BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!

[pilgrim6a]

I was going to talk about the ' Sons of Guns ' show on TDC.
I had a MAJOR RANT planed. But I have edited down to this.
I hate being lied to. These 'people' must think the viewers are FOOLS!
They may have a point. I WAS dumb enough to watch it.
( That dark haired girl IS cute.)
The first lie is they claim to be "GUNSMITHS". Fortunately most of what they butcher are AKs, so it doesn't matter.
I wouldn't let these shadetree jacklegs work on a Raven .25.
OK, wasted enough time on this.
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"Hay Julie, hold this!" Brutus

 

[Steve in Vermont]

This is simply another "Reality Show" that isn't real, but who cares? Like the shows where someone is dropped off in the jungle and has to scale cliffs, swim swollen rivers, and live off the land in order to reach safety. Does anyone ask about the cameraman filming this? He's doing what our "Hero" does but with a camera. Every day there's less and less reality on TV and "entertainment" is dumbed down to its lowest denominator.
As to this particular program, I wonder if the average viewer (with no firearms experience) thinks this is what professional gunsmiths do for a living.

 

[mudcat100]

If a foreigner comes to this country,watches almost anything on tv,and forms an opinion of the intelligence of the American people by that,we're in a lot of trouble.But judging by the ratings the so called reality and sitcoms get,what can you say? Are tv shows as dumb in other parts of the world?

 

[OKFC05]

If a foreigner comes to this country,watches almost anything on tv,and forms an opinion of the intelligence of the American people by that,we're in a lot of trouble.But judging by the ratings the so called reality and sitcoms get,what can you say? Are tv shows as dumb in other parts of the world?

Have you noticed that a lot of our TV shows formats are being adapted from shows in Britian and Japan?
I think the new term is "tabloid television" indicating the trash level of the productions. The History Channel has become practically all tabloid, and no history.

 

[JohnnieB]

If a foreigner comes to this country,watches almost anything on tv,and forms an opinion of the intelligence of the American people by that,we're in a lot of trouble.But judging by the ratings the so called reality and sitcoms get,what can you say? Are tv shows as dumb in other parts of the world?

Unfortunately, our TV shows are available in foreign countries, so they don't have to come here to see them.

Being single and in my mid-twenties when I lived in Paris, watching TV didn't rate very high on my To-Do list, but I do remember thinking the sound stages most of the commercials were shot on must have been chilly.

 

[JohnnieB]

......The History Channel has become practically all tabloid, and no history.

Not true!!!! They are one of the best sources for Re-Written History.

 

[Texas Star]

I'm on a board where many members are Euros, from a variety of countries. I'm amazed at how many of them watch US TV shows!

One is pretty mad at Charlie Sheen for causing the cancellation of his show, one of her favorites...in the Czech Republic!

Some of the members on that board also have better English skills than do some members here or the other Americans on that board. That's really embarrassing!

T-Star

 

[Maximumbob54]

If a foreigner comes to this country,watches almost anything on tv,and forms an opinion of the intelligence of the American people by that,we're in a lot of trouble.But judging by the ratings the so called reality and sitcoms get,what can you say? Are tv shows as dumb in other parts of the world?

I can't help but wonder the same thing about what all the Chinese laborers thing of all the cheap junk the make and ship over to us and sell at a profit. The ships they use to move this stuff look just about to sink under the weight and then they go back for a refill.

 

[Fishslayer]

The History Channel has become practically all tabloid, and no history.

It's not just the History Channel. Seems like everyone has gone "Extreme Ice Swamp Crab Logging.":barf:

I hardly watch TV anymore. 99% of it is garbage, but then at least 51% of Americans are idiots.

 

[DCWilson]

It's not just the History Channel. Seems like everyone has gone "Extreme Ice Swamp Crab Logging.":barf:

I hardly watch TV anymore. 99% of it is garbage, but then at least 51% of Americans are idiots.

This reminds of one of my favorite quotations, which eventually became known as "Sturgeon's Law."

The science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon offered a ringing endorsement of science fiction as serious literature to a reporter who had been assigned to interview him. The reporter then challenged him, "But Mr. Sturgeon, surely you would acknowledge that 90% of science fiction is garbage."

Sturgeon's reply: "Hell, 90% of everything is garbage!"

(I confess to recasting Sturgeon's choice of words in order to avoid interference from the forum's automatic asterisk-replacement protocols, which modify both hard-core terms of disdain and the more neutral terminology we have developed for use in polite company.)

In classical economics there was a principle called Gresham's Law which observed that when a coinage is debased, the coins with the higher intrinsic value end up stashed and the debased coinage stay in circulation. As a slogan, Gresham's Law can be stated as "Bad money drives out good."

I think we are living in a period of a widely expanded Gresham's Law, which now applies to everything. Bad culture drives out good. Bad journalism drives out good. Bad policy-making drives out good. Bad faith drives out good. And so on.

 

[enfield]

By the way, that girl AIN'T cute . . . just not as scaggy as some others on TV.

 

[dmar]

I watched the show for the first time last night, and agree with the enlightened Mr. Enfield, it is all so relative. As for the show itself, kind of tough to watch, but I think it will run a while. This is because the main guy has what it takes to make 'good television,' a bit of a "Richard Cranium," if you know what I mean...

 

[pberry]

What do you expect. Most of us down this way are Red Necks. We put chevy small blocks on farmall tractors. My brother and I, 55 years ago, found some 45 cal rounds in my uncles foot locker. unmarked 45-70, 45-90 or something like that. They would drop in a 1/2 inch water pipe. So we built a reciever out of wood boards. drilled a nail hole so the nail would strike the primer. We nailed the contracption between two trees. My brother was older so He fired it by striking the nail with a hammer. It worked but we were afraid to do it again. That show reminds me of my younger days and people I knew. My brother and I are still alive, but sometimes I wonder why.
Phil

 

[pilgrim6a]

One this guy is going to roll a beer can across the floor and announce that he has INVENTED THE WHEEL.