tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post1560950906795298480..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-40612657642941316402007-09-10T18:58:00.000+10:002007-09-10T18:58:00.000+10:00Appreciate what you say about the refund. You wou...Appreciate what you say about the refund. You would have appreciated sitting in that Amman theatre (comment on next post refers) - the movie started a nanosecond after the lights went out. No "singing hotdogs" as my kids call the pre-movie advertising. Which was a relief.Pickledeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999031321193936420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-32430556007274487262007-09-07T16:51:00.000+10:002007-09-07T16:51:00.000+10:00RH I guess this comment belongs on the next post, ...RH I guess this comment belongs on the next post, about The Final Winter. Please see it! You'll love the subtle sway, the way the players fit 'types' but don't enlist, the fast pace and the backing vocals.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-69142145090659194752007-09-07T16:41:00.000+10:002007-09-07T16:41:00.000+10:00The AFL has been sanitised, to suit Kath and Kim ...The AFL has been sanitised, to suit Kath and Kim viewers. Every team had its bad boy before they started attending, but the biff appalled them; so it's been taken out, cleaned up. It's an entertainment now, a show, extending to off-field soap opera. I was one of its biggest fans, now I can't even watch it on TV -without a remote to cut that same advert after each goal. <BR/>It's acquired too R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-22848951048819643542007-09-07T07:48:00.000+10:002007-09-07T07:48:00.000+10:00They don't tailor ads for the audience. Or maybe I...They don't tailor ads for the audience. Or maybe I should be living in Paddington. My impression of Burwood movie-goers, however, is: cashed up. You pay half-a-mil for a two bedroom apartment there, or Strathfield. But the ads are aimed at Blacktown. Then again, the average punter in that city probably has a 400k mortgage.<BR/><BR/>The two ads I mentioned are tolerable, but not all have this Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-41862670983280687652007-09-07T07:43:00.000+10:002007-09-07T07:43:00.000+10:00The robots are conditioned to advert TV -that's ho...The robots are conditioned to advert TV -that's how they pay for it: by getting their brains imprinted, but if you hand over cash for a cinema ticket you should get a rest from it all. <BR/>Maybe cinema-goers are seen as mugs? Imagine a stage show with an ad barrage beforehand, people just wouldn't cop it.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-3257285393273664982007-09-07T07:24:00.000+10:002007-09-07T07:24:00.000+10:00I laughed when I saw you got a refund. You're unco...I laughed when I saw you got a refund. <BR/>You're uncompromising, which is what criticism should be.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.com