> Behalf Of Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten > > Huh? How do you mean credits? Over here most movies only have a > black screen with > the company name that sold it and the year it was made it. Heck > sometimes they even > omit parts of the last scene in a movie to make more room for > commercials. How do > we know? Well lucky for us we can still receive BBC and other non > commercial > broadcasting services that do show all of the movie, without > nasty interruptions. > Only acception is with BBC. Their movies have to be 'decent and > in good taste'. ;o) >
On at least one of our commercial networks they sometimes use the split screen, but usually it's always a promo for another program rather than a commercial that get played. Frequently, such as for a series, it may be a preview of next week's episode that is shown. Otherwise, close to the full credits are shown for all programmes. Movies always have the full credits shown. However, many repeats and some first run programmes get edited to fit into the available time between commercials. There are regular howls to the editor about deletions made to many programmes, The Simpsons especially, but also M*A*S*H*, Seinfeld and other programmes. Coincidently, these are all on the Ten Network here, which is very closely aligned (used to be owned by) Comrade Rupert. While our Australian Broadcasting Corporation seems just as much to mean Always British Corporation, with lots of BBC stuff, thankfully our multicultural SBS shows lots of thoroughly educational European films - funny how, in a cold climate Europeans so often get rid of their clothes in movies - as well as South Park and other subversive stuff. > > If a commercial is too annoying, I skip the advertised product. I > refuse to buy it. > Especially if it is something I'd normally use. I make a point of > switching brands > to something that is less annoying on tv. > THe thing with commercials is, the advertiser doesn't mind that you hate their commercial, just so long as you don't forget it. Cos they know that, in some moment of weakness you'll forget all about boycotting them. McDonalds have only ever had about 2 commercials that have not irritated the hell out of most people. Some companies have used the same irritating theme for years. A music/electronics retailer, J B HiFi, has started its commercials with a hammer going through a glass J B HiFi sign - with full sound effects - for at least 15 years. One supermarket chain has used a raucous "Where d'ya get it??" for about the same timeframe. Needless to say, people do remember the commercials and also purchase the products. Brett
