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Comments on Eos TV - The Death Channel
I don't think I would have thought of this one, but if you can get people to watch the weather on TV... (Read
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| "Yeah, I'd want to be constantly reminded of my imminent demise without leaving the comfort of my own home. Sounds like Mr. Schneider needs a tax write-off." (Erik Nodacker 7/20/2007 11:52:14 AM) |
| "I keep thinking that there would need to be some sort of show inspired by 'American Idol' - but I can't quite figure out what it would be." (Bill Christensen 7/20/2007 12:17:39 PM) |
| ""Onward to your painful excruciating death..."
My personal immediate associations for this article is the awesome OSC book, Speaker for the Dead, and the euqally awesome Omar Naim movie, The Final Cut." (Sabre Runner 7/23/2007 5:24:56 AM) |
| "Also reminds me of Virtuosity. Where SID 6.7 takes over a TV station and starts airing his own special brand of entertainment.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans! Welcome... To Death TV.
Death TV, all you have to do, sweet viewers, is to ask.
So, what do you want? Strangulation? Mutilation?
Cannibalism? Gunshots? Stabbings?
I'll slice, dice, julienne, What about hanging... by the testicles?
Before we begin, a word to the parents of our younger viewers, The following programme contains scenes of violence, It will not be suitable for small children.
The rest of you won't be able to take your eyes off the screen." (Sabre Runner 7/23/2007 11:19:40 AM) |
| "Fodder for us manic depressives " (Suicide 8/1/2007 10:08:49 PM) |
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