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[Pete]

Jake 2.0, the only decent show on UPN's schedule, being cancelled to make way for repeats of America's Next Top Anorexic? Yeah. Yeah, that angries up my fucking blood.

Edited by Pete, Jan 16, 2004 @ 3:28 PM.

[bella1013]

Something that has been making my blood boil lately is the new law in France that says Muslim girls are not allowed to wear headscarves to school anymore. Not only do i find it incredibly racist, but also embarassing. They don't wear those things for decoration, but as a symbol of their religion. They are making a huge issue around it, the news is filled with the opinions of Chirac or someone high up the food chain in France, the common man in the street... But no one thinks about asking the opinion of the girls who can't wear their scarves anymore. Seriously, the only form of opinion was a protest outside the Brussels Justice Palace last Saturday. Ghaa, we don't tell Western women to stop wearing jeans, so we shouldn't meddle with what Arabian women wear.

Edited by bella1013, Jan 21, 2004 @ 2:58 PM.

[nenyadr]

Totally agree, bella. The head scarf is more than a symbol of their religion. I know that a lot of western thought is "oh, but the Muslim women are not free, they need to be freed." But some of them are free to make a choice, and wearing the scarf is their choice. For them to be without it is much worse than telling Western women to not wear jeans, it's like telling Western women that they can't wear shirts.

[blessures]

The point about the French ban is that they demand that their state schools should be free from religious bias. It's not about 'freeing' them from Islam, the point is less that they're Muslim, and more that they are at all religious.

I believe that there are also restrictions on other religions. This is from BBC news:

the ban ...would also outlaw the Jewish skullcap and large Christian crucifixes, written into law by the start of the next academic year.

I'm not trying to defend the law itself, only point out that it is not only related to Islam.

[nenyadr]

Thanks blessures. :) I know it's not related to any specific religion. But, the thing is, for these women, it's so much worse than asking a Christian person not to wear a cross. For them it's literally like me telling you that you must go to school or to work in just your underwear. I'm not Muslim, so I can't speak officially for any aspect of that religion. But for my friends who are, their head-covering is a very important aspect of their modesty.

But, going into this is more religion/politics than television, so I'll stop right here. :)

[KimberleeJean]

I was just watching Models: The Real Skinny on A&E and gettting very, very angry at these girls' insecurity and bitching about the biz: You have to be thick skinned, they are always criticizing your body! Hell-o, someone forcing you to be a model? Think of how you make me feel????

So I heated myself up a huge plate of nachos and ate while watching. Take that.

[Justin Cognito]

Well, been a while since we've seen this baby, eh?

Topic: Why, oh why did I watch that History Channel special on the neo-Nazi movement? They had an interview with a man who was the getaway driver for the Order, a neo-Nazi group that murdered a confrontative Jewish radio show host with a specific animus towards anti-Semitism. At the end of the interview, the getaway driver said (loosely paraphased), "But hey, that Hebe isn't broadcasting his 'hate whitey' message anymore, is he?"

Yeah. Cathode ray tube, meet size 12 Timberlands.

[emace]

There was a Dateline on the other night "Generation XL." It may have been a rerun. Anyway, the interviewer Stone Philips was incredibly insulting (OK maybe this is common nowadays, but it's still awful).

Stone to obese teenager: "So, do you think you'll be overweight your entire life?"

Stone to mom of obese kid: "Do you think it's your fault he's overweight or his? You moving out and never being around when he needed you?" (not exact quote)

Then they got the cameraman to focus mainly on fat people's rolls, particularly when they were at the beach, while the voiceover intones "Joe Schmoe weighs close to 300 pounds!"

[screamapiller]

my new angry up the blood moment? The minute I saw the commercial for NBC's "new original movie", Homeland Security, which makes me want to put my brand new motorcycle boots through my TV screen.

The VO is talking about how while America facing was facing its most horrible tragedy (cut to a shot of the WTC) , there was a story going on behind the scenes....

Sorry, but I had enough of my own stories going on behind the scenes that day: between the hours spent trying to confirm whether or not my brother was alive, losing dozens of colleagues and friends in both New York and DC, standing there on the Jersey side of the Hudson directly across from lower Manhattan completely helpless, and being amazed by some of the coincidences that kept some friends safe that day, I've got the "behind the scenes" covered. I don't need to see another TV movie about the events of 9/11.

That is all.

*ends furious ranting.*

Edited by screamapiller, Apr 5, 2004 @ 11:10 AM.

[catharsis]

The Homeland Security movie is taking advantage of a horrible tragedy, and seems more like pissing people off about our intelligence system than reporting the facts.. Since no one knows how much information was known prior to the attacks and we're still trying to suss out how much the president knew, doing a TV movie about national intelligence right now is ludicrous. I hate it when they come out with TV movies like this just reeks of misinformation with some random writer giving their view of what happened, which will no doubt be skewed, makng one party the bad guy. And does Tom Skerritt have to be in every freakin TV movie?!?

[add_duck]

I saw the promo for the Homeland Security movie, and it looks to be about the most tasteless thing ever. And this from someone who watched not one, but two JonBennet made-for-TV movies. Is this really the story to use to show off nifty special effects that blow things up? I think not. And who wants to bet that they liberally use real footage as well? It's just sickening and disgusting and I cann't believe anyone would choose to watch this movie for "entertainment." Gah!

[IcyLuna]

I couldn't watch the Homeland Security movie. It was just too tasteless. Keep in mind, I watch The Swan and I freely admit it in public. For me to find something tasteless is pretty special.

My two newest angry up the blood moments come from Bravo. One was on Showbiz Moms and Dads where a mother forces her 4 year old to get a fake spray on tan for her pageant. It was so uncomfortable watching. The whole thing pisses me off. The mother keeps claiming the reason why she's doing this is so that her daughter won't be as shy and awkward as she was. If that's the case then why does it have to be pageants? Why can't she just enroll her in dance lessons, singing lessons and community theater? Well, because she's a wackjob for one.

The other Bravo moment wasn't really a moment. It was a movie I saw before I went to work one morning. It was called Damage and had Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche in it. It was about a man who enters into an affair with his son's fiance. I honestly spent the rest of the day pissed off. I hated everybody in the movie and by the time I had to leave, I wanted to see two characters die messily. I didn't even get the see the end of the movie because I had to go to work. So, now I'm left with the problem of never finding out what happened in the last ten minutes of the movie or going out and renting a movie that pissed me off just to see the last ten minutes. I'm worried that if I cave and rent it, I'll get just as pissed off as I was before. I went so far as too try to find out a recap online but didn't have any luck.

Another angry up the blood moment for me was when Jennifer Hudson was eliminated from American Idol. She was my favorite and the only one who didn't bore me. She had a great performance that night and there was a contestant who was noticably worse than everybody else.

Edited by IcyLuna, Apr 28, 2004 @ 6:09 PM.

[TudorQueen]

I never saw the movie of "Damage", but if it followed the book, this is what happens:

The son discovers his father and fiancee in flagrante, as they say, and runs off, falling down the stairs and breaking his neck. He dies. The father is destroyed in every way. His marriage breaks up, his career is over, he can't even go to his daughter's wedding. He moves to France, takes an apartment and lives a monastic life. He later runs into someone who knew the fiancee who tells him that she is 'healed' now because of what happened. He still wants her but knows he can never have her. He is haunted by her and although he has reason to feel 'used' by her he still carries her in his mind and heart. He feels that he has earned his isolation and devastation and that it was, in fact, worth it, to be annihilated by this woman. He acknowledges that he was warned that she was damaged and that 'damaged people know how to survive.' He waits for death.

Aren't you glad you asked?

[TraceyBee]

IcyLuna, I can't even watch the ads for Showbiz Moms and Dads without getting angry. I see those poor little girls all ho'ed out for baby beauty pagents and want to throw things at the tv. The show comes on before Queer Eye, and it's infuriating even with the mute button on.

edited because I make really egregious typos when I'm inadequately caffeinated

Edited by TraceyBee, Apr 29, 2004 @ 8:11 AM.

[Schweet]

The "Who Wants to Adopt This Baby" gameshow that 20/20 has concocted makes me sick. I thought TV could sink no lower than "The Swan," and then Barbara Walters goes and proves me wrong.

[screamapiller]

The "Who Wants to Adopt This Baby" gameshow that 20/20 has concocted makes me sick. I thought TV could sink no lower than "The Swan," and then Barbara Walters goes and proves me wrong.

Television screen? Meet Doctor Marten.

[geebs_criminy]

I totaly agree with the 20/20 disgust. I was watching Extreme Makeover:HE with my daughters when that promo came on. They weren't paying attention to it, but I saw it. I said out loud how repulsive and disgusting that was. They wanted to know what I was talking about, I just could find the words to explain. Just revolting.

Edited by geebs_criminy, Apr 29, 2004 @ 12:59 PM.

[SusannahDean]

The "Who Wants to Adopt This Baby" gameshow that 20/20 has concocted makes me sick.

Do I even want to know what that's about?

[danablue]

SusannahDean: According to the Boston Herald, five couples will "compete" for the right to adopt a 16-year-old's baby, and the program will show the interviews and the birthmother's elimination of various couples (ala "The Bachelor"). The newspaper was so appalled that it put the story on the front page, with two inch headlines (using the word "outrage"). Put it this way, the Celtics getting a new coach was NOT the front page story.

Who'd have thought Barbara Walters would get to the point of licking the bottom of the barrel?

[SusannahDean]

Oh. My. God.

What is going on these days that everything is turned into a reality show? And not only that but a contest. I wonder how how far away we are from Series 7 or Running Man type shows.

This really sounds vile. At least four couples are going to be hurt. I don't know what to say about the girl since she probably doesn't understand how distasteful this is, but why would grown-ups sign up for something like this. Can you imagine the kid asking where he came from and mom and dad going, "Oh, we won you in a contest." Chee!

[aurora]

From what I read today, it's not actually a "contest", and Barbara apologized for 20/20 using the word in their advertisements. It's still freaky though.

[cal331]

The "Who Wants to Adopt This Baby" gameshow that 20/20 has concocted makes me sick. I thought TV could sink no lower than "The Swan," and then Barbara Walters goes and proves me wrong.

This sounds like a SNL parody. How sad that it is true. To boldy steal and paraphrase Jon Stewart's take on the sleazefest: Barbara Walters doesn't have smooth skin because of a facelift or botox injections, it's because of the G-forces hitting her face as she falls into the abyss.

[emace]

They used to have a new Twilight Zone program and one of the episodes had a kid kidnapped on a reality TV show, and the mom had only a few hours to get him back. At the time I thought it was too extreme a premise, now I no longer do.

Edited by emace, Apr 29, 2004 @ 6:52 PM.

[Brandon]

The "Who Wants to Adopt This Baby" gameshow that 20/20 has concocted makes me sick. I thought TV could sink no lower than "The Swan," and then Barbara Walters goes and proves me wrong.

Good lord, the whole country gets riled up over a piece of flesh being exposed for a couple of seconds but stuff like this is okay? I just don't know to say.

Edited by Brandon, Apr 29, 2004 @ 7:21 PM.

[jolly_roger]

Good lord, the whole country gets riled up over a piece of flesh being exposed for a couple of seconds but stuff like this is okay?

As long as we don't see the baby's nipple.

[danablue]

From what I read today, it's not actually a "contest", and Barbara apologized for 20/20 using the word in their advertisements. It's still freaky though.

Five couples want the same thing. Only one will get it. Four will not. That's a contest, Babs, no matter what hardline, news-journalist euphemism you want to use.

[ChinkyGirl]

Stuff like that makes you want to just give up on television. Yet, it seems we never do...odd.

[Manasath]

I saw the promo for the Homeland Security movie, and it looks to be about the most tasteless thing ever.

More so than certain political ads playing on the event for the personal advantage of the politician? Every time I see them I want to throw something heavy at the TV, but I always miss because I'm puking too heavily....