Comments on: a subculture from across the pond

a subculture from across the pond

armage — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:37:30 -0800

British television presentation, past and present. For the lover of Channel 5, DOGs, presenters, and mocking in all of us.

By: chrid

chrid — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:15:40 -0800

Lots of good stuff in there, thanks! I've never hear of 'mocks' before... there are truly as many hobbies as there are stars in the sky.

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:24:52 -0800

Any idea if this obsession with test patterns/logos/DOGs crossed the pond and has any American followers? Cause I've always been interested in these kind of websites, and I'd love to see one for American TV. Of course, the infomercial killed the test pattern long ago.

By: britain

britain — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:30:57 -0800

Yeah, I wish there were as many rabid TV arcana collectors in the US. I've run across a few interesting things, like the Closing Logo cult and That 70s UHF TV Guy. And, of course, the TV News Themes Based on "Cool Hand Luke" page. Okay, maybe there are as many rabid TV arcana collectors in the US. But none of them have recreated their favorite logos in Flash.

By: armage

armage — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:33:29 -0800

I've followed this scene off and on for a few years now, and it strangely seems to be limited largely to the UK (and Europe, to a lesser extent). The only discussion about US TV presentation seems to be by a mostly British following -- and it's nothing compared to the UK coverage. Though if there is some secret hideout for those US presentation folks, let me know...

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:55:17 -0800

The only networks I can think of that really put thought into idents were MTV and HBO (remember the Feature Presentation where they fly over a city into a huge HBO logo!). I remember other pay-movie networks having Feature Presentation logos also.

By: britain

britain — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:58:06 -0800

There are actually a fair number of US TV trainspotters on TeamFX2000's links page.