Indian TV.

kneemos

Not the Bollywood stuff,which seems to be reasonably well made,but the TV soap type programmes you find on those obscure channels.
It is mesmerising in a bad sort of way.
No idea what goes on but the bad guys invariably are slightly overweight,mustache with open neck shirt and medallion of some sort.In contrast to the good guy who is young handsome and gets lingering shots looking into the distance.
The lead female always appears to have an extended family in tow for some reason.

The level of acting always reminds me of the school plays we all did in the day,and makes Fair City look Shakespearean.
Any other examples of good crap TV from around the world?

Duggy747

There's usually the disconcerting mother who shouts and batters people.

No idea what goes on but the bad guys invariably are slightly overweight,mustache with open neck shirt and medallion of some sort

Bloodshot eyes seem to be a requirement of this dress-code too.

I do love their movies, they're like 80's action movies on steroids.

Japanese TV always takes the biscuit though, their prank shows are gloriously evil with sprinkles of "What the fùck am I watching and why can't I look away?"

Tokyo

Georgian TV is some of the most mesmerising out there. They import Spanish and Portugese telenovellas from central/south America, has some of the first sex scenes ever seen in the country, and every, and I mean EVERY voice on the show is dubbed over by one deadpan Georgian man.


Video: <Latina woman on the TV getting stabbed and shrieking in Spanish>
Audio: <deadpan Georgian 50 year old man> "No. No. Do not stab me. It is bad. No"

Every grandmother in the country is glued to this crap from morning to night.

Sunnyisland

Bring back glenroe..

AnonoBoy

My favourite Indian star is some guy called Josh Rogan.

He's quite the dish!

JustAddWater

I get it, their clothes are different from my clothes

wes

My Mum loves those bloody things, and they are pretty bad. Also, saw a fantasy show, which reminded me a bit of the old Hercules tv show, which gave me a good laugh.

biko

I can't agree more. It's so bad it's good.

catallus

I lived with an Indian guy for about three days and it was constant cricket with ads every 30 seconds a bit mad, but he liked it, bet like a madman.

Donkey Oaty

North Korean TV propaganda is great.

NB: North Korean TV propaganda is in fact North Korean TV propaganda propaganda.

SEPT 23 1989

There is an Indian radio station on the SkyBox that has played the same song for the last three years

Banjo String

In Australia, we used to watch a show (can't for the life of remember the name) that was on weekly.

Anyway it featured a group of Aboriginals who (yeah every week) would be heading off on a drive to collect a cousin/brother/friend etc from prison. (always prison lol)

Every week something would happen, like a radiator would burst on the (for example), cue them finding a discarded car battery in the middle of the desert which, after igniting a fire, they would melt down, pour into radiator and seal the cracks (you get the jist)

It was (i presume) meant to be educational for young aboriginal people on survival skills in the bush or outback.

It was comedy gold though, we used to keep our stash of 'Jamaican woodbines' and munchies for the show.

Hopefully someone out there will remember it too?

Fuzzytrooper

mike_ie wrote: »

Georgian TV is some of the most mesmerising out there. They import Spanish and Portugese telenovellas from central/south America, has some of the first sex scenes ever seen in the country, and every, and I mean EVERY voice on the show is dubbed over by one deadpan Georgian man.


Video: <Latina woman on the TV getting stabbed and shrieking in Spanish>
Audio: <deadpan Georgian 50 year old man> "No. No. Do not stab me. It is bad. No"

Every grandmother in the country is glued to this crap from morning to night.

You get similar stuff in Polish. Tried to watch Rocky once but I had to give up after 2 mins. The total lack of passion in the dubber is almost impressive.

Karl Stein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x81iip6psks

anothernight

Fuzzytrooper wrote: »

You get similar stuff in Polish. Tried to watch Rocky once but I had to give up after 2 mins. The total lack of passion in the dubber is almost impressive.

I think the idea is that your brain starts to sort of ignore the droning voice, and pay attention to the original voice of the actors instead. That way you can understand what's happening (as it's dubbed) while also getting the original acting.

Though I tried to watch Friends in Poland and it didn't really work. Maybe you need to actually understand the boring voice for it to work.

topper75

India's "interesting" only begins with its TV shows.

Nobody who goes out there comes back the same.

You have to step outside Ireland to understand it, and likewise you have to step outside the west to see it properly in context.

0byme75341jo28

You just have to see the Nigerian soap operas, there's something special about them.

kneemos

Duggy747 wrote: »

There's usually the disconcerting mother who shouts and batters people.



Yeah,there's always a battle axe of an oul won.

biko

Good stuff

Karl Stein

Better stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2wUbgAAydY

Best stuff.

biko

This is one smooth fighter. The end punch should be in the hall of fame.

kneemos

biko wrote: »

This is one smooth fighter. The end punch should be in the hall of fame.

Mario.

lc180

OK maybe this doesn't count cos its a reality TV show but any time I'm hungover and feeling sorry for myself on a Sunday afternoon I check to see if Nigerian Idol is one of the random Sky channels. Its TV gold and an instant pick me up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIl4mMumdAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIl4mMumdAo

The Hill Billy

kneemos wrote: »

No idea what goes on but the bad guys invariably are slightly overweight,mustache with open neck shirt and medallion of some sort.In contrast to the good guy who is young handsome and gets lingering shots looking into the distance.

So Pat Mustard & Fr Dougal skipped off to new careers in Indian TV by the sounds of it.

The Backwards Man

Anyone remember Mahabarat?

I watched the whole of it on BBC, I had no idea what was going on.