commercial breaks from roughly every 5 minutes to 4. LOL
> Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think
> AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies
> AMC does air.
AMC over the past few months, have even been premiering theatrical releases, like "Two Weeks' Notice" and "Insommenia."
AMC was also the defendant in a lawsuit in early 2005 from a (or more than one) cable company over it's new direction. The older movies simply don't have the audience they used to. I don't know what AMC's numbers are like, but I can't imagine they are too impressive.
I would venture to say that if the "ala carte" system were in place, I can't see too many people paying a few bucks a month for this network and the network would eventually go dark. Or increase their commercial breaks from roughly every 5 minutes to 4. LOL
They need to change the name of the channel to...
> AMC and VH-1 both have Austin Power's International Man of
> Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think
> AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies
> AMC does air.
>
...American Movie Channel. That way, they still have their initials, and won't be passing off 'Austin Powers', et al, as 'classics'.
> AMC and VH-1 both have Austin Power's International Man of
> Mystery on. How could this of happened? VH-1 didn't think
> AMC would show this movie as its not as old as some movies
> AMC does air.
>
...American Movie Channel. That way, they still have their initials, and won't be passing off 'Austin Powers', et al, as 'classics'.
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genXdxerLR
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Re: They need to change the name of the channel to...
AMC isn't what she used to be. Going from no ads, to a very few to having movies shredded and adulurated with ads worse than a 1970's "Siding Movie".
AMC isn't what she used to be. Going from no ads, to a very few to having movies shredded and adulurated with ads worse than a 1970's "Siding Movie".
> AMC is obviously going after a younger demographic who
> considers anything before 2000 a "classic".
>
It's the way TV works these day.
With the big network now owned by studios they can make deals
with cable networks not owned by studios to get cheap movies by the dozen.
Look at what happened two weeks ago.
In order to hype his move to Sirius, Howard Stern aired his Private Parts
movie on both VH1 and USA within the spand of 4 days.
Many movies that didn't do well in the box office get new life on cable.
Submerged for example starring Steven Segal and I think Nicolette Sheridan
pre Desperate Housewives is getting a lot of playing time on USA.
Now I doubt it would be any good, but they make it seem you like you need to
watch. That's the way it has been since the film studios have launched their
own services (NBC-Universal: USA for post 80's films; TCM-The entire Warner Bros. and pre 85 MGM/UA film library; Sony ON Demand)
> considers anything before 2000 a "classic".
>
It's the way TV works these day.
With the big network now owned by studios they can make deals
with cable networks not owned by studios to get cheap movies by the dozen.
Look at what happened two weeks ago.
In order to hype his move to Sirius, Howard Stern aired his Private Parts
movie on both VH1 and USA within the spand of 4 days.
Many movies that didn't do well in the box office get new life on cable.
Submerged for example starring Steven Segal and I think Nicolette Sheridan
pre Desperate Housewives is getting a lot of playing time on USA.
Now I doubt it would be any good, but they make it seem you like you need to
watch. That's the way it has been since the film studios have launched their
own services (NBC-Universal: USA for post 80's films; TCM-The entire Warner Bros. and pre 85 MGM/UA film library; Sony ON Demand)
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Mwd_711
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AMC changed its name....
AMC stands for American Movie Channel. At least it did in 2002, when they first changed formats. Now, they have gone more like ESPN, an acronym that appears to be meaningless. They dumped the "Classics" name a few years ago.
AMC stands for American Movie Channel. At least it did in 2002, when they first changed formats. Now, they have gone more like ESPN, an acronym that appears to be meaningless. They dumped the "Classics" name a few years ago.
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Re: AMC changed its name....
> AMC stands for American Movie Channel. At least it did in
> 2002, when they first changed formats. Now, they have gone
> more like ESPN, an acronym that appears to be meaningless.
> They dumped the "Classics" name a few years ago.
Someone forgot to tell DirecTV, Satellite Direct, and OnSat, as all three still call it "American Movie Classics".<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
> AMC stands for American Movie Channel. At least it did in
> 2002, when they first changed formats. Now, they have gone
> more like ESPN, an acronym that appears to be meaningless.
> They dumped the "Classics" name a few years ago.
Someone forgot to tell DirecTV, Satellite Direct, and OnSat, as all three still call it "American Movie Classics".<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
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