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[seawasp]

Waiting for HP movie to start. Just saw INCREDIBLY lame ad trying to convince people that CN not playing cartoons isn't, in fact, stupid and an example of a company shooting itself in the foot. Oh, and the pre movie ad-show sucketh mightily overall.

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[shana.livejournal.com]

The stupid, it burns.

[ckd]

I saw that before Up, IIRC. Bletch.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Goddess, I hate the ads before movies. Can't escape it in the theater, damn it.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Is the Cartoon Network TRYING to put ITSELF out of BUSINESS???

[seawasp]

Apparently the person or persons who took over CN a year or three ago doesn't like cartoons. And this is the reason they axed their most popular and money-making program block.

[kengr]

It figures. Sorta like the SciFi channel... :-(

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Don't you mean SyFy?

*wretch*

[kengr]

Don't you mean "*retch*"?

[groblek.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had to go look up news on this, since I haven't had cable TV in forever. Talk about stupid ideas.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I laughed.

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

MTV: We're the channel that shows music videos! ... OK, not really.

Sci-Fi/Syfy: We're the channel that shows science fiction! ... OK, not really.

CN: We're the channel that shows cartoons! ... OK, not really.

On the other hand, so far as I know Disney Channel is still holding firm to it's artistic vision of showing only programs that Disney makes money off of.

[xyzzysqrl]

Well, I dunno, lately they've been showing a lot of Marvel Comics programming. Do they actually make cash off that?

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Yep - it is cheap to air and they can sell enough ads to make money.

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Repurposing an old Scottish joke: the first three channels ha' misleading names, but the fourth disnae....

[guy-jin.livejournal.com]

I think they're trying to be more like the Disney channel, which is really, really awful. I hope someone at CN comes to their senses.

Also, if you go to the theater with friends, sneak out to use the bathroom during the ads - your friends save your seat for you and you don't have to watch ads. yay!

[seawasp]

But I never need to use the bathroom BEFORE the movie; I've generally done that just before I leave the house, because I really don't like public bathrooms.

I just wish I could count on knowing HOW LONG the ads would last, and whether they were going to be included or not in the Movie Start Time. Then I could time my arrival better.

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

When the theatre is showing unwanted ads, Mr. Zune is my friend. (Though others may prefer to turn to Mr. iPod.)

-- Steve does use some pretty mighty noise-blocking earbuds, though, so it may not work as well with those awful hunks of drek that come in the box.