• why is SBS repeating The Fifth Element all day?

    From Ozix@ozix@xizo.am to aus.tv on Fri May 5 18:59:12 2023
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    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?
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  • From Pete@pjetson@yahoo.com to aus.tv on Fri May 5 22:21:07 2023
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    On 5/05/2023 8:59 pm, Ozix wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    It's a Fifth Element Marathon, on the 5th of the 5th. They've done it
    several times before.


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  • From not@not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) to aus.tv on Sat May 6 09:34:28 2023
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    Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    I'm guessing that the bloke who wrote this is involved: https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2011/11/21/my-favourite-film-fifth-element

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).
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  • From Peter Jason@pj@jostle.com to aus.tv on Sat May 6 09:48:44 2023
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    On 6 May 2023 09:34:28 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:

    Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    I'm guessing that the bloke who wrote this is involved: >https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2011/11/21/my-favourite-film-fifth-element

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).

    A PVR is essential these days. I record everything, then use the fast-forward button for the boring bits.
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  • From Rod Speed@rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com to aus.tv on Sun May 7 01:54:47 2023
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    On Sat, 06 May 2023 09:48:44 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:

    On 6 May 2023 09:34:28 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:

    Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> wrote:
    Surely there are other cool French movies they could be screening?

    I'm guessing that the bloke who wrote this is involved:
    https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2011/11/21/my-favourite-film-fifth-element

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).

    A PVR is essential these days. I record everything,

    I used to but stopped last Nov.

    then use the
    fast-forward button for the boring bits.

    You can still do that when using iview etc. I get all but
    SBS ad free. Used to get SBS ad free too until last week.
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  • From not@not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) to aus.tv on Sun May 7 09:18:15 2023
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    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    On 6 May 2023 09:34:28 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:

    In previous years I've found that does at least hold up well to
    flicking into during ad breaks, but actually there wasn't much on
    last night so I did end up watching it (once).

    A PVR is essential these days. I record everything, then use the fast-forward button for the boring bits.

    I used to do more of that, but I've drifted out of it because
    really I prefer to pick things to watch on TV that I feel like that
    evening. I do usually record movies that SBS shows, and sometimes
    use my second set-top-box to watch something else live at the same
    time. Commercial TV has too many ads even for me to want to bother
    with fast-forwarding, so I usually stick to ABC and SBS.
    Unfortunately there's often nothing on so I watch more stuff on DVD
    and from the internet (the latter are often the sorts of history
    documentaries that ABC and SBS seem to have both lost interest in
    these days).
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