[BC] Match Game

[Rich Wood]

------ At 02:49 PM 2/2/2006, Scott Cason wrote: -------

>They are both very stupid an annoying.  I don't see how cable networks get
>away with squeeze backs on motion pictures.  I thought there was something
>in AFTRA and the stagehand union contract that stipulated the running of the
>credits full size.

I don't think there's any requirement. Look at some of the credits 
that scroll so fast they can't possibly be read. I was watching a 
subtitled film the other night on a cable channel. There were so many 
animated graphics promoting upcoming shows that they covered up the 
subtitles. The graphics slid in and out at the top and bottom of the 
screen. I finally just tuned away.

Some of the logos are so large they cover any crawls. BBC America is 
terrible with large lettering at the upper left of the screen.

My local PBS station has two logos on the HD channel. One PBS-HD on 
the upper left and letters WGBY with the PBS head logo on the lower 
right. Before you know it we'll watch a movie squashed inside a 
Bloomberg-like cluttered screen.

It makes watching anything dramatic a real letdown. It destroys the 
mood the film intends to create. I expect some station to have 
swinging foam dice hanging from the top center soon.

Rich