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Post by mr6667 on Jan 10, 2023 0:06:19 GMT
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Post by topbilled on Jan 10, 2023 14:39:27 GMT
Does saying it's a timely honor suggest that TCM is in danger of closing up shop?
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 10, 2023 17:12:12 GMT
Does saying it's a timely honor suggest that TCM is in danger of closing up shop? |
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Post by Les Grossman on Jan 10, 2023 18:23:16 GMT
A nutless monkey could do McGee's job. Seriously.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2023 17:52:33 GMT
Does saying it's a timely honor suggest that TCM is in danger of closing up shop? My Xfinity bill would drop $10 instantly. I could live without TCM but it would hurt.
I use to be employed by Storer Cable TV. We were owned by Storer Broadcasting. We were swallowed up by a company who only cared about money. I feel this is the case with TCM. Why shut it down versus selling it? Wouldn't selling TCM include all the films in the original Turner library? Make the Criterion Channel an offer they can't refuse. There are hundreds of movies I'd know nothing about without TCM. These movies need to live on. Don't care how. They just need to be available at a fair price to the viewer. The movies have no lived too long. It isn't just old-timers who enjoy these films. We do know better than that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2023 20:19:47 GMT
I can relate this to my favorite thing ... radio. My TV channels come out of San Francisco. So do the ads.
KOIT is your 'listen at work' station, playing 'today's hits and yesterday's favorites.' They have been around in San Francisco dating back to the days when FM was beautiful or easy listening music.
If you're lucky 'yesterday's favorites' date back to the 1980s.
Nobody wants to play Doris Day records, or in our case, take a chance on Doris Day movies. Without TCM, there will not be a convenient place to watch all these fine films. It is my understanding, TCM is owned by Warner Bros. and Discovery Networks. I'm guessing Discovery is in charge. Maybe my ramblings are just in response to TopBilled's comment. I would love to be overreacting. We shall see.
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Post by cineclassics on Jan 13, 2023 20:38:28 GMT
I also read Scott McGee's comment and questioned the intent behind the wording. However, TCM has already announced its 2023 cruise to take place in November and the TCM Film Festival for this year.
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Post by Newbie on Jan 14, 2023 1:07:45 GMT
I agree, it's a good sign that TCM's cruise and film festival appear live and well. Maybe the powers-that-be are just trimming what they see as the fat and keeping the choice meat.
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Post by Newbie on Jan 28, 2023 3:14:33 GMT
ew.com/movies/turner-classic-movies-hosts-allay-fears-for-tcm-future/ "...But TCM has not remained the same in its nearly 30-year history. It has added hosts: first, Ben Mankiewicz, and now, a team of five that includes Mankiewicz, silent film expert Jacqueline Stewart, film noir czar Eddie Muller, cinephile Alicia Malone, and EW awards correspondent Dave Karger. In recent years, it's rebranded, shaking up its graphic style, adopting a new motto, "Where Then Meets Now," and expanding the definition of classic, as we all must do as time marches on. With every bump TCM has endured, one truism has remained: Its fans hate change. That isn't surprising for a network built on preserving and celebrating the value of our cinematic past. "People feel helpless because stuff comes at them on social media and they assume the worst," Muller says. "But the changes that you're going to see are a natural progression. A movie from the 1980s is now fortysomething years old. You have to start thinking about classic film in a slightly different way. It doesn't mean we're abandoning any core mission that we started with. It just means the mission is expanding." "...This feels different," he says, optimistically, of Zaslav. "We've had a lot of changes in the last five years, one after another. New bosses. When [Zaslav] says that they value what we do and that we're going to be continuing what we do in the foreseeable future, I believe him. And he's ready. He is connected in this town, and he's prepared to use that muscle to make sure this town turns out to support us." "To hear Mankiewicz tell it, Zaslav is more interested in honoring the legacies of the Golden Age of Hollywood studio heads than outsiders might realize. He's currently renovating legendary Paramount leader Robert Evans' former home with the aim of moving in, and he's the first Warner Bros. CEO in years to request that Jack Warner's desk be taken out of storage and placed in his office. "He understands movie history," adds Mankiewicz. "He wanted to work at Jack Warner's desk. That mattered to him. I'm not sure that it's mattered to some of the other people."
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Post by Newbie on Jan 28, 2023 3:21:01 GMT
Fingers crossed that this sounds like good news for TCM but maybe not without changes:
"This industry is changing, and there's not a cable channel in the world that isn't reevaluating how it does business," reflects Mankiewicz. "That's a truism that is inescapable. But that said, the sky is not falling, and there is a place for TCM. Discussions about how this channel is going to look going forward should be seen as welcome, not as, 'Oh, no, what's happening?' We are planning for a changing future that includes TCM. That's how people ought to look at it."
With that in mind, those who love the network hope it's just the beginning of a beautiful friendship. "
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Post by Guest on Feb 1, 2023 2:12:42 GMT
Not really news but I noticed that on the old TCM forum three "TCM staff" have joined that community:
Andrea Fox TCM Staff joined the community 10 hours ago
Dene Shepherd TCM Staff joined the community 10 hours ago
Seth Monyette TCM Staff joined the community 10 hours ago
I wonder why. The TCM message board has about two weeks to go before it disappears. 
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Post by Guest on Feb 2, 2023 3:24:13 GMT
And a few more...
Marci Sacco TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
Hemrani Vyas TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
Benjamin Cheaves TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
Scott McGee TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
Stephanie Thames TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
Charles Tabesh TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
Matthew Ownby TCM Staff joined the community 6 hours ago
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Post by Lucky Dan on Feb 2, 2023 4:03:50 GMT
That is odd. I googled the last few names and found they are marketing and programming people. I wonder if they're scouring posts for ideas then PMing each other with links from the site. Maybe they found that easier than emailing. Desperate people do weird stuff.
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Post by Guest on Feb 2, 2023 12:58:27 GMT
That is odd. I googled the last few names and found they are marketing and programming people. I wonder if they're scouring posts for ideas then PMing each other with links from the site. Maybe they found that easier than emailing. Desperate people do weird stuff. |
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Post by Lucky Dan on Feb 2, 2023 13:04:39 GMT
That is odd. I googled the last few names and found they are marketing and programming people. I wonder if they're scouring posts for ideas then PMing each other with links from the site. Maybe they found that easier than emailing. Desperate people do weird stuff. |
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