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Wich2		#41	[-]
Feb 5 10 8:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"AMC can't go back to being what it was because TCM has filled that niche" Horror, on that point I disagree - because the niche is not that small. (That's like saying the US only needs one Oldies music station!) Though Turner is of course the giant, holding the MGM/Warner stuff, and FMC holds the Fox - that still leaves enough vintage out there for an enterprising programmer. I often hear TCM blamed - but AMC just gave up.
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Lunkenstein		#42	[-]
Feb 5 10 9:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Anyone remember MonsterFest 2000? AMC ran an online contest that year. I finished in the top 100 winning my first DVD player and the original Lugosi DRACULA DVD. That Panasonic player is still going strong, so I guess I can still be a smidgen grateful to AMC even though I don't watch the channel anymore. Last Edited By: Lunkenstein Feb 5 10 9:37 PM. Edited 1 times.
thebrainfollower		#43	[-]
Feb 7 10 12:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah I loved Monsterfest 2000. That was the one hosted by Whoopi Goldberg right? I managed to watch the Spanish Dracula, Revenge of Frankenstein, Hammer Mummy, and tons of others for the first time. I used to have 4 8 hour tapes of just about the whole marathon run, but I erased em years back.
NatureMuzic		#44	[-]
Feb 7 10 2:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	sound like them tor - i didnt know that as i stopped watching them the first day they started to run commercials & butcher the films. Tor havin fun wrote: They are now running three hours a day of infomercials.
NatureMuzic		#45	[-]
Feb 7 10 2:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i remember it as i very much enjoyed monsterfest, but my allegiance to them ended after i saw the first commercial they ran. Lunkenstein wrote: Anyone remember MonsterFest 2000? AMC ran an online contest that year. I finished in the top 100 winning my first DVD player and the original Lugosi DRACULA DVD. That Panasonic player is still going strong, so I guess I can still be a smidgen grateful to AMC even though I don't watch the channel anymore.
Colossus Rex		#46	[-]
Mar 8 10 9:24 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree about the general unwatchability of AMC... but AMC deserves credit for producing two shows that blow away most network programming: "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad."
strangenstein		#47	[-]
Mar 11 10 8:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	AMC baaaaaaad. TCM goooood!
Yongary		#48	[-]
Apr 30 10 5:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not sure if anyone noticed, but they're showing the original THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED tonight.
David Sechrest		#49	[-]
Apr 30 10 9:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember when AMC ran the Tarzan movies. Can't remember when. I think it was around the time of that Tarzan movie with Brendan Fraser. He hosted some, if not all. Can't remember though: didn't they also show non-weissmullers? Last Edited By: David Sechrest Apr 30 10 9:17 PM. Edited 1 times.
PeteFitzgerald		#50	[-]
May 1 10 9:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	David Sechrest wrote: I remember when AMC ran the Tarzan movies. Can't remember when. I think it was around the time of that Tarzan movie with Brendan Fraser. He hosted some, if not all. Can't remember though: didn't they also show non-weissmullers? AMC ran a big weekend Tarzan marathon --with the films making their debut on the channel, along with a new retrospective documentary special on the character-- in the summer of 1997 (June, I think). I remember this because I had just moved into new digs, and the cable system here at the time didn't carry TCM, only AMC. The channel then ran most of the Tarzan films (including the Lex Barker, Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry entries, but not the 1959 Denny Miller Tarzan film) here and there on their schedule for the next couple of years (and the 1960s widescreen films were sometimes shown letterboxed), but I think they were all gone by the time the first commercial breaks were introduced on the channel in 1999-2000. "I say ALL you scientists are CRACKPOTS! Nothing is going to happen..." My current damage at DVD Aficionado See some of my artwork at My ComicSpace page I'm a sometimes-contributor to the "Limerwrecks" blog (I post there as "Backthrow") Last Edited By: PeteFitzgerald May 2 10 6:36 PM. Edited 1 times.
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Cody Himes		#51	[-]
May 2 10 11:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yongary wrote: Not sure if anyone noticed, but they're showing the original THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED tonight. I recorded it and the print looked awful. I was more excited about "How To Make a Monster" which came on right after DTWE, but it was edited down to 15 minutes (no joke). Pathetic.
zogstar67		#52	[-]
May 4 10 8:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cody Himes wrote: I was more excited about "How To Make a Monster" which came on right after DTWE, but it was edited down to 15 minutes (no joke). Pathetic. Wait, what? Chris Herzog "The Devil's on the loose and he's dancin' with the Mummy!!!"
Saturday8pm		#53	[-]
May 5 10 5:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"AMC – Money Matters Here" "Lord I love Spring! The birds, the fair weather, the new flowers. It doesn't get any better than this. HOLY CRAP! what's THAT?!?"
Saturday8pm		#54	[-]
May 5 10 5:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cody Himes wrote: Yongary wrote: Not sure if anyone noticed, but they're showing the original THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED tonight. I recorded it and the print looked awful. I was more excited about "How To Make a Monster" which came on right after DTWE, but it was edited down to 15 minutes (no joke). Pathetic. I managed only 15min for the subtitled ( ! ) "Incubus" ... I was too tired and caught it during a slow moment ... is this prevalent throughout? Your comment caught my eye, so I did some backpeddling. AMC's "15 Minute Movies" is exactly that. I guess since TCM has the shorts market covered, this is AMC's response to that. Zog, click on the link and look for the 5:45am entry. Awful idea. "Lord I love Spring! The birds, the fair weather, the new flowers. It doesn't get any better than this. HOLY CRAP! what's THAT?!?"
DonM435		#55	[-]
May 5 10 6:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember the early years of AMC, when they just showed public domain stuff, like the stuff you'd find in the VHS bargain bins for $5, but still okay for occasional viewing. A few years later, they expanded, and had a very nice slate of films up through about 1970. It was on basic cable, with no commercials, and the best bargain on television. That was their golden age. In addition to the almost-complete Tarzan repertoire, they showed most of the Universal classic horror films as well. What was stunning was how swiftly AMC plunged to the depths of submediocrity once the first commercial appeared. For a few weeks, they minimized the interruptions, but it wasn't long before it was indistinguishable from the USA channel . . . particularly as they now had lots of "recent" movies (like, who cares about these?) , trimmed into 10-minute segments, with garish animated adverts running over the film as well. Censored too. Bah. Anything I happen to get caught watching on AMC, I just consider it a long trailer fror the film in question. If it looks promising, I'll seek it out in decent form. But almost all of their titles are trash.
Yongary		#56	[-]
May 5 10 7:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	zogstar67 wrote: Cody Himes wrote: I was more excited about "How To Make a Monster" which came on right after DTWE, but it was edited down to 15 minutes (no joke). Pathetic. Wait, what? I'll repost what I posted in the TV Terrors thread: I watched AMC's "15 Minute movie" version of HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER First of all, their presentation had 5 minutes of commercials, so it was technically only a 10 minute movie. That being said, it was surprisingly comprehensible for being so radically cut down. I wonder how much of the original was padding? I was disappointed that the climax was in black and white; I was hoping to see ghastly ghouls in flaming color.
DonM435		#57	[-]
May 7 10 6:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Indeed! That could be the next step in AMC wretchedness. Why bother with censoring entire movies and cutting them up to fiit around (and behind) your commercials, when you can just plunk some ten-minute versions into the fuming mixture of blatant hucksterism?
MYST0		#58	[-]
May 11 10 12:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	10 minute movies!! TV for people with no attention span. I didn't think it could get worse, but I guess it did. Why don't they just run commercials only and be done with it? Anyone want to trade for that Tarzan doc they did on there? I remember it was pretty good.
pinkfloyd95209		#59	[-]
May 31 10 10:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wich2 wrote: I often hear TCM blamed - but AMC just gave up. You are absolutely right! In the beginning (1994) when TCM first went on the air, AMC still beat them. I think the actual downfall started around 1999 or 2000, when they started in insert "One" commercial break in the middle of the movie. Then they started leaving their AMC logo bug on the screen continuously, then they discontinued the AMC Magazine and finally dumping hosts Bob Dorian & Nick Clooney in 2002, reducing the classics and expanding the amount of commercials they show.
otrfan	AMC (still) horrible	#60	[-]
May 31 12 8:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I noticed that AMC had starting airing those 15 Minute Movies again sporadically. Violent Midnight and Slaughter of the Vampires late Friday night. Voodoo Woman late Sunday night.
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