Premium Cable and why you should opt out

Quantum Windbag saw a boobie, and it shock him beyond words!

cuz he was hoping for a penis.

er, uh I mean, pee-pee.

Don't like tv for grownups? Don't watch tv for grownups.

HBO is paid TV. You don't have to buy it. And, if there's something on that bothers you,



TURN

IT

OFF.

Get it?


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I'm not giving up Shameless. OR Game of Thrones.

Bill Maher. No way I'm giving up Bill Maher.

BUT

I would actually like to get rid of the premium channels because there's just too much crap on that I don't want to watch and I still have to pay for it. Same thing with other satellite TV - sports, religion, kids - I don't watch any of it but I pay for it.

Really gotta learn more about streaming. A friend told me they get netflix and something else but then said it was all that really good stuff like reality shows. I don't watch those either.

Gotta move into the 21st century.
 
I'm not giving up Shameless. OR Game of Thrones.

I can tell you what happens next in Game of Thrones if you like, I red the books. I remember being livid when I read Rob Stark was murdered years ago, it certainly took the edge off when I saw it on TV. I also got to laugh at all the people who gave me a hard time about it when I read it because they made my reaction look like a mild disagreement.

That said, wouldn't it be better without all the gratuitous nudity aimed at teenage boys with raging hormones? Not that the sex wasn't upfront in the books, but it wasn't gratuitous.

something wrong with gratuitous sex?
 
This is why I gave up on HBO, even the best of it is all about pr0n.

WARNING, NSFW VIDEO

It's Not Porn... [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

I'm a prude. There, I said it. Indeed, I'm probably more of a prude than I'd care to admit, and certainly more of a prude than I imagined a couple of decades ago.
And yet... I don't think it's my prudishness that has led me to this conclusion: There is way too much nudity on cable television these days, especially at HBO and Showtime. Indeed, it has essentially reached the point of self-satire.
Nudity in film and its effects on society have been debated since film began, and certainly since it prompted the Hays Code in Hollywood following the occasionally libertine silent-film era. And at this point, those who oppose nudity in film and television have lost.
These days, the question has evolved into how much of this nudity is art, and how much crosses over into something else entirely. The issue arose (again) last week when BuzzFeed's Kate Aurthur interviewed Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of HBO's excellent True Detective, the first season of which ended on Sunday. Aurthur mainly focused on the storylines within the series and the themes evoked — religious, ethical, and relational — but also noted the "HBO-y" nudity that appeared in several of the eight episodes in Season 1. Pizzolatto defensively noted that "there's not a great deal of nudity in the series at all," but that "a clear mandate in pay-cable for a certain level of nudity" exists.
Why I'm sick and tired of seeing naked women on HBO - The Week

ok....serious now. sorry i could not resist the ribbing.

its cable. Its something you pay for. If you dont want it, or think it is to much don't pay for it or don't watch it. The programing all comes with ratings.

the bottom line is sex sells. HBO is in the market to make money.
 
What happens is that unless the producers , directors and writers are very very deliberate the sex and nudity become substitutes for good writing , good acting and good filmography.
 
I'm not giving up these good premium series just because of a little nudity.

yea like Banshee,Boardwalk Empire,Da Vinci's Demons,Episodes,House of Lies,Masters of Sex and Strike Back....and no i wont wait till the DVD.....wanna see them as they come out.....network TV sucks.....you get into a show and they cancel it.....
 
I'm not giving up Shameless. OR Game of Thrones.

I can tell you what happens next in Game of Thrones if you like, I red the books. I remember being livid when I read Rob Stark was murdered years ago, it certainly took the edge off when I saw it on TV. I also got to laugh at all the people who gave me a hard time about it when I read it because they made my reaction look like a mild disagreement.

That said, wouldn't it be better without all the gratuitous nudity aimed at teenage boys with raging hormones? Not that the sex wasn't upfront in the books, but it wasn't gratuitous.

you can say all you want, but the show isnt exactly the same as the books. The author even stated as such.

Anyways the video was stupid
 
I'm not giving up Shameless. OR Game of Thrones.

I can tell you what happens next in Game of Thrones if you like, I red the books. I remember being livid when I read Rob Stark was murdered years ago, it certainly took the edge off when I saw it on TV. I also got to laugh at all the people who gave me a hard time about it when I read it because they made my reaction look like a mild disagreement.

That said, wouldn't it be better without all the gratuitous nudity aimed at teenage boys with raging hormones? Not that the sex wasn't upfront in the books, but it wasn't gratuitous.

I've read all the books, several more than once because of the distance between.
 
I'm not giving up Shameless. OR Game of Thrones.

I can tell you what happens next in Game of Thrones if you like, I red the books. I remember being livid when I read Rob Stark was murdered years ago, it certainly took the edge off when I saw it on TV. I also got to laugh at all the people who gave me a hard time about it when I read it because they made my reaction look like a mild disagreement.

That said, wouldn't it be better without all the gratuitous nudity aimed at teenage boys with raging hormones? Not that the sex wasn't upfront in the books, but it wasn't gratuitous.

you can say all you want, but the show isnt exactly the same as the books. The author even stated as such.
Anyways the video was stupid

You are right, it is not exactly the same as the books. It is, however, generally following the books, and Martin has even told the writers for the show how he intends to end the books.
 
I can tell you what happens next in Game of Thrones if you like, I red the books. I remember being livid when I read Rob Stark was murdered years ago, it certainly took the edge off when I saw it on TV. I also got to laugh at all the people who gave me a hard time about it when I read it because they made my reaction look like a mild disagreement.

That said, wouldn't it be better without all the gratuitous nudity aimed at teenage boys with raging hormones? Not that the sex wasn't upfront in the books, but it wasn't gratuitous.

you can say all you want, but the show isnt exactly the same as the books. The author even stated as such.
Anyways the video was stupid

You are right, it is not exactly the same as the books. It is, however, generally following the books, and Martin has even told the writers for the show how he intends to end the books.

if he ever gets around to writing it....
Still its always a good thing to assume nobody knows what are talking about when it comes to spoilers Wind. Just saying.
 
you can say all you want, but the show isnt exactly the same as the books. The author even stated as such.
Anyways the video was stupid

You are right, it is not exactly the same as the books. It is, however, generally following the books, and Martin has even told the writers for the show how he intends to end the books.

if he ever gets around to writing it....
Still its always a good thing to assume nobody knows what are talking about when it comes to spoilers Wind. Just saying.

It is even easier to believe that spoilers are good, I think most people would love to have avoiding the whole wedding scene.

Why I refuse to watch movies without spoilers
 

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