Boycotting MTV now

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HukeOKC

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I know alot of you might not watch mtv and I don't normally but last night I was channel surfing and came across a show they have on called scared straight. It is about young kids who think they are tough and have already committed a few crimes. They are taken to a prison and some of the inmates in there get to "talk" to them. These inmates held NOTHING back. They were allowed to tell them EVERYTHING that goes on in the prison, and you know what that is. Anyways they degraded these kids by calling them their women and giving these kids girls names. They cussed them up and down which was not censored and dared them to meet them in prison. These inmates were probably the biggest and ugliest this facility had to offer and it made me not want to ever wind up in prison and I wasn't even there. You would have to see it to believe the things these guys said to the kids. 2 of the kids had real attitudes and when they went back 3 months later those were the only 2 that hadn't stopped being idiots.

Sorry but I thought you might like to know about the show. But anyways they ran an ad during the show that had a little boy holding his baby sister in his arms and it was a home movie. Then they said that the boy would never see his little sister grow up because of guns. Then it asked that viewers contact the mmm group and it was sponsored by handguncontrol.org. I almost puked and I wrote Mtv today and told them about my displeasure with their political ad and that they need to rin NRA ads also. Of course that will never happen. :rolleyes:

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How about an AIMM commercial. I'll do it. I will be holding my little girl all bruised up with an attacker lying dead next to me. In my other hand will be a gun. Then they can say "I will see my daughter grow up thanks to my 9mm" :D

I saw that scared straight thing awhile back, I think its pretty good to show these punks what jail is like. Makes them think.

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You mean you didn't boycott them before??? ;)

Aside from the fact that MTV wouldn't know a decent rock band from a hole in the ground, and that they spend all their time doing stupid music commentaries instead of videos, they are also a fervered supporter of every two-bit lame-brained liberal cause that comes down the pipe. This is just more of the same from them.

I haven't watched MTV in five or six years. Besides, the music I like doesn't have videos.

Later,
Chris

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Miss Demeanors, Outstanding idea. Let's call NBC! :D

Christopher II,
Well I never offially boycotted them. I too quit watching it years ago and for the same reasons as you. I tell ya the ONLY thing that caught my attention was the inmate yelling f**k every other word and I don't have anything other than regular cable. No pay channels usually = no cussing. Boy, how times are changing. I wonder if the MMM movement would approve of their children watching this show? :p



[This message has been edited by HukeOKC (edited May 04, 2000).]
 
Yeah and they were all rock and roll! I remember when Phil Collins Comin in the air tonight came on the first time. Boy that sure was high tech ;)

[This message has been edited by HukeOKC (edited May 04, 2000).]
 
I haven't watched that drivel in years... and I do remember when they did actually show music videos... Now, they take themselves way to seriously...
 
The last video I saw on MTV was Billy Joel's 'Matter of Trust'. Good song.

Oops! Forgot. The 'scared straight' program is probably a good one, but if kids see it on TV, they will say, "Awesome! Cool. Far Out." That stuff is for real life (not the TV show).

[This message has been edited by TMoney (edited May 05, 2000).]
 
If you have access to MTV2, I recommend it. It's nothing to see a current video end and then see something from the eighties or even the occasional seventies rock-group-standing-on-the-stage-because-that's-all-they-knew-to do-back-then video. On weekends MTV2 will run a music genre marathon. Two weeks ago they played much, much hard and heavy stuff--current and older.
 
Good one, Miss D!!!! :D

Boy, you guys are making me feel old. Could you imagine Martha Quinn or JJ Jackson trying to be VJ's now???? And I thought they were so cool! ;)
 
MTV used to have videos on all of the time, except for programs on the weekends and in the late evenings. Now the opposite is the case. Does anyone remember the first music video played on MTV, and who was the artist?
I still recall the 1993 program 'A Generation Under the Gun' that MTV played. No need to explain what position they held.
 
Well, I haven't had cable for about 10 years. I refuse to PAY for my indoctrination. :p
Writing MTV is the first step but won't get you very far.
How about posting a list of their sponsors ...on all their shows - not just the program you saw .
Write letters to those sponsors. That's where MTV gets their money - not from the people watching.
 
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I can't believe I actually know the answer to that question: It was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by "The Buggles". I have now officially scared myself.- Dakotan

[This message has been edited by Dakotan (edited May 06, 2000).]
 
Dakotan,
You are correct on the answer. But don't be scared about feeling old. MTV has only been around 16 years. But yes, there really was a time when MTV was music (video) television. I wonder what led them to believe that people wanted to see anything other than music videos on the channel. I know that videos are basically advertising, but there is the occasional message or idea in them from the artist(s), though I will not say that they are of a high degree of creativity or merit, but that is in the eye of the beholder.
 
I was in a state of shock tonight.

Was over at the GF's house, and I was flippin' through the channels when I hit MTV.

Not only were they playing a video, but it was one of my favorite songs! I couldn't believe it!
 
I'm way ahead of you, HukeOKC, as I haven't watched that made-in-hell marriage of sight and sound since the mid-80s, and even then I wasn't too thrilled with it. I like to LISTEN to my music, not WATCH it. Who really needs to see this or that band mugging it up for the camera? I guess a lot of people, 'cause that oasis for the unimaginative is still on the air.

Dakotan, I actually HAVE that album by the Buggles. And the title of that song was even more prophetic than I think even they knew.
DAL

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