From: greenyammo@blueyonder.co.uk 
  
 Slitheen wrote: 
  
 > "greenyammo"  wrote in message 
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 >>Slitheen wrote: 
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 >>>"greenyammo"  wrote in message 
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 >>>>John Russell wrote: 
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 >>>>>"mo"  wrote in message 
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 >>>>>>>Writing about "Big Brother" etc is just going to look horribly dated 
 >>>>>>>in 
 >>>>>>>ten years time. 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>>I completely agree with that, as all of the reality sh1te is very much 
 >>>>>>Of 
 >>>>>>The Moment and will hopefully GO AWAY pretty soon.  It's a bit like the 
 >>>>>>scene with The Beatles in The Chase.  I'm sure it looked great in 
 >>>>>>64/65, but 
 >>>>>>now it justs looks dreadful..... 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> 
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 >>>>> 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>It's TV entertainment! It's only suppossed to entertain those of us who 
 >>>>>are alive now, not those who might watch repeats in 50 years time! 
 >>>> 
 >>>>Alive NOW! or alive when you wrote that. Or Alive in five years on DVD or 
 >>>>Alive etc etc etc. 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>>Yadda. 
 >>> 
 >>>I can't think of *any* show that doesn't use modern cultural references, 
 >>>as Doctor Who just did, so your argument falls flat on its face anyway, 
 >>>in my book. 
 >> 
 >>Well you're not trying very hard are you? - And I will take you on your 
 >>word "As Dr Who just did" That is... directly referencing other specific 
 >>tv shows. 
 > 
 > 
 > No, no I meant using modern cultural references - mentioning a TV show of 
 > the present era was just one vehicle/way of doing that. Pretty much like 
 The 
 > Prisoner (my favourite show ever, and appearing in your list below) used 
 > 'The Beatles: All You Need Is Love', as part of the score for the series 
 > conclusion - Fall Out. Did this "date" The Prisoner......the one piece of 
 > television referred to as "Timeless" more than any other, ever? 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >>How about... 
 >> 
 >> 
 >>Eastenders 
 >>Teletubbies 
 >>Cracker 
 >>The Prisoner 
 >>Captain Scarlet 
 >>Space 1999 
 >>One foot in the grave 
 >>Fawlty Towers 
 >>The Magic Roundabout 
 >>Star Trek 
 >>24 
 >>Ramsay's kitchen Nightmare's 
 >> 
 > 
 > 
 > See above. 
 > 
 > 
 I disagree, music is much more timeless than any other art form. I doubt 
 99 percent of the population could tell you what century any piece of 
 classical music was from. 
 I don't really have any objection to modern media being used in context 
 to the era as long as it's in context and throwaway. Characters talking 
 about 'pop culture' though does nothing to advance the story and just 
 provides a cheap laugh that will make that part of the story redundant 
 in years to come. 
 What will we make of the robots in the last couple of episodes? The 
 scene where Jack was being dressed up by Trinny and Suzanna is 
 completely redundant to the plot (except him getting the gun at the end) 
 and is going to just look weird when viewed by somebody in the future, 
 or in another country for that matter. 
  
 But maybe that's not such a bad thing. 
  
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