OT : Nature TV Show Rant

OK -- Rant ON. So, I'm watching the Mutant Planet show about the Australian animals -- marsupials specifically. Now, I am well aware that Mother Nature is a very mean entity and kills stuff off at a prodigious rate. But WHY do the TV Twits feel it is necessary to follow a mama 'roo and her joey around during the drought and then give us close ups of that poor little thing succumbing to the lack of water and laying down to die?? I have NO PROBLEM with showing us the body once it has gone to the other side, no problem with the huge lizard who is out searching for the dead little joey. I DO have a HUGE problem with having to see the poor little creature lay down to die! They could have stopped with the shot of the mom & joey looking all emaciated and weak and then just TOLD us the joey didn't make it and then showing us the mom bouncing off into the sunset on her further search for water! But NO WAY, they had to spend the whole damned show following the mom & joey all over the outback looking and looking for water, telling us how wonderful the survival strategies were for living with the lack of water, etc. THEN they show us the poor little creature lay down and die!!!! What stupid people! I won't watch the show again if that's the way they are going to present stuff! I KNOW all about animals dying, I have no problem with educating children about what happens to wild animals and domestic ones too. But I draw the line at having to watch some poor creature lay down to die! I have to sit with my own babies when they make that last journey to the Rainbow Bridge -- I certainly don't want to spend my free time watching wild animals do it! STUPID, stupid telly people IMNSHO!!! Rant Off

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Gillian Murray

On Jan 23, 6:45=A0pm, Tia Mary wrote:

Liz from Humbug

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Liz from Humbug

I absolutely abhor the tacky "reality" crap -- the only thing real about those shows is the commercials!!! We never watch any of the talent shows or dancing or surviving in the wild, etc. We do have Tivo and we use it. We like the new Hawaii 5-0, all of the CSI shows, White Collar and Royal Pains to name a few. I started Tivo-ing Hot in Cleveland and it is a HOOT! Of course, with Betty White, that's to be expected. We also like to watch stuff like the Dog Whisperer, How's It Made, Build It Bigger, etc. I've started watching more stuff on the BBC channel, too and have gotten away from a lot of the repetitive stuff on Discovery, Learning Channel, etc. As you say, it's a lot of stuff that has absolutely NOTHING to do with any sort of interesting learning about new people, places animals, etc. Ah well, I'm a GOW and proud of it and just am not interested in a lot of the stuff provided because that's what "sells" to the younger population!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary

I absolutely adore "So You Think You Can Dance". It promotes *real* dance and helps younger viewers to appreciate culture. I do wish, however, that they would teach younger viewers when to clap and scream and when to keep quiet.

Dianne

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lucretiaborgia

Same here. While I know Nancy Grace is trying to find missing kids etc, it and similar shows were wearing me down at night. I have rediscovered reading, working on hobbies and calming my mind at night. The tv is on for maybe two hours a day in my house. News and that's about it.

I hate sitcoms, bride shows, reality shows, even the cooking shows are ridiculous. I can't watch some of the animal shows either. I understand your sad frustration.

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Kalmia

I do, too, with one exception: Undercover Boss. I like that the CEO (or whoever) finds out what it's *really* like in the trenches of his/ her own business, like the guy who tried to load a truck with boxes along with a woman and failed miserably! lol

They've taken off all the shows I like: Pushing Daisies, Heroes, Lost (although they actually *ended* that show, which was ok), The Event won't be back until the end of Feb., etc., etc. and it seems almost all the shows (with the exception of Monday night on CBS) are either cop/crime-scene shows or hospital shows. I only get the 3 major networks.

I do like Criminal Minds, but I see now they're copy-catting that one, too. What is it with the networks? Have they *no* imagination????? Is there no creativity in the world anymore?

Joan

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Joan E.

No - not really!

One thing that DD has gotten hooked on is "WipeOut" where "ordinary" people attempt an obstacle course with moving pieces. It is funny in an odd way.

I really miss game shows like "To Tell the Truth" and "Password".

Cheryl

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