Fundies, meet Discovery. You're their Bitch Now!

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-06-15 11:15am

Tonight, on The Discovery Channel, Walking with Cavemen.

Nobody here had better miss it!

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-06-15 11:17am

I wish I had cable!!!!!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-15 11:18am

Darth Gojira wrote: I wish I had cable!!!!!

Same here i`ll join you in the head banging.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-06-15 11:32am

I remember that series..it was on bbc a while ago...quite good.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-06-15 12:45pm

In one of the commercials they show the face of one of the homonids and it looked exactly like one of those bounty hunter's from Farscape, in the episode on that solar flare planet and eventually at the shadow depository.

I also like the shark week commercials:
Scenes of people standing outside of their swimming and wadding pools, looking in tentatively.
Shark Week
But then you already know.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-06-15 12:55pm

Heh, I watched it on BBC too...I preferred Walking With Dinosaurs, but it wasn't bad.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-06-15 01:09pm

All of Discovery Channel's special series kick ass... Raising the Mammoth, Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Caveman...

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-06-15 01:51pm

I will be watching it.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-06-15 01:55pm

Break out the cheesy poofs, I know where I'm gonna be tonight. The Simpsons is in rerun, so there's nothing to keep me from my beloved science.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-15 02:35pm

I'm onboard for this one, as well. Nothing like educational entertainment. Nothing.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-06-15 04:14pm

Its on free-to-air over here, but I suppose that it would never make it past the censorship boards in the US due to "offensive content".

And though its not nearly as good as Walking With Dinosaurs or Walking With Beasts, it is still pretty good.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-06-15 04:22pm

weemadando wrote:Its on free-to-air over here, but I suppose that it would never make it past the censorship boards in the US due to "offensive content".

And though its not nearly as good as Walking With Dinosaurs or Walking With Beasts, it is still pretty good.

No, it's gonna show... I've been seeing commercials for weeks now (here in FL)... the FCC is tight-assed, but not THAT bad (yet...)

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-15 04:23pm

weemadando wrote:Its on free-to-air over here, but I suppose that it would never make it past the censorship boards in the US due to "offensive content".

And though its not nearly as good as Walking With Dinosaurs or Walking With Beasts, it is still pretty good.

What offensive content?

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-06-15 04:25pm

I dunno, probably joking that America is so PC we can't support the existence of cavemen. It looks good, and their previous special on cavemen was well done.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-15 04:35pm

I never watched it when it was on here a time ago, but I hear the US one is narrated by Alec Baldwin, I'm sure he didn't do it originall on the UK broadcast.

I still think Walking With Dinosaurs & Walking With Beasts was brilliant television.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-06-15 04:36pm

I think he was refering to non-cable tv. It may not be able to be shown on NBC for instance...

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-06-15 04:47pm

weemadando wrote:Its on free-to-air over here, but I suppose that it would never make it past the censorship boards in the US due to "offensive content".

And though its not nearly as good as Walking With Dinosaurs or Walking With Beasts, it is still pretty good.

Pff. There is no censorship board for any of the broadcast networks that would prevent something like "walking with Cavemen."

It is, however, more likely it would be broadcast on PBS>

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-15 04:49pm

Lonestar wrote:
weemadando wrote:Its on free-to-air over here, but I suppose that it would never make it past the censorship boards in the US due to "offensive content".

And though its not nearly as good as Walking With Dinosaurs or Walking With Beasts, it is still pretty good.
Pff. There is no censorship board for any of the broadcast networks that would prevent something like "walking with Cavemen."

It is, however, more likely it would be broadcast on PBS>

Depend on what part they could censor if there is weiners sticking out they`ll blur the portion of the image.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-06-15 04:55pm

Well, I'll put it this way, any fundie who watched the show would be incited to violece, either that or reduced to a quivering mass.

-Promoting evolution
-Violence
-Nakedness
-Promoting evolution
-Discussion of sexual intercourse and courtship
-The whole evolution thing
-Its just eeeeeeviiiiiil. An affront to God...

How many fundies does your censorship board have?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-15 06:09pm

weemadando wrote:Well, I'll put it this way, any fundie who watched the show would be incited to violece, either that or reduced to a quivering mass.

-Promoting evolution
-Violence
-Nakedness
-Promoting evolution
-Discussion of sexual intercourse and courtship
-The whole evolution thing
-Its just eeeeeeviiiiiil. An affront to God...

How many fundies does your censorship board have?

Not enough to censor anything like that, especially on Discovery.
If it was network TV, the nekkid folks running around might get the axe or pixellation, might.

It's not always as bad as you think here.

Yet.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-06-15 07:25pm

weemadando wrote:How many fundies does your censorship board have?

There's no such thing as a censorship board here. Networks can get fined for violating FCC regulations, but those are limited to full frontal nudity, the "seven dirty words", and I THINK the actual act of killing someone on TV (I can't recall right now actually seeing somebody at the moment a bullet or knife hits them. I remember when "Gladiator" was broadcast on network TV, all the shots of people getting stabbed were gone). It's unconstitutional for the government to impose "prior restraint". The individual networks have censorship boards, but their only concern is staying within FCC regulations and not offending advertisers.

A show like this wouldn't get broadcast network airtime because its audience is too small, not because it would offend fundies (the fundies haven't gotten all the shows with openly gay characters off the air, or shows where unmarried couples live together, or other things that irritate them). In the States, the networks seek the broadest possible audiences, which is why you get a lot of lowest-common-denominator crap like reality shows on the networks, while the cable and satellite channels cater to niche markets like sports fans, science geeks, kids, golf nuts, history fanatics, and the like.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-06-15 11:28pm

weemadando wrote:Well, I'll put it this way, any fundie who watched the show would be incited to violece, either that or reduced to a quivering mass.

-Promoting evolution
-Violence
-Nakedness
-Promoting evolution
-Discussion of sexual intercourse and courtship
-The whole evolution thing
-Its just eeeeeeviiiiiil. An affront to God...

How many fundies does your censorship board have?

Altogather now... THERE IS NO CENSORSHIP BOARD!

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-06-15 11:29pm

I rather enjoyed it.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-06-15 11:29pm

Incidently, I'm watching Meet the Parents instead of WWC.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-06-16 12:01am

w00t. my fam recorded it. I need to see it soon.