Possible sticky idea / new addition to forum

whiskeyman

Thought it would be better here than the television forum.
How about a thread that lists all films to be shown on Terrestrial (RTEs, Beebs etc..) for the week ahead?
We could then give opinions on some if they're big films of maybe unheard.
Now and again, some real jems can go unnoticed.
For example, I caught "A Simple Plan" on BBC2 one night at around 12:30am last year.... never heard of it before, but probably one of my favourite films now.

Thoughts?

Kingp35

Excellent idea whiskeyman. Occasionally my mates will tell me about a great movie they saw on tv that I had never heard of and I get annoyed that I didnt bother to watch it. You do get some occasional great movies on late at night so I think its a great idea

byte

Not a bad idea at all.

If such a sticky or subforum goes ahead, I might put a link in a sticky on the Television forum.

ixoy

This idea was mooted before but it fell apart due to a lack of enthusiasm/responses. In theory, it's great but it's a matter of people putting in the effort to catch the movie.

Kingp35

possible trial run?

garred

Thumbs up here.

ixoy

OK but who wants to do it? Anyone with DigiGuide or something want to extrapolate a list of movies and then let us comment on it? We'll give it a trial run then.

It'll actually be interesting experiment for over Xmas when there'll be more of the traditional classics on than average and people will get a chance to catch "Some LIke It Hot" again or boo the evil Harry Potter in "It's A Wonderful Life"...

Fighting Irish

Best idea ive heard on boards in a long while

Makaveli

Taken from Digiguide

RTÉ 1
07/12/05 01:35 Margery and Gladys (2003)
07/12/05 22:15 Daredevil (2003)
08/12/05 01:45 Pretend You Don't See Her (2002)
09/12/05 23:50 The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
10/12/05 01:35 Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
10/12/05 14:20 Battle of Britain (1969)
10/12/05 18:30 The Santa Clause (1994)
10/12/05 22:55 Keeping the Faith (2000)

RTÉ 2
06/12/05 01:05 The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
07/12/05 01:05 Splash (1984)
07/12/05 03:05 The Greek Tycoon (1978)
08/12/05 00:10 Carrie (1976)
08/12/05 02:20 Amos and Andrew (1992)
08/12/05 21:30 The Time Machine (2002)
09/12/05 02:30 The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
09/12/05 21:30 Point Break (1991)
10/12/05 14:35 Finian's Rainbow (1968)
10/12/05 22:35 Cutthroat Island (1995)

TV3
08/12/05 21:00 Men Don't Tell (1993)
09/12/05 21:00 Dogboys (1998)
10/12/05 01:15 Countdown: The Sky's On Fire (1998)
10/12/05 20:55 The River Wild (1994)
10/12/05 23:05 The Order (2001)
11/12/05 00:45 Tempting Fate (1998)
11/12/05 15:15 Call Me Claus (2001)
11/12/05 21:00 Maid In Manhattan (2002)

That's those three alone up to this weekend.
There's no easy way (that I could find) to copy and paste the films across to here, and Digiguide returned a total of 6416 films (including Satellite listings). I can't see anyone bothering to type this list out every week to be honest.

BlitzKrieg

If the idea in its current form falls on its ass, an easier system would be a stickied thread where posters can post the date and time of a film on tv in the upcoming days which they feel people should know about.

i've seen threads like that appear every now and then (examples being when the original Ring trilogy played on channel 4), having a sticky thread would make it easier and prob encourage more of the similar postings.


sadly i wont be able to donate, i dont have any tc channels (no money for licence at the current time)

Pen0s

great idea. same thing happened to me when i saw battle royale on channel 4 a while back, amazing film think ill have to buy it

Paligulus

BlitzKrieg wrote:

If the idea in its current form falls on its ass, an easier system would be a stickied thread where posters can post the date and time of a film on tv in the upcoming days which they feel people should know about.

i've seen threads like that appear every now and then (examples being when the original Ring trilogy played on channel 4), having a sticky thread would make it easier and prob encourage more of the similar postings.

I'd second this idea. You can't beat the feeling of stumbling over a classic on TV (usually in the wee hours!!)

One I'll always remember is catching Alfred Hitchcock's Rope one Xmas.

Bring on the TV recomendation Sticky/Forum!!!!!!!!!!!

Pigman II

Then let's get the ball rolling before this idea falls flat on its arse like it did last time....

14/12 - ch4 - 2305 - 24 Hour Party People
19/12 - bbc2 - 1325 - King Kong (1933)
21/12 - bbc2 - 1310 - Mildred Pierce
24/12 - tv3 - 0920 - It's a Wonderful Life
27/12 - bbc2 - 2305 - Once Upon a Time in the West
28/12 - ch4 - 0000 - Taxi Driver
30/12 - tg4 - 2030 - The Good The Bad and The Ugly
30/12 - bbc1 - 2310 - Insomnia

Cactus Col

cheers! good idea ... been wanting to see 24 hour party people for a while now!

monkeyfudge

Starting at 0.05 on BBC 1 is Phantasm III. A great entry to a great series of horror films.

Be sure to try and give it a go if you haven't seen a Phantasm film yet... oh and yes... it's supposed to be vague and confusing even if you've seen all the films.

Pigman II

RTE2 seem to have some of Hollywood 'golden era' (<- at least as far as I'm concerned!) season of movies coming up for Xmas and new years.

25/12 0115 The Last Picture Show
27/12 0005 The Sting
28/12 0005 MASH
28/12 2300 Apocalypse Now
29/12 0145 Five Easy Pieces
29/12 2325 Annie Hall
31/12 0015 Nashville
01/01 0005 Dog Day Afternoon
01/01 0220 American Graffiti

I recommend each and every one of them without hesistation.